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Kaiwi Lyman
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Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he played water polo, surfed, paddled outrigger canoes, practiced Brazilian jiu jitsu, and sailed but nothing excited him more than being on stage. Kaiwi has experience as a close up magician and has won and placed in several magic competitions. He was fortunate to have four years of intense theater arts training in high school at the Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts. After high school Kaiwi moved to California in 2002 to pursue his passion in the entertainment business. He attended Santa Monica College and, to fulfill an assignment, in the first few weeks of class, he delivered a monologue from The Crucible. The te…
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Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he played water polo, surfed, paddled outrigger canoes, practiced Brazilian jiu jitsu, and sailed but nothing excited him more than being on stage. Kaiwi has experience as a close up magician and has won and placed in several magic competitions. He was fortunate to have four years of intense theater arts training in high school at the Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts. After high school Kaiwi moved to California in 2002 to pursue his passion in the entertainment business. He attended Santa Monica College and, to fulfill an assignment, in the first few weeks of class, he delivered a monologue from The Crucible. The teacher realized his experience was beyond an Acting 101 class and had him then deliver the monologue to the drama department head. She immediately recognized his talent and suggested he audition for Julliard School. Kaiwi was determined, however, to get a screen role and it wasn't long before he got his first break when, in 2003, Kaiwi played the lead role of Colin in the horror film, Trespassers. Since then he has taken on a variety of different projects. His work displays his range of roles, from comedic to dramatic, in numerous films, TV shows, webisodes and commercials.
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BODY OF WORK
Kaiwi Lyman's Filmography
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A Matter of Choice
as Michael
Clutch
as Xavier
Trigger Warning
as Ghost
No Poster
The Cardboard Window
as Father
Sympathy for the Devil
as Colleague
End Times
as Hayden
Copshop
as Officer Barnes
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
as Brett
Acceleration
as Jimmy
The Outsider
as James Walker
The Mongolian Connection
as Wade Dalton
The Final Wish
as Derek
They Want Dick Dickster
as Brad Priest
Blackmark
as Timothy Daniels
Minutes to Midnight
as Charlie Crenna
Den of Thieves
as 'Tony Z' Zapata
Deadtime Tales 2
as Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hickok
as John Wesley Hardin
American Violence
as Jackson Shea
Ice Sharks
as Michael
Traded
as Jed
Zoombies
as Daxton
The Amityville Terror
as Todd
Lost in the Pacific
as Vincent
Circle
as Bearded Man
Ninja Apocalypse
as Trillion
Android Cop
as Wescott
No Poster
Gone Dark
as Mike
Dragon Day
as Tibbit
Assassins Tale
as Woody
Reel Evil
as Cory
40 Days and Nights
as Baggins
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
as Tommy
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
as USS Argonaut Officer
Without Borders
as 1st Avenger
Orgy of the Damned
as Man Who Shakes
Trespassers
as Colin
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove
as Surfer #2
No Poster