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.
Officer Barnes
Copshop
Ghost
Trigger Warning
Colin
Trespassers
Cory
Reel Evil
Woody
Assassins Tale
Tibbit
Dragon Day
Hayden
End Times
Jed
Traded
Wescott
Android Cop
Father
The Cardboard Window
Trillion
Ninja Apocalypse
Tommy
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Colleague
Sympathy for the Devil
Brad Priest
They Want Dick Dickster
Bearded Man
Circle
Charlie Crenna
Minutes to Midnight
Mike
Gone Dark
Daxton
Zoombies
USS Argonaut Officer
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
Michael
Ice Sharks
Todd
The Amityville Terror
Vincent
蒸发太平洋
Jackson Shea
American Violence
Surfer #2
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove
John Wesley Hardin
Hickok
"Tony Z" Zapata
Den of Thieves
Baggins
40 Days and Nights
Timothy Daniels
Blackmark
Derek
The Final Wish
Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadtime Tales 2
James Walker
The Outsider
Jimmy
Acceleration
1st Avenger
Χωρίς Σύνορα
Man Who Shakes
Orgy of the Damned
Brett
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
Wade Dalton
The Mongolian Connection
Noah
Don't Look Deeper
Xavier
Clutch
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
38
Gender
Male
Birthday
1983-05-13
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Also Known As
Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau