Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1983-05-13 (Age: 43)
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Kaiwi Lyman
Biography
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.
Filmography (38)
A Matter of Choice
2025
Clutch
2025
Trigger Warning
2024The Cardboard Window
2023
Sympathy for the Devil
2023
End Times
2023
Copshop
2021
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
2020
Acceleration
2019
The Outsider
2019
The Mongolian Connection
2019
The Final Wish
2019
They Want Dick Dickster
2018
Blackmark
2018
