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 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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2025
A Matter of Choice
Movie Michael
2025
Clutch
Movie Xavier
2024
Trigger Warning
Movie Ghost
2023
The Cardboard Window
Movie Father
2023
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie Colleague
2023
End Times
Movie Hayden
2021
Copshop
Movie Officer Barnes
2020
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
Movie Brett
2020
Don't Look Deeper
TV show Noah
2020
Deputy
TV show Deputy Tabnick
2019
Acceleration
Movie Jimmy
2019
The Outsider
Movie James Walker
2019
The Mongolian Connection
Movie Wade Dalton
2019
The Final Wish
Movie Derek
2018
They Want Dick Dickster
Movie Brad Priest
2018
Blackmark
Movie Timothy Daniels

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2018
Minutes to Midnight
Movie Charlie Crenna
2018
Den of Thieves
Movie 'Tony Z' Zapata
2018
Deadtime Tales 2
Movie Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Hickok
Movie John Wesley Hardin
2017
American Violence
Movie Jackson Shea
2016
Westworld
TV show Branding Soldier
2016
Ice Sharks
Movie Michael
2016
Traded
Movie Jed
2016
Zoombies
Movie Daxton
2016
The Amityville Terror
Movie Todd
2016
Flaked
TV show Scott
2016
Lost in the Pacific
Movie Vincent
2015
Circle
Movie Bearded Man
2015
Grace and Frankie
TV show Skipper
2015
Fresh Off the Boat
TV show White Guy 1
2014
Jane the Virgin
TV show Zed
2014
Ninja Apocalypse
Movie Trillion
2014
Android Cop
Movie Wescott
2013
Gone Dark
Movie Mike
2013
Dragon Day
Movie Tibbit
2013
Assassins Tale
Movie Woody
2012
Reel Evil
Movie Cory
2012
40 Days and Nights
Movie Baggins
2011
American Horror Story
TV show Gutterball