Kaiwi Lyman
Acting • Born 1983-05-13
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
50 credits
Copshop
Movie • 2021
Officer Barnes
Trigger Warning
Movie • 2024
Ghost
Trespassers
Movie • 2006
Colin
Reel Evil
Movie • 2012
Cory
Assassins Tale
Movie • 2013
Woody
Dragon Day
Movie • 2013
Tibbit
End Times
Movie • 2023
Hayden
Traded
Movie • 2016
Jed
Android Cop
Movie • 2014
Wescott
The Cardboard Window
Movie • 2023
Father
Ninja Apocalypse
Movie • 2014
Trillion
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Movie • 2011
Tommy
Sympathy for the Devil
Movie • 2023
Colleague
They Want Dick Dickster
Movie • 2018
Brad Priest
Circle
Movie • 2015
Bearded Man
Minutes to Midnight
Movie • 2018
Charlie Crenna
Gone Dark
Movie • 2013
Mike
Zoombies
Movie • 2016
Daxton
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
Movie • 2010
USS Argonaut Officer
Ice Sharks
Movie • 2016
Michael
The Amityville Terror
Movie • 2016
Todd
Lost in the Pacific
Movie • 2016
Vincent
American Violence
Movie • 2017
Jackson Shea
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove
Movie • 2005
Surfer #2
Hickok
Movie • 2017
John Wesley Hardin
Den of Thieves
Movie • 2018
'Tony Z' Zapata
40 Days and Nights
Movie • 2012
Baggins
Blackmark
Movie • 2018
Timothy Daniels
The Final Wish
Movie • 2019
Derek
Deadtime Tales 2
Movie • 2018
Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Outsider
Movie • 2019
James Walker
Acceleration
Movie • 2019
Jimmy
Without Borders
Movie • 2010
1st Avenger
Orgy of the Damned
Movie • 2010
Man Who Shakes
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
Movie • 2020
Brett
The Mongolian Connection
Movie • 2019
Wade Dalton
Clutch
Movie
Xavier
A Matter of Choice
Movie • 2025
Michael
Empire City
Movie
Don't Look Deeper
TV • 2020
Noah
Jane the Virgin
TV • 2014
Zed
Fresh Off the Boat
TV • 2015
White Guy 1
Flaked
TV • 2016
Scott
Westworld
TV • 2016
Branding Soldier
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Gutterball
Kickin' It
TV • 2011
Snake
Grace and Frankie
TV • 2015
Skipper
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Kevin Creed
Hawaii
TV • 2004
Skinny Guy
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Crypt King