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.
2024
as Ghost
2023
as Father
2023
as Noah
2023
as Colleague
2023
as Hayden
2021
as Officer Barnes
2020
as Brett
2020
as Noah
2019
as Jimmy
2019
as James Walker
2019
as Wade Dalton
2019
as Derek
2018
as Brad Priest
2018
as Timothy Daniels
2018
as Charlie Crenna
2018
as Det. Tony 'Z' Zapata
2018
as Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
as John Wesley Hardin
2017
as Jackson Shea
2016
as Branding Soldier
2016
as Michael
2016
as Jed
2016
as Daxton
2016
as Todd
2016
as Scott
2016
as Vincent
2015
as Bearded Man
2015
as Skipper
2015
as White Guy 1
2014
as Zed
2014
as Trillion
2014
as Wescott
2013
as Mike
2013
as Tibbit
2013
as Woody
2012
as Baggins
2012
as Cory
2011
as Gutterball
2011
as Snake
2011
as Tommy
2010
as USS Argonaut Officer
2010
as 1st Avenger
2010
as Man Who Shakes
2010
as Kevin Creed
2006
as Colin
2005
as Surfer #2