Kaiwi Lyman

Kaiwi LymanMersereau 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 MidPacific 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 wasnt 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