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Kaiwi Lyman

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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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Kaiwi Lyman and Sanjar Madi in The Mongolian Connection (2019)
Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Brian Van Holt, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, Kaiwi Lyman, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves (2018)
Cheongmi Lee and Kaiwi Lyman in Juicy Girl (2021)
Kaiwi Lyman, Emma Catherine Rigby, and Rob Gronkowski in American Violence (2017)
Poster for Hickok
Kaiwi Lyman
Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, and Kaiwi Lyman in Den of Thieves (2018)
Gerard Butler and Kaiwi Lyman in Den of Thieves (2018)
Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, and Kaiwi Lyman in Den of Thieves (2018)
Bernice Liu and Kaiwi Lyman in Lost in the Pacific (2016)
Russell Wong, Brandon Routh, Bernice Liu, Kaiwi Lyman, and Natasha Lloyd in Lost in the Pacific (2016)
Kaiwi Lyman in Lost in the Pacific (2016)

Known for

Gerard Butler, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae, Brian Van Holt, Pablo Schreiber, 50 Cent, Kaiwi Lyman, and O'Shea Jackson Jr. in Den of Thieves (2018)
Den of Thieves
7.0
  • 'Tony Z' Zapata
  • 2018
Don't Look Deeper (2020)
Don't Look Deeper
6.1
TV Series
  • Noah
Kaiwi Lyman, Emma Catherine Rigby, and Rob Gronkowski in American Violence (2017)
American Violence
4.5
  • Jackson Shea(as Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau)
  • 2017
American Horror Story (2011)
American Horror Story
8.0
TV Series
  • Gutterball

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Actor

  • Sympathy for the Devil
    • Post-production
  • State of Desolation
    • Completed
  • Trigger Warning
    • Post-production
  • The Cardboard Window
  • Cheongmi Lee and Kaiwi Lyman in Juicy Girl (2021)
    Juicy Girl
  • Jhon Jatenjor's Interviews (2021)
    Jhon Jatenjor's Interviews
  • Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Toby Huss, and Alexis Louder in Copshop (2021)
    Copshop
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020)
    Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
  • The Red Light (2020)
    The Red Light
  • Don't Look Deeper (2020)
    Don't Look Deeper
  • Kaiwi Lyman and Amanda Maddox in Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar (2020)
    Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
  • Don't Look Deeper (2020)
    Don't Look Deeper
  • Savage/Love
  • Kaiwi Lyman in Trike (2020)
    Trike
  • Deputy (2020)
    Deputy
  • Dolph Lundgren, Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo, Chuck Liddell, and Natalie Burn in Acceleration (2019)
    Acceleration
  • Sean Patrick Flanery, Danny Trejo, Trace Adkins, and Jonathan Patrick Foo in The Outsider (2019)
    The Outsider
  • Kaiwi Lyman, Tsetsegee Byamba, Sanjar Madi, Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam, and Zhandos Aibassov in The Mongolian Connection (2019)
    The Mongolian Connection

Director

  • The Cardboard Window
  • The Red Light (2020)
    The Red Light
  • Kaiwi Lyman in Trike (2020)
    Trike

Producer

  • The Cardboard Window
  • Cheongmi Lee and Kaiwi Lyman in Juicy Girl (2021)
    Juicy Girl
  • The Red Light (2020)
    The Red Light
  • Kaiwi Lyman in Trike (2020)
    Trike
  • Wolf/Man (2015)
    Wolf/Man
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos22

Acting Reel
Demo Reel 3:01
Acting Reel
The Mongolian Connection
Demo Reel 0:59
The Mongolian Connection
Acceleration
Demo Reel 2:03
Acceleration
Deputy
Demo Reel 1:30
Deputy
Den of Thieves
Demo Reel 1:08
Den of Thieves
Circle
Demo Reel 0:46
Circle
Assassins Tale
Demo Reel 0:39
Assassins Tale
Jane the Virgin
Demo Reel 0:29
Jane the Virgin
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:09
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:07
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:45
Official Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:09
Official Trailer

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    • Mailyn Lyman-MersereauApril 2, 2016 - present (1 child)

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    He is a brown belt in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu.

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