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name: "Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kapeneta-teo-tafiti"
fi1m_id: "kapeneta-teo-tafiti"
imdb_id: "nm3805394"
tmdb_id: 3371253
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:22:30.708950+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti

## Identity

Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kapeneta-teo-tafiti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kapeneta-teo-tafiti
- **IMDb ID:** nm3805394
- **TMDB ID:** 3371253
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3805394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3371253

Actor. Born in Samoa.

## Details

- **Also known as:** Kap Teo Tafiti, Kap Te'o-Tafiti
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3805394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3371253

## Biography

Kap Te'o-Tafiti (also credited as Kap Teo Tafiti) is a Samoan actor and cultural performer. He is credited as Coconut Farmer in the 2026 film *Moana* and appeared as Shota in an episode of the television series *Magnum P.I.* (2020). He has also contributed to *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019) as cultural advisor and to *NCIS: Hawai'i* (2022) in the music department.

Te'o-Tafiti has worked for many years as senior cultural ambassador for the Samoa Village at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii, where he performs fireknife dancing and demonstrations. A graduate of Brigham Young University–Hawaii with a degree in fine arts, he is also an artist whose work includes sculpture, pottery and painting. He was born and raised in Samoa.

*Sources: imdb.com, legacy.polynesia.com, shop.kapculture.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moana* (2026), Fi1m 50, as Coconut Farmer — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Moana* (2026), as Coconut Farmer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Shota
- *Cosmos* (2014), series, as Male Voyager (voice)
- *META: HAWAII*, as Protagonist

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