---
name: "Sam Puefua"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-puefua"
fi1m_id: "sam-puefua"
imdb_id: "nm3214949"
tmdb_id: 1869261
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T14:22:27.477182+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."
---

# Sam Puefua

## Identity

Sam Puefua

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-puefua
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-puefua
- **IMDb ID:** nm3214949
- **TMDB ID:** 1869261
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3214949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1869261

Actor. Born in Pava'ia'i, American Samoa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** Sam T. Puefua
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3214949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1869261

## Biography

Sam Puefua is a Samoan-American actor, also credited as Sam T. Puefua. He was born in American Samoa, in the village of Pava'ia'i, and moved to California at the age of nine.

Puefua began acting after high school. His television credits include Kanoa Tupuola in *Hawaii Five-0* (2016), Herman Pola in *Lodge 49* (2018–2019), Hani Iona in *Magnum, P.I.* (2018) and Young Peter Maivia in *Young Rock* (2023). He plays the Village Fisherman in the 2026 film *Moana*.

He has also worked as a producer and director, including on the 2018 film *MAMBA*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thecoconet.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Moana* (2026), as Village Fisherman — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2026.md)
- *Khmerican* (2025), as Monk
- *The Pickup* (2024), as Delta
- *Lazarus* (2021), as Rico
- *Age of Summer* (2018), as Hawaiian #1
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Hani Iona
- *Lodge 49* (2018), series, Actor
- *The Broken Gear* (2018), as Gerkhan / Damnd
- *Abducted* (2018), as Sean
- *Respire* (2017), as Tai
- *Twelve* (2015), as Souza · Co-Producer
- *Closure* (2013), as Groony
- *Already Gone* (2012), as Frank
- *The Wrath of Cain* (2010), as Prisoner
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Kanoa Tupuola — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Champion Road: Arena* (2010), as Insane

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