---
name: "Taylor Wily"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taylor-wily"
fi1m_id: "taylor-wily"
imdb_id: "nm1711334"
tmdb_id: 81992
wikidata_id: "Q3702254"
roles: []
born: "14 June 1968"
died: "20 June 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:50:32.351686+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."
---

# Taylor Wily

## Identity

Taylor Wily

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taylor-wily
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taylor-wily
- **IMDb ID:** nm1711334
- **TMDB ID:** 81992
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3702254
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wily, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3702254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1711334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81992

Actor. Born 14 June 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Died 20 June 2024.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 June 1968, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- **Died:** 20 June 2024
- **Also known as:** Teila Tuli, Takamikuni
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wily, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3702254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1711334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81992

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hawaii Five-0*](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) (65)

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## Biography

Taylor Wily, also credited as Teila Tuli and Takamikuni, was an American actor, former sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist. He competed in sumo in Japan under the name Takamikuni from 1987, becoming the first foreign-born wrestler to win a championship in the makushita division before retiring in 1989 due to injury. He fought in the first bout of the inaugural UFC event in 1993, billed as Teila Tuli.

Wily was best known for his recurring role as Kamekona Tupuola, a shrimp truck owner, entrepreneur and police informant, on the CBS series *Hawaii Five-0* (2010–2020), appearing in 171 episodes. He reprised the character in *Magnum, P.I.* (2018) and *MacGyver* (2016). Earlier film and television credits include *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008) as Kemo and small roles in *North Shore* (2004).

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on 14 June 1968, Wily died on 20 June 2024 in Hurricane, Utah.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, as Kamekona Tupuola — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Kamekona
- *Radical* (2017), Actor
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as Kamekona
- *Here Comes the Sun* (2015), as Ron
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Kamekona Tupuola — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008), as Kemo
- *One West Waikiki* (1994), series, Actor
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Guy Outside Pool Hall

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