Kalani Queypo

Kalani Queypo claimed that he grew up being "artistic". His family were dancers and he was trained in classic hula dancing. He was raised by a single mother as his father passed away when he was nine. He had initially wanted to be a lawyer and then a news anchor. When he was placed in an acting program in school, he realized he could be those two things and more. "I think that what interested me was human behavior and the way that people related to each other and I think my family really developed a great empathy with me and the arts sort of found me". After graduating high school, he began searching for acting programs until he decided to move to New York to expand his career.

He found his way into starring in numerous television projects such as Into the West, Mad Men and Saints & Strangers as Squanto. He also appeared in the Terrence Malick epic The New World. He appeared as Klah Jackson on Fear the Walking Dead{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/qorianka-kilcher-kalani-queypo-host-la-skins-fest-gala-1157340|title=Native Actors Q'orianka Kilcher and Kalani Queypo to Host L.A. Skins Fest Gala (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Sun|first=Rebecca|date=November 1, 2018|accessdate=January 16, 2020}} and has a major role as Chacrow in Jamestown.{{cite web|url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/kalani-queypo-talks-about-portraying-chacrow-in-jamestown-and-speaking-pamunkey-jO2t_Dhe4UuCbfUQBjdMQQ|title=Kalani Queypo talks about portraying Chacrow in Jamestown and speaking Pamunkey|website=Indian Country Today|last=Schilling|first=Vincent|date=May 15, 2018|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}

At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Trickster.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

Queypo is a founding member of the National American Indian Committee at SAG/AFTRA.{{cite web|url=https://talknerdywithus.com/2016/06/an-exclusive-talk-nerdy-with-us-interview-with-kalani-queypo/|title=An Exclusive Talk Nerdy With Us Interview with Kalani Queypo|website=Talk Nerdy With Us|last=Bachman|first=Debbi|date=June 21, 2016|accessdate=January 16, 2020}}

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Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Hawaii

Category:American actors of Filipino descent