Kalama Epstein was born and raised on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of 3 children. As the great-grandson of Native Hawaiian Entertainment legend E.K. Fernandez (known as the P.T. Barnum of the Pacific) and Rose Nearing (part of the Nearing sisters Vaudeville and High Wire Act), performing runs in his genes. He has been modeling and performing since he was a baby. Kalama has always had a passion for film and grew to love acting when he was cast as a lead in a school musical. But he soon realized he loved being in front of the camera when he landed a co-starring role on an episode of Hawaii 5-0. Since then, Kalama has spent the majority of his time in Los Angeles pursuing his dreams of acting and directing. He has landed starring roles in the Amazon Studios pilot Maker Shack Agency, the Nickelodeon show Deadtime Stories and the feature film Under the Blood Red Sun, out September 2014. He was the lead for the award winning short film The Kid, written and directed by Sean Brosnan. He has also co-starred on an episode of HBO's Ray Donovan and was the principal in numerous national commercials. Kalama loves everything to do with the ocean and especially enjoys body-surfing, body-boarding, playing the ukulele, and photography.
