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Taylor Wily (born Teila Tuli, June 14, 1968) is an American actor, former sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist. [1] He is from Laie, Hawaii and is of American Samoan descent. He is commonly known for his recurring role as Kamekona Tupuola on Hawaii Five-0. He also has a recurring character on Magnum, P.I.
Apr 27, 2022 · Taylor Wily, who played Kamekona on the rebooted "Hawaii Five-0" and Magnum P.I., has been out of the spotlight since the show ended in 2020. He is set to star in a new movie called "Gut Instinct" and a film called "Here Comes the Sun".
Taylor Wily is an actor known for Hawaii Five-0, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and MacGyver. He is also a former sumo wrestler who competed in the first UFC event in 1993.
- January 1, 1
- 1.88 m
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
June 14, 1968 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Birth name. Teila Tuli. Height. 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) Mini Bio. Taylor Wily (Teila Tuli) has the distinction of competing in the first bout held in Ultimate Fighting Championship (2000) or UFC. Wily was a sumo wrestler when UFC was created to determine the best style of fighting.
- June 14, 1968
- He was born in Hawaii. This is an easy one to remember. Wily is clearly Hawaiian in every way. In fact, he was born Teila Tuli on June 14, 1969 in Laie, located on the island of Oahu in Honolulu.
- He was a sumo wrestler. This is another fact about Wily that’s really not hard to picture at all. Wily has always used his weight in some way to his benefit.
- He was a UFC fighter. Wily began to look for another way to compete and he ended up turning to UFC, where he competed under his birth name of Teila Tuli.
- He began acting in 1982. It’s strange to think that Wily actually acted before he started fighting. He actually had a role as an extra on 1982’s Magnum, P.I.
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Taylor Wily is a Hawaiian-born performer who has competed in sumo, UFC and acted in TV shows like "Hawaii Five-0". Learn about his biography, credits, photos and more on TV Insider.
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