Kalani Queypo

**Kalani Queypo** (born September 6, 1986; Hawaii) is the Hawaiian actor, dancer, writer and producer who plays Chacrow in SKY's *Jamestown*.

He is known for his roles as Parahunt in *The New World* (2005), Kotori in *Slow West* (2015) and Klah Jackson in *Fear the Walking Dead* (2017).

## Career

Kalani made his debut in cinema in 1996 as an extra in *The Juror*. He also starred in *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), as Angel in *End of the Spear* (2005), as Xocozin in *Tyrannosaurus Azteca* (2007) and as Dom in *Jason's Big Problem* (2009). He debuts on television in 2000 with the role of Hopi in *Strangers with Candy*. Since then he has landed several roles such as White Bird in *Into the West* (2005), Alex Joseph in *Bones* (2006), Master of Ceremonies in *Mad Men* (2013), as Ignacio in *10,000 Days* (2014), Squanto in *Saints & Strangers* (2015) and Kanuha Noe in *Hawaii Five-0* (2017).

## Trivia

* He won the 2008 Action on Film Award for Short Film – Best Drama and Best Director for *Ancestor Eyes*
* He has worked with Raoul Max Trujillo before Jamestown, in *The New World,* TV Mini-series *Saints & Strangers* and his own production of *Ancestor Eyes*
* He has spoken up, along with other peers, on the poor portrayal of and lack of opportunity for natives in film except as stereotypes
* Kalani's mother is Indigenous American (Blackfeet) and Swedish, his father is Indigenous Hawaiian.
* He heights 6' 1" (185 cm)

## About Jamestown and Chacrow

* **About Chacrow on Season 2:** *He is acting as a translator. He is friends with Silas, but also has a responsibility to his people. He is caught between the two communities and is finding it very hard. Despite the difficulties Chacrow goes through, I love playing this part. The producers have made this drama so authentic. They have gone about it in a beautiful way. There’s a real sense of commitment to the story we’re telling**.*
* **About *Jamestown* representation of Native Americans:** *I knew that the producers were approaching the drama from a very good place. I know Buck, the cultural consultant, so I knew that the Pamunkey language would be involved. Any programme dealing with Native American language can be very daunting; producers are worried about the commercial aspect. They’re concerned about whether viewers will be able to follow it and the technical side of hiring the right actors and coaches. But all that has been done brilliantly on Jamestown*. (...) *You’re channelling a way of life. It’s a tremendous responsibility, but I think it’s been achieved so well on this drama. (...) We are not subsidiary characters. Last year I only did three episodes, but this year I’m in the entire season. I think that’s a testament to the fact that we were able to pull off the language. It underlines the authenticity and success of the Native American stories in Jamestown. This year we have way more language and storyline. That is very important to me. The Native American characters are fully fleshed out and three-dimensional. There are characters such as Opechancanough who are political and thoughtful and thoroughly three-dimensional. This is a messy, tricky, awesome concoction of people. These brilliant characters are what have drawn audiences to the story and have led to the show’s success of Jamestown*

1. ↑ The Walking Dead’s Kalani Queypo on playing Native American Indian Chacrow in Jamestown
2. ↑ The Walking Dead’s Kalani Queypo on playing Native American Indian Chacrow in Jamestown

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## External links

* Kalani Queypo at the Internet Movie Database
* Kalani Queypo on Twitter
* Kalani Queypo on Instagram