Age: 26
male
Kalama Epstein was born and raised on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and is the youngest of three children. His first name means "flaming torch" in Hawaiian. Performing runs in his genes, and he has been modeling and performing since he was a baby, with a lifelong passion for film and film-making. He realized he also enjoyed being in front of the camera after co-starring on an episode of Hawaii Five-0 (2010). 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 (2014), the Nickelodeon show Deadtime Stories (2012), and the feature film Under the Blood-Red Sun (2014). He has guest starred on a variety of shows including CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Nickelodeons Bella and the Bulldogs (2015), Disney's Dog with a Blog (2012), and will be seen in a recurring role in The Fosters, season 4. Kalama was the lead in the award winning short film The Kid (2013), written and directed by Sean Brosnan. He has also co-starred on an episode of HBO's Ray Donovan (2013) and was the principal in numerous national commercials.
I thought I'd left Blackwater, Texas behind for good. I didn't belong in the small town, but my dad wouldn't listen. He dragged me back home in his beat-up truck and dropped a bomb along the way: Chase Matthews was moving in with us. He was the golden boy of my high school, my former best friend, and the last person I wanted sleeping across the hall. His presence was too great a reminder of the ghosts I was trying to forget. I didn't ask for a hero. I don't want to be saved. To me, Lilah Calloway meant late nights sneakin'; out, moonlit hair, and sparklers in July. She was my best friend until the day she left and I'd assumed Blackwater had seen the last of her. Then, like a tempest, she rolled back into town for the final half of senior year. The chopped hair and dark devil-may-care attitude warned most people away, but I knew if I fought hard enough, I could find the lost girl. I didn't want to be her hero. Some girls don't need to be saved.
