Career
Bumatai began his career opening for popular Hawaiian comedian Frank De Lima and soon found himself replacing the late Rap Reiplinger in Booga Booga, Hawaii"s seminal sketch comedy group. Bumatai"s film credits include The Whoopee Boys, A Manitoba Called Sarge and Aloha Summer. Bumatai recorded a number of comedy albums.
Bumatai also created a number of television specials for Hawaii"s KGMB-television, notably High School Daze and All in the Ohana.
Nationally, he was featured on Raven and has had roles on North Shore and Baywatch among others Bumatai also co-starred in a 1997 pilot for a new Hawaii Five-O series, which never made it to air.
Coincidentally, his character"s name in the Five-O pilot was the same as his character"s name in Raven: Danny Kahala. The two series were both Steven Cannell productions.
He is currently Executive Producer of Nighttime Productions, and produces and stars in his own Hawaiian-based online talk show, The Andy Bumatai Show.