In Disney’s latest live-action remake, “Lilo & Stitch,” David Hekili Kenui Bell has a short but memorable role in which he is so bewildered to see aliens that he lets his shaved ice plop to the ground. The appearance was his first in a feature film. Mr. Bell, who had played minor roles in a few productions, died on Thursday. He was 46.

David Hekili Kenui Bell, the actor known for his role as “Big Hawaiian Dude” who drops his shave ice at the sight of aliens in the 2025 live-action remake of Disney’s “Lilo and Stitch,” died Thursday in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii island.

David Hekili Kenui Bell, an actor in the live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch," has died, his sister announced on social media. He was 46 years old.