Cliff Curtis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-07-27 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Cliff Curtis
Biography
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand-born actor. His film credits include Once Were Warriors (1994), Three Kings (1999), Training Day (2001), Whale Rider (2002), Collateral Damage (2002), Sunshine, Live Free or Die Hard (both 2007), The Dark Horse (2014), for which he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor, Doctor Sleep (2019), Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). His television roles include NBC's Trauma, and ABC's Body of Proof and Missing. From 2015 to 2017, he portrayed Travis Manawa on the AMC horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead.
He is the co-owner of the independent New Zealand production company Whenua Films.
Known For
Acting
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
(2031)
Avatar 5
as Tonowari
(2029)
Avatar 4
as Tonowari
(2025)
Last Breath
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
(2025)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
(2024)
Struggle Without End
as Wi Toka
(2023)
Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac
(2023)
True Spirit
as Ben Bryant
(2023)
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
(2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
(2022)
Murina
as Javier
(2022)
The Raid
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
(2021)
Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
(2019)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs
(2019)
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman
(2018)
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
(2016)
Risen
as Yeshua
(2015)
Last Knights
as Lt. Cortez
(2014)
The Dark Horse
as Genesis
(2014)
(2012)
A Thousand Words
as Dr. Sinja
(2011)
Colombiana
as Emilio
(2011)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
as Himself
(2010)
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
(2009)
Push
as Hook Waters
(2009)
Crossing Over
as Hamid Baraheri
(2008)
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic
(2007)
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
(2007)
Fracture
as Detective Flores
(2007)
Sunshine
as Searle
(2007)
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as Himself
(2006)
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel
(2005)
River Queen
as Wiremu
(2004)
Fracture
as Inspector Franklin
(2004)
Spooked
as Mort Whitman
(2004)
Heinous Crime
as Pizza Delivery Man
(2003)
Runaway Jury
as Frank Herrera
(2003)
Whale Rider
as Porourangi
(2002)
Collateral Damage
as Claudio Perrini
(2002)
Point of Origin
as Mike Camello
(2001)
Training Day
as Smiley
(2001)
Blow
as Pablo Escobar
(2001)
The Majestic
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
(2000)
Jubilee
as Billy Williams
(1999)
The Insider
as Sheikh Fadlallah
(1999)
Three Kings
as Amir Abdullah
(1999)
Bringing Out the Dead
as Cy Coates
(1999)
Virus
as Hiko
(1998)
Six Days Seven Nights
as Kip
(1998)
Deep Rising
as Mamooli
(1996)
Chicken
as Zeke
(1994)
Once Were Warriors
as Bully
(1994)
Rapa Nui
as Short Ears
(1994)
Hercules in the Underworld
as Nessus
(1993)
The Piano
as Mana
(1993)
Desperate Remedies
as Fraser
Crew
(2022)
The Raid
Executive Producer
(2019)
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Executive Producer
(2014)
The Dark Horse
Executive Producer
(2012)
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
(2011)
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Co-Producer
(2010)
Boy
Producer
(2007)
Eagle vs Shark
Producer
(2007)
Coffee and Allah
Executive Producer
(2004)
Tama Tū
Producer