About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1968-07-27
Place of birth:
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Website:
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Cliff Curtis

Overview

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
2031 Avatar 5 Actor Tonowari N/A
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2029 Avatar 4 Actor Tonowari N/A
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2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Actor Tonowari N/A
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2024 Struggle Without End Actor Wi Toka N/A
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2024 Swift Street Actor Robert 68
Fair
2023 Meg 2: The Trench Actor Mac 64
Fair
2023 Inside Pandora's Box Actor Self 59
Average
2023 True Spirit Actor Ben Bryant 62
Fair
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Actor Tonowari 75
Good
2022 The Raid Actor Tāwharau ‘Taffy’ 59
Average
2022 Murina Actor Javier 59
Average
2021 Reminiscence Actor Cyrus Booth 64
Fair
2019 Doctor Sleep Actor Billy Freeman 70
Good
2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Actor Jonah Hobbs 67
Fair
2018 The Meg Actor James 'Mac' Mackreides 62
Fair
2016 Risen Actor Yeshua 60
Fair
2015 Last Knights Actor Lt. Cortez 62
Fair
2014 The Dark Horse Actor Genesis 59
Average
2014 Gang Related Actor Javier Acosta 69
Fair
2012 Missing Actor Dax Miller 65
Fair
2012 A Thousand Words Actor Dr. Sinja 60
Fair
2011 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata Actor Himself N/A
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2011 Colombiana Actor Emilio 64
Fair
2010 The Last Airbender Actor Fire Lord Ozai 47
Bad
2009 Trauma Actor Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck 71
Good
2009 Crossing Over Actor Hamid Baraheri 59
Average
2009 Push Actor Hook Waters 61
Fair
2008 10,000 BC Actor Tic-Tic 55
Average
2007 Live Free or Die Hard Actor Agent Bowman 65
Fair
2007 Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth Actor Himself 59
Average
2007 Fracture Actor Detective Flores 71
Good
2007 Sunshine Actor Searle 68
Fair
2006 The Fountain Actor Captain Ariel 67
Fair
2005 River Queen Actor Wiremu 59
Average
2004 Spooked Actor Mort Whitman 59
Average
2004 Fracture Actor Inspector Franklin 59
Average
2004 Heinous Crime Actor Pizza Delivery Man 59
Average
2004 Traffic Actor Adam Kadyrov 70
Good
2003 Whale Rider Actor Porourangi 64
Fair
2003 Runaway Jury Actor Frank Herrera 66
Fair
2002 Point of Origin Actor Mike Camello 59
Average
2002 Sand Pirates of the Sahara Actor The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid N/A
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2002 Collateral Damage Actor Claudio Perrini 58
Average
2001 The Majestic Actor The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid 63
Fair
2001 Training Day Actor Smiley 73
Good
2001 Blow Actor Pablo Escobar 72
Good
2000 Jubilee Actor Billy Williams 59
Average
1999 The Insider Actor Sheikh Fadlallah 71
Good
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Actor Cy Coates 63
Fair
1999 Three Kings Actor Amir Abdullah 65
Fair
1999 Virus Actor Hiko 56
Average
1998 Six Days Seven Nights Actor Kip 60
Fair
1998 Deep Rising Actor Mamooli 60
Fair
1996 Chicken Actor Zeke 59
Average
1994 Hercules in the Underworld Actor Nessus 58
Average
1994 Once Were Warriors Actor Bully 65
Fair
1994 Rapa Nui Actor Short Ears 59
Average
1993 Desperate Remedies Actor Fraser 59
Average
1993 The Piano Actor Mana 70
Good

Production
2022 The Raid Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2019 Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2014 The Dark Horse Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2012 Great Expectations Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
2011 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata Production Co-Producer N/A
N/A
2010 Boy Production Producer 65
Fair
2007 Coffee and Allah Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2007 Eagle vs Shark Production Producer 61
Fair
2004 Tama Tū Production Producer 59
Average