Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

55 · Born: Jul 27, 1968

Personal Details

Born Jul 27, 1968 Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Parents
  • George Curits

Biography

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born 27 July 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.

Career

2031
Avatar 5
Avatar 5 as Tonowari
2029
Avatar 4
Avatar 4 as Tonowari
2025
Avatar 3
Avatar 3 as Tonowari
2023
Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench as James 'Mac' Mackreides
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True Spirit
True Spirit as Ben Bryant
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2022
Murina
Murina as Javier
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Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water as Tonowari
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2021
Reminiscence
Reminiscence as Cyrus Booth
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2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Jonah Hobbs
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Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep as Billy Freeman
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2018
The Meg
The Meg as 'Mac'
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2016
Risen
Risen as Yeshua
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2015
Last Knights
Last Knights as Lt. Cortez
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Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead as Travis Manawa
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2014
The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse as Genesis
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Gang Related
Gang Related as Javier Acosta
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2012
A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words as Dr. Sinja
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Missing
Missing as Dax Miller
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2011
Colombiana
Colombiana as Emilio
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2010
The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Ozai
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2009
Crossing Over
Crossing Over as Hamid Baraheri
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Push
Push as Hook Waters
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Trauma
Trauma as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
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2008
10,000 BC
10,000 BC as Tic-Tic
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2007
Sunshine
Sunshine as Searle
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Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard as Bowman
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Fracture
Fracture as Detective Flores
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2006
The Fountain
The Fountain as Captain Ariel
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2005
River Queen
River Queen as Wiremu
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2004
Spooked
Spooked as Mort Whitman
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Heinous Crime
Heinous Crime as Pizza Delivery Man
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Traffic
Traffic as Adam Kadyrov
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2003
Whale Rider
Whale Rider as Porourangi
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Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury as Frank Herrera
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2002
Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage as Claudio Perrini
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Point of Origin
Point of Origin as Mike Camello
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2001
Blow
Blow as Pablo Escobar
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Training Day
Training Day as Smiley
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2000
Jubilee
Jubilee as Billy Williams
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1999
Virus
Virus as Hiko
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Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead as Cy Coates
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Three Kings
Three Kings as Amir Abdullah
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1998
Deep Rising
Deep Rising as Mamooli
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Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights as Kip
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1996
Chicken
Chicken as Zeke
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1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1994
Hercules in the Underworld
Hercules in the Underworld as Nessus
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Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors as Bully
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1993
Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies as Fraser
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The Piano
The Piano as Mana
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2007