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Cliff Curtis

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 27, 1968 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Biography

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand 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
2031Avatar 5Tonowari
2029Avatar 4Tonowari
2025Last BreathAndre Jenson (Captain)
2025Avatar: Fire and AshTonowari
2025Chief of WarKeoua
2025Fire and Water: Making the Avatar FilmsSelf - "Tonowari"
2024In the Fire of WarWi Toka
2024Swift StreetRobert
2024KAOSPoseidon
2023Inside Pandora's BoxSelf
2023Meg 2: The TrenchMac
2023True SpiritBen Bryant
2023A Journey to SundanceSelf
2023Monarch: Legacy of MonstersJason Trissop
2022The RaidTāwharau ‘Taffy’
2022Avatar: The Way of WaterTonowari
2022MurinaJavier
2021ReminiscenceCyrus Booth
2021InvinciblePaul (voice)
2019Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawJonah Hobbs
2019Doctor SleepBilly Freeman
2018The MegJames 'Mac' Mackreides
2016RisenYeshua
2015Last KnightsLt. Cortez
2015Fear the Walking DeadTravis Manawa
2014The Dark HorseGenesis
2014Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?Self
2014Gang RelatedJavier Acosta
2012A Thousand WordsDr. Sinja
2012MissingDax Miller
2011ColombianaEmilio
2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataHimself
2011Body of ProofFBI Special Agent Derek Ames
2010The Last AirbenderFire Lord Ozai
2009PushHook Waters
2009Crossing OverHamid Baraheri
2009TraumaReuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
200810,000 BCTic-Tic
2007SunshineSearle
2007Live Free or Die HardDeputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007FractureDetective Flores
2007Inside The Fountain: Death and RebirthHimself
2006The FountainCaptain Ariel
2005River QueenWiremu
2004FractureInspector Franklin
2004SpookedMort Whitman
2004Heinous CrimePizza Delivery Man
2004TrafficAdam Kadyrov
2003Whale RiderPorourangi
2003Runaway JuryFrank Herrera
2002Collateral DamageClaudio Perrini
2002Point of OriginMike Camello
2001Training DaySmiley
2001BlowPablo Escobar
2001The MajesticThe Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
2000JubileeBilly Williams
1999Three KingsAmir Abdullah
1999Bringing Out the DeadCy Coates
1999The InsiderSheikh Fadlallah
1999VirusHiko
1998Deep RisingMamooli
1998Six Days Seven NightsKip
1996ChickenZeke
1995Hercules: The Legendary JourneysNemis
1994Once Were WarriorsBully
1994Hercules in the UnderworldNessus
1994Rapa NuiShort Ears
1993The PianoMana
1993Desperate RemediesFraser
Production
2025Chief of WarCo-Producer
2022The RaidExecutive Producer
2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the ScreenExecutive Producer
2014The Dark HorseExecutive Producer
2012Great ExpectationsExecutive Producer
2011Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora TangataCo-Producer
2010BoyProducer
2007Eagle vs SharkProducer
2007Coffee and AllahExecutive Producer
2004Tama TūProducer