Cliff Curtis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-07-27 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Also Known As

  • Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis
  • Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis
  • Κλιφ Κέρτις
  • 克利夫·柯蒂斯

Cliff Curtis

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.

Known For

Avatar: The Way of Water
7.6%

Avatar: The Way of Water

Dec 14, 2022

The Meg
6.3%

The Meg

Aug 9, 2018

Training Day
7.5%

Training Day

Oct 5, 2001

Live Free or Die Hard
6.6%

Live Free or Die Hard

Jun 20, 2007

Fear the Walking Dead
7.7%

Fear the Walking Dead

Aug 23, 2015

Doctor Sleep
7.2%

Doctor Sleep

Oct 30, 2019

Blow
7.4%

Blow

Apr 4, 2001

Invincible
8.7%

Invincible

Mar 25, 2021

The Last Airbender
4.7%

The Last Airbender

Jun 30, 2010

Fracture
7.3%

Fracture

Apr 19, 2007

Sunshine
7.0%

Sunshine

Apr 5, 2007

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Acting

Kaos as Poseidon
2031
Avatar 5 as Tonowari
2029
Avatar 4 as Tonowari
2025
Avatar 3 as Tonowari
2024
Ka Whawhai Tonu
2023
Meg 2: The Trench as Mac
2023
Inside Pandora's Box as Self
2023
True Spirit as Ben Bryant
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water as Tonowari
2022
Muru as Community Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tawharau
2022
Murina as Javier
2021
Reminiscence as Cyrus Booth
2021
Invincible as Paul (voice)
2019
Doctor Sleep as Billy Freeman
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Jonah Hobbs
2018
The Meg as James 'Mac' Mackreides
2016
Risen as Yeshua
2015
Fear the Walking Dead as Travis Manawa
2015
Last Knights as Lt. Cortez
2014
The Dark Horse as Genesis
2014
Gang Related as Javier Acosta
2012
Missing as Dax Miller
2012
A Thousand Words as Dr. Sinja
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata as Himself
2011
Colombiana as Emilio
2011
Body of Proof as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
2010
The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Ozai
2009
Trauma as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
2009
Crossing Over as Hamid Baraheri
2009
Push as Hook Waters
2008
10,000 BC as Tic-Tic
2007
Live Free or Die Hard as Agent Bowman
2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth as Himself
2007
Fracture as Detective Flores
2007
Sunshine as Searle
2006
The Fountain as Captain Ariel
2005
River Queen as Wiremu
2004
Spooked as Mort Whitman
2004
Fracture as Inspector Franklin
2004
Heinous Crime as Pizza Delivery Man
2004
Traffic as Adam Kadyrov
2003
Whale Rider as Porourangi
2003
Runaway Jury as Frank Herrera
2002
Point of Origin as Mike Camello
2002
Collateral Damage as Claudio Perrini
2001
The Majestic as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
2001
Training Day as Smiley
2001
Blow as Pablo Escobar
2000
Jubilee as Billy Williams
1999
The Insider as Sheikh Fadlallah
1999
Bringing Out the Dead as Cy Coates
1999
Three Kings as Amir Abdullah
1999
Virus as Hiko
1998
Six Days Seven Nights as Kip
1998
Deep Rising as Mamooli
1996
Chicken as Zeke
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Nessus
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Nemis
1994
Hercules in the Underworld as Nessus
1994
Once Were Warriors as Bully
1994
Rapa Nui as Short Ears
1993
Desperate Remedies as Fraser
1993
The Piano as Mana

Production

2022
Muru as Executive Producer
2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen as Executive Producer
2014
The Dark Horse as Executive Producer
2012
Great Expectations as Executive Producer
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata as Co-Producer
2010
Boy as Producer
2007
Coffee and Allah as Executive Producer
2007
Eagle vs Shark as Producer
2004
Tama Tū as Producer
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