Cliff Curtis

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 27, 1968 (57 yrs)

place of birth

Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

also known as

Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis · Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis · کلیف کورتیس

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Avatar: Fire and Ash
7.6

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025as Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water
7.6

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022as Tonowari
Meg 2: The Trench
6.4

Meg 2: The Trench

2023as Mac
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
6.8

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019as Jonah Hobbs
The Meg
6.2

The Meg

2018as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Training Day
7.5

Training Day

2001as Smiley
The Last Airbender
4.6

The Last Airbender

2010as Fire Lord Ozai
Live Free or Die Hard
6.6

Live Free or Die Hard

2007as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Sunshine
7.0

Sunshine

2007as Searle
Colombiana
6.6

Colombiana

2011as Emilio
10,000 BC
5.5

10,000 BC

2008as Tic-Tic
Doctor Sleep
7.1

Doctor Sleep

2019as Billy Freeman
Blow
7.4

Blow

2001as Pablo Escobar
Deep Rising
6.2

Deep Rising

1998as Mamooli
The Piano
7.4

The Piano

1993as Mana
Fracture
7.3

Fracture

2007as Detective Flores
Last Breath
6.9

Last Breath

2025as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Three Kings
6.6

Three Kings

1999as Amir Abdullah
Push
6.2

Push

2009as Hook Waters
Last Knights
6.4

Last Knights

2015as Lt. Cortez
A Thousand Words
6.1

A Thousand Words

2012as Dr. Sinja
Virus
5.4

Virus

1999as Hiko
Avatar 4

Avatar 4

2029as Tonowari
The Fountain
6.9

The Fountain

2006as Captain Ariel
Six Days Seven Nights
6.1

Six Days Seven Nights

1998as Kip
The Insider
7.5

The Insider

1999as Sheikh Fadlallah
Reminiscence
6.5

Reminiscence

2021as Cyrus Booth
Collateral Damage
5.8

Collateral Damage

2002as Claudio Perrini
The Majestic
6.8

The Majestic

2001as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Risen
6.3

Risen

2016as Yeshua
Avatar 5

Avatar 5

2031as Tonowari
Runaway Jury
6.9

Runaway Jury

2003as Frank Herrera
Bringing Out the Dead
6.6

Bringing Out the Dead

1999as Cy Coates
Whale Rider
7.0

Whale Rider

2003as Porourangi
Crossing Over
6.1

Crossing Over

2009as Hamid Baraheri
Once Were Warriors
7.4

Once Were Warriors

1994as Bully
True Spirit
7.0

True Spirit

2023as Ben Bryant
Rapa Nui
6.4

Rapa Nui

1994as Short Ears
River Queen
5.7

River Queen

2005as Wiremu
Point of Origin
6.1

Point of Origin

2002as Mike Camello
Hercules in the Underworld
5.6

Hercules in the Underworld

1994as Nessus
The Dark Horse
6.3

The Dark Horse

2014as Genesis
The Raid
6.4

The Raid

2022as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
A Journey to Sundance

A Journey to Sundance

2023as Self
Murina
6.5

Murina

2022as Javier
In the Fire of War
5.2

In the Fire of War

2024as Wi Toka
Fracture
7.2

Fracture

2004as Inspector Franklin
Spooked
8.0

Spooked

2004as Mort Whitman
Inside Pandora's Box
5.6

Inside Pandora's Box

2023as Self
Jubilee
6.5

Jubilee

2000as Billy Williams