Cliff Curtis
59 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 27, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
- Also known as
- Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Cliff Curtis: movies and TV shows
Acting (64)
- Upcoming Avatar 4
as Tonowari
- Upcoming Avatar 5
as Tonowari
- 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
- 2025
- 2025 Last Breath
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
- 2024
- 2024 In the Fire of War
as Wi Toka
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023 Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac
- 2023 True Spirit
as Ben Bryant
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
- 2022 The Raid
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
- 2022 Murina
as Javier
- 2021 Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
- 2021
- 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
- 2015 Last Knights
as Lt. Cortez
- 2014 The Dark Horse
as Genesis
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012 A Thousand Words
as Dr. Sinja
- 2011 Colombiana
as Emilio
- 2011
- 2010 The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
- 2009
- 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 Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
- 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
- 2003 Runaway Jury
as Frank Herrera
- 2003 Whale Rider
as Porourangi
- 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
- 1995 Overnight
as Jim
- 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
Behind the camera (11)
- 2025
- 2022 The Raid
Executive Producer
- 2019 Herbs: Songs of Freedom
Producer
- 2019 Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Executive Producer
- 2014 The Dark Horse
Executive Producer
- 2012 Great Expectations
Executive Producer
- 2011 Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Co-Producer
- 2010 Boy
Producer
- 2007 Coffee and Allah
Executive Producer
- 2007 Eagle vs Shark
Producer
- 2004 Tama Tū
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2025 Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
1 episode
- 2023
- 2023
- 2014
- 2007