Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis
Biography
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-07-27 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Acting

2031

Avatar 5 as Tonowari

2029

Avatar 4 as Tonowari

2025

Last Breath as Andre Jenson (Captain)

2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash as Tonowari

2025

Chief of War as Not available

2024

KAOS as Poseidon

2024

Swift Street as Robert

2024

Struggle Without End as Wi Toka

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

INVINCIBLE as Paul (voice)

2021

Reminiscence as Cyrus Booth

2019

Doctor Sleep as Billy Freeman

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

Gang Related as Javier Acosta

2014

The Dark Horse as Genesis

2012

A Thousand Words as Dr. Sinja

2012

Missing as Dax Miller

2011

Body of Proof as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames

2011

Colombiana as Emilio

2010

The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Ozai

2009

Trauma as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck

2009

Push as Hook Waters

2009

Crossing Over as Hamid Baraheri

2008

10,000 BC as Tic-Tic

2007

Live Free or Die Hard as Agent Bowman

2007

Fracture as Detective Flores

2007

Sunshine as Searle

2006

The Fountain as Captain Ariel

2005

River Queen as Wiremu

2004

Traffic as Adam Kadyrov

2004

Spooked as Mort Whitman

2004

Fracture as Inspector Franklin

2004

Heinous Crime as Pizza Delivery Man

2003

Runaway Jury as Frank Herrera

2003

Whale Rider as Porourangi

2002

Collateral Damage as Claudio Perrini

2002

Point of Origin as Mike Camello

2001

Training Day as Smiley

2001

Blow as Pablo Escobar

2001

The Majestic as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

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

Deep Rising as Mamooli

1996

Chicken as Zeke

1994

Once Were Warriors as Bully

1994

Rapa Nui as Short Ears

1993

The Piano as Mana

1993

Desperate Remedies as Fraser
Crew

2022

The Raid Executive Producer

2014

The Dark Horse Executive Producer

2012

Great Expectations Executive Producer

2010

Boy Producer

2007

Eagle vs Shark Producer

2007

Coffee and Allah Executive Producer

2004

Tama Tū Producer