Cliff Curtis
Known for Acting · 70 credits
- Born
- 1968-07-27 (age 57)
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (13)
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Paul (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Jason Trissop
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as Travis Manawa
Body of Proof
2011
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Nemis
Chief of War
2025
as Keoua
KAOS
2024
as Poseidon
Missing
2012
as Dax Miller
Traffic
2004
as Adam Kadyrov
Swift Street
2024
as Robert
Gang Related
2014
as Javier Acosta
Trauma
2009
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2025
as Self - "Tonowari"
Movies (57)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Tonowari
Colombiana
2011
as Emilio
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
as Mac
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Jonah Hobbs
The Meg
2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Doctor Sleep
2019
as Billy Freeman
The Last Airbender
2010
as Fire Lord Ozai
Training Day
2001
as Smiley
A Thousand Words
2012
as Dr. Sinja
The Piano
1993
as Mana
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Avatar 4
2029
as Tonowari
Sunshine
2007
as Searle
Fracture
2007
as Detective Flores
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Kip
10,000 BC
2008
as Tic-Tic
Deep Rising
1998
as Mamooli
Runaway Jury
2003
as Frank Herrera
Last Knights
2015
as Lt. Cortez
Blow
2001
as Pablo Escobar
Push
2009
as Hook Waters
Last Breath
2025
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Avatar 5
2031
as Tonowari
Risen
2016
as Yeshua
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Cy Coates
Reminiscence
2021
as Cyrus Booth
The Insider
1999
as Sheikh Fadlallah
The Fountain
2006
as Captain Ariel
Collateral Damage
2002
as Claudio Perrini
Three Kings
1999
as Amir Abdullah
Whale Rider
2003
as Porourangi
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Crossing Over
2009
as Hamid Baraheri
Once Were Warriors
1994
as Bully
The Majestic
2001
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Virus
1999
as Hiko
Hercules in the Underworld
1994
as Nessus
Jubilee
2000
as Billy Williams
True Spirit
2023
as Ben Bryant
Point of Origin
2002
as Mike Camello
Murina
2022
as Javier
River Queen
2005
as Wiremu
Desperate Remedies
1993
as Fraser
The Dark Horse
2014
as Genesis
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
as Himself
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
as Self
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
Rapa Nui
1994
as Short Ears
In the Fire of War
2024
as Wi Toka
Fracture
2004
as Inspector Franklin
Spooked
2004
as Mort Whitman
Heinous Crime
2004
as Pizza Delivery Man
The Raid
2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Virus: Ghost in the Machine
1999
as Self
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
as Himself
Chicken
1996
as Zeke
About Cliff Curtis
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 Ma… With 70 credits spanning from 1993 to 2031, Cliff Curtis has appeared in 57 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Cliff Curtis Movies
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) — as Tonowari
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) — as Tonowari
- Colombiana (2011) — as Emilio
- Meg 2: The Trench (2023) — as Mac
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) — as Jonah Hobbs
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