Cliff Curtis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1968
- Birthplace
- Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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.
Filmography
Avatar 5 2031
as Tonowari
Avatar 4 2029
as Tonowari
Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025
as Tonowari
Last Breath 2025
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
In the Fire of War 2024
as Wi Toka
Meg 2: The Trench 2023
as Mac
Inside Pandora's Box 2023
as Self
True Spirit 2023
as Ben Bryant
A Journey to Sundance 2023
as Self
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
as Tonowari
The Raid 2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’, Executive Producer
Murina 2022
as Javier
Reminiscence 2021
as Cyrus Booth
Doctor Sleep 2019
as Billy Freeman
Herbs: Songs of Freedom 2019
Producer
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 2019
as Jonah Hobbs
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen 2019
Executive Producer
The Meg 2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Risen 2016
as Yeshua
Last Knights 2015
as Lt. Cortez
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now? 2014
as Self
The Dark Horse 2014
as Genesis, Executive Producer
Great Expectations 2012
Executive Producer
A Thousand Words 2012
as Dr. Sinja
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata 2011
as Himself, Co-Producer
Colombiana 2011
as Emilio
The Last Airbender 2010
as Fire Lord Ozai
Boy 2010
Producer
Crossing Over 2009
as Hamid Baraheri
Push 2009
as Hook Waters
10,000 BC 2008
as Tic-Tic
Coffee and Allah 2007
Executive Producer
Live Free or Die Hard 2007
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Eagle vs Shark 2007
Producer
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth 2007
as Himself
Fracture 2007
as Detective Flores
Sunshine 2007
as Searle
The Fountain 2006
as Captain Ariel
River Queen 2005
as Wiremu
Spooked 2004
as Mort Whitman
Tama Tū 2004
Producer
Fracture 2004
as Inspector Franklin
Heinous Crime 2004
as Pizza Delivery Man
Runaway Jury 2003
as Frank Herrera
Whale Rider 2003
as Porourangi
Point of Origin 2002
as Mike Camello
Collateral Damage 2002
as Claudio Perrini
The Majestic 2001
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Training Day 2001
as Smiley
Blow 2001
as Escobar
Jubilee 2000
as Billy Williams
The Insider 1999
as Sheikh Fadlallah
Bringing Out the Dead 1999
as Cy Coates
Three Kings 1999
as Amir Abdullah
Virus 1999
as Hiko
Six Days Seven Nights 1998
as Kip
Deep Rising 1998
as Mamooli
Mars Attacks! 1996
as Maori native
Chicken 1996
as Zeke
- Overnight
Overnight 1995
as Jim
Hercules in the Underworld 1994
as Nessus
Once Were Warriors 1994
as Bully
Rapa Nui 1994
as Short Ears
Desperate Remedies 1993
as Fraser
The Piano 1993
as Mana
Credits from TMDB.