Cliff 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.
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Movies (40)
Avatar 5
as Tonowari
2031
Avatar 4
as Tonowari
2029
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
2025
Last Breath
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
2025
In the Fire of War
as Wi Toka
2024
Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
2023
True Spirit
as Ben Bryant
2023
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
2022
The Raid
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
2022
Murina
as Javier
2022
Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
2021
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs
2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
2018
Risen
as Yeshua
2016
Last Knights
as Lt. Cortez
2015
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
as Self
2014
The Dark Horse
as Genesis
2014
Great Expectations
Executive Producer (Production)
2012
A Thousand Words
as Dr. Sinja
2012
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
as Himself
2011
Colombiana
as Emilio
2011
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
2010
Boy
Producer (Production)
2010
Crossing Over
as Hamid Baraheri
2009
Push
as Hook Waters
2009
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic
2008
Coffee and Allah
Executive Producer (Production)
2007
Eagle vs Shark
Producer (Production)
2007
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as Himself
2007
Fracture
as Detective Flores
2007
Sunshine
as Searle
2007
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel
2006
River Queen
as Wiremu
2005
Spooked
as Mort Whitman
2004
Tama Tū
Producer (Production)
2004
TV Shows (10)
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
as Self - "Tonowari"
2025
Chief of War
as Keoua
2025
KAOS
as Poseidon
2024
Swift Street
as Robert
2024
INVINCIBLE
as Paul (voice)
2021
Fear the Walking Dead
as Travis Manawa
2015
Gang Related
as Javier Acosta
2014
Missing
as Dax Miller
2012
Body of Proof
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
2011
Trauma
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
2009