Cliff Curtis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1968, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
- Movies
- 61
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.
Upcoming Cliff Curtis Movies
Avatar 4
2029
December 19, 2029
Avatar 5
2031
December 17, 2031
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2031 | Avatar 5 | Tonowari |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 | Tonowari |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Tonowari |
| 2025 | Last Breath | Andre Jenson (Captain) |
| 2024 | In the Fire of War | Wi Toka |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench | Mac |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box | Self |
| 2023 | True Spirit | Ben Bryant |
| 2023 | A Journey to Sundance | Self |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Tonowari |
| 2022 | The Raid | Tāwharau ‘Taffy’ |
| 2022 | Murina | Javier |
| 2021 | Reminiscence | Cyrus Booth |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep | Billy Freeman |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | Jonah Hobbs |
| 2018 | The Meg | James 'Mac' Mackreides |
| 2016 | Risen | Yeshua |
| 2015 | Last Knights | Lt. Cortez |
| 2014 | Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now? | Self |
| 2014 | The Dark Horse | Genesis |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words | Dr. Sinja |
| 2011 | Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata | Himself |
| 2011 | Colombiana | Emilio |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender | Fire Lord Ozai |
| 2009 | Crossing Over | Hamid Baraheri |
| 2009 | Push | Hook Waters |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC | Tic-Tic |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Deputy Director Miguel Bowman |
| 2007 | Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth | Himself |
| 2007 | Fracture | Detective Flores |
| 2007 | Sunshine | Searle |
| 2006 | The Fountain | Captain Ariel |
| 2005 | River Queen | Wiremu |
| 2004 | Spooked | Mort Whitman |
| 2004 | Fracture | Inspector Franklin |
| 2004 | Heinous Crime | Pizza Delivery Man |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Frank Herrera |
| 2003 | Whale Rider | Porourangi |
| 2002 | Point of Origin | Mike Camello |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage | Claudio Perrini |
| 2001 | The Majestic | The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid |
| 2001 | Training Day | Smiley |
| 2001 | Blow | Pablo Escobar |
| 2000 | Jubilee | Billy Williams |
| 1999 | The Insider | Sheikh Fadlallah |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Cy Coates |
| 1999 | Three Kings | Amir Abdullah |
| 1999 | Virus | Hiko |
| 1998 | Six Days Seven Nights | Kip |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | Mamooli |
| 1996 | Chicken | Zeke |
| 1995 | Overnight | Jim |
| 1994 | Hercules in the Underworld | Nessus |
| 1994 | Once Were Warriors | Bully |
| 1994 | Rapa Nui | Short Ears |
| 1993 | Desperate Remedies | Fraser |
| 1993 | The Piano | Mana |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2019 | Herbs: Songs of Freedom | Producer |
| 2010 | Boy | Producer |
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark | Producer |
| 2004 | Tama Tū | Producer |
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