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.
Known For
Porourangi
Whale Rider
Bully
Once Were Warriors
Searle
Sunshine
Smiley
Training Day
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Live Free or Die Hard
Mana
The Piano
Pablo Escobar
Blow
Amir Abdullah
Three Kings
Detective Flores
Fracture
Tic-Tic
10,000 BC
Wiremu
River Queen
Cy Coates
Bringing Out the Dead
Sheikh Fadlallah
The Insider
Mamooli
Deep Rising
Claudio Perrini
Collateral Damage
Hook Waters
Push
Self
Inside Pandora's Box
Hamid Baraheri
Crossing Over
Emilio
Colombiana
Dr. Sinja
A Thousand Words
Wi Toka
Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End
Nessus
Hercules in the Underworld
Mac
Meg 2: The Trench
Fraser
Desperate Remedies
Mike Camello
Point of Origin
Kip
Six Days Seven Nights
Inspector Franklin
Fracture
Frank Herrera
Runaway Jury
Fire Lord Ozai
The Last Airbender
Zeke
Chicken
Genesis
The Dark Horse
Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Muru
Mort Whitman
Spooked
Billy Williams
Jubilee
Hiko
Virus
Lt. Cortez
Last Knights
Yeshua
Risen
Short Ears
Rapa Nui
Pizza Delivery Man
Heinous Crime
Ben Bryant
True Spirit
James 'Mac' Mackreides
The Meg
Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water
Captain Ariel
The Fountain
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
The Majestic
Jonah Hobbs
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Billy Freeman
Doctor Sleep
Cyrus Booth
Reminiscence
Himself
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Himself
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Javier
Murina
Tonowari
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Tonowari
Avatar 4
Tonowari
Avatar 5
Self
A Journey to Sundance
Andre Jenson (Captain)
Last Breath
Self
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-07-27
Place of Birth
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Also Known As
Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis