Cliff Curtis
Acting
Born: July 27, 1968 (age 58) · Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Highest Rated
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
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
The Meg
2018
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Training Day
2001
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
INVINCIBLE
2021
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
Doctor Sleep
2019
Blow
2001
Fracture
2007
Sunshine
2007
The Last Airbender
2010
Photos (8)
Movies (50)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water
Tonowari
Training Day
Smiley
Doctor Sleep
Billy Freeman
Meg 2: The Trench
Mac
Live Free or Die Hard
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jonah Hobbs
Last Breath
Andre Jenson (Captain)
The Last Airbender
Fire Lord Ozai
Runaway Jury
Frank Herrera
Risen
Yeshua
Six Days Seven Nights
Kip
The Meg
James 'Mac' Mackreides
Push
Hook Waters
10,000 BC
Tic-Tic
The Insider
Sheikh Fadlallah
Bringing Out the Dead
Cy Coates
A Thousand Words
Dr. Sinja
The Fountain
Captain Ariel
The Piano
Mana
Crossing Over
Hamid Baraheri
True Spirit
Ben Bryant
Collateral Damage
Claudio Perrini
Blow
Escobar
Sunshine
Searle
The Majestic
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Colombiana
Emilio
Deep Rising
Mamooli
Mars Attacks!
Maori native
Last Knights
Lt. Cortez
Reminiscence
Cyrus Booth
Three Kings
Amir Abdullah
Virus
Hiko
Fracture
Detective Flores
Whale Rider
Porourangi
Murina
Javier
In the Fire of War
Wi Toka
Once Were Warriors
Bully
Hercules in the Underworld
Nessus
Rapa Nui
Short Ears
The Dark Horse
Genesis
Point of Origin
Mike Camello
River Queen
Wiremu
Jubilee
Billy Williams
Heinous Crime
Pizza Delivery Man
Desperate Remedies
Fraser
Fracture
Inspector Franklin
The Raid
Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Spooked
Mort Whitman
Chicken
Zeke
TV Shows (12)
INVINCIBLE
Paul (voice) · 12 eps
Fear the Walking Dead
Travis Manawa · 37 eps
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Jason Trissop · 4 eps
Body of Proof
FBI Special Agent Derek Ames · 2 eps
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Nemis · 1 eps
KAOS
Poseidon · 6 eps
Chief of War
Keoua · 9 eps
Trauma
Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck · 18 eps
Missing
Dax Miller · 10 eps
Gang Related
Javier Acosta · 13 eps
Traffic
Adam Kadyrov · 3 eps
Swift Street
Robert · 8 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
Upcoming (2)
Producing (11)
Chief of War
Co-Producer
Eagle vs Shark
Producer
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
The Dark Horse
Executive Producer
Boy
Producer
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Executive Producer
Herbs: Songs of Freedom
Producer
Coffee and Allah
Executive Producer
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Co-Producer
Tama Tū
Producer
The Raid
Executive Producer