Cliff Curtis
Actor, Producer
July 27, 1968 (58 years)
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.
He is the co-owner of the independent New Zealand production company Whenua Films.
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| 2031 | Avatar 5 · as Tonowari |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 · as Tonowari |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash · as Tonowari |
| 2025 | Chief of War · as Keoua |
| 2025 | Last Breath · as Andre Jenson (captain) |
| 2024 | KAOS · as Poseidon |
| 2024 | In the Fire of War · as Wi TokaOn Plex |
| 2024 | Swift Street · as Robert |
| 2023 | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters · as Jason Trissop |
| 2023 | Meg 2: The Trench · as Mac |
| 2023 | True Spirit · as Ben Bryant |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water · as Tonowari |
| 2022 | Muru · as Tāwharau ‘taffy’ |
| 2021 | Reminiscence · as Cyrus Booth |
| 2021 | Murina · as Javier |
| 2021 | INVINCIBLE (2021) · as Paul (voice) |
| 2019 | Doctor Sleep · as Billy Freeman |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw · as Jonah Hobbs |
| 2018 | The Meg · as James 'mac' Mackreides |
| 2016 | Risen · as Yeshua |
| 2015 | Fear the Walking Dead · as Travis ManawaOn Plex |
| 2015 | Last Knights · as Lt. CortezOn Plex |
| 2014 | The Dark Horse · as Genesis |
| 2014 | Gang Related · as Javier Acosta |
| 2012 | Missing (2012) · as Dax Miller |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Dr. Sinja |
| 2011 | Colombiana · as Emilio |
| 2011 | Body of Proof · as Fbi Special Agent Derek Ames |
| 2010 | The Last Airbender · as Fire Lord Ozai |
| 2009 | Trauma · as Reuben 'rabbit' Palchuck |
| 2009 | Crossing Over · as Hamid BaraheriOn Plex |
| 2009 | Push · as Hook Waters |
| 2008 | 10,000 BC · as Tic-Tic |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard · as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman |
| 2007 | Fracture · as Detective FloresOn Plex |
| 2007 | Sunshine · as Searle |
| 2006 | The Fountain · as Captain Ariel |
| 2005 | River Queen · as Wiremu |
| 2004 | Spooked · as Mort Whitman |
| 2004 | Fracture · as Inspector Franklin |
| 2004 | Traffic · as Adam Kadyrov |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as Frank HerreraOn Plex |
| 2002 | Whale Rider · as PorourangiOn Plex |
| 2002 | Point of Origin · as Mike Camello |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage · as Claudio PerriniOn Plex |
| 2001 | The Majestic · as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid |
| 2001 | Training Day · as Smiley |
| 2001 | Blow · as Pablo Escobar |
| 2000 | Jubilee · as Billy Williams |
| 1999 | The Insider · as Sheikh Fadlallah |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead · as Cy Coates |
| 1999 | Three Kings · as Amir Abdullah |
| 1999 | Virus · as Hiko |
| 1998 | Six Days Seven Nights · as Kip |
| 1998 | Deep Rising · as Mamooli |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! · as Maori NativeOn Plex |
| 1996 | Chicken · as Zeke |
| 1995 | Mysterious Island (1995) · as "peter" |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys · as Nemis |
| 1994 | Once Were Warriors · as Bully |
| 1994 | Hercules in the Underworld · as Nessus |
| 1994 | Rapa Nui · as Short Ears |
| 1993 | The Piano · as Mana |
| 1992 | Desperate Remedies · as Fraser |
| 2025 | Chief of War · as Co-Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Muru · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Merata: How Mom Decolonized the Screen · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Dark Horse · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Greencard Warriors · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2012 | Great Expectations · as Executive Producer |
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| 2007 | |
| 2005 |
| 2025 | Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films · as Self - "tonowari" |
| 2023 | Up from the Depths: Even More Beasts · as Self |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box · as Self |
| 2023 | A Journey to Sundance · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features · as Self |
| 2014 | Journey to Sundance · as Self |
| 2011 | Talking Dead · as Self |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard Gag Reel · as Self - Bowman |
| 2007 | Inside 'the Fountain': Death and Rebirth · as Himself |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada · as Self |
| 2004 | Bro'Town · as Self |
| 2003 | The Making of 'Whale Rider' · as Self |
| 2000 | Virus: Ghost in the Machine · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |