Cliff Curtis

Born: 1968-07-27 in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2031

Avatar 5 as Tonowari

2029

Avatar 4 as Tonowari

2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash as Tonowari
Chief of War as Keoua
Last Breath as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films as Self - "Tonowari"

2024

KAOS as Poseidon
In the Fire of War as Wi Toka
Swift Street as Robert

2023

Meg 2: The Trench as Mac
True Spirit as Ben Bryant
Inside Pandora's Box as Self

2022

Avatar: The Way of Water as Tonowari
The Raid as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Murina as Javier

2021

INVINCIBLE as Paul (voice)
A Journey to Sundance as Self
Reminiscence as Cyrus Booth

2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Jonah Hobbs
Doctor Sleep as Billy Freeman
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen ... (Executive Producer)

2018

The Meg as James 'Mac' Mackreides

2016

Risen as Yeshua

2015

Fear the Walking Dead as Travis Manawa
Last Knights as Lt. Cortez

2014

The Dark Horse as Genesis
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now? as Self
Gang Related as Javier Acosta

2012

Great Expectations ... (Executive Producer)
A Thousand Words as Dr. Sinja
Missing as Dax Miller

2011

Colombiana as Emilio
Body of Proof as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata as Himself

2010

The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Ozai
Boy ... (Producer)

2009

Crossing Over as Hamid Baraheri
Push as Hook Waters
Trauma as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck

2008

10,000 BC as Tic-Tic

2007

Fracture as Detective Flores
Live Free or Die Hard as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Sunshine as Searle
Eagle vs Shark ... (Producer)
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth as Himself
Coffee and Allah ... (Executive Producer)

2006

The Fountain as Captain Ariel

2005

River Queen as Wiremu

2004

Spooked as Mort Whitman
Fracture as Inspector Franklin
Heinous Crime as Pizza Delivery Man
Tama Tū ... (Producer)
Traffic as Adam Kadyrov

2003

Whale Rider as Porourangi
Runaway Jury as Frank Herrera

2002

Point of Origin as Mike Camello
Collateral Damage as Claudio Perrini

2001

Training Day as Smiley
The Majestic as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Blow as Pablo Escobar

2000

Jubilee as Billy Williams

1999

Bringing Out the Dead as Cy Coates
Three Kings as Amir Abdullah
The Insider as Sheikh Fadlallah
Virus as Hiko

1998

Six Days Seven Nights as Kip
Deep Rising as Mamooli

1996

Chicken as Zeke