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

2023

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Jason Trissop
Meg 2: The Trench as Mac
True Spirit as Ben Bryant
A Journey to Sundance as Self
Inside Pandora's Box as Self

2022

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

2021

INVINCIBLE as Paul (voice)
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)
Herbs: Songs of Freedom ... (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

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

2012

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

2011

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

2010

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

2009

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

2008

10,000 BC as Tic-Tic

2007

Live Free or Die Hard as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Fracture as Detective Flores
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

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

2003

Runaway Jury as Frank Herrera
Whale Rider as Porourangi

2002

Collateral Damage as Claudio Perrini
Point of Origin as Mike Camello

2001

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

2000

Jubilee as Billy Williams

1999

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

1998

Deep Rising as Mamooli
Six Days Seven Nights as Kip

1996

Chicken as Zeke