Cliff Curtis
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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
Credits
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
as Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
as Tonowari
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
as Mac
The Meg (2018)
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
as Jonah Hobbs
The Last Airbender (2010)
as Fire Lord Ozai
Training Day (2001)
as Smiley
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Doctor Sleep (2019)
as Billy Freeman
Last Breath (2025)
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Sunshine (2007)
as Searle
Colombiana (2011)
as Emilio
Collateral Damage (2002)
as Claudio Perrini
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Frank Herrera
The Fountain (2006)
as Captain Ariel
Fracture (2007)
as Detective Flores
10,000 BC (2008)
as Tic-Tic
Deep Rising (1998)
as Mamooli
The Piano (1993)
as Mana
Last Knights (2015)
as Lt. Cortez
The Insider (1999)
as Sheikh Fadlallah
A Thousand Words (2012)
as Dr. Sinja
Blow (2001)
as Pablo Escobar
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
as Cy Coates
Crossing Over (2009)
as Hamid Baraheri
Reminiscence (2021)
as Cyrus Booth
The Majestic (2001)
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Three Kings (1999)
as Amir Abdullah
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
as Kip
Push (2009)
as Hook Waters
Avatar 4 (2029)
as Tonowari
Risen (2016)
as Yeshua
True Spirit (2023)
as Ben Bryant
Virus (1999)
as Hiko
Whale Rider (2003)
as Porourangi
Once Were Warriors (1994)
as Bully
Avatar 5 (2031)
as Tonowari
Rapa Nui (1994)
as Short Ears
Murina (2022)
as Javier
Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
as Nessus
River Queen (2005)
as Wiremu
In the Fire of War (2024)
as Wi Toka
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth (2007)
as Himself
Jubilee (2000)
as Billy Williams
Point of Origin (2002)
as Mike Camello
A Journey to Sundance (2023)
as Self
The Dark Horse (2014)
as Genesis
Inside Pandora's Box (2023)
as Self
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now? (2014)
as Self
Spooked (2004)
as Mort Whitman
The Raid (2022)
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata (2011)
as Himself
Heinous Crime (2004)
as Pizza Delivery Man
Desperate Remedies (1993)
as Fraser
Virus: Ghost in the Machine (1999)
as Self
Fracture (2004)
as Inspector Franklin
Chicken (1996)
as Zeke
Overnight (1995)
as Jim