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