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