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