Cliff Curtis
Acting
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
Acting70
movieAvatar 5
2031
Tonowari
movieAvatar 4
2029
Tonowari
movieAvatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Tonowari
tvFire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2025
Self - "Tonowari"
tvChief of War
2025
Keoua
movieLast Breath
2025
Andre Jenson (Captain)
tvKAOS
2024
Poseidon
movieIn the Fire of War
2024
Wi Toka
tvSwift Street
2024
Robert
tvMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Jason Trissop
movieTrue Spirit
2023
Ben Bryant
movieThe Raid
2022
Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
movieMurina
2022
Javier
movieReminiscence
2021
Cyrus Booth
tvINVINCIBLE
2021
Paul (voice)
movieDoctor Sleep
2019
Billy Freeman
movieThe Meg
2018
James 'Mac' Mackreides
movieRisen
2016
Yeshua
tvFear the Walking Dead
2015
Travis Manawa
movieLast Knights
2015
Lt. Cortez
movieThe Dark Horse
2014
Genesis
tvGang Related
2014
Javier Acosta
tvMissing
2012
Dax Miller
movieA Thousand Words
2012
Dr. Sinja
movieColombiana
2011
Emilio
tvBody of Proof
2011
FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
movieThe Last Airbender
2010
Fire Lord Ozai
tvTrauma
2009
Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
movieCrossing Over
2009
Hamid Baraheri
moviePush
2009
Hook Waters
movie10,000 BC
2008
Tic-Tic
movieLive Free or Die Hard
2007
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
movieFracture
2007
Detective Flores
movieSunshine
2007
Searle
movieThe Fountain
2006
Captain Ariel
movieRiver Queen
2005
Wiremu
movieSpooked
2004
Mort Whitman
movieFracture
2004
Inspector Franklin
movieHeinous Crime
2004
Pizza Delivery Man
tvTraffic
2004
Adam Kadyrov
movieWhale Rider
2003
Porourangi
movieRunaway Jury
2003
Frank Herrera
moviePoint of Origin
2002
Mike Camello
movieCollateral Damage
2002
Claudio Perrini
movieThe Majestic
2001
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
movieTraining Day
2001
Smiley
movieBlow
2001
Pablo Escobar
movieJubilee
2000
Billy Williams
movieThe Insider
1999
Sheikh Fadlallah
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999
Cy Coates
movieThree Kings
1999
Amir Abdullah
movieVirus
1999
Hiko
movieDeep Rising
1998
Mamooli
movieChicken
1996
Zeke
movieRapa Nui
1994
Short Ears
Production11
tvChief of War
2025
Co-Producer
movieThe Raid
2022
Executive Producer
movieHerbs: Songs of Freedom
2019
Producer
movieMerata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
Executive Producer
movieThe Dark Horse
2014
Executive Producer
movieGreat Expectations
2012
Executive Producer
movieBoy
2010
Producer
movieCoffee and Allah
2007
Executive Producer
movieEagle vs Shark
2007
Producer
movieTama Tū
2004
Producer