Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
70
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 27, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Also Known As
Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis
کلیف کورتیس
Cliff Curtis
Biography
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.
He is the co-owner of the independent New Zealand production company Whenua Films.
Known For
Acting
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Invincible
as
Paul (voice)
2031
Avatar 5
as
Tonowari
2029
Avatar 4
as
Tonowari
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as
Tonowari
2025
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
as
Self - "Tonowari"
1 episode
2025
Chief of War
as
Keoua
9 episode
s
2025
Last Breath
as
Andre Jenson (Captain)
2024
KAOS
as
Poseidon
6 episode
s
2024
In the Fire of War
as
Wi Toka
2024
Swift Street
as
Robert
8 episode
s
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as
Jason Trissop
3 episode
s
2023
Meg 2: The Trench
as
Mac
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as
Self
2023
True Spirit
as
Ben Bryant
2023
A Journey to Sundance
as
Self
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
as
Tonowari
2022
The Raid
as
Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
2022
Murina
as
Javier
2021
Reminiscence
as
Cyrus Booth
2021
INVINCIBLE
as
Paul (voice)
11 episode
s
2019
Doctor Sleep
as
Billy Freeman
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as
Jonah Hobbs
2018
The Meg
as
James 'Mac' Mackreides
2016
Risen
as
Yeshua
2015
Fear the Walking Dead
as
Travis Manawa
37 episode
s
2015
Last Knights
as
Lt. Cortez
2014
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
as
Self
2014
The Dark Horse
as
Genesis
2014
Gang Related
as
Javier Acosta
13 episode
s
2012
Missing
as
Dax Miller
10 episode
s
2012
A Thousand Words
as
Dr. Sinja
2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
as
Himself
2011
Colombiana
as
Emilio
2011
Body of Proof
as
FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
2 episode
s
2010
The Last Airbender
as
Fire Lord Ozai
2009
Trauma
as
Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
18 episode
s
2009
Crossing Over
as
Hamid Baraheri
2009
Push
as
Hook Waters
2008
10,000 BC
as
Tic-Tic
2007
Live Free or Die Hard
as
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as
Himself
2007
Fracture
as
Detective Flores
2007
Sunshine
as
Searle
2006
The Fountain
as
Captain Ariel
2005
River Queen
as
Wiremu
2004
Spooked
as
Mort Whitman
2004
Fracture
as
Inspector Franklin
2004
Heinous Crime
as
Pizza Delivery Man
2004
Traffic
as
Adam Kadyrov
3 episode
s
2003
Whale Rider
as
Porourangi
2003
Runaway Jury
as
Frank Herrera
2002
Point of Origin
as
Mike Camello
2002
Collateral Damage
as
Claudio Perrini
2001
The Majestic
as
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
2001
Training Day
as
Smiley
2001
Blow
as
Pablo Escobar
2000
Jubilee
as
Billy Williams
1999
The Insider
as
Sheikh Fadlallah
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
as
Cy Coates
1999
Three Kings
as
Amir Abdullah
1999
Virus
as
Hiko
1998
Six Days Seven Nights
as
Kip
1998
Deep Rising
as
Mamooli
1996
Chicken
as
Zeke
1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as
Nemis
1 episode
1994
Hercules in the Underworld
as
Nessus
1994
Once Were Warriors
as
Bully
1994
Rapa Nui
as
Short Ears
1993
Desperate Remedies
as
Fraser
1993
The Piano
as
Mana
