Cliff Curtis
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand-born 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.
Acted in
Avatar 5
2031
as Tonowari
Avatar 4
2029
as Tonowari
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Tonowari
KAOS
2024
as Poseidon
Struggle Without End
2024
as Wi Toka
Swift Street
2024
as Robert
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
as Mac
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
as Self
True Spirit
2023
as Ben Bryant
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Tonowari
The Raid
2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Murina
2022
as Javier
Reminiscence
2021
as Cyrus Booth
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Paul (voice)
Doctor Sleep
2019
as Billy Freeman
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Jonah Hobbs
The Meg
2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Risen
2016
as Yeshua
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as Travis Manawa
Last Knights
2015
as Lt. Cortez
The Dark Horse
2014
as Genesis
Gang Related
2014
as Javier Acosta
Missing
2012
as Dax Miller
A Thousand Words
2012
as Dr. Sinja
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
as Himself
Colombiana
2011
as Emilio
Body of Proof
2011
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
The Last Airbender
2010
as Fire Lord Ozai
Trauma
2009
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
Crossing Over
2009
as Hamid Baraheri
Push
2009
as Hook Waters
10,000 BC
2008
as Tic-Tic
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Agent Bowman
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
as Himself
Fracture
2007
as Detective Flores
Sunshine
2007
as Searle
The Fountain
2006
as Captain Ariel
River Queen
2005
as Wiremu
Spooked
2004
as Mort Whitman
Fracture
2004
as Inspector Franklin
Heinous Crime
2004
as Pizza Delivery Man
Traffic
2004
as Adam Kadyrov
Whale Rider
2003
as Porourangi
Runaway Jury
2003
as Frank Herrera
Point of Origin
2002
as Mike Camello
Collateral Damage
2002
as Claudio Perrini
The Majestic
2001
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Training Day
2001
as Smiley
Blow
2001
as Pablo Escobar
Jubilee
2000
as Billy Williams
The Insider
1999
as Sheikh Fadlallah
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Cy Coates
Three Kings
1999
as Amir Abdullah
Virus
1999
as Hiko
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Kip
Deep Rising
1998
as Mamooli
Chicken
1996
as Zeke
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Nessus
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Nemis
Hercules in the Underworld
1994
as Nessus
Once Were Warriors
1994
as Bully
Rapa Nui
1994
as Short Ears
Desperate Remedies
1993
as Fraser
The Piano
1993
as Mana
A Journey to Sundance
as Self