Cliff Curtis

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.

Avatar 5
2031
Tonowari
Avatar 4
2029
Tonowari
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Tonowari
Last Breath
2025
Andre Jenson (Captain)
Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End
2024
Wi Toka
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
Self
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
Mac
True Spirit
2023
Ben Bryant
The Raid
2022
Executive Producer
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Tonowari
Murina
2022
Javier
Reminiscence
2021
Cyrus Booth
A Journey to Sundance
2021
Self
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
Executive Producer
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Jonah Hobbs
Doctor Sleep
2019
Billy Freeman
The Meg
2018
James 'Mac' Mackreides
Risen
2016
Yeshua
Last Knights
2015
Lt. Cortez
The Dark Horse
2014
Executive Producer
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
Self
Great Expectations
2012
Executive Producer
A Thousand Words
2012
Dr. Sinja
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
Co-Producer
Colombiana
2011
Emilio
Boy
2010
Producer
The Last Airbender
2010
Fire Lord Ozai
Push
2009
Hook Waters
Crossing Over
2009
Hamid Baraheri
10,000 BC
2008
Tic-Tic
Eagle vs Shark
2007
Producer
Coffee and Allah
2007
Executive Producer
Sunshine
2007
Searle
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Fracture
2007
Detective Flores
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
Himself
The Fountain
2006
Captain Ariel
River Queen
2005
Wiremu
Tama Tū
2004
Producer
Spooked
2004
Mort Whitman
Heinous Crime
2004
Pizza Delivery Man
Whale Rider
2003
Porourangi
Runaway Jury
2003
Frank Herrera
Collateral Damage
2002
Claudio Perrini
Point of Origin
2002
Mike Camello
Training Day
2001
Smiley
Blow
2001
Pablo Escobar
The Majestic
2001
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Jubilee
2000
Billy Williams
Three Kings
1999
Amir Abdullah
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
Cy Coates
The Insider
1999
Sheikh Fadlallah
Virus
1999
Hiko
Deep Rising
1998
Mamooli
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
Kip
Chicken
1996
Zeke
Once Were Warriors
1994
Bully
Hercules in the Underworld
1994
Nessus
Rapa Nui
1994
Short Ears
The Piano
1993
Mana
Desperate Remedies
1993
Fraser