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.
TV Shows(13)
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
Self - "Tonowari"
2025
Chief of War
Keoua
2025
KAOS
Poseidon
2024
Swift Street
Robert
2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Jason Trissop
2023
INVINCIBLE
Paul (voice)
2021
Fear the Walking Dead
Travis Manawa
2015
Gang Related
Javier Acosta
2014
Missing
Dax Miller
2012
Body of Proof
FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
2011
Trauma
Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
2009
Traffic
Adam Kadyrov
2004
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Nemis
1995
Movies(56)
Avatar 5
Tonowari
2031
Avatar 4
Tonowari
2029
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Tonowari
2025
Last Breath
Andre Jenson (Captain)
2025
In the Fire of War
Wi Toka
2024
Meg 2: The Trench
Mac
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
Self
2023
True Spirit
Ben Bryant
2023
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
Tonowari
2022
The Raid
Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
2022
Murina
Javier
2022
Reminiscence
Cyrus Booth
2021
Doctor Sleep
Billy Freeman
2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Jonah Hobbs
2019
The Meg
James 'Mac' Mackreides
2018
Risen
Yeshua
2016
Last Knights
Lt. Cortez
2015
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
Self
2014
The Dark Horse
Genesis
2014
A Thousand Words
Dr. Sinja
2012
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Himself
2011
Colombiana
Emilio
2011
The Last Airbender
Fire Lord Ozai
2010
Crossing Over
Hamid Baraheri
2009
Push
Hook Waters
2009
10,000 BC
Tic-Tic
2008
Live Free or Die Hard
Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Himself
2007
Fracture
Detective Flores
2007
Sunshine
Searle
2007
The Fountain
Captain Ariel
2006
River Queen
Wiremu
2005
Spooked
Mort Whitman
2004
Fracture
Inspector Franklin
2004
Heinous Crime
Pizza Delivery Man
2004
Whale Rider
Porourangi
2003
Runaway Jury
Frank Herrera
2003
Point of Origin
Mike Camello
2002
Collateral Damage
Claudio Perrini
2002
The Majestic
The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
2001
Training Day
Smiley
2001
Blow
Pablo Escobar
2001
Jubilee
Billy Williams
2000
The Insider
Sheikh Fadlallah
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
Cy Coates
1999
Three Kings
Amir Abdullah
1999
Virus
Hiko
1999
Six Days Seven Nights
Kip
1998
Deep Rising
Mamooli
1998
Chicken
Zeke
1996
Hercules in the Underworld
Nessus
1994
Once Were Warriors
Bully
1994
Rapa Nui
Short Ears
1994
Desperate Remedies
Fraser
1993
The Piano
Mana
1993