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.

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2031

Avatar 5
Avatar 5
as Tonowari
Movie - Released: 12/17/2031

2029

Avatar 4
Avatar 4
as Tonowari
Movie - Released: 12/19/2029

2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
Movie - Released: 12/17/2025
Last Breath
Last Breath
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Movie - Released: 2/27/2025
Chief of War
Chief of War
TV - Released: 7/31/2025

2024

Struggle Without End
Struggle Without End
as Wi Toka
Movie - Released: 6/27/2024
Swift Street
Swift Street
as Robert
TV - Released: 4/24/2024
KAOS
KAOS
as Poseidon
TV - Released: 8/29/2024

2023

Inside Pandora's Box
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/28/2023
Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac
Movie - Released: 8/2/2023
True Spirit
True Spirit
as Ben Bryant
Movie - Released: 1/26/2023

2022

The Raid
The Raid
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Movie - Released: 10/13/2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
Movie - Released: 12/14/2022
Murina
Murina
as Javier
Movie - Released: 4/8/2022

2021

Reminiscence
Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
Movie - Released: 8/18/2021
INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE
as Paul (voice)
TV - Released: 3/25/2021

2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs
Movie - Released: 8/1/2019
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman
Movie - Released: 10/30/2019

2018

The Meg
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Movie - Released: 8/9/2018

2016

Risen
Risen
as Yeshua
Movie - Released: 2/18/2016

2015

Last Knights
Last Knights
as Lt. Cortez
Movie - Released: 4/3/2015
Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead
as Travis Manawa
TV - Released: 8/23/2015

2014

The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse
as Genesis
Movie - Released: 7/17/2014
Gang Related
Gang Related
as Javier Acosta
TV - Released: 5/22/2014

2012

A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words
as Dr. Sinja
Movie - Released: 3/7/2012
Missing
Missing
as Dax Miller
TV - Released: 3/15/2012

2011

Colombiana
Colombiana
as Emilio
Movie - Released: 7/27/2011
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/23/2011
Body of Proof
Body of Proof
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
TV - Released: 3/29/2011

2010

The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
Movie - Released: 6/30/2010

2009

Push
Push
as Hook Waters
Movie - Released: 2/4/2009
Crossing Over
Crossing Over
as Hamid Baraheri
Movie - Released: 2/10/2009
Trauma
Trauma
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
TV - Released: 9/28/2009

2008

10,000 BC
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic
Movie - Released: 3/4/2008

2007

Sunshine
Sunshine
as Searle
Movie - Released: 4/5/2007
Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Movie - Released: 6/20/2007
Fracture
Fracture
as Detective Flores
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as Himself
Movie - Released: 5/15/2007

2006

The Fountain
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel
Movie - Released: 11/22/2006

2005

River Queen
River Queen
as Wiremu
Movie - Released: 9/12/2005

2004

Fracture
Fracture
as Inspector Franklin
Movie - Released: 9/4/2004
Spooked
Spooked
as Mort Whitman
Movie - Released: 10/31/2004
Heinous Crime
Heinous Crime
as Pizza Delivery Man
Movie - Released: 8/14/2004
Traffic
Traffic
as Adam Kadyrov
TV - Released: 1/26/2004

2003

Whale Rider
Whale Rider
as Porourangi
Movie - Released: 1/30/2003
Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury
as Frank Herrera
Movie - Released: 1/16/2003

2002

Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage
as Claudio Perrini
Movie - Released: 2/6/2002
Point of Origin
Point of Origin
as Mike Camello
Movie - Released: 6/20/2002

2001

Training Day
Training Day
as Smiley
Movie - Released: 10/5/2001
Blow
Blow
as Pablo Escobar
Movie - Released: 4/4/2001
The Majestic
The Majestic
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Movie - Released: 12/21/2001

2000

Jubilee
Jubilee
as Billy Williams
Movie - Released: 4/13/2000

1999

Three Kings
Three Kings
as Amir Abdullah
Movie - Released: 9/27/1999
Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead
as Cy Coates
Movie - Released: 10/22/1999
The Insider
The Insider
as Sheikh Fadlallah
Movie - Released: 10/28/1999
Virus
Virus
as Hiko
Movie - Released: 1/14/1999

1998

Deep Rising
Deep Rising
as Mamooli
Movie - Released: 1/30/1998
Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights
as Kip
Movie - Released: 6/12/1998

1996

Chicken
Chicken
as Zeke
Movie - Released: 4/22/1996

1995

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Nessus
TV - Released: 1/29/1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Nemis
TV - Released: 1/29/1995

1994

Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
as Bully
Movie - Released: 9/2/1994
Hercules in the Underworld
Hercules in the Underworld
as Nessus
Movie - Released: 11/7/1994
Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui
as Short Ears
Movie - Released: 6/3/1994

1993

The Piano
The Piano
as Mana
Movie - Released: 5/18/1993
Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies
as Fraser
Movie - Released: 11/26/1993

Unknown

A Journey to Sundance
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Movie