Cliff Curtis
Acting

Cliff Curtis

July 27, 1968 (57 years old) Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Also known as: Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis, Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis, کلیف کورتیس

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.

Known For

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022 • Movie

INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

2021 • TV

Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead

2015 • TV

Chief of War

Chief of War

2025 • TV

Body of Proof

Body of Proof

2011 • TV

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019 • Movie

Movie Credits (58)

Acting

2022

Avatar: The Way of Water

as Tonowari

2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

as Jonah Hobbs

2011

Colombiana

as Emilio

2023

Meg 2: The Trench

as Mac

2018

The Meg

as James 'Mac' Mackreides

2007

Live Free or Die Hard

as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

2007

Fracture

as Detective Flores

2001

Training Day

as Smiley

2001

Blow

as Pablo Escobar

2010

The Last Airbender

as Fire Lord Ozai

2019

Doctor Sleep

as Billy Freeman

2009

Push

as Hook Waters

2008

10,000 BC

as Tic-Tic

2007

Sunshine

as Searle

1993

The Piano

as Mana

1998

Six Days Seven Nights

as Kip

2023

True Spirit

as Ben Bryant

2006

The Fountain

as Captain Ariel

1999

The Insider

as Sheikh Fadlallah

2015

Last Knights

as Lt. Cortez

Crew

2007

Eagle vs Shark

Producer

2022

The Raid

Executive Producer

2004

Tama Tū

Producer

2010

Boy

Producer

2012

Great Expectations

Executive Producer

2019

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Executive Producer

2014

The Dark Horse

Executive Producer

2007

Coffee and Allah

Executive Producer

TV Credits (12)

Acting

2021

INVINCIBLE

as Paul (voice)

8 episodes

2015

Fear the Walking Dead

as Travis Manawa

37 episodes

2025

Chief of War

as Keoua

9 episodes

2011

Body of Proof

as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames

2 episodes

1995

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Nemis

1 episodes

2024

KAOS

as Poseidon

6 episodes

2012

Missing

as Dax Miller

10 episodes

2025

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

as Self - "Tonowari"

1 episodes

2009

Trauma

as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck

18 episodes

2004

Traffic

as Adam Kadyrov

3 episodes

2014

Gang Related

as Javier Acosta

13 episodes

2024

Swift Street

as Robert

8 episodes

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 27, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Popularity
3.1

Career Stats

58
Movies
12
TV Shows