Cliff Curtis
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: Fire and Ash
INVINCIBLE
Fear the Walking Dead
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Body of Proof
Avatar: The Way of Water
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Meg 2: The Trench
All Movies (57)
- Avatar 52031 · as Tonowari
- Avatar 42029 · as Tonowari
- Avatar: Fire and Ash2025 · as Tonowari
- Last Breath2025 · as Andre Jenson (Captain)
- In the Fire of War2024 · as Wi Toka
- Meg 2: The Trench2023 · as Mac
- Inside Pandora's Box2023 · as Self
- True Spirit2023 · as Ben Bryant
- A Journey to Sundance2023 · as Self
- Avatar: The Way of Water2022 · as Tonowari
- The Raid2022 · as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
- Murina2022 · as Javier
- Reminiscence2021 · as Cyrus Booth
- Doctor Sleep2019 · as Billy Freeman
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019 · as Jonah Hobbs
- The Meg2018 · as James 'Mac' Mackreides
- Risen2016 · as Yeshua
- Last Knights2015 · as Lt. Cortez
- Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?2014 · as Self
- The Dark Horse2014 · as Genesis
- A Thousand Words2012 · as Dr. Sinja
- Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata2011 · as Himself
- Colombiana2011 · as Emilio
- The Last Airbender2010 · as Fire Lord Ozai
- Crossing Over2009 · as Hamid Baraheri
- Push2009 · as Hook Waters
- 10,000 BC2008 · as Tic-Tic
- Live Free or Die Hard2007 · as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
- Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth2007 · as Himself
- Fracture2007 · as Detective Flores
- Sunshine2007 · as Searle
- The Fountain2006 · as Captain Ariel
- River Queen2005 · as Wiremu
- Spooked2004 · as Mort Whitman
- Fracture2004 · as Inspector Franklin
- Heinous Crime2004 · as Pizza Delivery Man
- Whale Rider2003 · as Porourangi
- Runaway Jury2003 · as Frank Herrera
- Point of Origin2002 · as Mike Camello
- Collateral Damage2002 · as Claudio Perrini
- The Majestic2001 · as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
- Training Day2001 · as Smiley
- Blow2001 · as Pablo Escobar
- Jubilee2000 · as Billy Williams
- The Insider1999 · as Sheikh Fadlallah
- Bringing Out the Dead1999 · as Cy Coates
- Three Kings1999 · as Amir Abdullah
- Virus: Ghost in the Machine1999 · as Self
- Virus1999 · as Hiko
- Six Days Seven Nights1998 · as Kip
- Deep Rising1998 · as Mamooli
- Chicken1996 · as Zeke
- Hercules in the Underworld1994 · as Nessus
- Once Were Warriors1994 · as Bully
- Rapa Nui1994 · as Short Ears
- Desperate Remedies1993 · as Fraser
- The Piano1993 · as Mana
All TV Shows (13)
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films2025 · as Self - "Tonowari"
- Chief of War2025 · as Keoua
- KAOS2024 · as Poseidon
- Swift Street2024 · as Robert
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters2023 · as Jason Trissop
- INVINCIBLE2021 · as Paul (voice)
- Fear the Walking Dead2015 · as Travis Manawa
- Gang Related2014 · as Javier Acosta
- Missing2012 · as Dax Miller
- Body of Proof2011 · as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
- Trauma2009 · as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
- Traffic2004 · as Adam Kadyrov
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys1995 · as Nemis