Cliff Curtis
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.
Acting
Movie
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
2022
Movie
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
2018
Movie
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs
2019
Movie
Training Day
as Smiley
2001
Movie
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007
TV
INVINCIBLE
as Paul (voice)
2021
TV
Fear the Walking Dead
as Travis Manawa
2015
Movie
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman
2019
Movie
Blow
as Pablo Escobar
2001
Movie
Fracture
as Detective Flores
2007
Movie
Sunshine
as Searle
2007
Movie
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
2010
Movie
Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac
2023
Movie
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
2025
Movie
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic
2008
Movie
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel
2006
Movie
Colombiana
as Emilio
2011
Movie
Push
as Hook Waters
2009
Movie
Three Kings
as Amir Abdullah
1999
Movie
The Insider
as Sheikh Fadlallah
1999
Movie
Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
2021
Movie
The Piano
as Mana
1993
Movie
Six Days Seven Nights
as Kip
1998
Movie
Runaway Jury
as Frank Herrera
2003
Crew
Movie
Boy
Producer
2010
Movie
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
2012
Movie
Eagle vs Shark
Producer
2007
TV
Chief of War
Co-Producer
2025
Movie
The Dark Horse
Executive Producer
2014
Movie
Tama Tū
Producer
2004
Movie
The Raid
Executive Producer
2022
Movie
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Executive Producer
2019
Movie
Coffee and Allah
Executive Producer
2007
Movie
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Co-Producer
2011
Movie
Herbs: Songs of Freedom
Producer
2019