Cliff Curtis
Born July 27, 1968 (Age: 57)
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Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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.
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.
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Filmography
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
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as Tonowari
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Age: 57
Last Breath
2025
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as Andre Jenson (Captain)
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Age: 56
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
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as Mac
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Age: 55
A Journey to Sundance
2023
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as Self
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Age: 54
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
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as Tonowari
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Age: 54
Murina
2022
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as Javier
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Age: 53
Reminiscence
2021
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as Cyrus Booth
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Age: 53
Doctor Sleep
2019
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as Billy Freeman
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Age: 51
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
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as Jonah Hobbs
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Age: 51
The Meg
2018
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as James 'Mac' Mackreides
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Age: 50
Risen
2016
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as Yeshua
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Age: 47
Last Knights
2015
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as Lt. Cortez
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Age: 46
A Thousand Words
2012
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as Dr. Sinja
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Age: 43
Colombiana
2011
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as Emilio
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Age: 43
The Last Airbender
2010
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as Fire Lord Ozai
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Age: 41
Crossing Over
2009
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as Hamid Baraheri
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Age: 40
Push
2009
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as Hook Waters
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Age: 40
10,000 BC
2008
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as Tic-Tic
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Age: 39
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
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as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
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Age: 38
Fracture
2007
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as Detective Flores
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Age: 38
Sunshine
2007
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as Searle
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Age: 38
The Fountain
2006
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as Captain Ariel
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Age: 38
Whale Rider
2003
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as Porourangi
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Age: 34
Runaway Jury
2003
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as Frank Herrera
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Age: 34
Collateral Damage
2002
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as Claudio Perrini
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Age: 33
The Majestic
2001
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as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
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Age: 33
Training Day
2001
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as Smiley
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Age: 33
Blow
2001
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as Pablo Escobar
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Age: 32
Jubilee
2000
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as Billy Williams
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Age: 31
The Insider
1999
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as Sheikh Fadlallah
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Age: 31
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
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as Cy Coates
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Age: 31
Three Kings
1999
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as Amir Abdullah
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Age: 31
Virus
1999
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as Hiko
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Age: 30
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
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as Kip
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Age: 29
Deep Rising
1998
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as Mamooli
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Age: 29
Once Were Warriors
1994
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as Bully
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Age: 26
Rapa Nui
1994
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as Short Ears
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Age: 25
The Piano
1993
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as Mana
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Age: 24