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.
Filmography
Avatar 5
2031
as Tonowari
Avatar 4
2029
as Tonowari
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Tonowari
Last Breath
2025
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
In the Fire of War
2024
as Wi Toka
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
as Mac
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
as Self
True Spirit
2023
as Ben Bryant
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Tonowari
The Raid
2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Murina
2022
as Javier
Reminiscence
2021
as Cyrus Booth
Doctor Sleep
2019
as Billy Freeman
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Jonah Hobbs
The Meg
2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Risen
2016
as Yeshua
Last Knights
2015
as Lt. Cortez
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
The Dark Horse
2014
as Genesis
A Thousand Words
2012
as Dr. Sinja
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
as Himself
Colombiana
2011
as Emilio
The Last Airbender
2010
as Fire Lord Ozai