Cliff Curtis
Actor
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
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides 2018
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs 2019
Training Day
as Smiley 2001
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman 2007
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman 2019
Blow
as Pablo Escobar 2001
Fracture
as Detective Flores 2007
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai 2010
Sunshine
as Searle 2007
Meg 2: The Trench
as Mac 2023
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic 2008
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel 2006
Colombiana
as Emilio 2011
Push
as Hook Waters 2009
Three Kings
as Amir Abdullah 1999
The Insider
as Sheikh Fadlallah 1999