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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-07-27 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Also Known As

Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtis

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis

کلیف کورتیس

Cliff Curtis

Biography

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand-born 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

Acting

Whale Rider

2003

Whale Rider

as

Porourangi

Sunshine

2007

Sunshine

as

Searle

Training Day

2001

Training Day

as

Smiley

Live Free or Die Hard

2007

Live Free or Die Hard

as

Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

The Piano

1993

The Piano

as

Mana

Blow

2001

Blow

as

Pablo Escobar

Three Kings

1999

Three Kings

as

Amir Abdullah

Fracture

2007

Fracture

as

Detective Flores

10,000 BC

2008

10,000 BC

as

Tic-Tic

River Queen

2005

River Queen

as

Wiremu

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

Bringing Out the Dead

as

Cy Coates

The Insider

1999

The Insider

as

Sheikh Fadlallah

Deep Rising

1998

Deep Rising

as

Mamooli

Collateral Damage

2002

Collateral Damage

as

Claudio Perrini

Push

2009

Push

as

Hook Waters

Crossing Over

2009

Crossing Over

as

Hamid Baraheri

Colombiana

2011

Colombiana

as

Emilio

A Thousand Words

2012

A Thousand Words

as

Dr. Sinja

Desperate Remedies

1993

Desperate Remedies

as

Fraser

Point of Origin

2002

Point of Origin

as

Mike Camello

Fracture

2004

Fracture

as

Inspector Franklin

Runaway Jury

2003

Runaway Jury

as

Frank Herrera

The Last Airbender

2010

The Last Airbender

as

Fire Lord Ozai

Chicken

1996

Chicken

as

Zeke

The Dark Horse

2014

The Dark Horse

as

Genesis

The Raid

2022

The Raid

as

Tāwharau ‘Taffy’

Spooked

2004

Spooked

as

Mort Whitman

Jubilee

2000

Jubilee

as

Billy Williams

Virus

1999

Virus

as

Hiko

Last Knights

2015

Last Knights

as

Lt. Cortez

Risen

2016

Risen

as

Yeshua

Rapa Nui

1994

Rapa Nui

as

Short Ears

Heinous Crime

2004

Heinous Crime

as

Pizza Delivery Man

True Spirit

2023

True Spirit

as

Ben Bryant

The Meg

2018

The Meg

as

James 'Mac' Mackreides

The Fountain

2006

The Fountain

as

Captain Ariel

The Majestic

2001

The Majestic

as

The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

Doctor Sleep

2019

Doctor Sleep

as

Billy Freeman

Reminiscence

2021

Reminiscence

as

Cyrus Booth

Murina

2022

Murina

as

Javier

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

Avatar: Fire and Ash

as

Tonowari

Avatar 4

2029

Avatar 4

as

Tonowari

Avatar 5

2031

Avatar 5

as

Tonowari

Last Breath

2025

Last Breath

as

Andre Jenson (Captain)

Traffic

Traffic

as

Adam Kadyrov

Trauma

Trauma

as

Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck

Missing

Missing

as

Dax Miller

Gang Related

Gang Related

as

Javier Acosta

Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead

as

Travis Manawa

Body of Proof

Body of Proof

as

FBI Special Agent Derek Ames

INVINCIBLE

INVINCIBLE

as

Paul (voice)

Swift Street

Swift Street

as

Robert

KAOS

KAOS

as

Poseidon

Production

Crew

Directing