Cliff Curtis
Known for ActingBorn 1968-07-27Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
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.
Known for
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · as Tonowari
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · as Tonowari
Meg 2: The Trench
2023 · as Mac
The Meg
2018 · as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Fracture
2007 · as Detective Flores
The Last Airbender
2010 · as Fire Lord Ozai
Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019 · as Jonah Hobbs
Colombiana
2011 · as Emilio
The Fountain
2006 · as Captain Ariel
Deep Rising
1998 · as Mamooli
Training Day
2001 · as Smiley
The Piano
1993 · as Mana
Doctor Sleep
2019 · as Billy Freeman
Avatar 4
2029 · as Tonowari
10,000 BC
2008 · as Tic-Tic
Last Knights
2015 · as Lt. Cortez
Blow
2001 · as Pablo Escobar