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Avatar 5
as Tonowari
2031
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Cliff Curtis
Also known as Clifford Vivian Devon 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.
Personal details
Full filmography
2031
2029
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Avatar 4
as Tonowari
2029
2025
L
Last Breath
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
2025
A
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Tonowari
2025
2024
I
In the Fire of War
as Wi Toka
2024
2023
I
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
2023
M
Meg 2: The Trench
London premiereas Mac
2023
T
True Spirit
as Ben Bryant
2023
A
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023
2022
T
The Raid
2022
A
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Tonowari
2022
M
Murina
as Javier
2022
2021
R
Reminiscence
as Cyrus Booth
2021
2019
F
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
as Jonah Hobbs
2019
D
Doctor Sleep
as Billy Freeman
2019
M
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
H
Herbs: Songs of Freedom
2019
2018
T
The Meg
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
2018
2016
R
Risen
as Yeshua
2016
2015
L
Last Knights
as Lt. Cortez
2015
2014
T
The Dark Horse
2014
O
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
as Self
2014
2012
A
A Thousand Words
as Dr. Sinja
2012
G
Great Expectations
2012
2011
C
Colombiana
as Emilio
2011
S
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
2010
T
The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Ozai
2010
B
Boy
2010
2009
P
Push
as Hook Waters
2009
C
Crossing Over
as Hamid Baraheri
2009
2008
1
10,000 BC
as Tic-Tic
2008
2007
S
Sunshine
as Searle
2007
L
Live Free or Die Hard
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
2007
F
Fracture
as Detective Flores
2007
I
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
as Himself
2007
E
Eagle vs Shark
2007
C
Coffee and Allah
2007
2006
T
The Fountain
as Captain Ariel
2006
2005
R
River Queen
as Wiremu
2005
2004
F
Fracture
as Inspector Franklin
2004
S
Spooked
as Mort Whitman
2004
H
Heinous Crime
as Pizza Delivery Man
2004
T
Tama Tū
2004
2003
W
Whale Rider
as Porourangi
2003
R
Runaway Jury
as Frank Herrera
2003
2002
C
Collateral Damage
as Claudio Perrini
2002
P
Point of Origin
as Mike Camello
2002
2001
T
Training Day
as Smiley
2001
B
Blow
as Pablo Escobar
2001
T
The Majestic
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
2001
2000
J
Jubilee
as Billy Williams
2000
1999
T
Three Kings
as Amir Abdullah
1999
B
Bringing Out the Dead
as Cy Coates
1999
T
The Insider
as Sheikh Fadlallah
1999
V
Virus
as Hiko
1999
1998
D
Deep Rising
as Mamooli
1998
S
Six Days Seven Nights
as Kip
1998
1996
C
Chicken
as Zeke
1996
1995
O
Overnight
as Jim
1995
1994
O
Once Were Warriors
as Bully
1994