Cliff Curtis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Avatar 5
2031
as Tonowari
Avatar 4
2029
as Tonowari
Last Breath
2025
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Tonowari
Chief of War
2025
as Keoua
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2025
as Self - "Tonowari"
In the Fire of War
2024
as Wi Toka
Swift Street
2024
as Robert
KAOS
2024
as Poseidon
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
as Self
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
as Mac
True Spirit
2023
as Ben Bryant
A Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Jason Trissop
The Raid
2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Tonowari
Murina
2022
as Javier
Reminiscence
2021
as Cyrus Booth
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Paul (voice)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Jonah Hobbs
Doctor Sleep
2019
as Billy Freeman
The Meg
2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
Risen
2016
as Yeshua
Last Knights
2015
as Lt. Cortez
Fear the Walking Dead
2015
as Travis Manawa
The Dark Horse
2014
as Genesis
Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
Gang Related
2014
as Javier Acosta
A Thousand Words
2012
as Dr. Sinja
Missing
2012
as Dax Miller
Colombiana
2011
as Emilio
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
as Himself
Body of Proof
2011
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
The Last Airbender
2010
as Fire Lord Ozai
Push
2009
as Hook Waters
Crossing Over
2009
as Hamid Baraheri
Trauma
2009
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
10,000 BC
2008
as Tic-Tic
Sunshine
2007
as Searle
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
Fracture
2007
as Detective Flores
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
as Himself
The Fountain
2006
as Captain Ariel
River Queen
2005
as Wiremu
Fracture
2004
as Inspector Franklin
Spooked
2004
as Mort Whitman
Heinous Crime
2004
as Pizza Delivery Man
Traffic
2004
as Adam Kadyrov
Whale Rider
2003
as Porourangi
Runaway Jury
2003
as Frank Herrera
Collateral Damage
2002
as Claudio Perrini
Point of Origin
2002
as Mike Camello
Training Day
2001
as Smiley
Blow
2001
as Pablo Escobar
The Majestic
2001
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
Jubilee
2000
as Billy Williams
Three Kings
1999
as Amir Abdullah
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Cy Coates
The Insider
1999
as Sheikh Fadlallah
Virus
1999
as Hiko
Deep Rising
1998
as Mamooli
Six Days Seven Nights
1998
as Kip
Chicken
1996
as Zeke
Overnight
1995
as Jim
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Nemis
Once Were Warriors
1994
as Bully
Hercules in the Underworld
1994
as Nessus
Rapa Nui
1994
as Short Ears
The Piano
1993
as Mana
Desperate Remedies
1993
as Fraser