Acting · Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand · Born July 27, 1968
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.
MovieAvatar 5
2031
as Tonowari
MovieAvatar 4
2029
as Tonowari
MovieAvatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Tonowari
TVFire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2025
as Self - "Tonowari"
TVChief of War
2025
as Keoua
MovieLast Breath
2025
as Andre Jenson (Captain)
TVKAOS
2024
as Poseidon
MovieIn the Fire of War
2024
as Wi Toka
TVSwift Street
2024
as Robert
TVMonarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Jason Trissop
MovieMeg 2: The Trench
2023
as Mac
MovieInside Pandora's Box
2023
as Self
MovieTrue Spirit
2023
as Ben Bryant
MovieA Journey to Sundance
2023
as Self
MovieAvatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Tonowari
MovieThe Raid
2022
as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
MovieMurina
2022
as Javier
MovieReminiscence
2021
as Cyrus Booth
TVINVINCIBLE
2021
as Paul (voice)
MovieDoctor Sleep
2019
as Billy Freeman
MovieFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
as Jonah Hobbs
MovieThe Meg
2018
as James 'Mac' Mackreides
MovieRisen
2016
as Yeshua
TVFear the Walking Dead
2015
as Travis Manawa
MovieLast Knights
2015
as Lt. Cortez
MovieOnce Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
2014
as Self
MovieThe Dark Horse
2014
as Genesis
TVGang Related
2014
as Javier Acosta
TVMissing
2012
as Dax Miller
MovieA Thousand Words
2012
as Dr. Sinja
MovieSaving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
2011
as Himself
MovieColombiana
2011
as Emilio
TVBody of Proof
2011
as FBI Special Agent Derek Ames
MovieThe Last Airbender
2010
as Fire Lord Ozai
TVTrauma
2009
as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck
MovieCrossing Over
2009
as Hamid Baraheri
MoviePush
2009
as Hook Waters
Movie10,000 BC
2008
as Tic-Tic
MovieLive Free or Die Hard
2007
as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman
MovieInside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
as Himself
MovieFracture
2007
as Detective Flores
MovieSunshine
2007
as Searle
MovieThe Fountain
2006
as Captain Ariel
MovieRiver Queen
2005
as Wiremu
MovieSpooked
2004
as Mort Whitman
MovieFracture
2004
as Inspector Franklin
MovieHeinous Crime
2004
as Pizza Delivery Man
TVTraffic
2004
as Adam Kadyrov
MovieRunaway Jury
2003
as Frank Herrera
MovieWhale Rider
2003
as Porourangi
MoviePoint of Origin
2002
as Mike Camello
MovieCollateral Damage
2002
as Claudio Perrini
MovieThe Majestic
2001
as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid
MovieTraining Day
2001
as Smiley
MovieBlow
2001
as Pablo Escobar
MovieJubilee
2000
as Billy Williams
MovieThe Insider
1999
as Sheikh Fadlallah
MovieBringing Out the Dead
1999
as Cy Coates
MovieThree Kings
1999
as Amir Abdullah
MovieVirus: Ghost in the Machine
1999
as Self
MovieVirus
1999
as Hiko
MovieSix Days Seven Nights
1998
as Kip
MovieDeep Rising
1998
as Mamooli
MovieChicken
1996
as Zeke
TVHercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
as Nemis
MovieHercules in the Underworld
1994
as Nessus
MovieOnce Were Warriors
1994
as Bully
MovieRapa Nui
1994
as Short Ears
MovieDesperate Remedies
1993
as Fraser
MovieThe Piano
1993
as Mana
