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Cliff Curtis

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.

Filmography

2029
Avatar 4

as Tonowari

Movie
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash

as Tonowari

Movie
2025
Last Breath

as Andre Jenson (Captain)

Movie
2023
Movie
2022
Movie
2019
Doctor Sleep

as Billy Freeman

Movie
Movie
2018
The Meg

as James 'Mac' Mackreides

Movie
2011
Colombiana

as Emilio

Movie
2009
Push

as Hook Waters

Movie
2007
Live Free or Die Hard

as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

Movie
2007
Sunshine

as Searle

Movie
2003
Runaway Jury

as Frank Herrera

Movie
2001
Training Day

as Smiley

Movie
2001
Blow

as Pablo Escobar

Movie
1999
Three Kings

as Amir Abdullah

Movie
2021
Invincible

as Paul (voice)

TV Show
2015
Fear the Walking Dead

as Travis Manawa

TV Show