Cliff Curtis
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born 27 July 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), Push, Crossing Over (both 2009), The Dark Horse (2014), for which he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor, and Doctor Sleep (2019), also portraying James "Mac" Mackreides in The Meg (2018) and Meg 2: The Trench (2023) and Tonowari in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar 3 (2025). Curtis had television series roles on 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.
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| Full name at birth | Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis
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| Claim to fame | his roles as Mana in the 1993 historical drama film The Piano, Fraser in the 1993 drama film Desperate Remedies, Uncle Bully in the 1994 tragic drama film Once Were Warriors, Kip in the 1998 action-adventure comedy film Six Days Seven Nights, Billy Williams in the 2000 comedy film Jubilee, Pablo Escobar in the 2001 biographical crime drama film Blow, Claudio “El Lobo” Perrini in the 2002 action thriller film Collateral Damage, Porourangi in the 2002 drama film Whale Rider, Miguel in the 2007 action thriller film Live Free or Die Hard, Hook in the 2009 superhero thriller film Push, Fire Lord Ozai in the 2010 action-adventure fantasy film The Last Airbender, Genesis “Gen” Potini in the 2014 drama film The Dark Horse, Lt. Cortez in the 2015 action drama film Last Knights, Jesus Christ in the 2016 biblical drama film Risen, James "Mac" Mackreides in the 2018 science fiction action film The Meg and its 2023 sequel film Meg 2: The Trench, Jonah Hobbs in the 2019 action film Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Tonowari in the 2022 epic science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water and its upcoming 2025 sequel film Avatar 3, Travis Manawa in the AMC post-apocalyptic horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead, Reuben "Rabbit" Palchuk in the NBC medical drama series Trauma, Agent Dax Miller in the ABC mystery thriller drama series Missing, FBI Agent Derek Ames in the ABC medical/crime comedy-drama series Body of Proof, and Javier Acosta in the Fox action drama series Gang Related
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1968
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| Place of birth | Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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| Occupation | Actor, Producer
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| Height | 6' ½" (184 cm)
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| Weight | 172 lbs (78 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Frequently plays characters of various ethnicities
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| Residence | Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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| Net worth | $3,000,000 USD
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| High school | Edmund Rice College, Rotorua
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| University | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School
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| Talent agency | Robert Bruce Agency
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- Cliff Curtis has often been cast in roles of different ethnicities and has been an “all-purpose ethnic” actor. He once said, “It’s been a real advantage, I love being ethnic, I love the color of my skin. There are limitations in the business, that’s a reality, but I’ve been given such wonderful opportunities.”
- From 2015 to 2017, he appeared as Travis Manawa (a resolute and peacekeeping high school teacher) in the post-apocalyptic horror drama television series Fear the Walking Dead.
- Cliff Curtis was seen as Genesis in the 2014 drama film The Dark Horse. For this performance, he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for “Best Performance by an Actor” and the 2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Award for “Best Actor”.
- In 2002, he played Porourangi in the drama film Whale Rider.
- Alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo, and John Turturro, Cliff Curtis co-starred as Claudio “El Lobo” Perrini (a Colombian terrorist known as the Wolf) in the 2002 American action thriller film Collateral Damage.
Cliff Curtis is known for his role in the TV series Fear the Walking Dead (2015) as Travis Manawa.
He is also known for his role in the film Reminiscence (2021) as Cyrus Boothe.
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