Cliff Curtis

Biography

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand-born 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.

Known For

Avatar: The Way of Water

as Tonowari

The Meg

as James 'Mac' Mackreides

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

as Jonah Hobbs

Training Day

as Smiley

Live Free or Die Hard

as Agent Bowman

Fear the Walking Dead

as Travis Manawa

INVINCIBLE

as Paul (voice)

Doctor Sleep

as Billy Freeman

Blow

as Pablo Escobar

The Last Airbender

as Fire Lord Ozai