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 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
Cast Credits
Avatar 5
Character: Tonowari
MOVIE • 2031
Avatar 4
Character: Tonowari
MOVIE • 2029
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Character: Tonowari
MOVIE • 2025
Chief of War
Character: Keoua
TV • 2025
Last Breath
Character: Andre Jenson (Captain)
MOVIE • 2025
KAOS
Character: Poseidon
TV • 2024
In the Fire of War
Character: Wi Toka
MOVIE • 2024
Swift Street
Character: Robert
TV • 2024
Meg 2: The Trench
Character: Mac
MOVIE • 2023
Inside Pandora's Box
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
True Spirit
Character: Ben Bryant
MOVIE • 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
Character: Tonowari
MOVIE • 2022
The Raid
Character: Tāwharau ‘Taffy’
MOVIE • 2022
Murina
Character: Javier
MOVIE • 2022
Reminiscence
Character: Cyrus Booth
MOVIE • 2021
INVINCIBLE
Character: Paul (voice)
TV • 2021
A Journey to Sundance
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Doctor Sleep
Character: Billy Freeman
MOVIE • 2019
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Character: Jonah Hobbs
MOVIE • 2019
The Meg
Character: James 'Mac' Mackreides
MOVIE • 2018
Crew
Crew Credits
Chief of War
Role: Co-Producer
TV • 2025
The Raid
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2022
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2019
The Dark Horse
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2014
Great Expectations
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2012
Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata
Role: Co-Producer
MOVIE • 2011
Boy
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2010
Coffee and Allah
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2007
Eagle vs Shark
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2007
Tama Tū
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2004