Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

1968-07-27 Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand 65 Credits

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...

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Avatar 5

Avatar 5

2031

as Tonowari

Acting

The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar 4

Avatar 4

2029

as Tonowari

Acting

The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

as Tonowari

Acting

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash Peop...

Last Breath

Last Breath

2025

as Andre Jenson (Captain)

7.0
Acting

Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.

In the Fire of War

In the Fire of War

2024

as Wi Toka

5.5
Acting

Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.

Meg 2: The Trench

Meg 2: The Trench

2023

as Mac

6.4
Acting

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens the...

Inside Pandora's Box

Inside Pandora's Box

2023

as Self

5.6
Acting

A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies to push the limits of cinema

True Spirit

True Spirit

2023

as Ben Bryant

7.0
Acting

When the tenacious young sailor Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, many expect h...

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

as Tonowari

7.6
Acting

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

The Raid

The Raid

2022

as Tāwharau ‘Taffy’

7.0
Acting

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, whe...

The Raid

The Raid

2022

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, whe...

Murina

Murina

2022

as Javier

6.4
Acting

A teenage girl decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

2021

as Cyrus Booth

6.6
Acting

Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offe...

A Journey to Sundance

A Journey to Sundance

2021

as Self

Acting

'A JOURNEY TO SUNDANCE' is about the spirit, dreams and struggles of independent filmmakers from all over the world, as well as my own struggles to fi...

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

2019

as Billy Freeman

7.1
Acting

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous te...

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019

as Jonah Hobbs

6.8
Acting

Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs and lawless outcast Shaw first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But w...

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen

2019

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

This film is an intimate portrayal of pioneering filmmaker Merata Mita told through the eyes of her children. Using hours of archive footage, some nev...

The Meg

The Meg

2018

as James 'Mac' Mackreides

6.2
Acting

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Sh...

Risen

Risen

2016

as Yeshua

6.2
Acting

Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following...

Last Knights

Last Knights

2015

as Lt. Cortez

6.4
Acting

When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to a...

Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?

Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?

2014

as Self

7.1
Acting

It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.

The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse

2014

as Genesis

6.3
Acting

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his st...

The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse

2014

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his st...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy ...

A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

2012

as Dr. Sinja

6.1
Acting

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own s...

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

2011

as Himself

Acting

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata is the final work of director Merata Mita, who passed away suddenly before the film could be completed. The film...

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata

2011

Co-Producer

Producing

Saving Grace - Te Whakarauora Tangata is the final work of director Merata Mita, who passed away suddenly before the film could be completed. The film...

Colombiana

Colombiana

2011

as Emilio

6.6
Acting

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman...

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender

2010

as Fire Lord Ozai

4.6
Acting

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation ...

Boy

Boy

2010

Producer

7.3
Producing

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee crimin...

Crossing Over

Crossing Over

2009

as Hamid Baraheri

6.1
Acting

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. The...

Push

Push

2009

as Hook Waters

6.1
Acting

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare ...

10,000 BC

10,000 BC

2008

as Tic-Tic

5.5
Acting

A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.

Coffee and Allah

Coffee and Allah

2007

Executive Producer

9.0
Producing

When a cup of coffee is a gift from Allah.

Eagle vs Shark

Eagle vs Shark

2007

Producer

6.5
Producing

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After...

Live Free or Die Hard

Live Free or Die Hard

2007

as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

6.6
Acting

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists i...

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

2007

as Himself

8.2
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.

Fracture

Fracture

2007

as Detective Flores

7.3
Acting

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put h...

Sunshine

Sunshine

2007

as Searle

7.0
Acting

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but th...

The Fountain

The Fountain

2006

as Captain Ariel

6.9
Acting

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence...

River Queen

River Queen

2005

as Wiremu

5.7
Acting

An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between B...

Spooked

Spooked

2004

as Mort Whitman

6.0
Acting

Spooked is a contemporary conspiracy thriller arising from the mysterious death of Kevin Jones, who thought he was just buying second-hand computers, ...

Tama Tū

Tama Tū

2004

Producer

6.8
Producing

Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu (...

Fracture

Fracture

2004

as Inspector Franklin

7.2
Acting

A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentali...

Heinous Crime

Heinous Crime

2004

as Pizza Delivery Man

7.0
Acting

Two players, one heinous crime to be revealed. Wellington Winner of 48 Hours Furious Filmmaking 2004.

Whale Rider

Whale Rider

2003

as Porourangi

7.1
Acting

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

2003

as Frank Herrera

6.9
Acting

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...

Point of Origin

Point of Origin

2002

as Mike Camello

6.1
Acting

An arson investigator searching for the perpetrator of a string of deadly fires in 1980s California.

Collateral Damage

Collateral Damage

2002

as Claudio Perrini

5.8
Acting

Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing cr...

The Majestic

The Majestic

2001

as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid

6.8
Acting

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...

Training Day

Training Day

2001

as Smiley

7.5
Acting

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Blow

Blow

2001

as Pablo Escobar

7.4
Acting

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family....

Jubilee

Jubilee

2000

as Billy Williams

5.0
Acting

Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school. In doing th...

The Insider

The Insider

1999

as Sheikh Fadlallah

7.5
Acting

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

as Cy Coates

6.6
Acting

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried ev...

Three Kings

Three Kings

1999

as Amir Abdullah

6.7
Acting

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Virus

Virus

1999

as Hiko

5.4
Acting

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be des...

Six Days Seven Nights

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

as Kip

6.1
Acting

In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin...

Deep Rising

Deep Rising

1998

as Mamooli

6.2
Acting

A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, t...

Chicken

Chicken

1996

as Zeke

4.5
Acting

On the premise that his albums will sell better if he is dead, an aging pop-singer fakes his own death. True enough, the money rolls in, but no one ca...

Hercules in the Underworld

Hercules in the Underworld

1994

as Nessus

5.5
Acting

When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again...

Once Were Warriors

Once Were Warriors

1994

as Bully

7.4
Acting

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together duri...

Rapa Nui

Rapa Nui

1994

as Short Ears

6.4
Acting

Inter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge statue (moai) in record time before Make can take part in the race to retrieve the egg of ...

Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies

1993

as Fraser

5.7
Acting

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose ...

The Piano

The Piano

1993

as Mana

7.4
Acting

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a batt...