Cliff Curtis

Actor / Commercial
Age Range

45—55

Height

183cm

Eye Colour

Brown

Hair Colour

Salt & Pepper

Ethnicity

Māori

Cliff Curtis

Artist Resume

Television

Year
Role
Production

2015

Travis Manawa

Fear the Walking Dead

Square Head Pictures

2014

Javier Acosta

Gang Related

Imagine Television

2013

Javier Acosta

Gang Related (3 Eps)

20th Century Fox Television

Dir. Various

2012

Dax Miller

Missing (10 Eps)

Upcountry Productions

Dir. Various

2011

Himself

Te Whakarauora Tangata (Documentary)

StanStrong

Dir. Merata Mita

2011

Agent Derek Ames

Body of Proof (2 Eps)

Matthew Gross Entertainment

Dir. Various

2009

Trauma (20 Eps)

Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Dir. Jeffrey Reiner

2007

Cliff Curtis (Himself) Voice

Bro Town

Firehorse Films

Dir. Various

2005

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

The Tem Show

Greenstone Pictures

Dir. 2007

2004

Adam Kadyrov

Traffic

Galway Bay Productions

2004

Adam Kadyrov

Traffic

Galway Productions

2003

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

The Making off Whale Rider

Dir. Jonathan Brough

2002

Nga Kohatu

South Pacific Pictures

2002

Mike Carmello

Point of Origin

New Redemption Pictures

Dir. Newton Thomas Sigel

2002

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

Television New Zealand

2002

Nga Kohatu

Mataku

South Pacific Pictures

2001

Nga Tamuwae

Irikura

Aroha Films

2000

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

Mai Time

Television New Zealand

1999

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

New Zealand On Air

1995

Cliff Curtis (Himself)

NZ Film and Television Awards

Television New Zealand

Dir. Derek Wooster

Feature Film

Year
Role
Production

2020

Tonowari

Avatar 2

Lightstorm Entertainment

Dir. James Cameron

2019

Jonah

Chris Morgan Productions (US)

Dir. David Leitch

2018

James “Mac” Mackreides (lead)

The Meg

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dir. Jon Turteltaub

2016

Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth ( lead)

Risen

LD Entertainment

Dir. Kevin Reynolds

2015

Lt. Cortez

The Last Knights - Post-production

Luka Productions

Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya

2014

Genesis Potini

The Dark Horse

Four Knights Films

Dir. James Napier Robertson

2012

Dr Sinja

A Thousand Words

Dreamworks SKG

Dir. Brian Robbins

2011

Emilio Restrepo

Colombiana

EuropaCorp

Dir. Olivier Megaton

2010

Fire Lord Ozai

The Last Airbender

Paramount Picture

Dir. M.Night Shyamalan

2009

Hamid Bahaheri

Crossing Over

The Weinstein Company

Dir. Wayne Kramer

2009

Hook Waters

Push

Summit Entertainment

Dir. Paul McGuigan

2008

Tic Tic

10,000 BC

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dir. Roland Emmerich

2007

Searle

Sunshine

DNZ Films

Dir. Danny Boyle

2007

FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

Live Free or Die Hard

Twentieth Century Fox Film

Dir. Len Wiseman

2007

Detective Flores

Fracture

New Line Cinema

Dir. Gregory Hoblit

2006

Captain Ariel

The Fountain

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dir. Darren Aronofsky

2005

Wiremu

River Queen

Silverscreen Films

Dir. Vincent Ward

2004

Detective Franklin

Fracture

Kahukura Productions

Dir. Larry Parr

2004

Mort Whitman

Spooked

Silverscreen Films

Dir. Geoff Murphy

2003

Frank Herrera

Runaway Jury

Regency Enterprise

Dir. Gary Fleder

2002

Porourangi

Whale Rider

South Pacific Pictures

Dir. Niki Caro

2002

Claudio Perrini

Collateral Damage

Warner Bros.. Pictures

Dir. Andrew Davies

2001

Pablo Escobar

Blow

New Line Cinemas

Dir. Ted Demme

2001

The Evil but Handsome Prince Khalid

The Majestic

Castle Rock Entertainment

Dir. Frank Darabont

2001

Smiley

Training Day

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dir. Antoine Fuqua

1999

Cy Coates

Bringing Out the Dead

Paramount Pictures

Dir. Martin Scorsese

1999

Sheikh Fadlallah (as Clifford Curtis)

The Insider

Touchstone Pictures

Dir. Michael Mann

1999

Amir Abdulah

Three Kings

Village Roadshow Pictures

Dir. David O. Russell

1999

Hiko

Virus

Dark Horse Entertainment

Dir. John Bruno

1998

Mamooli

Deep Rising

Hollywood Pictures

Dir. Stephen Sommers

1994

Uncle Bully (lead)

Once Were Warriors

Robin Scholes

Dir. Lee Tamahori

1994

Short Ears

Rapa Nui

Regency Enterprises

Dir. Kevin Reynolds

1993

Fraser (lead)

Desperate Remedies

James Wallace Productions

Dir. Stewart Main/Peter Wells

1993

Mana

The Piano

Jan Chapman Productions

Dir. Jane Campion

Short Film

Year
Role
Production

2005

Husband

The Pool

Dir. Bill Giannakakkis

2004

Pizza Delivery Man

Heinous Crime

48hr Film Festival

Dir. Taika Waititi

Stage

Year
Role
Production

Hungry City

Watershed Theatre Co.

Double Beat

Downstage Theatre

Dir. Miranda Harcourt

Nga Tanga Toa

Watershed Theatre Co.

Holy Sinner

Inside Out Productions-Wellington Festival

Video

Year
Role
Production

2007

Himself

2007

Bowman

Gag Reel

Cheyenne Enterprises

2003

Himself

2000

Himself / Amir Abdulah

2000

Himself / Billy Williams

1999

Himself

Voice Over

Year
Role
Production

2004

Himself

Firehorse Films

Commercial

Year
Role
Production

2019

Presenter

Documentary

Year
Role
Production

2014

Himself

Journey to Sundance

Hollywood Filmmakers

Dir. Julian Starks

2011

Himself

Te Whakarauora Tangata

StanStrong

Dir. Merata Mita

2008

Himself

The Making of an Epic World

2004

Himself

The Making of Whale Rider

Dir. Jonathan Brough

2002

Himself

New Wave Entertainment

2001

Himself

Zelt Productions

Dir. Constantine Nasr