Cliff Curtis

Highest Rated: 97% The Dark Horse (2016)

Lowest Rated: 0% A Thousand Words (2012)

Birthday: Jul 27, 1968

Birthplace: Rotorua, New Zealand

A ubiquitous actor specializing in ethnically oriented character roles of various racial backgrounds, New Zealand-born Cliff Curtis, who is of Maori decent, debuted onscreen in the very early '90s. He then proceeded to chalk up a myriad of effective supporting parts in A-list features including The Piano (1993), Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Whale Rider (2002), Runaway Jury (2003), Sunshine (2007), and Live Free or Die Hard (2007). Curtis ascended to supporting billing opposite Harrison Ford and Sean Penn in the immigration-themed drama Crossing Over (2008) and tackled another major supporting role in Roland Emmerich's prehistoric adventure 10,000 B.C. (2008). Over the coming years, Curtis would continue to appear on screen, most notably on shows like Trauma and Missing.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
67%	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	Jonah	—	2019
46%	The Meg	James 'Mac' Mackreides	—	2018
92%	Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen	Executive Producer	—	2018
97%	The Dark Horse	Producer Genesis	—	2016
53%	Risen	Yeshua	—	2016
16%	Last Knights	Lt. Cortz	—	2015
No Score Yet	Greencard Warriors	Executive Producer	—	2014
68%	Great Expectations	Executive Producer	$0.3M	2013
0%	A Thousand Words	Dr. Sinja	$18.5M	2012
88%	Boy	Producer	$0.3M	2012
27%	Colombiana	Emilio Restrepo	$36.7M	2011
5%	The Last Airbender	Fire Lord Ozai	$131.6M	2010
15%	Crossing Over	Hamid Baraheri	$0.5M	2009
23%	Push	Hook Waters	$31.8M	2009
9%	10,000 B.C.	Tic'Tic	$94.8M	2008
55%	Eagle vs Shark	Producer	$0.2M	2007
77%	Sunshine	Searle	$3.8M	2007
82%	Live Free or Die Hard	Bowman	$134.6M	2007
71%	Fracture	Det. Flores	$39M	2007
53%	The Fountain	Captain Ariel	$10.1M	2006
40%	Honra e Liberdade	Wiremu	—	2005
No Score Yet	Tama Tu	Producer	—	2005
73%	Runaway Jury	Frank Herrera	$49.3M	2003
91%	Whale Rider	Porourangi	$20.7M	2003
No Score Yet	Point of Origin (In the Heat of Fire)	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Point of Origin	Mike Camello	—	2002
19%	Collateral Damage	Claudio `The Wolf' Perrini	$40M	2002
42%	The Majestic	The Evil but Handsome Prince Khalid	—	2001
73%	Training Day	Smiley	—	2001
55%	Blow	Escobar	—	2001
96%	The Insider	Sheikh Fadlallah	—	1999
72%	Bringing Out the Dead	Cy Coates	—	1999
94%	Three Kings	Amir Abdullah	—	1999
12%	Virus	Hiko	—	1999
38%	Six Days, Seven Nights	Kip	—	1998
30%	Deep Rising	Mamooli	—	1998
No Score Yet	Hercules in the Underworld	Nessus	—	1994
No Score Yet	Rapa Nui	Short Ear Tribesman	—	1994
93%	Once Were Warriors	Bully	—	1994
40%	Desperate Remedies	Fraser	—	1993
91%	The Piano	Mana	—	1993

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
75%	Fear the Walking Dead 2015	Travis Manawa	2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
No Score Yet	Talking Dead 2011	Guest	2017 2016
41%	Gang Related 2014	Javier Acosta	2014
47%	Missing 2012	Dax Miller	2012
76%	Body of Proof 2011-2013	Derek Ames Agent Derek Ames	2011
25%	Trauma 2009-2010	Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuk	2010 2009
No Score Yet	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 1995-1999	Actor	1995

Quotes from Cliff Curtis' Characters

Genesis:

Someone gives you a chance you better follow through.

Genesis:

I can help them. I have a purpose.

Genesis:

I want to join it. I want to be a part of this.

Icarus:	Ninety seven percent of shield in full sunlight.
Kaneda:	Final panel and closing of shield is secure.
Capa:	You have to move now! Captain!
Harvey:	Kaneda's not going to make it.
Capa:	Captain! You have-
Harvey:	It's too far.
Capa:	Have to move! Why isn't he moving?
Searle:	Kaneda. What do you see?

Searle:

Remember, Capa, we're just stardust.

Tic Tic:

Don't forget to chew.

Tic Tic:

I cannot see in the dark. Can you?

Hiko:	[After knocking out the robot that attacked them that Richie awoke] Touch it again, I'll cut your hands off.
Richie:	I can respect that....

Searle:

You and the darkness are distinct from each other because darkness is an absence of something, it's a vacuum. But total light... envelops you. It becomes you.

Cy Coates:

[to Frank] Relax, you're in the oasis now.

Cy Coates:

Tell me somethin', Frank--does killing your clients make good business sense to you?

Fire Lord Ozai:	You think, my son, is the soldier, these people are calling, The Blue Spirit?
Fire Nation Soldier:	....................................................................Yes.
Fire Nation Soldier:	Yes.

Cat - Age 10:	I want to be a killer. Can you help me?
Emilio Restrepo:	Sure.

Emilio Restrepo:

You want me to teach you how to be a killer? No problem. I teach you. But you'll be dead in five years.If you want to be a killer and survive, you got to be a smart one. Have to know things besides how to pull a trigger. You have to know how people think. You got to learn how to be psychological. I cannot teach you that unless you learn the basics at a school. You got that? Hm? Come on, what's it going to be? Cataleya, you choose.