Portrait of Cliff Curtis

Acting

Cliff Curtis

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Piano
The Piano
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cliff Curtis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Satire & Parody
    1.2, average 2.3
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Urban Setting 2
  • Female Empowerment 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2030s

1 title
Avatar 5
Avatar 5 (2031)

as Tonowari

2020s

15 titles Β· average score 68
Chief of War
Chief of War (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show Β· as Keoua

Last Breath
Last Breath (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

as Andre Jenson (Captain)

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tonowari

Swift Street
Swift Street (2024)

TV show Β· as Robert

True Spirit
True Spirit (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ben Bryant

Meg 2: The Trench
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
GoodWatch score 42

as Mac

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show Β· as Jason Trissop

Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

as Tonowari

The Raid
The Raid (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

as Tāwharau β€˜Taffy’

Murina
Murina (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

as Javier

Reminiscence
Reminiscence (2021)
GoodWatch score 47

as Cyrus Booth

INVINCIBLE
INVINCIBLE (2021)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show Β· as Paul (voice)

2010s

18 titles Β· average score 57
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

as Billy Freeman

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jonah Hobbs

The Meg
The Meg (2018)
GoodWatch score 50

as James 'Mac' Mackreides

Risen
Risen (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

as Yeshua

Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show Β· as Travis Manawa

Last Knights
Last Knights (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Lt. Cortez

The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

as Genesis

A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words (2012)
GoodWatch score 33

as Dr. Sinja

Missing
Missing (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show Β· as Dax Miller

Great Expectations
Great Expectations (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Colombiana
Colombiana (2011)
GoodWatch score 49

as Emilio

The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender (2010)
GoodWatch score 22

as Fire Lord Ozai

2000s

24 titles Β· average score 59
Trauma
Trauma (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show Β· as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuck

Push
Push (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hook Waters

10,000 BC
10,000 BC (2008)
GoodWatch score 33

as Tic-Tic

Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

as Deputy Director Miguel Bowman

Sunshine
Sunshine (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

as Searle

Fracture
Fracture (2007)
GoodWatch score 70

as Detective Flores

The Fountain
The Fountain (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Captain Ariel

River Queen
River Queen (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

as Wiremu

Traffic
Traffic (2004)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show Β· as Adam Kadyrov

Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage (2002)
GoodWatch score 37

as Claudio Perrini

Training Day
Training Day (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

as Smiley

Blow
Blow (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

as Escobar

1990s

15 titles Β· average score 64
Three Kings
Three Kings (1999)
GoodWatch score 80

as Amir Abdullah

Virus
Virus (1999)
GoodWatch score 32

as Hiko

The Insider
The Insider (1999)
GoodWatch score 86

as Sheikh Fadlallah

Bringing Out the Dead
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Cy Coates

Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
GoodWatch score 50

as Kip

Deep Rising
Deep Rising (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mamooli

Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! (1996)
GoodWatch score 58

as Maori native

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show Β· as Nemis

Hercules in the Underworld
Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Nessus

Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors (1994)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bully

The Piano
The Piano (1993)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mana

Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Fraser