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| 3 | Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand Māori (Te Arawa and Ngāti Hauiti) actor and producer. |
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| 5 | One of Hollywood’s go-to-guys for ethnic roles, he's best known for ''Film/OnceWereWarriors'', ''Film/ThreeKings'', and ''Film/TrainingDay''. |
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| 7 | He is married and has three children. |
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| 9 | !Film Roles |
| 10 | * ''Film/ThePiano'' as Mana |
| 11 | * ''Film/DesperateRemedies'' as Fraser |
| 12 | * ''Film/RapaNui1994'' as Short Ears |
| 13 | * ''Film/OnceWereWarriors'' as Bully |
| 14 | * ''Film/HerculesInTheUnderworld'' as Nessus (TV Movie) |
| 15 | * ''Film/KahuAndMaia'' as Kahu |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Chicken}}'' as Zeke |
| 17 | * ''Film/DeepRising'' as Mamooli |
| 18 | * ''Film/SixDaysSevenNights'' as Kip |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Virus}}'' as Hiko |
| 20 | * ''Film/ThreeKings'' as Amir Abdulah |
| 21 | * ''Film/BringingOutTheDead'' as Cy Coates |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheInsider'' as Sheikh Fadlallah |
| 23 | * ''Film/Jubilee2000'' as Billy Williams |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Blow}}'' as Escobar |
| 25 | * ''Film/TrainingDay'' as Smiley |
| 26 | * ''Film/TheMajestic'' as The Evil But Handsome Prince Khalid |
| 27 | * ''Film/CollateralDamage'' as Claudio Perrini |
| 28 | * ''Film/PointOfOrigin'' as Mike Camello |
| 29 | * ''Film/WhaleRider'' as Porourangi |
| 30 | * ''Film/RunawayJury'' as Frank Herrrera |
| 31 | * ''Film/Fracture2004'' as Det. Franklin |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Spooked}}'' as Mort Whitman |
| 33 | * ''Film/RiverQueen'' as Wiremu |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheFountain'' as Captain Ariel |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' as Searle |
| 36 | * ''Film/Fracture2007'' as Det. Flores |
| 37 | * ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'' as FBI Deputy Director Miguel Bowman |
| 38 | * ''Film/TenThousandBC'' as Tic'Tic |
| 39 | * ''Film/Push2009'' as Hook Waters |
| 40 | * ''Film/CrossingOver'' as Hamid Baraheri |
| 41 | * ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' as Fire Lord Ozai |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Colombiana}}'' as Emilio Restrepo |
| 43 | * ''Film/AThousandWords'' as Dr. Sinja |
| 44 | * ''Film/TheDarkHorse2014'' as Genesis (also producer) |
| 45 | * ''Film/LastKnights'' as Lt. Cortez |
| 46 | * ''Film/{{Risen}}'' as Yeshua |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheMeg'' as Mac |
| 48 | * ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' as Jonah |
| 49 | * ''Film/DoctorSleep'' as Billy Freeman |
| 50 | * ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' as Cyrus Booth |
| 51 | * ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' as Tonovari |
| 52 | * ''Film/Meg2TheTrench'' as James "Mac" Mackreides |
| 53 | |
| 54 | !Television Roles |
| 55 | * ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' as Nemis (1 episode) |
| 56 | * ''Series/MysteriousIsland'' as "Peter"/Peter (2 episodes) |
| 57 | * ''WesternAnimation/CityLife'' as Daniel Freeman (4 episodes) |
| 58 | * ''Series/{{Trauma}}'' as Reuben 'Rabbit' Palchuk |
| 59 | * ''Series/BodyOfProof'' as Agent Derek Ames (2 episodes) |
| 60 | * ''Series/Missing2012'' as Dax Miller |
| 61 | * ''Series/GangRelated'' as Javier Acosta |
| 62 | * ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' as Travis Manawa (24 episodes) |
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| 64 | !Producer |
| 65 | * ''Film/EagleVsShark'' |
| 66 | * ''Film/Boy2010'' |
| 67 | * ''Film/GreatExpectations'' |
| 68 | * ''Film/GreencardWarriors'' |
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| 70 | !Tropes in his work include: |
| 71 | * FakeAmerican: He's played lots of Americans in his career. |
| 72 | * PlaysGreatEthnics: He's played a huge variety of ethnicities, from Latin American to Indian, but few Māori like himself except for a couple times. Curtis has embraced this, saying it gave him many opportunities in his acting. |
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