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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 |
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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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