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Cliff Curtis

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Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand actor and film producer. After working in theatre, he made his film debut in Jane Campion's Oscar-winning film The Piano (1993), followed by a breakout role in the drama Once Were Warriors (1994). He has won four New Zealand Film Awards, Best Actor for Jubilee (2000) and The Dark Horse (2014) - which also earned him the Asia Pacific Screen Award - and Best Supporting Actor for Desperate Remedies (1993) and Whale Rider (2002). Curtis' international film credits include Three Kings, Bringing Out the Dead (both 1999), Blow, Training Day (both 2001), Collateral Damage (2002), Sunshine, Live Free or Die Hard (both 2007), Push, Crossing Over (both 2009), Colombiana (2011), and Doctor Sleep (2019), also portraying James "Mac" Mackreides in The Meg (2018) and Meg 2: The Trench (2023) and Tonowari in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Curtis is the 3,109th most popular actor (down from 2,234th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 24th in 2019) and the 8th most popular New Zealander Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cliff Curtis ranks 3,109 out of 13,578. Before him are Brian Austin Green, Vladimir Etush, Sienna Miller, Hans Clarin, Harriet Walter, and Emília Vášáryová. After him are Adriana Caselotti, Patrick O'Neal, Mark Blum, Aleksandr Demyanenko, Michael Wincott, and Jim Varney.

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Among people born in 1968, Cliff Curtis ranks 121. Before him are Michael Weatherly, Marcus Grönholm, Martin Dahlin, Choi Jin-sil, Talant Duyshebaev, and Hakan Fidan. After him are Mauro Silva, Margrethe Vestager, Juan Antonio Pizzi, Ramush Haradinaj, Herbert Kickl, and Benjamin List.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Cliff Curtis ranks 45 out of 303. Before him are Cindy Kiro (1958), Janet Frame (1924), George Forbes (1869), Harry Kerr (1879), Wynton Rufer (1962), and Andrew Niccol (1964). After him are Temuera Morrison (1960), John Key (1961), Meri Mangakāhia (1868), Keith Urban (1967), Peter Snell (1938), and Manu Bennett (1969).

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Among ACTORS In New Zealand

Among actors born in New Zealand, Cliff Curtis ranks 8. Before him are Lucy Lawless (1968), Bruce Spence (1945), Karl Urban (1972), Clive Revill (1930), Alan Dale (1947), and Marton Csokas (1966). After him are Temuera Morrison (1960), Manu Bennett (1969), Taika Waititi (1975), Antony Starr (1975), Kevin Smith (1963), and Martin Henderson (1974).

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