Cliff Curtis Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Biography, Family, Facts

May 2024 · 3 minute read
Cliff Curtis Quick Info
Height6 ft 0½ in
Weight78 kg
Date of BirthJuly 27, 1968
Zodiac SignLeo
Eye ColorDark Brown

Cliff Curtis is a New Zealander actor and producer who is known for playing Travis Manawa in the post-apocalyptic horror drama television series Fear the Walking Dead, Reuben ‘Rabbit’ Palchuk in the NBC medical drama series Trauma, Agent Dax Miller in the ABC mystery thriller drama series Missing, FBI Agent Derek Ames in the ABC medical/crime comedy-drama Body of Proof, and Javier Acosta in the Fox action drama series Gang Related. Moreover, Cliff Curtis has also been cast in numerous movies such as Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Whale Rider, River Queen, Bringing Out the Dead, Reminiscence, The Insider, Spooked, Training Day, Blow, Collateral Damage, Live Free or Die Hard, The Fountain, Fracture, 10,000 BC, Runaway Jury, Sunshine, The Last Airbender, The Meg, Risen, Once Were Warriors, A Thousand Words, Doctor Sleep, and Murina.

Born Name

Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis

Nick Name

Cliff

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Nationality

New Zealander

Education

For his secondary education, Cliff Curtis attended Edmund Rice College in Rotorua and later graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1989 with a Diploma in Acting.

He also studied mau rākau (a traditional Māori form of taiaha fighting) with Māori elder Mita Mohi on Mokoia Island.

Occupation

Actor, Producer

Family

Manager

Cliff Curtis has been repped by Robert Bruce Agency, Talent Agency, Auckland, New Zealand.

Net Worth

According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, his net worth has been $3 Million.

Build

Average

Height

6 ft 0½ in or 184 cm

Weight

78 kg or 172 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Note – In 2009, Cliff Curtis got married in a private ceremony at his home and has 4 children.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Cliff Curtis is of Māori, English, Irish, Swedish, and French descent.

Hair Color

Salt and Pepper

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Frequently plays characters of various ethnicities

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Cliff Curtis Facts

  • Alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo, and John Turturro, Cliff Curtis co-starred as Claudio “El Lobo” Perrini (a Colombian terrorist known as the Wolf) in the 2002 American action thriller film Collateral Damage.
  • In 2002, he played Porourangi in the drama film Whale Rider.
  • Cliff Curtis was seen as Genesis in the 2014 drama film The Dark Horse. For this performance, he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for “Best Performance by an Actor” and the 2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Award for “Best Actor”.
  • From 2015 to 2017, he appeared as Travis Manawa (a resolute and peacekeeping high school teacher) in the post-apocalyptic horror drama television series Fear the Walking Dead.
  • He brought to life the character of Jonah Hobbs (Luke’s estranged oldest brother who is a mechanic and the computer genius of the family) in the 2019 action film Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. His co-stars for the project were Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, and Helen Mirren.
  • Cliff Curtis has often been cast in roles of different ethnicities and has been an “all-purpose ethnic” actor. He once said, “It’s been a real advantage, I love being ethnic, I love the color of my skin. There are limitations in the business, that’s a reality, but I’ve been given such wonderful opportunities.”
  • Featured Image by Gage Skidmore / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0

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