Cliff Curtis
Cliff Curtis
Clifford Vivian Devon "Cliff" Curtisis a New Zealand actor whose film credits include Whale Rider, Once Were Warriors, Blow, and The Dark Horse. He had television series roles on NBC's Trauma and Body of Proof, and ABC's Missing. He currently plays Travis, a lead character on the AMC horror-drama series Fear the Walking Dead, a companion series of The Walking Dead. Ethnically Māori, his many character roles have included a range of ethnicities, such as Latin American and Arab...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth27 July 1968
CityRotorua, New Zealand
I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.
I was a manual labourer. I figured out really early on that the value of my life could be determined by my hourly rate as a manual labourer digging holes.
I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.
As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.
I'm still waiting for Peter Jackson to let me play an elf. I want to play Orlando Bloom's father. No, Orlando Bloom's younger, hotter brother. I don't think it's going to happen.
While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.
As an actor ... at some point you've got to forget that the crew's there in order to do your job.
But I felt like Pablo Escobar felt like he was an honorable businessman. And when he killed people, I think he felt he did it because they were honorable. That they were liars and were trying to cheat him. I don't think he had a lot of respect for the politicians in Columbia at the time, so he had quite a lot of fun killing them.