Cliff Curtis Biography
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand actor. His film credits include Once Were Warriors (1994), Three Kings (1999), Training Day (2001), Whale Rider (2002), Collateral Damage (2002), Sunshine, Live Free or Die Hard (both 2007), The Dark Horse (2014), for which he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor, Doctor Sleep (2019), Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
His television roles include NBC's Trauma, and ABC's Body of Proof and Missing. From 2015 to 2017, he portrayed Travis Manawa on the AMC horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead. He is the co-owner of the independent New Zealand production company Whenua Films.
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Conflict Over Loyalty and Voice
Lo'ak:
This is-- this is wrong! This is wrong!
Ronal:
You do not speak here!
Lo'ak:
No! Payakan fought for us, he fought for us!
Jake Sully:
Lo'ak.
Lo'ak:
He saved your daughter's life! He saved her life!
Ronal:
This is not. You do not speak here!
Lo'ak:
He defend us!
Ronal:
This is council!
Neytiri:
Lo'ak.
Tonowari:
The elders have spoken.
Lo'ak:
The Tulkun are being hunted! They're dying!
Jake Sully:
Lo'ak, that's enough.
Lo'ak:
NO!
Tsireya:
Lo'ak speaks the truth!
Rotxo:
No, Tsireya.
Tsireya:
NO!
Tonowari:
Daughter!
Lo'ak:
Payakan is a warrior! He fought for us more than you, or you, more than any of you! HE FOUGHT FOR US!!
Tonowari:
Sit down!!
Neytiri:
Lo'ak.
Tonowari:
Take him from here!
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