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Cliff Curtis

1968 - Today

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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cliff Curtis has received more than 8,437,931 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Cliff Curtis is the 2,236th most popular actor (up from 2,471st in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular New Zealander Actor.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cliff Curtis ranks 2,236 out of 13,578. Before him are Joe Viterelli, Jean Acker, Charles Martinet, David Harbour, James Rebhorn, and Ona Munson. After him are Peter Strauss, Adam Baldwin, Peter MacNicol, Carmen Salinas, Karl Valentin, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Cliff Curtis ranks 75. Before him are Damon Albarn, Michael Kiske, Toni Kukoč, Robert Jarni, Margrethe Vestager, and Jovenel Moïse. After him are Fabrizio Ravanelli, Kelly Rutherford, Anna Gunn, Traci Lords, Nataša Pirc Musar, and Iñaki Urdangarin.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Cliff Curtis ranks 24 out of 303. Before him are Jane Campion (1954), Rosé (1997), Karl Urban (1972), Bruce Spence (1945), Nancy Wake (1912), and Marton Csokas (1966). After him are Temuera Morrison (1960), Alan Dale (1947), Wynton Rufer (1962), Jonah Lomu (1975), Cindy Kiro (1958), and Andrew Niccol (1964).

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Among ACTORS In New Zealand

Among actors born in New Zealand, Cliff Curtis ranks 6. Before him are Russell Crowe (1964), Lucy Lawless (1968), Karl Urban (1972), Bruce Spence (1945), and Marton Csokas (1966). After him are Temuera Morrison (1960), Alan Dale (1947), Manu Bennett (1969), Clive Revill (1930), Taika Waititi (1975), and Antony Starr (1975).

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