Movie Credits
Sunshine	(2007)
[ Cillian Murphy ][ Chris Evans ][ Mark Strong ][ Robert Evans ][ Troy Garity ]
Fracture	(2006)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ David Strathairn ][ Ryan Gosling ][ Xander Berkeley ][ Bob Gunton ]
The Fountain	(2006)
[ Hugh Jackman ][ Darren Aronofsky ][ Ethan Suplee ][ Sean Patrick Thomas ][ Sean Gullette ]
River Queen	(2005)
[ Kiefer Sutherland ][ Stephen Rea ][ Temuera Morrison ]
The Pool	(2005)
Heinous Crime	(2004)
Spooked	(2004)
Runaway Jury	(2003)
[ Bruce Davison ][ Gene Hackman ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ Bruce McGill ][ Jeremy Piven ]
Whale Rider	(2002)
Point of Origin	(2002)
[ John Leguizamo ][ Ray Liotta ][ William Moseley ][ Bill Moseley ]
Collateral Damage	(2002)
[ Raymond Cruz ][ John Leguizamo ][ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ John Turturro ][ Elias Koteas ]
The Majestic	(2001)
[ Jim Carrey ][ Matt Damon ][ Hal Holbrook ][ Bruce Campbell ][ Martin Landau ]
Training Day	(2001)
[ Tom Berenger ][ David Bowie ][ Elvis Crespo ][ Raymond Cruz ][ Ethan Hawke ]
Blow	(2001)
[ Nick Cassavetes ][ Johnny Depp ][ Mick Jagger ][ Ray Liotta ][ Jordi Moll ]
Jubilee	(2000)
The Insider	(1999)
[ Russell Crowe ][ Wings Hauser ][ Bruce McGill ][ Al Pacino ][ Gary Sandy ]
Bringing Out the Dead	(1999)
[ Nicolas Cage ][ Martin Scorsese ][ John Goodman ][ Ving Rhames ][ Tom Sizemore ]
Three Kings	(1999)
[ George Clooney ][ Jamie Kennedy ][ Mark Wahlberg ][ Doug Jones ][ Ice Cube ]
Virus	(1999)
[ William Baldwin ][ Donald Sutherland ]
Six Days Seven Nights	(1998)
[ Harrison Ford ][ David Schwimmer ][ Danny Trejo ][ Temuera Morrison ][ Ivan Reitman ]
Deep Rising	(1998)
[ Djimon Hounsou ][ Treat Williams ][ Jason Flemyng ][ Wes Studi ][ Anthony Heald ]
The Chosen	(1998)
Episode #1.4	(1996)
Episode #1.3	(1996)
Episode #1.2	(1996)
Chicken	(1996)
[ Marton Csokas ]
Mananui	(1996)
Hercules in the Underworld	(1994)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Kevin Sorbo ][ Sam Raimi ]
Rapa Nui	(1994)
[ Jason Scott Lee ][ Esai Morales ]
Once Were Warriors	(1994)
[ Temuera Morrison ]
Kahu & Maia	(1994)
Desperate Remedies	(1993)
The Piano	(1993)
[ Harvey Keitel ][ Sam Neill ]

Cliff Curtis was born in Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand on July 27, 1968.Of New Zealand Maori descent (Ngati Hauiti, Te Arawa) he spent time when young learning the traditional Maori fighting styles of mau rakau. He enrolled at the New Zealand Drama School, and then the Teatro Dmitri Scoula in Switzerland.After returning to Aotearoa New Zealand from Europe, he was cast in The Piano (1993). Subsequent roles in New Zealand include the camp melodrama Desperate Remedies (1993), the gruelling urban drama Once Were Warriors (1994), in which he plays a child rapist, and the lighthearted comedy Jubilee (2000).In Hollywood, Cliff Curtis has played a range of different roles and ethnicities in films. He plays a Colombian in Blow (2001), an Arab in Three Kings (1999) and The Insider (1999), a Latino in Training Day (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003), and a drug dealer of ambiguous ethnicity in Bringing Out the Dead (1999). However, he is probably best known for his role as Paikea's father Porourangi, in Whale Rider (2002).