Cliff Curtis has appeared in a number of regional classics, such as “Once Were Warriors”, “Whale Rider”, and “The Dark Horse”, while also establishing a successful career as a sought-after Hollywood character actor, appearing in projects like “Fear the Walking Dead” and “Three Kings.”
He has collaborated with well-known filmmakers along the road, including Martin Scorsese and Danny Boyle, and has produced movies (Boy, Herbs – Songs of Freedom) in his own New Zealand.
Curtis was born in Rotorua in 1968 and raised there as well as on the Kapiti Coast. He participated in kapa haka, amateur theater, and rock ‘n’ roll dancing competitions as a child. But the drama didn’t just happen onstage. He dropped out of school, spent time as a state-appointed ward, lost his mother young, and then found work in a variety of laboring jobs.
Curtis had a little part in the movie “The Piano” for his debut in a major motion picture. But he didn’t get his big break and become well-known in New Zealand until he starred in “Once Were Warriors”, one of the most popular movies to hit New Zealand theaters.
Spouse and Children
He had a private wedding at his home in late 2009 and is the father of four kids.
Parents and Siblings
In the Bay of Plenty city of Rotorua, Curtis was born on July 27, 1968. He is the eighth kid and the son of a amateur dancer. Te Arawa and Ngti Hauiti are Curtis’s tribal ties; he is of Mori heritage.
He was 3 when his mother passed away. When Curtis was 12 years old, the state took custody of him because his late father, George, was an alcoholic. leaving school at the age of 14 to work as a laborer, glazier, cleaner, and builder. Because of his father’s love of rock ‘n’ roll dancing, his son developed a competitive interest in it as well as a talent for choreography and breakdancing.
