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Cliff Curtis in "Crossing Over" (2009)
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Cliff Curtis stars in NBC's drama "Trauma" as daredevil flight medic Reuben "Rabbit" Palchuk.

Cliff Curtis is one of New Zealand's most successful acting talents, having worked with such acclaimed directors as Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann, David O. Russell, Danny Boyle, Frank Darabont, Jane Campion, Antoine Fuqua, Darren Aronofsky, Wayne Kramer, Roland Emmerich and Niki Caro.

Cliff Curtis has played a diverse range of characters including his role opposite Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle Hughes in "Whale Rider." Cliff Curtis has also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films "Training Day" with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, "The Insider" with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, and his very first film, "The Piano," with Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin and Harvey Keitel.

Among Cliff Curtis's' other films are "10,000 B.C.," "Push" with Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning, "Sunshine," "Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard" opposite Bruce Willis, "Fracture" with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling, "Blow" with Johnny Depp, and "Three Kings" with George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube. Cliff Curtis will next be starring in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender" with Dev Patel and "A Thousand Words" with Eddie Murphy.

Cliff Curtis worked with director Stephen Hopkins on USA Network's Emmy-nominated miniseries "Traffic."

Among his numerous accolades in his native New Zealand, Cliff Curtis received a New Zealand Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "Desperate Remedies," the same year that he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the film "Once Were Warriors," directed by Lee Tamahori. Cliff Curtis also starred in "Jubilee" which earned him a New Zealand Best Actor Award and "Overnight," for which he received a New Zealand Television Award nod for Best Actor.

Cliff Curtis has also worked extensively in New Zealand theatre. Cliff Curtis trained at the New Zealand Drama School before attending the prestigious Teatro Dimitri Scoula in Switzerland. Cliff Curtis's stage credits include "Macbeth," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Happy End," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Man of La Mancha" and "Porgy and Bess."






CLIFF CURTIS: FACTS

How tall is Cliff Curtis? How old is Cliff Curtis? Where was Cliff Curtis born? Find out here.

Age: 41 years old
Birthday: July 27, 1968
Height: 6' 0 ½"
Birthplace: Rotorua, New Zealand




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