Cliff Curtis er Maori (New Zealands oprindelige befolkning ) men har på det store lærred spillet Pablo Escobar, afro-amerikansk drug dealer, latino bandemedlem, indisk guru, araber og mange andre etniciteter.
Cliff Curtis fortæller i et interview: “I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously,” he says, “and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster. I’m not fooling around. I don’t want to make a fool of that cultural heritage. I represent them as I would represent my own.”
Fra ‘Training Day’ til ‘Fear of the Walking Dead’ Cliff Curtis er en sand eksempel på en god skuespiller.