Kiwification

Cliff Curtis, the man who jets home to New Zealand from LA for 24 hours, and rubs shoulders with the likes of Bruce Willis, Johnny Depp, and Anthony Hopkins, would rather sacrifice making it “big-time” in Hollywood, than live outside of his native New Zealand.

Star of River Queen, Whale Rider, Sunshine, Die Hard 4, and a dozen other Hollywood blockbusters, Clive Curtis says he doesn’t want to be “pigeon-holed” into his typical bad-guy terrorist, drug-dealer, gangster role.

NZ Herald reports that Curtis is still paying off a mortgage in his home town of Rotorua. (Now that sounds a bit silly to me.. while choosing not to become a Hollywood “mega-star”, surely you make enough money to wipe out a mortgage?)

Promoting film making in New Zealand

In 2004, with producer Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis formed independent film production company Whenua Films, to support the New Zealand film making industry.

Eagle vs. Shark was their first feature-length film, starring, among others, Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords.

Movies you’ve seen Cliff Curtis in (outside of New Zealand)

• 10,000 BC
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Fracture
• … Full filmography (IMDB)