Cliff Curtis. Actor: Auferstanden. Cliff Curtis was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, on July 27, 1968. He is of New Zealand Maori descent (with Ngati Hauiti and Te Arawa tribal affiliations). He enrolled at the New Zealand Drama School, and then the Teatro Dmitri Scuola in Switzerland. After returning to New Zealand from Europe, he was cast in Das Piano (1993). Subsequent roles in New Zealand include the camp melodrama Desperate Remedies...