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This is Cliff Curtis.

He's a talented actor who was recently cast as the lead in a yet-to-be-titled Walking Dead spinoff series. Curtis will play Sean Cabrera, a divorced teacher who is raising a son with his ex-wife. The character's surname, Cabrera, is Spanish, so Curtis will presumably be playing a Latino.

Curtis, a New Zealander of Maori descent, is no stranger to Latino roles. He's done it so often — and so well — throughout his two-decade career that some people mistakenly believe he's Latino. Roles such as...

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