Jermaine Rivers Explained

Jermaine Lateef Rivers (born September 22, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Shatter[1] on Fox/Marvel's television series The Gifted. He is also notable for his role as Officer Carter in the Lifetime Channel television series Devious Maids.[2] He also made appearances in Tyler Perry's If Loving You is Wrong (2016) and The Haves and Have Nots (2018).[3]

Early life and career

Rivers was born in Vicenza, Italy on Caserma Ederle to Brenda J Rivers and Jerry B Rivers (deceased)[4] who was an active duty US Army service member stationed in Italy until 1975. He graduated from Fort campbell high school in 1992. In 1993 he enlisted in the US Army and attended Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC. Rivers served on active duty from 17 March 1993 to 31 May 2013. He had a total of five deployments, two of which were combat tours to Iraq Baghdad while assigned with the 22nd Signal Brigade (2002-2003) also Bagram and Khandahar Afghanistan while under the 16th Sustainment Brigade command (2009-2010). Rivers' first role in a feature film was in Killing Winston Jones starring Danny Glover and Richard Dreyfuss.

Career

Some of Rivers' earlier film credits include The Sacrament(2013) and Magic Mike XXL (2015). In 2016, Rivers was cast as Frank Colton in episode 1x16 of MacGyver.[5] [6] Rivers reprised the role of Frank Colton originally played by Cleavon Little, a member of The Coltons family of bounty hunters who made frequent appearances in the original MacGyver television series.[7] Rivers' more recent film credits include the suspense thriller Hangman (2017) starring Al Pacino and Karl Urban, also Den of Thieves (2018) starring Gerard Butler and Curtis (50 Cent) Jackson.[8] Over the years Jermaine Rivers has proven himself to be a diverse actor that can be cast in a multitude of character roles. His performances as Shatter[9] on The Gifted (2017) showcased his physical abilities as he performed all of his own stunts. His ability to deliver tongue in cheek comedy was made apparently clear in his portrayal of (Rod) in the horror-comedy The Night Sitter (2018). Rivers was recently cast in the role of (Dee) in the Civil War era film Freedom's Path (2020) starring Ewen Bremner, RJ Cyler and Gerran Howell.[10]

Filmography

Film performances
YearTitleRole
2013The SacramentEden Parish Guard #1
2013Four SensesBar Patron
2015Magic Mike XXLSecurity Guard
2015AnomiePolice Officer
2016Killing ReaganMan in Crowd
2016Massacre on Aisle 12Slim Jim
2017HangmanSwat Leader
2018The Night SitterRod
2018Den of ThievesFed Receiving Guard Jackson
2019Killing Winston JonesDeputy
2020Freedom's PathDee
Television performances
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Your Worst NightmareOfficer Giroux1 episode
2015Fatal AttractionAntwan2 episodes
2015Devious MaidsOfficer Carter2 episodes
2016If Loving You is WrongAgent Willis1 episode
2017MacGyverFrank Colton2 episode
2017The Haves and the Have NotsOfficer Holmes 2 episodes
2017–2018The GiftedShatterRecurring
2019The ResidentAgent Banks1 episode
2020InterrogationDanny Debarros2 episodes

Notes and References

  1. News: The Gifted Casts Jermaine Rivers As Shatter. 2017-09-14. Screen Rant. 2018-04-12. en-US.
  2. News: Dinesouth oct nov issue 64. issuu. 2017-06-12. en.
  3. Web site: Episode #114 Interview with Actor and Author Jermaine Rivers 6 WEEKS TO FITNESS. 6weekstofitness.com. en-US. 2018-04-12.
  4. Web site: Jerry B. Rivers's Obituary on The Leaf Chronicle. The Leaf Chronicle. 2018-04-12.
  5. Web site: The Coltons Join MacGyver Reboot. macgyveronline.com. 2017-06-11.
  6. News: Scoop: MACGYVER on CBS - Today, February 17, 2017. BWW News Desk. 2017-06-12. en.
  7. News: Friday's TV Highlights: 'Emerald City' on NBC. Stockly. Ed. 2017-02-16. Los Angeles Times. 2017-06-12. en-US. 0458-3035.
  8. News: Actor Jermaine Rivers talks Marvel series ‘The Gifted’ and ‘Den of Thieves’. 2017-12-14. Rolling Out. 2018-04-12. en-US.
  9. News: 8 Questions With The Superhero-Mutant Called Jermaine Rivers.
  10. News: 'Freedom's Path': Ewen Bremner, RJ Cyler and Gerran Howell lead American Civil War Movie Now Underway.