Jermaine Rivers
Jermaine Lateef Rivers (born September 22, 1973) is an African American actor. He is best known for his role as Officer Carter in the Lifetime Channel television series Devious Maids.[1] He also made appearances in Tyler Perry's If Loving You is Wrong (2016) and The Haves and Have Nots (2017).
Early life and career
Rivers was born in Vicenza, Italy on Caserma Ederle; where his father who was an active duty US Army service member was stationed 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). Rivers acted in TV series Fatal Attraction and Your Worst Nightmare. In 2016, Rivers was cast as Frank Colton in episode 1x16 of MacGyver.[2][3] 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.[4] Rivers' more recent film credits include the suspense thriller Hangman (2017) where he was cast as a Swat team leader opposite Al Pacino and Karl Urban.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Sacrament | Eden Parish Guard #1 |
| 2013 | Four Senses | Bar Patron |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL | Security Guard |
| 2015 | Anomie | Police Officer |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | Man in Crowd |
| 2016 | Massacre on Aisle 12 | Slim Jim |
| 2017 | Hangman | Swat Leader |
| 2017 | The Night Sitter | Rod |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Your Worst Nightmare | Officer Giroux | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Fatal Attraction | Antwan | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Devious Maids | Officer Carter | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | If Loving You is Wrong | Agent Willis | 1 episode |
| 2017 | MacGyver | Frank Colton | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Haves and the Have Nots | Officer Holmes | 2 episodes |
References
- ↑ "Dinesouth oct nov issue 64". issuu. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ "The Coltons Join MacGyver Reboot". macgyveronline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ↑ Desk, BWW News. "Scoop: MACGYVER on CBS - Today, February 17, 2017". Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ Stockly, Ed (2017-02-16). "Friday's TV Highlights: 'Emerald City' on NBC". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-06-12.