Emilio Rivera

Emilio Rivera

1961-02-24 San Antonio, Texas, USA 65 Credits

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Emilio Rivera  (born February 24, 1961) is an American film and television actor.

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Holy Cash

Holy Cash

2024

as Actor

2.0
Acting

The Holy Cash' follows the story of Pablo (Paul Rodriguez), a con artist seeking a new way to make money by deceiving people. Alongside his friend "Gu...

The Movie Teller

The Movie Teller

2023

as Trabajador 3 / José

6.4
Acting

María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week ...

Dante's Hotel

Dante's Hotel

2023

as Captain Pasado

4.0
Acting

When an unknown assailant preys on a haunted hotel's patrons, an event planner teams up with a mysterious tenant who's dark past is the key to freeing...

Flamin' Hot

Flamin' Hot

2023

as Vacho Montañez

7.9
Acting

The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flam...

Ride Hard: Live Free

Ride Hard: Live Free

2020

as Gauge

Acting

The world has been thrown into an unrelenting dystopia of unchecked violence. Governments have dissolved. Survival has been reduced to a more primitiv...

3 from Hell

3 from Hell

2019

as Aquarius

5.8
Acting

After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be...

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

2019

as Self

6.0
Acting

A look at the production of Rob Zombie's 3 from Hell.

El Chicano

El Chicano

2019

as Shadow

6.5
Acting

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

Venom

Venom

2018

as Lobby Guard Richard

6.8
Acting

Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful al...

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018

as Jesus Alvarado

6.7
Acting

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing...

El Camino Christmas

El Camino Christmas

2017

as Vicente Cruz

5.6
Acting

A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas E...

Avenge the Crows

Avenge the Crows

2017

as Carlos Santiago

5.1
Acting

A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.

Smartass

Smartass

2017

as Poco Efe

5.5
Acting

Based on true events (mostly), Freddie, a 15-year-old runaway becomes intimately acquainted with California’s “Murder City” after being released from ...

Badsville

Badsville

2017

as Lucky Lou

5.6
Acting

A violent greaser gang is ripped apart when their leader finds love and is determined to leave Badsville - a town where love doesn't exist.

48 Hours to Live

48 Hours to Live

2016

as Gunner

4.5
Acting

A loner fresh out of rehab and hunted by both sides of the law returns home to solve the murder of his sister, and finds himself entangled in a game o...

Street Level

Street Level

2016

as Pete

2.0
Acting

A modern day love story about two junkies exploring drug addiction and survival on the streets of Los Angeles.

North by El Norte

North by El Norte

2016

as Big boss

4.0
Acting

A Mexican man (Uncle John) played by (Danny Trejo) seeks to avenge his brothers murder when he attempts to cross the US/Mexican border. (Bondo) (Uncle...

Hitman: Agent 47

Hitman: Agent 47

2015

as Fabian

5.9
Acting

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

Mercy for Angels

Mercy for Angels

2015

as Machetto

Acting

Runaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching for her homeless boyfriend. Her police detective mom ra...

10 Cent Pistol

10 Cent Pistol

2014

as Melville

4.8
Acting

A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.

Water & Power

Water & Power

2014

as Norte

6.5
Acting

Twin brothers nicknamed "Water" and "Power" from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince's through the city's political and...

Bullet

Bullet

2014

as Speedy

4.3
Acting

Danny Trejo plays 'Bullet' a tough cop who takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.

American Lowrider

American Lowrider

2013

as Paisa

5.0
Acting

Lefty-a hard working, light hearted man is looking to make a decent buck. But when a simple bet goes horribly wrong, Lefty is stuck between a rock and...

Filly Brown

Filly Brown

2013

as Mani

6.2
Acting

“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a cr...

The Devil's in the Details

The Devil's in the Details

2013

as Bill Duffy

4.8
Acting

7 minutes from now in Nogales, Arizona, Thomas Conrad's life will forever change when he gets caught up in a Mexican cartels poetic game of drug mule ...

The Obama Effect

The Obama Effect

2012

as Hector Santiago

2.5
Acting

A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession wi...

C'mon Man

C'mon Man

2012

as Steven

7.0
Acting

Chronicles the rise, fall and attempted rise again of a stand up comedian plagued by his own demons.

Act of Valor

Act of Valor

2012

as Sanchez

6.5
Acting

When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around ...

Budz House

Budz House

2011

as Big Happy

3.2
Acting

When Bud discovers a treasure trove of weed underneath his house, he becomes the most popular stoner on his block.

Narcocorrido

Narcocorrido

2011

as Ramon

7.0
Acting

The drug ballad of a gravely ill border cop's reckless heist of a cartel shipment, sung by a desperate soul destroyed in her wake.

Platinum Illusions

Platinum Illusions

2011

as Boss Hogg

Acting

This action packed Hip-Hop drama explores the life of Oscar Hernandez, a handsome Latino ex-gang member who sets forth to land a recording contract an...

Cinema Verite

Cinema Verite

2011

as Nightwatchman

5.7
Acting

In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small sc...

Cholo Comedy Slam: Stand Up and Lean Back

Cholo Comedy Slam: Stand Up and Lean Back

2010

Acting

Joey Medina star of The Latin Lings of Comedy & Latin Palooza, has brought together some of the best hard-hitting Latino talent from both the stand up...

American Flyer

American Flyer

2010

as Big Boss

4.3
Acting

An economically repressed young man (Bondo) loses his father in his attempt to cross the border (to send money home) at Tijuana, Mexico. As Bondo sets...

Next Day Air

Next Day Air

2009

as Bodega

5.2
Acting

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes ten pe...

Street Kings

Street Kings

2008

as OG Vato

6.6
Acting

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in t...

Delta Farce

Delta Farce

2007

as Jorge

4.8
Acting

Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the fact that the plane drops them in Mexico doesn't stop the...

Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

2007

as Policeman at Sand Truck

6.4
Acting

The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...

Splinter

Splinter

2006

as Jesse

4.3
Acting

A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, whi...

Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

as Day Laborer

6.2
Acting

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they...

Harsh Times

Harsh Times

2005

as Eddy

6.4
Acting

Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best f...

Short Fuse

Short Fuse

2005

as Camacho

Acting

A suspended boxer runs into all sorts of trouble while trying to go to Las Vegas for his comeback match.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart

2005

as Deputy

4.6
Acting

PURPLE HEART tells of a clean-up effort after a covert mission gone wrong. It is the story of Colonel Allen, the leader of a new, elite military unit ...

Doing Hard Time

Doing Hard Time

2004

as Officer David Teal

5.0
Acting

A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

2004

as Rudy

7.0
Acting

In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns...

Sucker Free City

Sucker Free City

2004

as Detective Zepada

5.9
Acting

The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud ...

Collateral

Collateral

2004

as Paco

7.2
Acting

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

Cake

Cake

2004

as Fidel

5.7
Acting

When a trio of small-time marijuana dealers incur the wrath of the Mexican mafia, their American dream turns into a terrifying nightmare in the debut ...

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

2003

as Hood

6.7
Acting

Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bru...

A Man Apart

A Man Apart

2003

as Garza

6.1
Acting

When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks ha...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

as Benitez

6.7
Acting

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by...

High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

as Salvadoran Man

6.4
Acting

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador....

Road Dogz

Road Dogz

2002

as Big Joe

6.6
Acting

"Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and ...

Ali G Indahouse

Ali G Indahouse

2002

as Rico

6.1
Acting

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prim...

Tomcats

Tomcats

2001

as Sampson (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 -- mon...

Traffic

Traffic

2000

as Salazar Soldier #2

7.1
Acting

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

The Base 2: Guilty as Charged

2000

as Pvt. Alberto Ramirerz

4.9
Acting

US Army Investigator John Murphy (now a Lieutenant, although he was a Major in the previous Base movie) has been sent to look into a series of suspici...

Pros & Cons

Pros & Cons

1999

as Con 1

3.0
Acting

Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case ...

Con Air

Con Air

1997

as Carlos

6.8
Acting

Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...

The Cable Guy

The Cable Guy

1996

as Jail Inmate

6.0
Acting

When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous ...

Rage

Rage

1995

as Javier

6.4
Acting

A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.

Thunder and Lightning

Thunder and Lightning

1977

as Honeydew Driver

4.9
Acting

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation...

Purgatory

N/A

Acting

A broken-down sheriff is forced to join forces with an obsessed Victorian vampire hunter to defeat an undead force consuming a small frontier town in ...

Street Justice

Street Justice

N/A

as Richie Ramirez

Acting

When two detectives are fed up with the system that's not working, they seek the help of a martial arts master to bring Justice to the Streets.

RZR Cyber Protocol

RZR Cyber Protocol

N/A

as Felix

Acting

A science fiction thriller immersed in a dystopian world of neural implants, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and black-market crime.