Christopher Rivas

Christopher Rivas (born 1986 or 1987) is an American author,^[1][2][3] actor,^[4][5] podcaster,^[6][7][8] and storyteller.^[9][10] He is best known for his podcast Rubirosa,^[11] his book Brown Enough,^[12] the role of Oscar on Call Me Kat, and his solo play, The Real James Bond... Was Dominican!^[13]

Christopher Rivas
Born	1986 or 1987 (age 37–38) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Author actor podcaster storyteller
Years active	2009–present
Known for	Brown Enough, Rubirosa, Call Me Kat
Website	christopherrivas.com

Life and career

Rivas was born and raised in New York City in 1986 or 1987. The son of a Dominican father and Colombian mother. He attended California Institute of the Arts, where he majored in acting in 2011.^[14] He developed storytelling workshops United Nations High Commission for Refugees, LAMP on Skid Row, The Museum of Broken Relationships, UCLA and CalArts.^[15][16] In 2018, he was part of the faculty of The Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship.^[17]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	If Not Now When	Basketballapostle	Short Film
2012	Public Law	Erubiel	Short Film
2014	Shameless	Eduardo	1 episode
2014	For Rent	Jason	Short Film
2014	Cry Wolf	Gerard	Short Film
2015	Rizzoli & Isles	Lamar St. John	1 episode
2015	2 Broke Girls	Mookie	1 episode
2015	Mi Casa Mi Casa	Ramone Cervantes	3 episodes
2016	Rosewood	Manny	1 episode
2016-2018	Couch Potato Chronicles	Sebastian Cruz	7 episodes
2017	Hollywood Girl: The Peg Entwistle Story	Messenger	Short Film
2017	Grey's Anatomy	Rodney	1 episode
2017	Two Sentence Horror Stories	Xavier	1 episode
2017	SEAL Team	Keith	1 episode
2017	Life After First Failure	Dirk	3 episodes[18]
2018	NCIS: Los Angeles	ATF Special Agent Elliot Ross	1 episode
2018	For the People	Rodrigo Puente	1 episode
2018	GLOW	X-Ray Technician	1 episode
2018	9-1-1	Hector	1 episode
2018	Just Cause 4	Che Sanz	Video Game
2019	New Amsterdam	Ivan Velez	1 episode
2019	The Filth	Justin	2 episodes
2019	Adam Ruins Everything	Cool Beer Guy	1 episode
2021–2023	Call Me Kat	Oscar	Recurring role (season 1); main role (seasons 2–3)
2021	Call of Duty: Vanguard	Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class Mateo Hernandez	Pacific missions only

References

1. Gamboa, Suzanne; Cervantes, Cora. "At Raizado Festival, Latinos stake a claim in Aspen". www.nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
2. Brown Enough. 2022-10-11. ISBN 978-1-955905-04-6.
3. BROWN ENOUGH | Kirkus Reviews.
4. Gannon, Matt (2022-01-25). "Christopher Rivas on the Special Energy of 'Call Me Kat'". TV Wasteland. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
5. "'Call Me Kat' Promotes Christopher Rivas to Regular". 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
6. Montalván, Karla (August 24, 2022). "How Christopher Rivas is Helping Us Challenge Our Heroes". People en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
7. White, Peter (2021-11-18). "'Call Me Kat's Christopher Rivas Signs Podcast Development Deal With SiriusXM's Stitcher". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
8. Sarachan, Risa. "'Rubirosa' Podcast Explores Life Of The Real James Bond". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
9. "Actor found inspiration in the Dominican playboy who inspired James Bond". dallasnews.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
10. "An interview with the creator and performer of The Real James Bond Was Dominican, coming to Bishop Arts Theatre Center". theaterjones.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
11. "Rubirosa". link.chtbl.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
12. Brown Enough. 2022-10-11. ISBN 978-1-955905-04-6.
13. "Hispanic pride: 'The Real James Bond ... Was Dominican' to premiere in ABQ". abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
14. Reynolds, Dale (September 6, 2012). "Christopher Rivas: An All-Around Kinda Latino". latinheat.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
15. "Guest, Christopher Rivas". bbsradio.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
16. "Meet Christopher Rivas". voyagela.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
17. "FELLOWS". adrfellowship.org. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
18. "Life After First Failure". tvmaze.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.

External links

• Christopher Rivas at IMDb
• Official website