Biography
Thom Rivera is a classically trained television, film, theatre & voice actor. He is currently based in Los Angeles after 12 years living and working in New York City. He has toured nationally and performed at regional theatres throughout the US.
He has worked at many of the top theatre companies in the country. In New York - Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Page 73 Productions, Culture Project, Working Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Acting Company. Regionally - 3 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theatre Company of DC, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Barrington Stage, Denver Center, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center, St. Louis Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Triad Stage, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts and Shakespeare/LA.
TV Highlights- New Girl, Lucifer, The Mindy Project, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Shameless, Rosewood, Zoo, Telenovela, Comedy Bang Bang, and Law & Order. Film Highlights - Papi Chulo, Antidote, Once Upon a Time in Venice, Borderland, Heels.
He has taught for Elizabeth Mestnik Studios, South Coast Repertory, LA Performing Arts Conservatory, UC Irvine, The Acting Company, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Will Power to Youth and The New York Film Academy. He also does private coaching.
Education - MFA: University of California, Irvine. BA: Cal State Northridge (cum laude)
