- Born
- Birth nameVictor Rivas
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Victor Rivas Rivers- Victor is a veteran main title actor with credits in over two dozen films. Best known as the iconic Magic in the cult favorite Blood In Blood Out; there are thousands of tattoos, murals, paintings with his image around the world, Antonio Banderas' ill-fated brother in The Mask of Zorro, Eddie Murphy's sidekick in The Distinguished Gentleman . He has been cast by Steven Spielberg in Amistad, Sydney Pollack in Havana, Hal Ashby in 8 Million Ways to Die Ang Lee in Hulk, David Lynch in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Gurinder Chadha in What's Cooking and Taylor Hackford in Blood In Blood Out. TV credits include Miami Vice, General Hospital , The Bold and The Beautiful, Life, Law and Order, Jag, 24, CSI Miami, Cybil, Star Trek, Modern Family, Better Call Saul and many more. Trained with Stella Adler, Peggy Ferry, Nina Foch. Languages-English and Spanish
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- IMDb mini biography by: Victor Rivas Rivers
- SpouseMim Eichler Rivas(1988 - present) (1 child)
- Tall, muscular, hispanic hunk with machismo!
- Former gang member who turned his life around at an early age, going on to attend, as a scholar-athlete, Florida State University on a full four-year football scholarship.
- Was a victim of extreme child abuse and witnessed his mother being a victim of domestic violence, both of which were committed by his father. As a result, he is now a devoted advocate of, and activist for, domestic violence prevention.
- He was an active player in the NFL from 1978-1979.
- His character in The Mask of Zorro, Joaquin Murieta, is portrayed as the older brother of the new Zorro, Alejandro Murieta. Although Alejandro is a fictional character, Joaquin Murieta was not. Joaquin was a real-life bandit and folk hero, and is widely believed to have been the original inspiration for Zorro.
- Since 1999, he has been the national spokesperson for the National Network to End Domestic Violence.
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