Daniel Louis Rivas

Infobox actor

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name = Daniel Louis Rivas
birthname = Daniel Louis Rivas
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|1|17
location = New York, New York, United States

Daniel Louis Rivas (born in New York City, New York on January 17 1977) is an actor, model and painter. He is the brother of actress Sara Rivas.

He made his acting debut on "Sid & Nancy" in 1986. Appeared on ZigZag in 2002. Rivas also co-starred in the 2005 film "Shackles" and recently apperesd on Deadwater (2008). He once modeled for Calvin Klein. And was engaged to Dutch actress Georgina Verbaan.

External links

*imdb name|id=0729040|name=Daniel Louis Rivas
* [http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmpeople/472187 Daniel Louis Rivas on IFilm]

Daniel Louis Rivas was born and raised in New York City.A multi media performer since he was a child. Daniel had his first speaking role opposite Gary Oldman in "Sid and Nancy" He decided to pursue it as a career.After fronting the short lived punk rock band 57-Blankness at eighteen. He soon relocated to Los Angeles.He soon discovered being in front of the camera and stage was not his only creative outlet.He started writing and painting.Daniel has appeared in such films as "DeadWater", "Adrenaline", "Shackles" , "Never Been Kissed" and most recently as Indie rock star Richard Havoc in "Altamont Now", In which he did is own singing and contributed his own music to the film. His TV credits include a recurring role on "New York Undercover" (FOX) as well as stints on "Law and Order" (NBC) and "American Family" (A&E). He was also a regular on "The IT Factor, Los Angeles" (Bravo).A former Calvin Klein model.Daniel has become an accomplished painter having had solo and group shows of his art in New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.While in the Netherlands Daniel was the first American painter allowed to take up "artist in residence" at the late infamous Herman Brood's atelier.

Group and Solo Show's:

August 2005- Ghettogloss Gallery- Los Angeles, California -Group Show

April 2003- Herman Brood Gallery- Amsterdam, Holland -Solo Show

January 2003- The Stip Gallery- Amsterdam, Holland- Group Show

January 2002- Latino Museum Of Los Angeles w/ Amnesty International- Los Angeles, California- Solo Show

December 2001- Latino Museum Of Los Angeles / Benefit For Digna Ochoa- Los Angeles, California- Group Show

October 1999- Get Real Art Gallery- New York, New York- Solo Show

September 1999- Get Real Art Gallery- New York, New York- Group Show