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Jorge Rivero’s Split-Level Career : Across the Mexican border, he can pick and choose his roles, but in the U.S., Rivero is just another actor
When actor Jorge Rivero moved to Hollywood from Mexico in 1984, his resume was as long as the Baja coast, but his command of English was limited to short groups of words. Even though he was a star in Latin American countries, in the United States, he was virtually a nobody who couldn’t even work here because he had no work permit.
With few options available to an outsider, he sharpened his English with a dialogue coach and applied for residency. Now, 45 years into a life that sometimes strikes him as being one long string of low-budget movies, Rivero is ready to make his big break into the American film industry.
He stars in Frank Zuniga’s “Fist Fighter” with Eddie Albert Jr. and Mike Connors, which was released in Spanish-language theaters Wednesday and in English on Friday. “My films are shown in a lot of countries, but never here in the United States,” he had complained. And he doesn’t understand why.
“I’m a working actor, but only because I work in different countries,” said Rivero, relaxed in the garret of his Hollywood Hills home. “In the United States there is a lot of competition. It’s not like in Mexico where I’m a big film
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Jorge Rivero
Mexican actor
Jorge Rivero (born Jorge Pous Rosas; June 15, 1938) is a Mexican actor,[1] with a career spanning two continents (America and Europe), primarily in Spanish-language media.[2] He has been also credited as George Rivers and George Rivero.
Early life
[edit]Rivero was raised in Mexico City and proved to be an excellent athlete, excelling in track, jai alai, and water polo. At an early age, he became a bodybuilder and has used weightlifting to maintain his physique throughout his life. In 1960, he graduated from Colegio Universitario Mexicano with a degree in chemical engineering, and then he became an actor.
Acting roles
[edit]For Rivero's first film, he was cast in René Cardona's movie The Invisible Assassin (1965)[3] where he wears a mask throughout the film. His breakthrough role came in El Mexicano (1966; directed by René Cardona), making him a star overnight in Mexico. This movie was followed by Pistoleros de la frontera (1967). He appeared in wrestling films with Santo in Operación 67 (1967) and El Tesoro de Moctezuma (1968).
Rivero's most notorious role came in The Sin of Adam and Eve (El pecado de Adán y Eva) (1969),[4] in which Rivero and American costar Candy Wilson