Thomas Rivas

Thomas Miguel Rivas was born July 9, 1988 in Oklahoma City to Julio and Christina Rivas. He started acting at the age of five, has starred in numerous plays through his school-years. In high-school he starred in The Rainmaker, Bye Bye Birdie, Edgar Allen Poe's Nevermore , The Day they Shot John Lennon, Night of the Living Dead, and eventually as Romeo in Romeo And Juliet. He has won various acting awards such as the Marilyn Moon Foundation Acting Award, OECU Fine Arts Award, (2) All-Star Cast Awards in regional competitions. He is the oldest of four children, two sisters (Alexia Rivas, and Ariel Rivas) one brother (Cesar Rivas). At the age 16 he attended at acting convention called Reel to Real 2005 were he met actor Rex Linn in a workshop, and decided it was time to get an agent! He walked into Magna Talent Agency founded by Margie Madden and asked for representation. She wanted him to take a class called Intro to Film Acting. That class is were he found his long time friend and Manager Michelle Delong. He went on to graduate from Northwest Classen HighSchool in 2006 with a Certificate of Distinction and GPA of 3.9875. Two weeks after becoming represented by Magna Thomas landed a training video for 7-eleven convenience stores. It seemed to have a snowball effect for Thomas because he went on to film a training video for Express Personnel Services then a big break came when he booked a principal role in a regional video and commercial for Gear Up. This new found stardom continued with radio voice overs and magazine print ads , Internet , and billboards! He was the face of Gear Up and continued landing roles for various commercials OSRH Education, WIC Psa Tv, Micheal Brooks Jiminez, I-35 Auto Mall, Joey Chiaf, Ocean Dental,Riverwind Casino,Winstar Casino, Remington Park Casino, Hard Rock Casino, Spokies, Kevin Durants MVP Speech, Bob Moore Honda and many more. He had his first chance to be in a big budget production on the set of Ivory. A film starring Beau Garret (Turistas,Fantastic four 2: Rise of Silver Surfer) Travis Fimmel (Calvin Klein Model). Upon his acting success Thomas landed a principal role in a television film Another Family Show produced by Freestyle Productions. Later on he landed a principal role in the U.S Army film Danger Close, and two years later a role in Backbone of the Army. His more recent ventures include an interview with Univision Network, Videos for Oklahoma City Public Schools produced by Almeida Productions, and also the film America directed by John Sullivan. He also graduated from Oklahoma Community College with a degree in Film and Video Production. He is now 31 years old and is married to Lorena Rivas, has 2 daughters the oldest named Eliana Rivas which is 5 years old and started her acting career as the promo figure for Life Church ,has a web show on Youtube, just starred in a Veggietales Dvd and his youngest daughter is Evelynn Sofia Rivas , and 2 sons. His 1 year old son named Ian Rivas and a step-son named Josue Valle . He still resides in Oklahoma City and is finished working on his directorial debut called: Dawn of a New Age: The Day Walkers: a zombie film that shows the bond and struggle for survival that people make in a post-apocalyptic world. In December of 2014, Thomas started up a production company called Rivas Enterprise Films and has produced a short film called Labyrinth of Horror, His company was hired in late 2015 to film behind the scenes of the film Gosnell. Also, he played the Lead DEA agent and just wrapped the film Gosnell starring Dean Cain. They will attend the Red Carpet Premier in Los Angeles in summer or fall of 2016.He went on to direct/write/produce and star in a feature film called No Mans Land that just released to Amazon Prime Video on Jan 8,2020!