Jermaine Rivers
Biography
Jermaine Rivers is an American actor who served in the U.S. Army and is best known as Shatter on the Fox and Marvel series The Gifted. Born in Vicenza, Italy, he landed his first feature film role in Killing Winston Jones, alongside Danny Glover and Richard Dreyfuss, and his early screen credits included The Sacrament and Magic Mike XXL. On television he played Officer Carter on Devious Maids and Frank Colton on MacGyver, a part originally played by Cleavon Little, and he turned up in Tyler Perry's If Loving You is Wrong and The Haves and the Have Nots. His films include the suspense thriller Hangman (2017), Den of Thieves (2018) and the horror comedy The Night Sitter (2018), in which he played Rod. In 2025 he joined The Young and the Restless and left the show six months later.
53years old
Turns 54 on September 22in 316 days
- Born
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Also credited as Jermaine Lateef Rivers
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years2017 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Mr. CrocketIMDb rating 5.4
- 2018The Night SitterIMDb rating 4.9
- 2017HangmanIMDb rating 5.2
- 2017Love at the ShoreIMDb rating 6.3
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A change of course
Jermaine Rivers served in the US Army on active duty from March 1993 to May 2013, including two combat tours in Iraq and time in Afghanistan, before his acting career.
First role
Rivers' first role in a feature film came in Killing Winston Jones, a movie that starred Danny Glover and Richard Dreyfuss.
Jermaine Rivers movies on Netflix
Mr. Crocketas Jerrel
The Night Sitteras Rod
Hangmanas SWAT Team Leader
Love at the Shoreas Ian
Worked with
Jermaine Rivers made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Al Pacino1 film together, 2017
Al Pacino's page Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team LeaderPacino as Ray Archer
Karl Urban1 film together, 2017
Karl Urban's page Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team LeaderUrban as Det. Will Ruiney
Steve Coulter1 film together, 2017
Steve Coulter's page Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team LeaderCoulter as Rev. David Green
Brittany Snow1 film together, 2017
Brittany Snow's page Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team LeaderSnow as Christi Davies
Joe Anderson1 film together, 2017
Joe Anderson's page Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team LeaderAnderson as Hangman
Ashton Leigh1 film together, 2017
Ashton Leigh's page Love at the Shore2017IMDb rating 6.3Rivers as IanLeigh as Friend 2
Johnny MartinDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Johnny Martin Hangman2017IMDb rating 5.2Rivers as SWAT Team Leader
Brandon EspyDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Brandon Espy Mr. Crocket2024IMDb rating 5.4Rivers as Jerrel
Steven R. MonroeDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Steven R. Monroe Love at the Shore2017IMDb rating 6.3Rivers as Ian
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
