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Gerald C. Rivers, grew up in Compton, California. Studied at the Sheenway Theatre Arts Repertory in Los Angeles, Earned an Associates of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts from Los Angles City College, where he also served two terms as the ASO President and was a 3-time National Gold Medalist in Dramatic Interpretation with the National Forensics League. He then continued his education in Theatre & Marketing at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
After college he joined the Academy Theatre (at that time, Georgia's oldest existing professional theatre), where he toured and performed for several years before going on to become the Associate Artistic Director. As a classically trained theatre actor, Gerald has performed w/The Georgia Shakespeare Festival, the Hippodrome State Theatre in Florida and countless other regional theatres and is currently a company member at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and Tony Plana's East L.A. Classic Theatre. While he has some film and tv credits w/excellent work and tape available, he is looking to expand more in the film and tv market.
He is a tremendous voice over talent as well, doing everything from cartoons and video games to California and Georgia State Conservation spots. His biggest vocal success has come from being the voice of the late great Rev., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. performing, speaking and touring all over the country and abroad as this resonating voice from the past. Over twenty years as the same character and dozens of King speeches fully committed to memory has garnered him recognition from the King family, the King Center, NAACP, SCLC, National Baptist Convention and he has been a part of the National celebrations in Atlanta, DC, LA and Bermuda. |
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