Victor Rivers

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{{Sidebar actor|
|name       = Victor Rivers
|image      = Altovar.jpg
|caption    = ...as Altovar
|birth name = Victor Rivas
|gender     = Male
|birthday   = {{d|1|October|1955}}
|birthplace = Sancti Spiritus, Cuba 
|deathday   =
|deathplace = 
|roles      = 
|characters = [[Altovar]]
}}

'''Victor Rivers''' {{born|1|October|1955}} is the actor who played [[Altovar]] in the {{s|DS9}} [[DS9 Season 3|third season]] episode {{e|Distant Voices}}. He was born in Cuba, and played American football for the {{w|Miami Dolphins}} in the late 1970s.

Rivers is now a leading activist against domestic violence against women and children. He is the national spokesman for the National Network to End Domestic Violence.

He has acted in motion pictures such as ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'', ''Fear City'' (with [[Emilia Crow]]), ''8 Million Ways to Die'' (with [[James Avery]]), ''Last Resort'' (with [[Ian Abercrombie]]), ''Cat Chaser'' (with [[Peter Weller]]), ''One Good Cop'' (with [[Tony Plana]] and [[Kevin Conway]]), ''Nixon'' (with [[Paul Sorvino]], [[Michelle Krusiec]], [[Annette Helde]], [[Robert Beltran]], [[Saul Rubinek]] and Tony Plana again), ''The Mask of Zorro'' and ''Hulk''.

In 1999, Rivers along with [[Larry Cedar]], [[Brian George]] and [[Paul Winfield]] did voice work for an episode of ''Batman Beyond''. He did voice work for another episode that year with [[James B. Sikking]] and [[Brian Tochi]]. He did voice work for a couple more episodes in 2000, with the second one involving voice work from [[Corey Burton]] and [[Keith Szarabajka]]. He later appeared prominently in the three-part episode "Starcrossed" of the related series ''Justice League'', with Cedar, [[Jason Marsden]], and [[Javier Grajeda]].

He has guest-starred in television shows such as ''Cybill'', {{wt|24 (television)|24}}, {{wt|Miami Vice|Miami Vice}} and {{wt|The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.|The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.}}. 

== External links ==
* [http://www.victorrivasrivers.com/ VictorRivasRivers.com] &ndash; official site
* {{imdb|name/nm0729582||external}}
* [http://geddes.net/lam/rivers%20victor/resume.pdf Victor Rivers] at [http://geddes.net The Geddes Talent Agency]

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