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Geraldo Rivera
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Geraldo Rivera was born on July 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Contact (1997), All About Steve (2009) and Grumpier Old Men (1995).
Known for
- Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland — Self (archive footage)2026
- Breakdown: 1975 — Self - Host, Good Night America (archive footage)2025
- American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson — Self2025
- Stallone: Frank, That Is — Self2021
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy — Self (archive footage)2021
- Forget Me Not — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Problem with Jon Stewart — Self (archive footage)2021
- Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)2019
- King Bibi — Self (archive footage)2018
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming — Dr. Angel2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Gerald Michael Rivera , ( 1943-07-04 ) July 4, 1943 (age 82) , New York City , U.S.
- Education
- State University of New York Maritime College University of Arizona ( BS ) Brooklyn Law School ( JD )
- Occupations
- Journalist, talk show host, writer, attorney
- Years active
- 1970–present
- Organization
- NewsNation
- Television
- Geraldo Geraldo at Large The Five NewsNation
- Political party
- Republican
- Family
- Craig Rivera (brother)
- Website
- geraldo.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Award
- Peabody Awards
- Official website
- www.geraldo.com
- Image
- GeraldoRiveraSept2010.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Residence
- Shaker Heights
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- alternative name
- Geraldo
- date of birth
- 1943-07-04
- social media followers
- 16200
- Commons category
- Geraldo Rivera
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Gerald Michael Rivera
- name in native language
- Geraldo Rivera
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Geraldo Michael Rivera (born Gerald Michael Rivera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023. He hosted the tabloid talk show Geraldo from 1987 to 1998. He gained publicity with the live 1986 TV special The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults. Rivera hosted the news magazine program Geraldo at Large, hosts the occasional broadcast of Geraldo Rivera Reports (in lieu of hosting At Large). He served as a rotating co-host of The Five from 2022 to 2023. As of February 2024, Rivera retains the spot of correspondent-at-large with NewsNation.
Early life
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