Jorge Rivera López


Jorge Rivera López was an Argentine television and film actor.

Life and career

Jorge Rivera López was born on 19 March 1930. During the 1980s military dictatorship, López, along with Luis Brandoni, Roberto Cossa, Osvaldo Dragún, and Pepe Soriano, accompanied by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Esquivel and writer Ernesto Sábato, formed a group called Teatro Abierto (Open Theater) in an attempt to reinvent independent theater separated from government propaganda and approval. Despite threats, they opened with the declaration that they were against dictatorship and government intervention in the arts. On the opening night, Rivera López read the “Declaration of the Principles” claiming for all the participants their right to freedom of opinion and expression. Three works per day were presented for a full week in the Tabaris Theatre, to an estimated audience of 25,000. The movement continued to perform, despite government disapproval, until the return to democracy and, for several years afterwards, presented works critical of the abuses of the dictatorship. Rivera López died on 5 September 2024, at the age of 90.

Works

Theater

Film

Pobres habrá siempre – Eduardo SandovalTres veces Ana Los jóvenes viejos Los inconstantes Pajarito Gómez -una vida feliz- Gente conmigo Extraña invasión ¡Ufa con el sexo! Turismo de carretera La fiaca Kuma Ching – SansónTodos los pecados del mundo La malavida – Simón LinskyLa Patagonia rebelde – Edward MathewsLa Mary – ArielTriángulo de cuatro Más allá del sol La Hora de María y el pájaro de oro Difunta Correa Proceso a la infamia – Senador SantanaVisión de un asesino Made in Argentina Negra medianoche, inédita, Of Love and Shadows De amor y de sombra – Professor LealVeredicto final, Momentos robados, Cómplices – FernandoApariencias – Esteban OrtizClaim – Juan PasaronEl borde del tiempo – VincenteIncorregibles,

Television

Historia de jóvenes, 1959El ABC del amor – RicardoEsta noche... miedo, 1970La única noche, 1985La elegida, 1992Micaela, 1992Chiquititas, 1995La mujer del presidente, 1999