- Nicknames
- Kirris J. Riviere
- Kirris J Riviere
- Kirris Riviere
- Kirris Rivere
- Kirris Rivierre
- I'll sleep when I'm dead' was Kirris's first professional job as an actor, the character he played was 'Big John' featuring alongside Clive Owen as one of his main men. This was a prominent role. The feedback from the Director Mike Hodges was that 'Kirris was a joy to work with, Leo Davies was the casting director and since then they have been in contact with each other. Kirris started acting in a school production when he was fourteen never really taking it seriously at that time during rehearsals, he would often be late or not turn up but his acting teacher was patient, firm but fair saying, the only person that'll look silly on that stage is you if you don't put the effort in, so he learned the hard way, when he finally realized he only had a couple of days left to actually learn his freaking lines but he did it, and that's where that feeling on that stage in his first performance came from, that buzz and connection to the audience started right there. Then drama school was Kirris's next goal and coming from Bristol at the time it had to be The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Kirris was beside himself when he got in but it wasn't easy. So taking Kirris's life journey back a bit from secondary school (Ashton Park School) he then went to college (Filton college) where his passion for acting and singing really started to take hold, at the same time he became a member of the Bristol Youth Theatre Studio where he learned a lot about himself and basic theory. Drama school was hard he says, it felt like being dissected piece by piece whilst still alive, the rebuilding stage took a while to be fully completed, as that process was happening lots of knowledge questioning and confidence also formed Kirris's foundations. After drama school various parts came to him like The R.S.C 'Comedy of errors' Kirris was then cast in the TV Series 'Above Suspicion' as a Lawyer then TV series Casualty. In Mount Pleasant the character he played was the love interest alongside Paula Wilcox in two episodes. Following on from that he then went on to do a few voice over sessions for various characters in the series. TV series 'Nylon' as a regular character his next role was in the film 'Double Time' staring James Dreyfus It hasn't always been easy for Kirris and questioning himself as to why he is in this crazy industry when long periods of not working is part of his and everyone else's journey as a performer sometimes flickers briefly through his mind. Kirris has also performed in Welcome 2 Karachi Bollywood film, orange tree theatre in a play called Playmas directed by the lovely Paulette Randall. His recent work has been starring in various shows with Show of Strength Theatre Company as well as acting in the Television sitcom "I Live With Models" which will be out on comedy central later in 2016.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Claire Sibley
- I'll sleep when I'm dead' was Kirris's first professional job as an actor, the character he played was 'Big John' featuring alongside Clive Owen as one of his main men. This was a prominent role. The feedback from the Director Mike Hodges was that 'Kirris was a joy to work with, Leo Davies was the casting director and since then they have been in contact with each other. Kirris started acting in a school production when he was fourteen never really taking it seriously at that time during rehearsals, his acting teacher was patient, firm but fair saying, the only person that'll look silly on that stage is you if you don't put the effort in, so he learned the hard way, when he finally realised he only had a couple of days left to actually learn his freaking lines but he did it. That was where Kirris found himself, he remembers that feeling on that stage in his first performance coming from the buzz and connection to the audience. Then drama school was Kirris's next goal and being born and bred from Bristol, it had to be The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Kirris was beside himself when he got in but it wasn't easy. Drama school was hard he says, it felt like being dissected piece by piece, the rebuilding stage took a while, as often those processes do gaining knowledge and confidence formed Kirris's foundations. After drama school various parts came to him like The Royal Shakespeare Company to Television and Film.
Kirris will never forget his time at the Old Vic and remains grateful for all the opportunities he has had throughout the years, building a strong unique acting CV along the way.
Look forward to seeing Kirris perform in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman out in 2022.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kirris Riviere - British gangster film cult classic "I'll sleep when I'm dead' was Kirris's first professional job as an actor graduating from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. The character he played was 'Big John' featuring alongside Clive Owen as one of his main men. This was a prominent role. From films like DC Comics Red2 acting alongside Helen Mirren to theatre at R.S.C in 'Comedy of errors' Kirris was then cast in the TV Series 'Above Suspicion' as a Lawyer then In BBCs Casualty.
A few years later acted in Mount Pleasant as a main character as well as TV series 'Nylon' as a regular. His next role was in the film 'Double Time' staring James Dreyfus, When Kirris is in between acting jobs he teaches at a local secondary school called Ashton Park, as a cover supervisor.
Kirris has also acted in Bollywood's Welcome 2 Karachi, to Orange tree theatres production of Playmas written by Mustapha Matura and directed by Paulette Randall.
Stratford East in A Clockwork Orange directed by Dawn Reid.
His recent successes has been in various TV shows, Short films and creating his own work as a new writer, getting Arts Council funding with ongoing projects including an animation series to his biographical one person show. Kirris has also written three screenplays that he hopes will be produced in the next few years.
His most recent work has been to star in ITVs Manhunt acting alongside Martin Clunes, Kirris will feature in DC Comics/ Warner Bros/ Netflix's highly anticipated TV series "The Sandman" next year 2022.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Claire Sibley
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