Emilio Rivera (born February 24, 1961) is an American film and television actor and stand-up comedian.

He was raised in Elysian Valley also known as Frogtown, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Rivera's first feature role was in the TV series Renegade with Lorenzo Lamas.

He also had a role in the feature film Con Air, co-starring Nicolas Cage.

Emilio has appeared in several commercials, television programs and feature films including Training Day, Fun with Dick and Jane, Traffic, The Cable Guy, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, Walker Texas Ranger, Titus, Hitman: Agent 47, JAG, ER, A Man Apart with Vin Diesel, John Cusack's film Never Get Outta the Boat, Ali G Indahouse, Rush, Howard Stern's Son of the Beach, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Z Nation, and Michael Mann's new series Metro.