Rivero started his acting career as a child actor in the 1978 FPJ film Patayin si...
[5] Rivero was also a television director and was responsible for overseeing the production of Kokey (2007), Forevermore (2014), and Mula sa Puso (2011).
[6] The 2023 work D' Aswang Slayerz which starred Mel Martinez, marked Rivero's debut as a film director.
He was able to bring himself to a hospital despite sustaining multiple wounds reportedly inflicted by a former friend he knew from Facebook.
[1] In May 2023, Rivero was confined to the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City after suffering from a second stroke[1] and remained in the hospital throughout June.