Geraldo Rivera. Actor: Contact. Geraldo Rivera was born on 4 July 1943 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Contact (1997), Verrückt nach Steve (2009) and Der dritte Frühling (1995). He has been married to Erica Levy since 10 August 2003. They have one child. He was previously married to C.C. Dyer, Sherri Rivera, Edie Vonnegut and Linda Coblentz.