Luis Contreras
- Interpretación
- 18 de septiembre de 1950 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 20 de junio de 2004
Biografía
Tall, lean, and wiry, 6-foot-4 Euro-Indigenous Latino American character actor. The son of Euro-Indigenous Latino American character actor, Roberto Contreras. Luis Contreras was born on September 18, 1950. Lean and wiry, often sporting a mass of curly hair and drooping mustache, with his piercing dark eyes and angular face Contreras ranged between portraying various criminals and police officers. Contreras made his film debut as a Federale in Steven Spielberg's wonderful science fiction classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." He also popped up as a zoot suiter in Spielberg's hilarious all-star comedy "1941." Contreras frequently acted in movies for director Walter Hill: "The Long Riders," "48 HRS.,""Extreme Prejudice," "Red Heat," "Geronimo: An American Legend," and "Last Man Standing." Contreras was especially memorable as a grocery store security guard in the cult classic sci-fi black comedy "Repo Man," the vicious ringleader of a gang of cocaine cowboys in "Stand Alone," a hostile eye-patched biker in the delightfully madcap "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," and a deranged homeless man who terrorizes a trio of teenage girls in the "A Night on the Town" episode of the hugely enjoyable horror anthology "After Midnight." Contreras also did guest appearances on the TV shows "CHiPs," "Quincy M.E.," "T.J. Hooker," "Knight Rider," "Riptide," "Hill Street Blues," "Simon & Simon," "Night Court," "Hunter," "Matlock," and "Carnivale", regularly working through the 1970s and 1980s. Luis Contreras died of cancer at the tragically young age of 53 on June 20, 2004.
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Filmografía
- Criminal · Carlos
- Wednesday Afternoon · The Bartender
- Carnivàle · Proprietor
- Missing Pieces · Beggar
- American Tragedy · Bum
- Al otro lado de la frontera · Timex
- La doctora Quinn · Mario
- El último hombre · Comandante Ramirez
- El ganador · Guy in Couple
- Dragstrip Girl · Raoul
- Gerónimo (Una leyenda) · Rurale Officer
- Las aventuras de Brisco County, Jr · El Gato
- Rio Diablo · Pedro Almenzar
- Sangre por sangre · Realthing
- La furia del halcón
- Dollman · Jackson
- Nivel cero · Street Person
- Suburban Commando · Ringo
- El Diablo · Pestoso
- Cuando despierta la noche · The Dogs' Master (segment "A Night on the Town")
- Danko: Calor rojo · Lupo
- Asesinato en Beverly Hills · Jail Inmates
- Walker (Una historia verdadera) · Benito
- The Oldest Rookie
- Directos al infierno · Sal
- Police Story: The Freeway Killings · Apartment Manager
- Traición sin límites · Lupo
- Heart of the City · Desk Clerk
- Apunta, dispara y corre · Thug (uncredited)
- Un hombre en apuros · Terrorist #2
- Ciudad peligrosa · Lieutenant Ortiz
- matlock · Inmate #2
- Stand Alone · Look-Out
- La gran aventura de Pee-Wee · Biker #2
- Al filo de la navaja · Jesus
- A Touch of Scandal · Eugenio Salvador
- Hunter · Gunman
- Repo Man (El recuperador) · Mr. Humphries' Security Guard
- Lobo del aire · Mule
- Juzgado de guardia · Defendant #2, Mr. Alvarez
- Límite: 48 horas · Gang Member
- El coche fantástico · Coyote, Voice #2
- Cuentos del Mono de oro
- T. J. Hooker · Cezar Moro, Louis Pordeo
- Barbarosa · Angel
- Falcon Crest · Inmate Tony
- Simon & Simon
- A veinte millas de la justicia
- Forajidos de leyenda · Man at the Bar
- Heart Beat · Mexican Junkie
- La última pareja · Party Guest
- 1941 · Zoot Suiter
- Encuentros en la tercera fase · Federale
- CHiPs
- Quincy, M.E.
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Beggar