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Luis Contreras
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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 b…
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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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2004
Criminal
Movie Carlos
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2004
Wednesday Afternoon
Movie The Bartender
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2003
Carnivàle
TV show Proprietor
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2001
Missing Pieces
Movie Beggar
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2000
American Tragedy
Movie Bum
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2000
Across the Line
Movie Timex
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1996
Last Man Standing
Movie Comandante Ramirez
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1996
The Winner
Movie Guy in Couple
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1994
Dragstrip Girl
Movie Raoul
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1993
Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie Rurale Officer
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1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV show El Gato
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1993
Rio Diablo
Movie Pedro Almenzar
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1993
Bound by Honor
Movie Realthing
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1992
Desert Kickboxer
Movie
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1991
Dollman
Movie Jackson
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1991
Lower Level
Movie Street Person
More credits
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1991
Suburban Commando
Movie Ringo
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1990
El Diablo
Movie Pestoso
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1989
After Midnight
Movie The Dogs' Master (segment "A Night on the Town")
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1988
Red Heat
Movie Lupo
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1988
Sunset
Movie Jail Inmates
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1987
Walker
Movie Benito
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1987
The Oldest Rookie
TV show
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1987
Straight to Hell
Movie Sal
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1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Movie Apartment Manager
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1987
Extreme Prejudice
Movie Lupo
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1986
Heart of the City
TV show Desk Clerk
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1986
Running Scared
Movie Thug (uncredited)
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1986
Big Trouble
Movie Terrorist #2
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1986
Blue City
Movie Lieutenant Ortiz
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1986
Matlock
TV show Inmate #2
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1985
Stand Alone
Movie Look-Out
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1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Movie Biker #2
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1985
Walking the Edge
Movie Jesus
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1984
A Touch of Scandal
Movie Eugenio Salvador
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1984
Hunter
TV show Gunman
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1984
Repo Man
Movie Mr. Humphries' Security Guard
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1984
Airwolf
TV show Mule
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1984
Night Court
TV show Defendant #2
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1982
48 Hrs.
Movie Gang Member
