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Luis Contreras
Acting

Luis Contreras
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-09-18,San Juan, Puerto Rico
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

6.682

48 Hrs.
1982-12-07

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

7.358

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14

Extreme Prejudice

6.262

Extreme Prejudice
1987-04-24

The Long Riders

6.66

The Long Riders
1980-05-16

Suburban Commando

4.719

Suburban Commando
1991-10-04

Last Man Standing

6.365

Last Man Standing
1996-09-20

A Touch of Scandal

8

A Touch of Scandal
1984-11-27

4.839

Dollman
1991-11-27

Desert Kickboxer

4.111

Desert Kickboxer
1992-11-14

Wednesday Afternoon

7.5

Wednesday Afternoon
2004-06-09

4.167

Dragstrip Girl
1994-09-02

Across the Line

4.455

Across the Line
2000-02-01

8.196

Bound by Honor
1993-02-05

6.449

Walker
1987-12-04

5

Rio Diablo
1993-02-28

5.691

Sunset
1988-04-29

6.095

Running Scared
1986-06-27

Straight to Hell

5.5

Straight to Hell
1987-06-26

5

Lower Level
1991-10-05

The Last Married Couple in America

4.429

The Last Married Couple in America
1980-04-03

5.591

Heart Beat
1980-04-25

5.393

Big Trouble
1986-05-30

5.746

After Midnight
1989-11-03

Geronimo: An American Legend

6.291

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993-12-10

Walking the Edge

5.368

Walking the Edge
1985-01-11

5.603

El Diablo
1990-07-22

4.75

Blue City
1986-05-02

6.2

Criminal
2004-09-10

6.224

Red Heat
1988-06-17

5.353

Stand Alone
1985-09-01

6.1

Borderline
1980-12-19

6.662

Repo Man
1984-03-02

5.8

1941
1979-12-14

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

6.478

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

6.25

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987-05-03

4.639

The Winner
1996-09-13

5.822

Barbarosa
1982-02-19

5.722

Missing Pieces
2001-01-01

American Tragedy

5.8

American Tragedy
2000-11-12

5.6

Falcon Crest
1981-12-04

7.304

Night Court
1984-01-04

6.826

CHiPs
1977-09-15

7.892

Carnivàle
2003-09-14

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

7.096

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993-08-27

6.521

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13

7.109

Matlock
1986-03-03

6.719

Simon & Simon
1981-11-24

7.535

Knight Rider
1982-09-26

7.513

Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03

Tales of the Gold Monkey

7.5

Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982-09-22

7.1

Hunter
1984-09-18

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

The Oldest Rookie

7

The Oldest Rookie
1987-09-16

7.535

Knight Rider
1982-09-26

7.631

Airwolf
1984-01-22

7.304

Night Court
1984-01-04

Heart of the City

7.5

Heart of the City
1986-09-20

6.521

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13