Luis Contreras
Acting
Born 1950-09-18
Died 2004-06-20
San Juan, Puerto Rico
55 credits
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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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Filmography
Acting
48 credits
Hunter
Knight Rider
Falcon Crest
Night Court
Matlock
T. J. Hooker
Airwolf
Bound by Honor
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Carnivàle
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
48 Hrs.
Red Heat
Heart of the City
1941
Last Man Standing
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Repo Man
Running Scared
The Long Riders
Geronimo: An American Legend
Barbarosa
Extreme Prejudice
Criminal
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Walker
Sunset
After Midnight
The Winner
Dollman
El Diablo
Suburban Commando
The Last Married Couple in America
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Blue City
Big Trouble
Rio Diablo
Dragstrip Girl
Missing Pieces
Heart Beat
Straight to Hell
American Tragedy
Stand Alone
Walking the Edge
Across the Line
Lower Level
A Touch of Scandal
Wednesday Afternoon
Other credits
7 credits
Quincy, M.E.
Simon & Simon
CHiPs
Tales of the Gold Monkey
The Oldest Rookie
Borderline
Desert Kickboxer
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