Luis Contreras

Luis Contreras

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Birthday: 
18 September 1950, Kern, California, USA
Birth Name: 
Luis Roland Contreras
Height: 
191 cm
The son of actor Roberto Contreras, character actor 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 Spi... Show more »
The son of actor Roberto Contreras, character actor 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. Show less «

Luis Contreras's FILMOGRAPHY

Carnivale - Season 2

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Criminal

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Carnivale - Season 1

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Missing Pieces

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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

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Last Man Standing

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The Invaders - Season 1

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Matlock - Season 9

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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Season 1

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Blood In Blood Out

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Bound By Honor

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Geronimo: An American Legend

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Matlock - Season 8

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Matlock - Season 7

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Lower Level

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Night Court - Season 9

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Matlock - Season 6

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Dollman

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Suburban Commando

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Night Court - Season 8

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Matlock - Season 5

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Hunter - Season 7 (1984)

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El Diablo

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