Luis Contreras (September 18, 1950 – June 20, 2004) was an American character actor. The son of actor
Roberto Contreras
Roberto Contreras (December 12, 1928 – July 18, 2000) was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the westerns on television, TV western series ''The High Chaparral''. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to ...
, his film debut was in ''
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' is a 1977 American science fiction film, science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François ...
''. Contreras often played the parts of bums, gang members, police officers, prison inmates, and criminals.
One of the typical roles that he played as a gang member or criminal was that of Jesus in ''
Walking the Edge''.
Contreras appeared in multiple movies for director
Walter Hill
Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western (genre), Western genre. He has directed such films as ''The Driver'', ''The Warriors (film), The ...
: ''
The Long Riders
''The Long Riders'' is a 1980 American biographical western film directed by Walter Hill. It was produced by James Keach, Stacy Keach and Tim Zinnemann and featured an original soundtrack by Ry Cooder. Cooder won the ''Best Music'' award in ...
'', ''
48 Hrs.
''48 Hrs.'' (pronounced 'forty-eight hours') is a 1982 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay co-written with Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza and Roger Spottiswoode. It stars Nick Nolte and Eddie Murp ...
'', ''
Extreme Prejudice'', ''
Red Heat '' Red heat'' is a practice of using colours to determine the temperature of metal
Red Heat may also refer to:
* ''Red Heat'' (1985 film), a 1985 film starring Linda Blair
* ''Red Heat'' (1988 film), a 1988 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger a ...
'', ''
Geronimo: An American Legend'', and ''
Last Man Standing''.
He died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 53.
Filmography
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2004 deaths
1950 births
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