Luis Contreras
Biography
Luis Contreras, born in 1950, was a character actor whose lean, intense presence and unruly hair led him to play bums, gang members, police officers, inmates and criminals. His first screen role was a Federale in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and he later appeared as a zoot suiter in Spielberg's 1941. He worked often for director Walter Hill, in The Long Riders, 48 HRS., Extreme Prejudice (1987), Red Heat, Geronimo: An American Legend and Last Man Standing (1996). Among his memorable parts were a grocery store security guard in Repo Man, a gang ringleader in Stand Alone, an eye-patched biker in Pee-wee's Big Adventure and a homeless man in the After Midnight (1989) segment A Night on the Town. He also took guest roles on shows including CHiPs, Knight Rider, Hill Street Blues, Night Court and Carnivale. Contreras died in 2004.
53years old at death
- Born Kern County
- Died Burbank
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 20 years1980 to 2000
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