Occupation Actor Parents Roberto Contreras Role Character actor | Name Luis Contreras Years active 1970s–2004 TV shows Foto-Novelas | |
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Full Name ()18 September 1950 Died June 20, 2004, Burbank, California, United States Awards ALMA Award for Outstanding Latino Cast in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series Movies Last Man Standing, Walking the Edge, Close Encounters of the Thir, Desert Kickboxer, Blue City Similar People Roberto Contreras, Walter Hill, Geoffrey Rivas, Daniel Zacapa, Miguel Sandoval | ||
Luis Contreras (September 18, 1950 – June 20, 2004) was a Hispanic-American character actor. The son of actor Roberto Contreras, his film debut was in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 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: The Long Riders, 48 Hrs., Extreme Prejudice, Red Heat, Geronimo: An American Legend, and Last Man Standing.
He died of cancer in 2004 at the age of 53.
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