Luis Contreras
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.
Acting
Movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Federale
1977
Movie
48 Hrs.
as Gang Member
1982
Movie
Red Heat
as Lupo
1988
Movie
Bound by Honor
as Realthing
1993
TV
Knight Rider
as Coyote
1982
TV
Knight Rider
as Voice #2
1982
Movie
Last Man Standing
as Comandante Ramirez
1996
Movie
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as Biker #2
1985
Movie
1941
as Zoot Suiter
1979
Movie
Repo Man
as Mr. Humphries' Security Guard
1984
TV
Airwolf
as Mule
1984
TV
Carnivàle
as Proprietor
2003
Movie
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Rurale Officer
1993
Movie
The Long Riders
as Man at the Bar
1980
Movie
Running Scared
as Thug (uncredited)
1986
Movie
Suburban Commando
as Ringo
1991
Movie
Extreme Prejudice
as Lupo
1987
Movie
Criminal
as Carlos
2004
TV
CHiPs
1977
TV
Night Court
as Defendant #2
1984
TV
Night Court
as Mr. Alvarez
1984
TV
Matlock
as Inmate #2
1986
TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Movie
Sunset
as Jail Inmates
1988