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Luis Contreras is a Actor American born on 18 september 1950

Luis Contreras

Luis Contreras
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 september 1950
Death 20 june 2004 (at 53 years)

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.

Usually with

Walter Hill
Walter Hill
(7 films)
Allan Graf
Allan Graf
(6 films)
Alex Cox
Alex Cox
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Luis Contreras (29 films)

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Actor

Criminal
Criminal (2004)
, 1h27
Directed by Gregory Jacobs
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maeve Quinlan, Peter Mullan, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Roles Carlos
Rating63% 3.198613.198613.198613.198613.19861
Richard Gaddis is a small time crook with a penchant for con games. To hook marks, he acts like a well-to-do businessman, dressing like one and driving a Mercedes-Benz S500, believing that one must look like a professional in order to be a successful conman.
Last Man Standing, 1h41
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Alexandra Powers, David Patrick Kelly, Karina Lombard, Bruce Dern
Roles Comandante Ramirez
Rating63% 3.1992953.1992953.1992953.1992953.199295
In 1932, Prohibition-era Texas, a mysterious character named John Smith (Bruce Willis) drives into Jericho, near the Mexican border (Population: 57), in his Ford Model A Coupe. Mere moments after arriving in the city, he takes a look at a young woman named Felina (Karina Lombard), and because of that, he is surrounded by Irish mobsters led by Finn, who is working under Doyle (David Patrick Kelly), Finn promptly smashes Smiths' car and leaves it in a state of disarray, telling him that nobody can even look at the girl since she is "Doyle's property". Smith doesn't react, but instead, he checks into a small bar/hotel run by Joe Monday (William Sanderson).
Dragstrip Girl, 1h22
Directed by Mary Lambert
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marc Dacascos, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Raymond Cruz, Frederick Coffin, Traci Lords, Richard Portnow
Roles Raoul
Rating46% 2.336442.336442.336442.336442.33644
Johnny is a bad guy, trying to go straight. He becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl rebelling against her parents by pretending to go steady with him. Set against the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles.
Bound by Honor, 3h
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Delroy Lindo, Victor Rivers
Roles Realthing
Rating79% 3.9529253.9529253.9529253.9529253.952925
Miklo is a man of Mexican and Caucasian ethnicity who grew up in El Pico Aliso barrio in east Los Angeles. Upon moving back home from Las Vegas, Nevada, Miklo goes to stay with his two cousins Paco and Cruz. Miklo tells Cruz that he wants to join their gang Vatos Locos. While Paco is initially skeptical, Miklo later proves himself when he performs an attack on a rival gang, Tres Puntos. Afterwards he is made a member of Vatos Locos.
Geronimo: An American Legend, 1h55
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Western
Actors Wes Studi, Jason Patric, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Matt Damon, Pato Hoffmann
Roles Rurale Officer
Rating64% 3.2480153.2480153.2480153.2480153.248015
The film follows the events leading up to the capture of Geronimo in 1886. The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a U.S. government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers, and one in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and unnecessary actions by the government, Geronimo and 30 other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs. The plot centers upon Charles Gatewood (Jason Patric), the U.S. cavalry lieutenant charged with capturing the elusive Apache leader with the assistance of a scout leader Al Sieber (Robert Duvall) and a young graduate Britton Davis (Matt Damon). Gatewood is torn by a grudging respect for Geronimo and his people, and his duty to his country. But then all the white men in the film have respect for Geronimo, even as they are trying to hunt him down and kill him. Brigadier General George Crook (Gene Hackman), charged with overseeing the forced settlement of the Apaches on reservations has nothing but admiration for Geronimo. Geronimo surrenders to Crook but later escapes taking half the reservation with him. Gatewood Sieber Davis and a group of soilders are out to capture Geronimo. Crook later resigns from the army and is later replaced by General Nelson Miles. The next day Gatewood Sieber Davis and apache Chato come across some slaughtered Indians. then they stop at a bar but there are bounty hunters there and they threaten to kill Chato for money which results in a shootout in which Sieber is shot and mortally wounded. Gatewood Davis and Chato carry on to Capture Geronimo. Geronimo makes peace with Gatewood and surrenders along with the other apache to General Miles. Gatewood is transferred to a remote Garrison in North Wyoming while Davis resigns from the army.
Desert Kickboxer
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors John Newton, Luis Contreras, Paul L. Smith, Judie Aronson, Yvonne De Carlo, Robert O'Reilly
Rating42% 2.145942.145942.145942.145942.14594
Un héros amérindien aide de quelques combats d'un groupe d'escrocs qui ont l'intention de leur voler leur argent.
Dollman
Dollman (1991)
, 1h22
Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley, Kamala Lopez, Nicholas Guest, Frank Doubleday, Frank Collison
Roles Jackson
Rating52% 2.647922.647922.647922.647922.64792
Brick Bardo is a Dirty Harry type cop on the planet Arturos, which is many light years from Earth. One day, a criminal runs into a laundry venue where lots of plump women and their kids happen to be, and he keeps them hostage while police officers are outside the premise. Bardo humorously enters to do his laundry and the crook is rather surprised by this defiant act. After saving the scared hostages by causing the fat women to faint and fall onto the bad guy by threatening to use his gun to blow a hole through them - "the most powerful handgun in the universe" proclaims a young boy - Bardo instead of being hailed a hero, is shouted at by the mayor, who knows of Bardo's usually violent methods and Bardo was supposed to be suspended.
Suburban Commando, 1h30
Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera
Actors Hulk Hogan, Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, Larry Miller, Roy Dotrice, Jack Elam
Roles Ringo
Rating45% 2.2528452.2528452.2528452.2528452.252845
Interstellar warrior Shep Ramsey (Hulk Hogan) is on a mission to capture intergalactic despot General Suitor (William Ball). The general kidnapped President Hashina, the ruler of an entire planet. Shep boards Suitor's flagship but is unable to rescue Hashina, who is killed by Suitor who then turns into a berserk reptilian alien after Hashina wounds him. Shep barely escapes, but is able to blow up the ship as he does so.
El Diablo
El Diablo (1990)
, 1h55
Directed by Peter Markle
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., Joe Pantoliano, John Glover, Robert Beltran, M. C. Gainey
Roles Pestoso
Rating60% 3.0450953.0450953.0450953.0450953.045095
Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) is a timid young schoolteacher from Boston living in a rugged Arizona town. When one of his students is abducted by a notorious outlaw known as El Diablo (Robert Beltran), he takes it upon himself to rescue her. With the help of an aging gunslinger named Thomas Van Leek (Louis Gossett, Jr.), a novelist and reputed hero of the Old West, Kid Durango (Joe Pantoliano), and a charismatic preacher (John Glover), Billy Ray manages to infiltrate El Diablo's hideout and eventually comes face to face with the dangerous criminal.
After Midnight, 1h30
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, Pamela Adlon, Tracy Wells, Nadine van der Velde, Penelope Sudrow
Roles The Dogs' Master (segment "A Night on the Town")
Rating55% 2.7522452.7522452.7522452.7522452.752245
Allison and Cheryl are two college students in a new class, The Psychology of Fear. It is taught by a strange man named Edward Derek. One of Derek's in class experiments makes a jock wet himself in front of everyone, leading to the censuring of the class. Professor Derek invites his students to his home for a private lesson. There, he tells the students three tales centered around fear. In the meantime, the humiliated jock sneaks over to Derek's home to take revenge.
Red Heat
Red Heat (1988)
, 1h43
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Political films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon
Roles Lupo
Rating61% 3.0510453.0510453.0510453.0510453.051045
Captain Ivan Danko of the Moscow Police sets a trap for Viktor Rostavili, a Georgian drug kingpin and crime lord. The ambush severely backfires; Viktor flees the Soviet Union and comes to the USA, after gunning down several other Moscow cops, including Danko's partner.
Sunset
Sunset (1988)
, 1h43
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, M. Emmet Walsh
Rating57% 2.850852.850852.850852.850852.85085
In Hollywood in the late 1920s during the waning days of the industry's transition to sound film, producer and studio head Alfie Alperin wants to produce a great Western movie about Wyatt Earp. Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Marshal and the real Earp is on set as a technical adviser. But while Earp and Mix are involved in their movie adventure, they also get caught up in a real case of murder, prostitution, and corruption. Together they try to straighten out the problems of the missing son of Earp's former girlfriend, Christina. She is now the wife of studio boss Alfie Alperin and he isn't amused by Earp's investigations. Alfie's sister Victoria Alperin is dating a notorious mobster and all three were at the scene of the murder of madam Candice Gerard. Soon Earp unveils the true sadistic character of Alfie Alperin. Mix and Earp get to fight a real gunfight at a real isolated ranch, with Mix telling Earp "I wish there was a camera here" before drawing a real gun.
Walker
Walker (1987)
, 1h35
Directed by Alex Cox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Western
Actors Ed Harris, Peter Boyle, Alan Bates, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka
Roles Benito
Rating65% 3.296683.296683.296683.296683.29668
In 1853, soldier-of-fortune William Walker (Ed Harris) flees Mexico after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection. He is placed on trial by US officials, but wins acquittal on breaking the Neutrality Act. Walker believes in Manifest Destiny and has plans to marry and start a newspaper until his fianceé Ellen Martin (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera. Financed by American multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), Walker and 60 mercenaries embark on a mission to overthrow the Government of Nicaragua, to secure Vanderbilt's rights over an overland shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific.
Extreme Prejudice, 1h44
Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, María Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside, Clancy Brown, Mickey Jones
Roles Lupo
Rating65% 3.2960253.2960253.2960253.2960253.296025
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