Herardo Kontreras

Born: 1940-04-16, Mozhaysk, Moskovsksya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Died: 2009-03-01

Biography

Herardo Kontreras (Spanish: Gerardo Contreras, Russian: Херардо Контрерас; April 16, 1940, Mozhaysk – March 1, 2009) was an Estonian actor of Basque origin. His parents fled to the Soviet Union from the Franco regime. His father had been a pilot in the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War, and his mother a teacher. In 1967, Contreras graduated from the Ivan Karpovich Karpenko-Kary State Institute of Theater, Cinema and Television in Kiev. From 1967 until his death, he was an actor at the Russian Drama Theater.

Filmography

• Lilja 4-ever (2002)
• Lurich (1984)
• Aşkarsızlıq Şəraitində... (1986)
• Бриллианты для диктатуры пролетариата (1976)
• Салют, Мария! (1971)
• Tallinn pimeduses (1993)
• Tants aurukatla ümber (1988)
• Ameerika mäed (1994)
• Время вашей жизни (1992)
• Minu Leninid (1997)
• Tulivesi (1994)
• Puud olid... (1986)
• Stiilipidu (2005)
• Долгая память (1985)