
Herardo Kontreras
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-04-16 in 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.
Most Known For

Lilya 4-ever
as Anna's Neighbour

Lurich
as Wagon Accompanist

American Mountains

The Idiot

City Unplugged
as Doctor

The Idiot
as Lebedev

Georg
as Worker in Estonia

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
as Unanyan

All My Lenins
as Russian Villager

Shop of Dreams
as Stjopa

Long Memory

Dance Around the Steam Boiler

The Firewater
as Janitor

Hail, Mary!

Puud olid...
as Alajaani Märt

Время вашей жизни

The Preservation of Secret
as Kuptsov