Herardo Kontreras
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 Estonian Südalinna Theatre Theater.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1940-04-16 · Mozhaysk, Moskovsksya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- 2009-03-01
Known for
- Lilya 4-ever (2002) — Anna's Neighbour
- Georg (2007) — Worker in Estonia
- Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976) — Unanyan
- All My Lenins (1997) — Russian Villager
- Shop of Dreams (2005) — Stjopa
- City Unplugged (1993) — Doctor
- Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
- The Firewater (1994) — Janitor
- Hail, Mary! (1971)
- Lurich (1984) — Wagon Accompanist
- The Preservation of Secret (1986) — Kuptsov
- American Mountains (1994)
- The Time of Your Life (1992)
- Puud olid... (1986) — Alajaani Märt
- Long Memory (1985)
- The Idiot (2005)