Herardo Kontreras

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Lilya 4-ever (2002) — Anna's Neighbour
2. Georg (2007) — Worker in Estonia
3. Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976) — Unanyan
4. All My Lenins (1997) — Russian Villager
5. Shop of Dreams (2005) — Stjopa
6. City Unplugged (1993) — Doctor
7. Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
8. The Firewater (1994) — Janitor
9. Hail, Mary! (1971)
10. Lurich (1984) — Wagon Accompanist
11. The Preservation of Secret (1986) — Kuptsov
12. American Mountains (1994)
13. Время вашей жизни (1992)
14. Puud olid... (1986) — Alajaani Märt
15. Long Memory (1985)
16. The Idiot (2005)
17. The Idiot (2003) — Lebedev