Herardo Contreras

Herardo Contreras

  • Birthday: 4/16/1940
  • Deathday: 3/1/2009
  • Place of birth: Mozhaysk, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Московская область, Russia]
  • Fame for: Acting
  • Also known as: Gerardo Contreras, Херардо Контрерас

Biography

Herardo Contreras, sometimes under the name Gerardo Contreras or Kontreras (Russian: Херардо Контрерас), was born on April 16, 1940 in Mozhaysk. His Basque parents fled the Franco regime to the Soviet Union; his father was a pilot in the Spanish Civil War, his mother a teacher. In 1967, Ivan Karpovich graduated from the Karpenko-Karõi National Theater, Cinema and Television Institute in Kyiv. Until his death, he was an actor at the Estonian SSR State Russian Drama Theater (Russian Theater), performing more than 120 different roles there. In addition to his theatrical work, Herardo Contreras performed with long acting programs and participated in feature films. Contreras died on March 1, 2009 in Tallinn.

Filmography

American Mountains
Release date: 5/19/1994

American Mountains

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The Firewater
Release date: 4/14/1994

The Firewater

Role(s): Janitor

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Shop of Dreams
Release date: 4/14/2005

Shop of Dreams

Role(s): Stjopa

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Georg
Release date: 10/5/2007

Georg

Role(s): Worker in Estonia

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City Unplugged
Release date: 6/6/1993

City Unplugged

Role(s): Doctor

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