2002Winner
Best Performance
Lilya 4-ever
Herardo Kontreras
Actor
Mozhaysk, Moskovsksya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
April 16, 1940
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2005Nominee
Best Performance
The Idiot
1984Nominee
Best Performance
Lurich
Career Highlights
2003Highlight
Best Performance
The Idiot
1993Highlight
Best Performance
City Unplugged
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Lilya 4-ever
City Unplugged