Erik Estrada

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  • Birth Name: Henry Enrique Estrada
  • Birth Place: New York, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/16/1949, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor
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Erik Estrada Fast Facts:
  • Raised in New York City's Spanish Harlem.
  • As a child, aspired to be a police officer.
  • Began acting career by performing in high-school productions.
  • Played a streetwise gang member in his film debut in 1970's The Cross and the Switchblade.
  • Gained fame as motorcycle cop Frank "Ponch" Poncherello in the 1977-83 TV series CHiPs. Reportedly clashed with the show's costar, Larry Wilcox.
  • Suffered a serious, life-threatening injury in a 1979 accident while filming a motorcycle scene on the CHiPs set.
  • Cast in a Spanish-speaking soap opera (Dos Mujeres, Un Camino) in 1993. Ironically, he didn't speak Spanish and had to take Spanish lessons for the role.
  • Penned an autobiography, My Road from Harlem to Hollywood, in the 1990s.
  • An antidrug advocate, serving as a spokesman for D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).
  • Earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
  • Erik Estrada Relationships:
  • Nanette Mirkovich - Wife
  • Anthony Estrada - Son
  • Brandon Estrada - Son
  • Francesca Estrada - Daughter
  • Joyce Miller - Ex-wife
  • Peggy Rowe - Ex-wife
  • Carmen Estrada - Mother
  • Erik Estrada Awards:
  • 1980 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
  • College:
  • The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York, NY
According to Jim, LARRY JOE CAMPBELL, CONNER RAYBURN, BILLI BRUNO, TAYLOR ATELIAN, COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH, JIM BELUSHI, KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, ERIK ESTRADA  Craig Sjodin/ABC
According to Jim, KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, ERIK ESTRADA Craig Sjodin/ABC
According to Jim, ERIK ESTRADA, KIMBERLY WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, JIM BELUSHI Craig Sjodin/ABC
Husband for Hire, Tempestt Bledsoe, Mario Lopez, Nadine Velazquez, Mark Consuelos, Erik Estrada Oxygen Photo
Husband for Hire, Mark Consuelos, Erik Estrada Oxygen Photo
Armed and Famous, Armed Famous,Jack Osbourne, La Toya Jackson, Erik Estrada, Trish Stratus, Jason Wee Man Acuna Cliff Lipson/CBS
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