Erik Estrada

Erik Estrada
Birth Name: Henry Enrique Estrada
Born: Mar 16, 1949
Spanish Harlem, New York, NY
Career: 1970-2007
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Action
Comedy
Drama
Crime
Thriller
Biography by Hal Erickson
Born in Spanish Harlem, Erik Estrada was compelled to go to work at an early age to help support his large, fatherless family. While a student at Brandeis High, Estrada was encouraged by his girlfriend to audition for school plays. The acting bug bit hard, and soon Estrada was working overtime in a laundromat to pay his tuition at the American Musical Dramatic Academy. He also served as errand boy/interpreter for film companies working in the neighborhood. His first professional movie appearance was as a street punk in The Cross and the Switchblade; he won the role over 100 aspirants by ad-libbing his audition, convincingly wielding a prop knife as he spoke. His next important film role was Spanish rookie cop Sergio Duran in The New Centurions (1972), and it was this assignment that led to a spate of TV guest appearances. In 1977, he was cast as motorcycle patrolman Frank "Ponch" Poncherello on the hit TV series CHiPs In 1979, he was nearly killed in a stunting accident; fortunately, he made a complete physical recovery, and remained with the series until its 1983 cancellation. After the demise of CHiPs Estrada's acting career went into decline, though he has enjoyed a career renaissance of late as the heartthrob star of Spanish-language TV soap operas.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Armed & Famous [TV Series] 2007 Participant [Starring]
Kickin' It Old Skool 2007 Actor [Starring]
Blind Sight 2004 Actor [Starring]
Maya & Miguel [Animated TV Series] 2004 Voice [Starring]
Sealab 2021: Season 04 2004 Actor [Starring]
The Surreal Life: Season 02 2004 Participant [Starring]
Santa's Wild and Wacky Christmas 2003 Participant [Starring]
Sealab 2021: Season 03 2003 Actor [Starring]
National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2002 Actor [Starring]
Sealab 2021: Season 02 2002 Actor [Starring]
Sealab 2021 [Animated TV Series] 2001 Actor [Starring]
Destroying America 2000 Actor [Starring]
Sealab 2021: Season 01 2000 Actor [Starring]
The Magic of Thailand 2000 Participant [Starring]
The Misery Brothers Y2K 1999 Actor [Starring]
The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1999 Actor [Starring]
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Awards

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1979 Hollywood Foreign Press Association CHiPs [TV Series] Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Nom)
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