- Born
- Birth nameHenry Enrique Estrada
- Nicknames
- Ponch
- Papo
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Erik Estrada was born on March 16, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CHiPs (1977), Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and Van Wilder (2002). He has been married to Nanette Mirkovich since September 20, 1997. They have one child. He was previously married to Peggy Rowe and Joyce Miller.
- SpousesNanette Mirkovich(September 20, 1997 - present) (1 child)Peggy Rowe(August 19, 1985 - September 1, 1989) (divorced, 2 children)Joyce Miller(November 25, 1979 - July 1980) (divorced)
- ChildrenAnthony Eric EstradaBrandon Michael-Paul Estrada
- ParentsCarmen EstradaRenildo Estrada
- RelativesJoey(Sibling)Carmen(Sibling)
- Has his own Official Website that he and his wife answer all their fans emails and talk with them on the forum.
- When he landed Johnny in Two Women, One Road (1993) he had to take 30 straight eight-hour days of Berlitz Spanish lessons before he could begin. Originally slated for 100 episodes, the show went to 400-plus episodes, became the biggest telenovela in Latin-American history and revived Estrada's almost non-existent career.
- Has joined forces with the Safe Surfin' Foundation & Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces around the country to protect children from sexual predators on the Internet.
- Played in a Mexican "telenovela" (soap opera) in the early 1990s. Unlike many characters he has played, Estrada doesn't speak Spanish, so his lines were fed to him over an earphone during production.
- Once went to Thailand to attempt to circumvent the Screen Actors Guild and secure a sub-union job, the only work he could find.
- [in 1994 interview about CHiPs (1977)] We never drew guns on our show. Ours was a more informational type of show with a lot of kids in it. It was a totally different show than what they do today.
- How are you going to believe a guy who got the gift of life from his wife, got a kidney, and she's divorced him because he's out banging hookers.
[2011 - on his feud with comedian George Lopez and Lopez constantly badmouthing him because he refused to sign an autograph and to shake his hand when Lopez was a kid] - [2011, as a guest on The Enrique Santos Show, on running into comedian George Lopez and challenging him to a fight after Lopez had been constantly badmouthing him in his stand up routines because Estrada wouldn't sign an autograph nor shake his hand when Lopez was a kid]
I extended an olive branch in my hand and he wouldn't take it, so then I said, then the street came out in me, then I said, "But look, if you want to settle your beef with me, let's me and you go behind that truck right now, mutual agreement" - because, you know, I carry a gun and a badge, but I would've given it to the other cops that were working security- and I said, "Let's go behind the truck and settle it, man, you know. If you really hate me that much, wouldn't you just like to take a shot? Let's do it" and he says, "I'm a comedian, not a fighter" and I said, "No, you're not, you're a bully with a microphone" and it stayed like that and that was it... No, I'm done with him, man. He's doomed anyway. He's got a lot of karma to pay for. You don't take a kidney from your wife and pull that on her (cheating with prostitutes). That's karma, the hand of God is going to get him.
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