ACTOR

Erik Estrada

1949 - Today

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Henry Enrique Estrada (born March 16, 1949) is an American actor and police officer. He is known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Estrada has received more than 4,364,897 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Erik Estrada is the 2,489th most popular actor (down from 1,931st in 2019), the 3,925th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,207th in 2019) and the 1,137th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Erik Estradas by language

Over the past year Erik Estrada has had the most page views in the with 630,551 views, followed by Spanish (93,144), and Italian (64,984). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (819.42%), Simple English (98.23%), and Southern Azerbaijani (58.30%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Erik Estrada ranks 2,489 out of 13,578. Before him are Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Anita Berber, J. Y. Park, Virginia Madsen, William Forsythe, and Ferdinand Marian. After him are Rosalind Russell, Georgia Hale, Derek de Lint, Blake Clark, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, and Arkady Raikin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Erik Estrada ranks 242. Before him are Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Elizabeth Warren, Jens Böhrnsen, Bruno Kirby, Idir, and Alaa Hussein Ali. After him are Ibrahim Mahlab, Sotiris Kaiafas, Jim Sheridan, Niels Arestrup, John Madden, and Conny Torstensson.

Others Born in 1949

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Estrada ranks 3,925 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlie Kaufman (1958), Anthony Franciosa (1928), Robert Evans (1930), Virginia Madsen (1961), Vincent Richards (1903), and William Forsythe (1955). After him are Rosalind Russell (1907), Georgia Hale (1900), Blake Clark (1946), Milton George Henschel (1920), Tommy Morrison (1969), and Billy Vaughn (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Erik Estrada ranks 1,137. Before him are Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Hope Lange (1933), Carol Potter (1948), Anthony Franciosa (1928), Virginia Madsen (1961), and William Forsythe (1955). After him are Rosalind Russell (1907), Georgia Hale (1900), Blake Clark (1946), Lauren Holly (1963), Dabney Coleman (1932), and Bob Balaban (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Erik Estrada
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.
Mar 29o 20026.017 / 10
Dos mujeres, un camino
Juan Daniel Villegas 'Johnny'
Dos mujeres, un camino is a Mexican telenovela, produced by Televisa, which originally aired from August 2, 1993 to July 1, 1994, on Canal de las Estrellas.
7.227 / 10
CHiPs
Frank Poncherello
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
6.735 / 10