Why don't we [make this character] a Hispanic-American cop. Prime time had never had a Latino in a positive role image. They went with it and it helped open doors for Latino actors. Estrada grew up wanting to be an New York City cop. His mother dated a cop after she left his father due to drug problems. The first man I ever loved was a cop So, I wanted to be a cop.
It's safe to say thing worked out for Estrada with a long, successful career in TV and movies. His drive to be an actor was always to help his mother out and get her out of the projects. He made a deal with his mom that if he didn't make it in acting by the time he was 30, he would return to NYC and become a cop.
He landed the role on "CHiPs" at 27! After playing a cop for many years, he became a real cop, working Internet crimes against children in Virginia. During the last season, he was filming a scene where he and his partner jump on the motorcycles and a car is backing down the alley. What i like the best is this show is not violent like todays cop shows. Theres enough violence in the world that i don't need to be reminded when i watch TV. TV should be a escape from that and CHiPs was that.
No Guns are ever fired, Nobody gets murdered. It shows that Police don't always use guns and that they can be friendly. This is 1 cop show i let my nephew watch as its not gory and can make you laugh and remember the good days when there wasn't so much violence.
I love this show. FAQ 5. How come Jon carries a wooden truncheon on his belt kit and Ponch doesn't? Did Erik Estrada really injure himself on the Chips set? Details Edit. Release date September 15, United States. CHiPs Patrol.
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Top Gap. See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. See the full list. The Rise of Will Smith. Watch the video. Recently viewed Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Estrada wrote about his Hispanic heritage among other topics in his autobiography, My Road from Harlem to Hollywood. Estrada has also become a popular figure on reality television.
In , Estrada announced via Twitter that he'd been sworn in as a real-life police officer. In his new role as a reserve officer with the St. Anthony Police Department in Idaho, he said he planned to devote attention to protecting kids from internet predators. The actor has also teamed with the the California Highway Patrol — the real "CHiPs" — to promote car seat safety and has served as the the face of D. Drug Awareness Resistance Education. He and his third wife, Nanette Mirkovich, have been married since and have one child together, a daughter named Francesca.
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