John Anthony Siason Estrada (born June 13, 1973) is a Filipino actor, TV host, model and filmmaker who has starred in a number of roles as a leading man, comedian and antagonist. He was a contract actor with ABS-CBN from 1990 to 2018, with GMA Network from 2018 to 2021, and then with ABS-CBN again in 2021. He made a sitcom with TV5 called Everybody Hapi. Estrada is known for presenting two noontime shows for ABS-CBN, MTB and Happy Yipee Yehey!. He portrayed the antagonistic PCpl. Rigor Dimaguiba in Batang Quiapo from 2023 to 2026.
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Early life and background
John Anthony Siason Estrada was born on June 13, 1973, in Quezon City, Philippines, and grew up with his family at Isabela, Basilan where his father (Vicente Estrada) was a Municipal Councilor and his mother (Lilia Siason) a public school teacher. At an early age, he was regularly cast in a variety of school plays and presentations, usually taking on the lead roles.
Acting career
He first made his foray in show business as a model, having won Bodyshots Model Search, a competition sponsored by the Fashion Designers Association of the Philippines (FDAP) from nearby Zamboanga City up until his early college years when he moved to Metro Manila at age 16. He studied mass communications for two years at University of the Philippines Diliman but eventually dropped to pursue a career in acting. His name gained further publicity when he married former child actress Janice de Belen who bore him 4 children: Inah (b. 1992), Moira (b. 1993), Kaila (b. 1996), and Yuan (b. 1998).
