- Born Name: David Michael Hasselhoff
- Birthday: 1952-07-17 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Catherine Hickland (1984-1989) Pamela Bach (1989-2006)
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- Medium: Actor, singer, producer, businessman
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David Hasselhoff, David Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed The Hoff, is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s U.S. series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. Hasselhoff also produced Baywatch for a number of seasons in the 1990s up until 2001, when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii. Hasselhoff also crossed over to a music career during the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s. He was noted for his performance at the Berlin Wall at New Years Eve 1989; he enjoyed a short lived success as a singer primarily in German-speaking Europe. More recently, Hasselhoff has been involved with talent shows such as NBCs Americas Got Talent from 2006-2009. Hasselhoff was the first celebrity eliminated from the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars, on September 21, 2010.Hasselhoff left the Americas Got Talent judging panel to join the Britains Got Talent judging panel, alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre.He is set to appear as himself alongside with Hugh Laurie, James Marsden, Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins, Chelsea Handler, Russell Brand, and Hank Azaria in the upcoming live action/CGI-animated film Hop in theaters on April 1, 2011 across the United States.