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David Hasselhoff
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American actor, singer, producer, and businessman (born 1952)
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David Hasselhoff is an American male actor whose professional career began in 1973. He is recognized as a person in the United States and has been acknowledged in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection. His musical work is categorized under pop and rock genres, with tags including "Legendary" and "hairy chest."
Hasselhoff has authored ten works, including *Making Waves*, *Making Waves - Signed Stock*, *Michael Phelps Calendar 2022*, and *David Hasselhoff - Die Autobiografie*. He has two children and maintains an official website. His music has accumulated 1,902,924 plays and 216,654 listeners on Last.fm, while his social media presence includes 483,223 followers.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Award
- TV Land Award
- Participant in
- Baywatch Nights
- Genre
- soft rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- davidhasselhoffonline.com
- Image
- David Hasselhof at re-publica May 2014 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Encino
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- David Hasselhoff
- date of birth
- 1952-07-17
- birth name
- David Michael Hasselhoff
- nickname
- The Hoff
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- social media followers
- 142000
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- David Hasselhoff
- nominated for
- TV Land Award
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Encyclopedic overview
David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952), nicknamed "The Hoff", is an American actor, singer, and television personality. Hasselhoff first gained recognition on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (1975–1982), playing the role of Dr. Snapper Foster. His career continued with his leading role as Michael Knight on the crime drama series Knight Rider (1982–1986) and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the drama series Baywatch (1989–2000). He also produced Baywatch from the 1990s until 2001 when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii.
Hasselhoff has appeared in films, including DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Click (2006), Hop (2011), and Piranha 3DD (2012). Before Samuel L. Jackson, Hasselhoff was the first actor to portray the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury in the telefilm Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998). In 2000, he made his Broadway debut in the musical Jekyll & Hyde. Following his debut, he starred in other musicals including Chicago and The Producers.
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