David Hasselhoff Biography

Fast Facts

• Knew he wanted to be a performer at a young age and took acting, singing and dancing lessons
• Achieved fame as Dr
• Snapper Foster on The Young and the Restless from 1975 to '82
• Became an enormously popular singer in Europe, particularly in Germany and Austria, and in 1989 performed atop the remains of the Berlin Wall on New Year's Eve
• Starred on the action-adventure series Knight Rider before being cast on Baywatch in 1989; although the show was canceled after one season, he bought the rights and launched it successfully into syndication, which made him a multimillionaire
• Earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1996
• Served as a judge on America's Got Talent for four seasons
• Released Don't Hassel the Hoff: The Autobiography in 2007
• In 2010, competed on Dancing With the Stars