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  • NAME: David Hasselhoff
  • OCCUPATION: Television Actor
  • BIRTH DATE: July 17, 1952 (Age: 60)
  • EDUCATION: Academy of Dramatic Arts, California Institute of the Arts
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Full Name: David Michael Hasselhoff
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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David Hasselhoff is a TV actor who hit it big with two wildly successful shows: Knight Rider and Baywatch.


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He competed against the likes of Bristol Palin, Florence Henderson, and Michael Bolton.

Hasselhoff continues to work in television and theater. In 2012, he performed a show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hasselhoff also appeared in Australian version of The Celebrity Apprentice that same year.

Personal Life

Hasselhoff was first married to actress Catherine Hickland in the 1980s, but their union ended in divorce. He then married actress Pamela Bach in 1989; the couple has two daughters, Taylor Ann and Hayley Amber. Hasselhoff filed for divorce from Bach in January 2006, which dissolved into a bitter dispute that took some time to finalize.

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