David Hasselhoff
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Active Years
- 1944–2025 (82 Years)
- Total Credits
- 183 credits in database
Acting Born Jul 17, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 183 credits
Biography
David Michael Hasselhoff, nicknamed The Hoff, is an American actor, singer, producer, and businessman born on July 17, 1952. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the 1980s television series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. In addition to acting in Baywatch, Hasselhoff produced the series for a number of seasons during the 1990s until it ended in 2001 with Baywatch Hawaii. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he pursued a music career and is noted for his New Year's Eve 1989 performance at the Berlin Wall, achieving short-lived success primarily as a singer in German-speaking Europe.
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Career overview
David Michael Hasselhoff, nicknamed The Hoff, is an American actor, singer, producer, and businessman born on July 17, 1952. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s United States series Knight Rider and as Los Angeles County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. In addition to starring in Baywatch, Hasselhoff produced the series 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 on New Year's Eve 1989, and he enjoyed a short-lived success as a singer primarily in German-speaking Europe.
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Frequent co-stars
Simon Cowell
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Piers Morgan
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Gregory Alan Williams
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Pamela Anderson
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Edward Mulhare
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Catherine Hickland
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Hank Azaria
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Gary Cole
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Alan Tudyk
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Clu Gulager
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Career timeline
Hoff RoadingHoff Roading · ProducerMerci Dorothée !Mind. Body. Money.
Ze NetworkZe Network · Executive Producer
Wer ist das Phantom?
Close EnoughThe SavoyCup of Joe
Mask SingerOur LadiesBeing David HasselhoffSpongeBob’s Big Birthday BlowoutBattle of the 80s Supercars with David Hasselhoff
NeulandComedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis
Young SheldonGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2BaywatchBrad Paisley's Comedy RodeoKilling Hasselhoff
The Grand TourSharknado 4: The 4th AwakensFantastiCozziThe Last LaughAlleluia! The Devil's Carnival
Hoff the RecordHoff the Record · ProducerSharknado 3: Oh Hell No!Kung Fury
StretchHasselhoff – en svensk talkshowHasselhoff vs. The Berlin Wall
The GoldbergsCachitos de hierro y cromoNewsreadersThe Christmas Consultant
Piranha 3DDGotham Comedy LiveKeith Lemon: The Film
HopBrain Drain 2Fröhlicher FrühlingRed or Black?
Dancing NinjaAsk Rhod GilbertThe HasselhoffsThe Hasselhoffs · Executive ProducerZulu Gumball
Disco and Atomic WarSquare Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePantsThe Hoff: When Scott Came to Stay
Markus LanzSons of AnarchyCelebrity JuiceAnaconda 3: Offspring
Britain's Got TalentBritain's Got More TalentKickin' It Old Skool
America's Got TalentClick
Dancing with the Stars8 Out of 10 CatsShaka Zulu: The CitadelFugitives RunThe Princes of Malibu
The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieDodgeBall: A True Underdog StoryWillkommen bei Carmen NebelA Dirty Shame
Jimmy Kimmel Live!WildboyzBikini DestinationsBikini Destinations · CreatorBaywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Still StandingThe New GuyNBC 75th Anniversary SpecialDie 100 nervigsten...The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Fear FactorLayoverJekyll & Hyde: The Musical
Welcome to HollywoodStarnacht am WörtherseeOne True Love
The West WingSpongeBob SquarePantsActionTelevision: The First Fifty YearsThe Big Tease
Whose Line Is It Anyway?Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay · Executive ProducerLegacy
The ViewLeute heuteJust Shoot Me!
3rd Rock from the SunNever Mind the BuzzcocksThe Rosie O'Donnell ShowDear GodGridlock
Baywatch NightsBaywatch Nights · CreatorBaywatch: Forbidden ParadiseBaywatch: Forbidden Paradise · Executive Producer
MTV Europe Music AwardsDie Feste mit Florian SilbereisenAvalanche
Full Filmography
183 titles- Hoff Roading (2025) as Self
- Hoff Roading (2025) Producer
- Merci Dorothée ! (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Mind. Body. Money. (2025) as Self
- Ze Network (2022) as Self
- Ze Network (2022) Executive Producer
- Wer ist das Phantom? (2021) as Self
- Close Enough (2020) as Self (voice)
- The Savoy (2020) as Self
- Cup of Joe (2020) as Self
- Mask Singer (2019) as Self
- Our Ladies (2019) as Self
- Being David Hasselhoff (2019) as Self
- SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout (2019) as Self
- Battle of the 80s Supercars with David Hasselhoff (2019) as Self - Host
- LUKE! Die Greatnightshow (2019) as Self
- To Live and Dine in L.A (2019) as Self
- Neuland (2018) as David Hasselhoff
- Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis (2018) as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- Young Sheldon (2017) as David Hasselhoff
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) as The Form of David Hasselhoff
- Baywatch (2017) as The Mentor
- Brad Paisley's Comedy Rodeo (2017) as Self
- Killing Hasselhoff (2017) as David Hasselhoff
- Killing Hasselhoff (2017) Producer
- It's No Game (2017) as Hoffbot
- The Grand Tour (2016) as Self
- Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) as Colonel Gilbert Shepard
- FantastiCozzi (2016) as Prince Simon (archive footage)
- The Last Laugh (2016) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016) as The Designer
- Hoff the Record (2015) as Self
- Hoff the Record (2015) Producer
- Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) as Gilbert Grayson Sheperd
- Kung Fury (2015) as Hoff 9000 (voice)
- Stretch (2014) as Self
- Hasselhoff – en svensk talkshow (2014) as Self - Host
- Hasselhoff vs. The Berlin Wall (2014) as Self - Presenter
- The Goldbergs (2013) as David Hasselhoff
- Cachitos de hierro y cromo (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Newsreaders (2013) as David Hasselhoff
- The Christmas Consultant (2013) as Owen
- Piranha 3DD (2012) as David Hasselhoff
- Gotham Comedy Live (2012) as Self - Host
- Keith Lemon: The Film (2012) as The Hoff
- Hop (2011) as David Hasselhoff
- Brain Drain 2 (2011) as Padre Quarterback
- Fröhlicher Frühling (2011) as Self
- Red or Black? (2011) as Self
- Dancing Ninja (2010) as Ansel LaDouche / Ansel's Mother
- Ask Rhod Gilbert (2010) as Self
- The Hasselhoffs (2010) as Self
- The Hasselhoffs (2010) Executive Producer
- Zulu Gumball (2010) as Self
- Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff (2010) as Self - Roastee
- Scott Mills The Musical (2010) as Narrator
- Disco and Atomic War (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009) as Self
- The Hoff: When Scott Came to Stay (2009) as Self
- Markus Lanz (2008) as Self
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Dondo
- Celebrity Juice (2008) as Self
- Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008) as Hammet
- Britain's Got Talent (2007) as Self - Judge
- Britain's Got More Talent (2007) as Self
- Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) as David Hasselhoff
- America's Got Talent (2006) as Self - Judge
- Click (2006) as Ammer
- Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Contestant
- 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005) as Self
- Shaka Zulu: The Citadel (2005) as Mungo Prentice
- Fugitives Run (2005) as Clint
- The Princes of Malibu (2005) as Self
- Hape trifft! (2005) as Self
- The Friday Night Project (2005) as Self - Host
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) as David Hasselhoff
- DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) as German Coach
- Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2004) as Self
- A Dirty Shame (2004) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Wildboyz (2003) as Self
- Bikini Destinations (2003)
- Bikini Destinations (2003) Creator
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) as Mitch Buchannon
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) Executive Producer
- Idool (2003) as Self - Guest
- Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Christmas in Hollywood (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) as Self
- Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl (2003) as Self
- Still Standing (2002) as Gary Maddox
- The New Guy (2002) as David Hasselhoff
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) as Self
- Die 100 nervigsten... (2002) as Self
- The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002) as Self
- Fear Factor (2001) as Self - Contestant
- Layover (2001) as Dan Morrison
- Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001) as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde
- Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as David Hasselhoff
- Starnacht am Wörthersee (2000) as Self
- One True Love (2000) as Mike Grant
- The West Wing (1999) as David Hasselhoff
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Himself
- Action (1999) as David Hasselhoff
- Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) as Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
- The Big Tease (1999) as David Hasselhoff
- The Target Shoots First (1999) as Self
- Visit Fabulous Las Vegas (1999) as Self
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998) as Self
- Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) as Colonel Nick Fury
- Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998) Executive Producer
- Legacy (1998) as Jack Scott
- The View (1997) as Self
- Leute heute (1997) as Self
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) as David Hasselhoff
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Doctor Lasker
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) as Self - Host
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self
- Dear God (1996) as David Hasselhoff (uncredited)
- Gridlock (1996) as Jake Gorsky
- Baywatch Nights (1995) as Mitch Buchannon
- Baywatch Nights (1995) Creator
- Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise (1995) as Mitch Buchanan
- Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise (1995) Executive Producer
- MTV Europe Music Awards (1994) as Self - Presenter
- Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen (1994) as Self
- Avalanche (1994) as Duncan Snyder
- Raw (1993) as Self
- Eurotrash (1993)
- Live & Kicking (1993) as Self
- The Bulkin Trail (1992) as Michael Bulkin
- Ring of the Musketeers (1992) as John Smith D'Artagnan
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- Musik liegt in der Luft (1991) as Self
- Musik liegt in der Luft (1991) as Self - Singer
- Knight Rider 2000 (1991) as Michael Knight
- Fire and Rain (1990) as Dr. Dan Meyer
- The Final Alliance (1990) as Will Colton
- Baywatch (1989) as Mitch Buchannon
- Baywatch (1989) Director
- Baywatch (1989) Producer
- Baywatch (1989) Executive Producer
- Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989) as Mitch
- Bail Out (1989) as Roger 'White Bread' Donaldson
- Flitterabend (1988) as Self - Singer
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988) as Billy Travis
- David Hasselhoff and the Knight Rockers (1988) as Self
- Witchcraft (Evil Encounters) (1988) as Gary
- Three Crazy Jerks II (1988) as Michael Trutz vom Rhein
- Starke Zeiten (1988) as David
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
- Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
- Collaricocoshow (1987) as Self
- ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1986) as Self
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
- Melodien für Millionen (1985) as Self
- Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration (1985) as Self
- Terror at London Bridge (1985) as Don Gregory
- The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There (1985)
- The Cartier Affair (1984) as Curt Taylor
- Goldener Löwe (1984) as Self
- Knight Rider (1982) as Michael Knight
- Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix (1982) as Michael Knight
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) as Self
- Entertainment Tonight (1981)
- Verstehen Sie Spaß? (1980) as Self
- Semi-Tough (1980) as Marvin 'Shake' Tiller
- Pleasure Cove (1979) as Scott
- Starcrash (1978) as Simon
- Diff'rent Strokes (1978) as David Hasselhoff
- The Love Boat (1977) as Tom Bell
- The Love Boat (1977) as Brian Kiley
- Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976) as Boner
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- The Lion Roars Again (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- Ein Kessel Buntes (1972) as Self - Musician
- Die ZDF-Hitparade (1969) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Audience Member
- Kung Fury 2 as Hoff 9000 (voice)
- C'est Magique !
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is David Hasselhoff best known for?
David Hasselhoff is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Close Enough (2020), Mask Singer (2019), Young Sheldon (2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).
When and where was David Hasselhoff born?
David Hasselhoff was born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
How many credits does David Hasselhoff have?
David Hasselhoff has accumulated over 183 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1944 to 2025.
What is David Hasselhoff's background in cinema and television?
David Michael Hasselhoff, nicknamed The Hoff, is an American actor, singer, producer, and businessman born on July 17, 1952. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the 1980s television series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. In addition to acting in Bay...
David Hasselhoff by the numbers
183credits
87films
96TV series
1944–2025active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- MTV Europe Music Awards (1994) as Self - Presenter — aged about 41
- Bambi (1948) as Self — aged about 4
- Bikini Destinations (2003) — aged about 50
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Dondo — aged about 55
- The West Wing (1999) as David Hasselhoff — aged about 46
- Young Sheldon (2017) as David Hasselhoff — aged about 64
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