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Baywatch
David Michael Hasselhoff (born on July 17, 1952 in
Baltimore, Maryland) is an United States|American
actor best known for his lead roles on Knight
Rider and Baywatch.  He has also enjoyed a minor
singing career, primarily in Germany.  

==Early acting career ==
Having played Dr. Snapper Foster on the soap opera
The Young and the Restless for six years, he went
on to star as Michael Knight in the Glen A.
Larson-created series Knight Rider from 1982 to
1986.  He launched his singing career with guest
appearances on the children's program Kids
Incorporated.

==Singing career == 
Fulfilling his original dream to be a singer, he
covered "Looking for Freedom" in 1989, just as the
Berlin Wall came down. In Germany, his song became
an anthem of sorts at the time, and the
accompanying album went gold and triple platinum,
topping the charts for three months. 

Albums released in Germany include:
*(2004) Sings America 
*(2000) Magic Collection 
*(1997) Hooked On A Feeling 
*(1995) David Hasselhoff 
*(1995) Looking For...The Best 
*(1994) Du 
*(1993) You Are Everything 
*(1992) Everybody Sunshine 
*(1991) David 
*(1990) Crazy For You 
*(1989) Looking For Freedom 
*(1987) Lovin' Feelings 
*(1985) Night Rocker

:

Norm MacDonald, Saturday Night Live's Weekend
Update newscaster, had a popular running joke that
always ended with  "Which once again proves my
theory -- the Germans Love David Hasselhoff"

==Taking back Baywatch == 
His contract stipulated royalties to be paid to
him from the rerun profits, which gave him the
financial liberty to buy back the rights to
Baywatch from NBC.

Baywatch had premiered in 1989, but was cancelled
after only one season. Feeling the series had
potential, Hasselhoff revived it for the first-run
syndication market in 1991, investing his own
money and additionally functioning as executive
producer.

The success of Baywatch was enormous. Running for
another ten seasons, it was also well-received
internationally and is said to be the
highest-grossing show in syndication worldwide.

== Late career == 
In 1994, he was scheduled to perform a concert on
pay-per-view from Atlantic City. It was supposed
to help reignite his singing career in the United
States. On the night of his concert, OJ Simpson
was involved in a police chase on the California
highway. People who were watching the concert
switched over to watch the news. Since then,
Hasselhoff has not attempted another concert.

In 1996, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame.

In 2004, Hasselhoff played the lead role in London
performances of Chicago (musical)|Chicago, for
three months, starting July 16.

Hasselhoff made a cameo appearance in The
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, released November 19
2004, starring as himself and meeting SpongeBob
SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob and Patrick
Star|Patrick. This particular scene was a YTMND
List of YTMND fads|fad where Hasselhoff would be
replaced by another character.

Hasselhoff is married to actor|actress Pamela Bach
since December 8, 1989, with whom he has two
daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley Amber. He was
married to actress Catherine Hickland from March
24, 1984 to March 1, 1989, when they divorced.

==Alcohol problems == 
Hasselhoff received media attention in 2003/2004
for an alleged drinking problem. He attended a
rehabilitation program in 2002, at the Betty Ford
Center.

His problems with alcohol abuse apparently
continued, as he was arrested on June 5, 2004 on
suspicion on drunk driving|driving while
intoxicated as a misdemeanor in the Los Angeles,
California|Los Angeles area in California. On
October 28, 2004, his lawyer entered his
no-contest plea while he was absent from the court
hearing. He was fined $390 (thanks to California's
"Alcohol Abuse Education and Prevention
Assessment" law, and other fees, the total amount
paid to the court is assumed to be over $1400),
sentenced to self-supervised probation for 3
years, ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings twice a week for 6 months, spend six
months in a DUI program (several hundred more
dollars), and to perform 200 hours of community
service. While his driver's license was restricted
for the next 90 days, he could drive only to his
work, to take his children to school, and to
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001327/bio Source
about his drinking problem, in the "Trivia
section"

==External links==
*http://www.david-hasselhoff.com/
http://www.david-hasselhoff.com - Bilingual
website for David Hasselhoff fans
*http://www.davidhasselhoff.com/ Official website
*http://www.davidhasselhoff.com/newsarchives.html
His news page

*http://www.knight-foundation.com/  "The Official
David Hasselhoff site of worship" , includes
details about David's vision of flight.
*http://www.giese.za.net/imagegallery/?c=7  David
Hasselhoff rip-hoffs
* imdb name|id=0001327|name=David Hasselhoff
* ibdb name|id=75234|name=David Hasselhoff