David Michael Hasselhoff born July 17 1952 nicknamed The Hoff is an American actor singer producer and businessman He is bestknown for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as LA County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch Hasselhoff also produced Baywatch 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 at New Years Eve 1989 he enjoyed a short lived success as a singer primarily in Germanspeaking Europe More recently Hasselhoff has been involved with talent shows such as NBCs Americas Got Talent from 20062009 Hasselhoff was the first celebrity eliminated from the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars on September 21 2010 Hasselhoff left the Americas Got Talent judging panel after the 2009 season but later joined the Britains Got Talent judging panel alongside Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre in 2011 He appeared as himself in the live actionCGIanimated film Hop in 2011 Description above from the Wikipedia article David Hasselhoff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia