David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff enjoys cheesecake. He married his second wife, Ineke, in 1985, and they have a daughter. He made a cameo appearance on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Outside of acting as an environmentalist, he fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking an illegal Norwegian whaling vessel, and has set up an AIDS research foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation. 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 Alcoholic Anonymous meetings. He has recently been on the comeback trail as small parts in big films, with Confessions of Dangerous Mind (2003) and the upcoming Batman Begins. He was fined $390 (thanks to California's "penalty assessment" law, etc., 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. In between these lower budgeted films, he appeared in the music video "On a Night Like This" by Kylie Minogue.

On October 28, 2004, his lawyer entered his no-contest plea while he was absent from the court hearing. It seemed that he had increasingly become involved in lower budget films, including Split Second, which was set in a flooded London after global warming, and recently New World Disorder, opposite Tara Fitzgerald. His problems with alcohol abuse apparently continued, as he was arrested on June 5, 2004 on suspicion on driving while intoxicated as a misdemeanor in the Los Angeles area in California. By the 1990s, Hauer was as well known for his humorous appearances in Guinness commercials as for his screen roles. He attended a rehabilitation program in 2002, at the Betty Ford Center. He and Chen would again work together in two more science fictions films -- Wedlock and Precious Find. Hasselhoff received media attention in 2003/2004 for an alleged drinking problem. He returned to science fiction opposite Joan Chen with Salute of the Jugger (1990), in which he played a former champion in a post-apocalyptic world.

He was married to actress Catherine Hickland from March 24, 1984 to March 1, 1989 and divorced. Philip Noyce too attempted to capitalize, with far less success, on Hauer's spiritual qualities in the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (1989). Hasselhoff is married to actress Pamela Bach since December 8, 1989, with whom he has two daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley Amber. Italian director Ermanno Olmi mined the gentler, more mystic and soulful side of Hauer's personality in The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1989), the story of a lost soul who dies of drink in Paris while attempting to pay a debt of honour in a church. In 2004, Hasselhoff played the lead role in London performances of Chicago, for three months, starting July 16. At the height of his fame he was even set to be cast as Robocop in the film of the same name by old friend Verhoeven. In 1996, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Thomas Howell's lone motorist and anyone who crossed his path en route.

In 2004, Hasselhoff claimed that he was partly responsible for the reunion of Germany, reportedly saying that "I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Checkpoint Charlie.". He continued to make an impression on audiences, especially in the The Hitcher (1986), in which he was the mysterious Hitchhiker intent on murdering C. As a consequence, rumours have refused to die that Hasselhoff is still a star in Germany today (an idea that is mostly supported by Hasselhoff himself). He went on to be the adventurer courting Gene Hackman's daughter (Theresa Russell) in Nicholas Roeg's poorly received Eureka (1983), the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983) and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in the medieval romance Ladyhawke (1985). 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. Cast as a psychotically cold-blooded terrorist named Wulfgar, he made a strong impression, which was confirmed by a major role the following year as the chief android Roy Batty (pitted against Harrison Ford) in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982). Fulfilling his original dream to be a singer, he covered "Looking for Freedom" in 1989, just as the Berlin Wall came down. It was in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Nighthawks (1981) that he finally made his proper American debut.

Running for another ten seasons, it was also well-received internationally and is said to be the highest-grossing show in syndication worldwide. Incidentally these two films also paired Hauer with fellow international Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbé. The success of Baywatch was enormous. In this period he made Keetje Tippel (1975), and worked again with Verhoeven on Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) (1979), and Spetters (1980). 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. This film was set in South Africa and starred Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier, it was an action melodrama with a focus on apartheid.Hauer's supporting role, however, was hardly enough to establish him in Hollywood's eyes, and he returned to European film making for several years. Baywatch had premiered in 1989, but was cancelled after only one season. The movie found box-office favour abroad as well as at home and within two years, its star was invited to make his English language debut in The Wilby Conspiracy (1975).

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. His career changed course when director Paul Verhoeven gave him the lead in Turkish Delight (1973) (based on the Jan Wolkers book of the same name). He launched his singing career with guest appearances on the children's program Kids Incorporated. He went on to join an experimental acting troupe, which he stayed with for five years before getting the lead role as a swashbuckler in the 1969 television series Floris, a Dutch Ivanhoe-like medieval action show. Larson-created series Knight Rider from 1982 to 1986. Returning home, he worked as an electrician and a carpenter for three years while attending drama classes at night school. 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. The son of drama teachers Arend and Teunke, he grew up in Amsterdam but at age 15 ran away to the sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter.

Having played Dr. Rutger Hauer (born January 23, 1944, Breukelen, the Netherlands) is an international movie star. David Michael Hasselhoff (born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor, best known for his lead roles on Knight Rider and Baywatch. I can see I've got blue eyes and I don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.". "I don't know what the appeal is. "'Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.".

The subject is the future, which is fun to think about, but it doesn't really attract me.". "I am not really into science fiction at all because I tend to think that it's just another sort of game with the brain. Batman Begins (2005). Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002).

Precious Find (1996). Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Split Second (1990). Salute of the Jugger (1990).

Blind Fury (1989). The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1989). The Hitcher (1986). Flesh & Blood (1985).

Ladyhawke (1985). The Osterman Weekend (1983). Blade Runner (1982). Nighthawks (1981).

Spetters (1980). Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) (1979). The Wilby Conspiracy (1975). Turkish Delight (1973).