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Jared Hasselhoff
Hasselhoff in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Jared Hennegan
Also known as	Evil Jared
Born	(1971-08-05) August 5, 1971 (age 53) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock comedy rock rap rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, actor
Instrument	Bass
Years active	1994–present
Member of	Bloodhound Gang

Jared Hennegan (born August 5, 1971), better known by the stage name "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff, is an American musician and television personality best known for being the bassist of the rock band Bloodhound Gang.

Early life

Hasselhoff was born Jared Hennegan in Philadelphia and raised in Woxall, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Souderton Area High School. He helped establish Woxfest, a rock festival in his hometown. He attended Temple University, where he met future Bloodhound Gang member Jimmy Pop. At various times, Hasselhoff has claimed to be the illegitimate son or tennis partner of Knight Rider actor David Hasselhoff, although neither of these appear to be the case.

Career

Bloodhound Gang

As a member of the musical group Bloodhound Gang, Hasselhoff is an Echo award winner and was twice honored with the prestigious Comet award.

Other projects

In 2007, Hasselhoff played bass for the German crunk artist Tony Damager's song "Totalschaden". He also played bass in the video clip, along with Sido on drums and B-Tight on the guitar.

Hasselhoff participated in the Wok championship 2010 ("Wok-WM 2010") in Oberhof on March 19, 2010. He also participated in the Wok-WM 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2022.

Hasselhoff guest-starred as himself in two episodes of the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe, which aired in June 2008 on German television channel Das Erste.

On March 30, 2012, Hasselhoff defeated two-time Olympic discus medalist Lars Riedel via a fourth-round KO to become the German celeb-boxing heavyweight champion.

Hasselhoff currently has a recurring role as himself in the ProSieben game shows Duell um die Welt, Die beste Show der Welt and Joko & Klaas gegen Prosieben.

Hasselhoff is the host of the alternative science magazine Evil Science which airs on the German ProSieben Maxx network.

Another project where Hasselhoff appeared is German survival show Arctic Warrior, where he teamed up with Hauke Kuehl, another participant, to survive five days in Finland, while walking through arctic zones of Lapland. Both then went on to win the show.

Personal life

In 2006, Hasselhoff moved to Berlin, Germany. He originally planned to stay in Germany for just a few months. Over time, however, he extended his stay and spent more and more time in the country. One reason for this move was his mother's enthusiasm for Germany, who worked as a German teacher in Kassel and Bonn. Hasselhoff also found the longer opening hours of the bars in Germany particularly appealing compared to the USA.

Hasselhoff has obsessive compulsive disorder, and has asked for his requested Skittles to be separated by color on at least one rider while on tour. According to his episode of MTV Cribs, he also suffers from irritable bowel syndrome.

In 2013, Ukraine banned Hasselhoff from entering the country for five years after he allegedly urinated on the Ukrainian flag at a concert in Kyiv. A few days later, the band was due to perform at Russia's Kubana Festival on the Black Sea coast, but the gig did not go ahead, due to another concert stunt in which he stuffed the Russian flag into his underpants. Instead, they were questioned by police and were ordered to leave Russia.

Filmography

References

1. ""Evil" Jared Hasselhoff". IMDb. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
2. "Beauty Pageant Highlights Second Annual Woxfest". August 17, 1994.
3. "Jared Hasselhoff: Steckbrief" (in German). WEB.DE. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
4. ^ "Evil Jared HASSELHOFF" (in German). knab konzerte. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
5. "Wok WM 2010 live: Oberhof freut sich auf ProSieben-Spektakel by www.topnews.de". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
6. "Verbotene Liebe": Vollblutrocker trifft Pianistin" (in German). news aktuell GmbH. April 28, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2008.
7. "Serien von und mit Evil Jared Hasselhoff" (in German). fernsehserien.de. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
8. "Evil Science mit Evil Jared auf ProSieben MAXX" (in German). ProSieben. July 28, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
9. "Arctic Warrior 2023: Das sind alle Teilnehmer der Survival-Show auf YouTube". www.ingame.de (in German). Retrieved May 9, 2023.
10. Arctic Warrior | Das große Finale + ein besonderes Geschenk an ALLE Wildcardbewerber! | Folge 12, retrieved May 31, 2023
11. "Live Stream with "Hand Of Blood" on October 14, 2024". www.twitch.tv (in German). Retrieved October 15, 2024.
12. Time Waster. "Bloodhound Gang". The Smoking Gun. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
13. BBC (August 7, 2013). "Ukraine bans US Bloodhound Gang rocker for flag insult". BBC News. Retrieved August 7, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Jared Hasselhoff at Wikimedia Commons

• 1971 births
• Living people
• American rock bass guitarists
• American male bass guitarists
• American expatriates in Germany
• American rock musicians
• American rap rock musicians
• Temple University alumni
• Guitarists from Philadelphia
• American male guitarists
• Bloodhound Gang members
• 21st-century American bass guitarists
• People from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
• People with obsessive–compulsive disorder