Jared Hasselhoff
{{Short description|American bassist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Jared Hasselhoff
|image = Jared Hasselhoff - February 2024 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Hasselhoff in 2024
|birth_name = Jared Hennegan
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|5}}
|birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|occupation = Musician, actor
|alias = Evil Jared
|instrument = Bass
|years_active = 1994–present
|genre = {{Hlist|Alternative rock|comedy rock|rap rock}}
|label =
|current_member_of = Bloodhound Gang
|past_member_of =
}}
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.{{cite web| url = http://imdb.com/name/nm1665189/| title="Evil" Jared Hasselhoff| access-date = September 16, 2006| publisher = IMDb}} Since 2006, he has lived and worked primarily in Germany.
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. {{cite web | url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1994-08-17-2991553-story.html | title=Beauty Pageant Highlights Second Annual Woxfest | date=August 17, 1994 }} 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.{{cite web |url= http://web.de/magazine/schlagwort/jared-hasselhoff |title= Jared Hasselhoff: Steckbrief |access-date= November 20, 2016 |publisher= WEB.DE |language= de |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151741/http://web.de/magazine/schlagwort/jared-hasselhoff |archive-date= November 20, 2016 |url-status= dead }}
Career
= Bloodhound Gang =
{{Main|Bloodhound Gang}}
File:Jared Hasselhoff of Bloodhound Gang, 2007.jpg
As a member of the musical group Bloodhound Gang, Hasselhoff is an Echo award winner and was twice honored with the prestigious Comet award.{{cite web |url= http://www.knab-konzerte.de/?page_id=956 |title= Evil Jared HASSELHOFF |access-date= November 20, 2016 |publisher= knab konzerte |language= de}}
= 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.topnews.de/wok-wm-2010-live-oberhof-freut-sich-auf-prosieben-spektakel-385427 |title=Wok WM 2010 live: Oberhof freut sich auf ProSieben-Spektakel by www.topnews.de |access-date=March 19, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110173914/http://www.topnews.de/wok-wm-2010-live-oberhof-freut-sich-auf-prosieben-spektakel-385427 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |url= http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6694/1176906/ard_das_erste |title= Verbotene Liebe": Vollblutrocker trifft Pianistin |access-date= May 4, 2008 |date= April 28, 2008 |publisher= news aktuell GmbH |language= de}}
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.{{cite web |url= http://www.fernsehserien.de/evil-jared-hasselhoff/person |title= Serien von und mit Evil Jared Hasselhoff |access-date= November 20, 2016 |publisher= fernsehserien.de |language= de}}
Hasselhoff is the host of the alternative science magazine Evil Science which airs on the German ProSieben Maxx network.{{cite web |url= http://www.prosiebenmaxx.de/tv/evil-science |title= Evil Science mit Evil Jared auf ProSieben MAXX |date= July 28, 2016 |access-date= November 20, 2016 |publisher= ProSieben |language= de}}
In 2023, Hasselhoff appeared on the 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.{{Cite web |title=Arctic Warrior 2023: Das sind alle Teilnehmer der Survival-Show auf YouTube |url=https://www.ingame.de/news/streaming/arctic-warrior-2023-teilnehmer-schoenfelder-start-otto-bulletproof-finnland-evil-jared-gerd-92203158.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.ingame.de |language=de}} Both then went on to win the show.{{Citation |title=Arctic Warrior {{!}} Das große Finale + ein besonderes Geschenk an ALLE Wildcardbewerber! {{!}} Folge 12 | date=May 31, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpgqRIZQDe8 |access-date=2023-05-31 |language=en}}
In December 2024, Hasselhoff took part in a special professional wrestling-themed episode of TV total. Hasselhoff trained and competed alongside full-time German professional wrestler Toni Harting as a tag team for the episode.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=3 December 2024 |title=Joko und Klaas beginnen 2025 mit einer Neujahrsgala |url=https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/unterhaltung/kultur/joko-und-klaas-beginnen-2025-mit-einer-neujahrsgala/66220161 |website= |location= |publisher= |access-date=9 January 2025 |language=de}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Live Stream with "Hand Of Blood" on October 14, 2024 |url=https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2276191926?t=1h24m36s |access-date=October 15, 2024 |website=www.twitch.tv |language=de}}
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.{{cite web|author=Time Waster |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/bloodhound/bloodhound2.html |title=Bloodhound Gang |publisher=The Smoking Gun |access-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330040221/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/bloodhound/bloodhound2.html |archive-date=March 30, 2010 }} 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.{{cite news |author=BBC |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23599494 |title=Ukraine bans US Bloodhound Gang rocker for flag insult |work= BBC News |date= August 7, 2013 |access-date=August 7, 2013}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–2005 | Viva La Bam | Evil Jared |
| 2005 | White Men Can't Rap | Phoenix |
| 2005 | A Halfway House Christmas | Santa |
| 2005 | TV total | Musical Guest |
| 2005 | Video On Trial | Himself |
| 2005 | Cribs | Jared Hasselhoff |
| 2006 | Howard Stern on Demand | Evil Jared |
| 2006 | The Dudesons Movie | Evil Jared |
| 2007 | Die Niels Ruf Show | Musical Guest |
| 2008 | Verbotene Liebe | Evil Jared |
| 2008 | Street Customs Berlin | Evil Jared |
| 2008 | Minghags: The Movie | Paramedic |
| 2012 | Promi Boxing | The Bloodhound Butcher |
| 2013–2016 | Circus Halligalli | Evil Jared |
| 2015 | Kartoffelsalat | Nauseous Zombie #1 |
| 2015 | Mein bester Feind | Bartender |
| 2015 | Bülents große Überasschungsshow | Evil Jared |
| 2015 | Duell um die Welt | Quizmaster |
| 2016 | Mein bester Feind | Well Greased Guy |
| 2016 | Evil Science | Host |
| 2017 | Die beste Show der Welt | Tag Team Champion |
| 2023 | Arctic Warrior | Evil Jared |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Bloodhound Gang}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasselhoff, Jared}}
Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:American expatriates in Germany
Category:American rock musicians
Category:American rap rock musicians
Category:Temple University alumni
Category:Guitarists from Philadelphia
Category:American male guitarists
Category:Bloodhound Gang members
Category:21st-century American bass guitarists