His highs and lows without mercy: The tumultuous life of the superstar, featuring numerous color photos from David Hasselhoff's private archive. David Hasselhoff is a superstar with light and shadow. His decades-long career is marked by fantastic successes as an actor and singer, but also by recurring alcohol problems. In his autobiography, he speaks openly for the first time about his personal crises and offers the reader deep insights into his innermost soul. David Hasselhoff became internationally known for his leading roles in the television series "Knight Rider" and "Baywatch," which have long since become cult classics. As a singer, he also achieved great success: in 1989, he recorded "Looking For Freedom" with German producer Jack White, which became the best-selling album of the year. In 1989, Hasselhoff sang "Looking For Freedom" at the Berlin Wall.