Terry Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953) better known by his
ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American
actor, and semi-retired
professional wrestler. He starred in the
VH1 reality show
Hogan Knows Best and is the co-host of
American Gladiators on
NBC.
Bollea had mainstream popularity in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s as the all-American, working-class hero character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF—now
World Wrestling Entertainment) and was notable in the mid-to-late 1990s as "Hollywood" Hogan, a villainous
nWo leader, in
World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Following WCW's fold, he made a brief return to the WWE in the early 2000s, revising his heroic character by combining elements of his two most famous personas.
