Terry Gene Bollea (born on August 11, 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known as Hulk Hogan. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best.

 

Born in Augusta, Georgia, Hogan was the third child of Pete Bollea, an Italian American, and Ruth. He had an older brother, Allan, and an older half brother from Ruth's first marriage, Kenneth Wheeler. Hogan attended T.R. Robinson Senior High in High School, and attended college at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, dropping out of both. He met his wife, Linda, in a restaurant in Los Angeles, and they married in 1983. They have two children, Brooke and Nick. In April, 2006, the family bought a new $12 million bayfront estate in Miami Beach, Florida so their children could pursue singing and acting careers. The Miami Beach home, in the trendy North Bay Road neighborhood, is the site of filming of the VH1 reality series "Hogan Knows Best."