Derek Hough

Film & TV

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Derek Hough is an American professional Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor and singer. From 2007 to 2016, Hough was a professional dancer on the ABC dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, winning the show a record-breaking six times with his celebrity partners. He later became a judge on the series beginning with its 29th season. Hough has also appeared as an actor on…

Known for

• The Symphony of Dance2026
• Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro — Self - Guest Judge / Mentor2026
• Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro — Self - Guest Judge2026
• Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration — Self2025
• The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular — Self - Host2025
• Dancing with the Stars Official Podcast — Self2025
• This Is Me…Now — Husband #22024
• Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong — Self2023
• The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self2023
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1985-05-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

10,261

Total plays

63,307

Derek Hough was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and moved to London in 1998 with sister Julianne Hough in order to pursue their dancing talent with Corky and Shirley Ballas, parents of Derek's future band mate. Derek became a world champion in Latin American Dance and joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars in season 5. He has been a professonal dancer and choreographer on the show through season 10, and took home the trophy in season 7 with host and model Brooke Burke. <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Derek

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Salt Lake City

Sibling

Julianne Hough

Occupation

dancer

Educated at

Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Field of work

dance

Genre

pop music

Instrument

voice

Official website

derekhough.com

Image

Derek Hough - Walk of Fame-01.jpg

Height

70

Residence

Salt Lake City

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