Derek Hough

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 recordbreaking 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 stage appearing at the West End premiere of Footloose The Musical at the Novello Theatre and as well as the 2015 New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York City In film and television he has starred in the film Make Your Move and had a recurring role in the ABC musicaldrama Nashville In 2016 he appeared as Corny Collins in NBCs live musical TVproduction of Hairspray Live From 2017 to 2020 Hough served as a judge on the NBC dance competition series World of Dance In 2024 Hough costarred in Jennifer Lopez autobiographical musical comedy This Is Me Now Hough is a fourtime Emmy winner for Outstanding Choreography and has earned fourteen Emmy Award nominations in total for his work on Dancing with the Stars