Where Is the 'Baywatch' Cast Now?

While Baywatch feels like a relic today, the series was a serious cultural touchstone: Has anyone actually run fast on a beach since we first saw the cast's slow-motion struts in the sand? The show had a whopping 1.2 billion weekly viewers at its peak popularity, more than any other programming ever before it. With much of the cast and show's secrets being revealed in the docuseries After Baywatch: A Moment In the Sun , see the biggest breakout cast members of the show then and now.

Related: What to Know About the Baywatch Reboot Baywatch Cast Then and Now David Hasselhoff Paul Harris/Getty Images Just a few years after starring in Knight Rider , David Hasselhoff was cast as the lead L.A. County lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in Baywatch .

The show was actually canceled after a single season, but he self-funded it to bring it back for more, and it was money well spent: He eventually starred in 220 episodes of the series. After Baywatch ended, Hasselhoff appeared in a slew of movies, including Dodgeball , The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Hop and Piranha 3DD , Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , as well as in musicals including The Producers , 9 to 5 and Chicago .

He also competed in Season 11 of Dancing With the Stars , had his own Comedy Central roast and served as a judge on America's Got Talent for four seasons, moving to Britain's Got Talent in 2011. Hasselhoff and his daughters briefly starred in a reality show aptly titled The Hasselhoffs in 2010. Je.