David Hasselhoff

A television star turned pop sensation, the Hoff has stayed on our minds through selective cameos, often playing one character: himself.

Now, with the possibility of a new Knight Rider mooted and Hasselhoff having starred in his own [DCU head James Gunn](https://movieweb.com/james-gunn-hired-dc-future/) would tease a [music video featuring Hasselhoff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMMe1drnZY) for days in the lead up to the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Or, if you're the freak that bought that [14ft long Hoff replica](https://movieweb.com/david-hasselhoff-big-dave-prop-spongebob-squarepants-auction/) for over $100 thousand, then that was probably never in doubt. Through this almost substitute teacher approach to an acting career (popping in when needed, hitting the basics and never staying too long for you to get attached) the 70-year-old has adopted a new relationship with the world of performing. In two of the above examples, he plays a lifeguard version of himself in ode to his Mitch Buchannon character in Baywatch. To use yet another (of many to come) water-based metaphor, with each new cameo, Hasselhoff is dipping his toe in the water to remind the sea, and us, that he is still here and still very funny at what he does. It was great fun and to this day around the world kids stop me and say, 'Are you David Hasselhoff?' because I was the only human in the picture. Guardians of the Galaxy (a movie about fatherhood or the lack of it) had Chris Pratt's Starlord go as far as to say that he used to keep a picture of the Knight Rider star and tell his friends that the man himself was his estranged dad. With that Grade-A American cheeseburger smile and consistently awesome hair, you can basically hear the 'ka-ching!' sparkle on the reflection of his teeth in the lens. However, they come dusted with a just enough kitschy charm to matter and to show that there is still juice left in the battery. For the production companies, it's an easy injection of nostalgia for the movie and for any of the older viewers and fans of Hasselhoff's TV outings. After all, the large-chested American dominated television over the span of two decades in the '80s and '90s, following his popular seven-year stint on The Young and the Restless with Knight Rider and then Baywatch.