Lifeguards!
by IversonRancher | created - 06 Jan 2016 | updated - 18 Oct 2016 | PublicActors who have played Lifeguards and actors who in real life have actually worked as lifeguards.
1. Pamela Anderson
Actress | Barb Wire
Pamela Denise Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada at 4:08 PST, to young newlywed parents, Barry Anderson and Carol Anderson. Her ancestry includes Finnish, English, Irish, and Volga German. During her childhood, she moved to the city of Vancouver. She has a ...
2. David Hasselhoff
Actor | Baywatch
David Hasselhoff has become one of the most recognizable faces on television and throughout the world. Aside from starring in Knight Rider (1982) and Baywatch (1989), he is also an accomplished singer and popular recording artist.
David Michael Hasselhoff was born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, ...
3. Michael Newman
Actor | Baywatch
Michael Newman was born on August 21, 1956 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Baywatch (1989), Baywatch Nights (1995) and Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998). He is married to Sarah Newman. They have two children.
Was the only real-life lifeguard on the TV series Baywatch
4. Alexandra Daddario
Actress | Baywatch
Alexandra Anna Daddario was born on March 16, 1986 in New York City, New York, to Christina, a lawyer, and Richard Daddario, a prosecutor. Her brother is actor Matthew Daddario, her sister is actor Catharine Daddario, and her grandfather was congressman Emilio Daddario (Emilio Q. Daddario), of ...
5. Billy Warlock
Actor | Days of Our Lives
Billy Warlock was born on March 26, 1961 in Gardena, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Society (1989) and Halloween II (1981). He has been married to Julie Pinson since August 26, 2006. He was previously married to Marcy Walker.
6. Zac Efron
Actor | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Zachary David Alexander Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, to Starla Baskett, a secretary, and David Efron, an electrical engineer. He has a younger brother, Dylan. The surname "Efron", which is Hebrew and a Biblical place name, comes from Zac's Polish Jewish paternal ...
7. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
8. Kelly Rohrbach
Actress | Baywatch
Kelly Rohrbach is a New York born actress. After graduating from Georgetown University in 2012, where she was recruited to play Division One Women's Golf, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her passion for acting. Kelly majored in theater at Georgetown, as well as attending the London Academy of ...
9. Erika Eleniak
Actress | Under Siege
Erika Maya Eleniak was born on September 29, 1969 in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. She is the eldest daughter in a family of four girls and one boy. Erika began her acting career at the age of 10, starring in numerous productions for television, film, commercials and theater. Her ...
10. James Rekart
Actor | Eleventh Hour
James Rekart attended high school with Val Kilmer, graduating with classmate Mare Winningham.
He got an agent straight out of high school starting in the business by doing commercials.
He began studying the craft of acting extensively with famous top film acting coach Charles Conrad, in the Meisner ...
has worked as a certified Red Cross lifeguard
11. Jason Momoa
Actor | Aquaman
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan descent; and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Jason ...
12. Richard Jaeckel
Actor | Starman
Stocky tough-guy character actor Richard Jaeckel was one of Hollywood's most prolific supporting stars. Born in Long Island, New York, on October 10, 1926, Jaeckel's family moved to Los Angeles when he was still in his teens. After graduation from Hollywood High School, Jaeckel was discovered by a ...
13. Lori Loughlin
Actress | Summerland
Lori Loughlin was born on July 28, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Summerland (2004), When Calls the Heart (2014) and Full House (1987). She has been married to Mossimo Giannulli since November 27, 1997. They have two children. She was previously ...
was a junior lifeguard
14. Carmen Electra
Actress | Scary Movie 4
Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 in Sharonville, Ohio, to Patricia Rose (Kincade), a singer, and Harry Stanley Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. She is of mostly English, German, and Irish descent. She grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio and got her first boost when a ...
15. Maryse Mizanin
Actress | WWE SmackDown
When the heads of the World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) industry began a search for the sport's next "Diva" in 2006, they did not know what they had in store for them. Scouring the United States with camera crews in tow, the WWE set out with the Diva Search competition. Out of 20,000 girls they ...
a position as a lifeguard at an aquatic park while in high school
16. Misha Collins
Actor | Supernatural
Misha Collins is an actor, director, producer, writer, and activist dedicated to inspiring cultural and civic engagement through works that "game-ify" philanthropy, inspire creativity, and promote social good.
For 12 years, Collins co-starred in Supernatural (2005), the longest running American ...
Misha is a certified lifeguard and EMT
17. Rachel Skarsten
Actress | Fifty Shades of Grey
Rachel Alice Marie Skarsten was born April 23, 1985 in Toronto, to Mary Aileen (Self) and Dr. Stan Skarsten. She has a younger brother, Jonathan.
Rachel danced for the Royal Academy of Dance for twelve years, earning her Elementary Level with distinction in 1999. After an injury to her ankle, Rachel...
She is a qualified lifeguard
18. Rory McCann
Actor | Game of Thrones
Six foot six inches tall, with brown eyes and dark hair, Rory McCann from Glasgow began his working life at the top - as a painter on the Forth Bridge in Scotland. He came to notice in a television commercial for Scotts' Porridge Oats, in which he appeared as a scantily-clad hunk in a vest and kilt...
19. Jack Warden
Actor | 12 Angry Men
Jack Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, to Laura M. (Costello) and John Warden Lebzelter. His father was of German and Irish descent, and his mother was of Irish ancestry. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of seventeen, young Jack ...
worked as a lifeguard before signing up with the U.S. Navy
20. Bill Bixby
Actor | The Incredible Hulk
The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. An only child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took ballroom dance lessons,...
was a lifeguard before finding success as an actor
21. Brande Roderick
Actress | Starsky & Hutch
Brande has nurtured multiple successful careers as a writer, producer, author, TV and Film actress and businesswoman. Brande joined the #1 syndicated hit series "Baywatch" in the starring role as Leigh Dyer opposite Jason Momoa. Brande's film roles have included "The Nanny Diaries", starring ...
22. Jaime Bergman
Actress | Son of the Beach
Jaime Bergman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 23, 1975. If people don't recognize Bergman as the 1999 St. Pauli Girl, representing St. Pauli beer, they are sure to recall that she was the January 1999 Playboy Playmate of the Month; the 45th Anniversary Playmate. Bergman, putting her ...
23. David Charvet
Actor | Melrose Place
David Charvet, who rose to international fame on the hit shows Baywatch (1989) and Melrose Place (1992), is now moving into the feature front, having completed production on starring roles in two films.
In the sports feature Green Flash (2008), Charvet plays "Cameron Day", a star basketball player ...
24. Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff
Actress | Baywatch
Internationally recognized actress, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff is the recipient of Germany's Otto Award (in recognition of her status as one of Germany's favorite actresses). Pamela is among just a handful of actresses who have done two television series, concurrently. This multi-talented actress ...
25. Robert J. Wilke
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He ...
He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business.
26. Jack Kelly
Actor | Forbidden Planet
Jack Kelly started acting at age two, modeling in soap ads and garnering a lifetime supply of soap for his pay. He continued to model until the age of nine when he appeared in his first play with Hope Emerson called "Swing Your Lady". Broadway shows and radio followed until his family moved to ...
He worked as a shoe salesman, gas station attendant, lifeguard, grocery delivery boy, and mens clothing salesman.
27. Jeremy Slate
Actor | True Grit
Born by the Atlantic Ocean, Jeremy Slate also had a Pacific Ocean view when he lived in Malibu, California. In between oceans he has traveled the world.
He attended a military academy, joined the US Navy at 16 and was barely 18 when his destroyer joined the invasion of Normandy on D-Day (June 6, ...
adventures as a lifeguard, a swimming instructor, the first person to swim across the Long Island Sound after the war
28. Marliece Andrada
Actress | Baywatch
Marliece Andrada was raised in Manteca, California. She moved to Los Angeles when she graduated from California State University to give acting a try. Marliece was hired as a "Raiderette" during the 1995-1996 season. She was chosen as the most "Photogenic Cheerleader." During her time as a "...
29. Gordon Scott
Actor | Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Physical Education major Gordon Weschkul left the University of Oregon after one term. He became an infantry drill instructor (rifle, pistol and bayonet; judo and hand-to-hand combat; close order drill), then a military policeman. After his honorable discharge in 1947, he was a fireman, cowboy, and...
In 1953, a Las Vegas lifeguard, he was spotted by a pair of Hollywood agents
30. Ingrid Walters
Actress | Amistad
Born and raised in Southern California, Ingrid Walters is an accomplished actor in the realms of TV, film, commercials, and stage. She recently completed the made-for-television film Reluctant Nanny , and is getting ready to return to the stage in the West Coast production of Supernatural at the ...
ten-year LA County Ocean Lifeguard
31. Elke Jeinsen
Actress | Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Luscious and lissome blonde knockout, Elke Erika Weintraub Jeinsen, was born on July 25, 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden. Her family moved to Hannover, Germany when Elke was just one-year-old. She grew up with her brother, Thomas, in Hannover. In 1986, Jeinsen placed second in the Miss Germany contest ...
32. Gregory J. Bonann
Producer | Baywatch
Gregory J. Bonann (born June 28, 1952) is an American lifeguard, television producer, director, writer, and show-runner. He is best known for co-creating the internationally syndicated television series, "Baywatch", which ran for eleven seasons, and was listed in the 2001 Guinness Book of World ...
lifeguard, television producer, director, writer, and show-runner. He is best known for co-creating the internationally syndicated television series, "Baywatch".
33. Eddie Aikau
Soundtrack | 30 for 30
Champion surfer and lifeguard Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau was born on May 4, 1946 in Maui, Hawaii. The son of Solomon and Henrietta Aikau, Eddie was the third in a family of six children. Aikau grew up in Lahaina and attended St. Anthony School in Kailua. Eddie began surfing at age eleven and ...
Champion surfer and lifeguard. In 1968 became the first lifeguard to be hired by the City & County of Honolulu to work on the North Shore. Well known for his exceptional courage and selfless nature as well as for the fact that no one ever drowned at sea on his watch, Aikau was named Lifeguard of the Year in 1971.
34. Alexandra Paul
Actress | Baywatch
Alexandra Paul was modeling when she decided to forego college at Stanford University and pursue acting. With lead roles in 75 feature films and television programs, she can also be seen in the award-winning documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006).
Internationally recognized for her 5-year ...
35. Yasmine Bleeth
Actress | BASEketball
Yasmine Bleeth was born on June 14, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for BASEketball (1998), Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) and Nash Bridges (1996). She has been married to Paul Cerrito since August 25, 2002.
36. Parker Stevenson
Actor | Probe
When Parker Stevenson was five years old his mother, who acted in numerous television commercials, took him to a filming session. This resulted in two small television appearances. However, Parker's father, an investment advisor, looked askance at the whole business, and although Parker appeared in...
37. Jaason Simmons
Actor | Sharknado
Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned ...
38. Michael Bergin
Actor | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Michael Bergin is perhaps best known as "Jack 'J.D.' Darius" on the internationally renowned hit series Baywatch (1989). An actor and model, Bergin has been featured in magazines and on billboards around the world. Growing up in the small town of Naugatuck, Connecticut, Bergin never considered ...
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