--- description: The SyFy original movie premieres in July title: David Hasselhoff Will Join 'Sharknado 3' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb47682cad7f75b6d/69878312428a9e5435cc78ff/ap616883741814-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # David Hasselhoff Will Join _Sharknado 3_ by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2015 9:07 PM CUT  American actor and personality David Hasselhoff during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland on Jan. 16, 2015. American actor and personality David Hasselhoff during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland on Jan. 16, 2015.All Over Press—AP by [Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 10, 2015 9:07 PM CUT David Hasselhof is joining the cast of _Sharknado 3_, Syfy and The Asylum announced Tuesday. The _Baywatch_ star is set to play Gilbert Sheperd, the father of Fin (Ian Ziering). (Fish jokes, everybody.) The Hoff isn’t the only famous face showing up in the latest installment. Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter will make cameos as President and Vice President of the United States, while Jerry Springer, \*NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick, and Chris Jericho will also appear. _Sharknado 3_ takes place in Washington D.C. before heading down the Eastern seaboard to Florida. The SyFy original movie premieres in July. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/10/david-hasselhoff-sharknado-3 "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3739768/david-hasselhoff-will-join-sharknado-3/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3739768/david-hasselhoff-will-join-sharknado-3/"},"headline":"David Hasselhoff Will Join Sharknado 3","datePublished":"2015-03-10T21:07:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:03:47.644Z","description":"The SyFy original movie premieres in July","url":"https://time.com/3739768/david-hasselhoff-will-join-sharknado-3/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb47682cad7f75b6d/69878312428a9e5435cc78ff/ap616883741814-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb47682cad7f75b6d/69878312428a9e5435cc78ff/ap616883741814-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"American actor and personality David Hasselhoff during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland on Jan. 16, 2015.","caption":"American actor and personality David Hasselhoff during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland on Jan. 16, 2015.","creditText":"All Over Press—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3739768/david-hasselhoff-will-join-sharknado-3/","name":"David Hasselhoff Will Join Sharknado 3"}}]}] ```