The 59-year-old actor played lifeguard Mitch in the 1990s series, and said that he was thrilled to find out that his 31-year-old girlfriend – who he met at the Britain's Got Talent auditions in Cardiff - had no idea who he was in the show.
He told talk show host Alan Carr: 'I asked her to dinner and she asked me an amazing question... and that question was what did you play on Baywatch? I love that. I love that...
'That was exactly the right question because I knew that maybe she liked me for me and not because I was on TV.'