“I like to be as ripped as possible,” #ThaddeusLaGrone (@THADDBOII) says, joking about the strict diet he follows (rice cakes and bananas for breakfast) to maintain a chiseled physique. It’s all in a day’s work for the former football player selected from a casting call of 2,000 aspiring actors to lead FOX’s highly-anticipated ‘Baywatch’ reboot. Alongside Stephen Amell, Shay Mitchell, fellow Breakthrough Listee Noah Beck, and Livvy Dunne, LaGrone will don the iconic red swimsuit, picking up right where David Hasselhoff left off. This December, the booked-and-busy actor will also appear in the NFL-themed film ‘Mr. Irrelevant’ with Michael Shannon and Isabel May (another listee!), plus Dan Fogelman’s ‘The Land,’ a football drama starring Mandy Moore, William H. Macy, and Christopher Meloni. #BreakthroughList2026