Dean Cain

Acting

Born: 1966-07-31 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA

Biography

Dean Cain (born Dean George Tanaka; July 31, 1966) is an American actor. His mother, actress Sharon Thomas, married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain; when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored professional football over acting. While at Princeton, he completed a history major, dated Brooke Shields for two years, and set an NCAA record for interceptions in a season. After signing with the Buffalo Bills, a knee injury ended his pro career before it began. Though he had already played a part in his father's The Stone Boy (1984), he went through the usual route of commercials and tv-parts (notably, "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) in 1990) before landing his break-through role as Superman/Clark Kent in the series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993).

Dean Cain

Biography

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

Smallville

CSI: Miami

Frasier

The View

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Supergirl

Beverly Hills, 90210

Entourage

Las Vegas

Burn Notice

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Just Shoot Me!

A Different World

Celebrity Juice

Life

The Tony Danza Show

The Division

Worst Cooks in America

Hope & Faith

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Life Goes On

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Rat Race

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Comic Book Men

Out of Time

Masters of Illusion

Through the Keyhole

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

The Curse

Fantasy Island

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Hit the Floor

Maneater

Lady Dynamite

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Missed Opportunities

10.5: Apocalypse