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Dean Cain

Profession
Acting
Born
July 31, 1966 · 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).

Known for

Smallville poster
Smallville
Series · 2001 · ★ 8.2
Supergirl poster
Supergirl
Series · 2015 · ★ 7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999 · ★ 8.0
Criminal Minds poster
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005 · ★ 8.3
Rat Race poster
Rat Race
Film · 2001 · ★ 6.3
CSI: Miami poster
CSI: Miami
Series · 2002 · ★ 7.7
Out of Time poster
Out of Time
Film · 2003 · ★ 6.4
God's Not Dead poster
God's Not Dead
Film · 2014 · ★ 6.0
Frasier poster
Frasier
Series · 1993 · ★ 7.7
Beverly Hills, 90210 poster
Beverly Hills, 90210
Series · 1990 · ★ 7.3
Entourage poster
Entourage
Series · 2004 · ★ 7.4
Burn Notice poster
Burn Notice
Series · 2007 · ★ 7.5

Filmography