Dean Cain

Personal Details

  • Born

    • Birthday: 31 July 1966

  • Source ID

    • TMDb: 21721

Dean Cain

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.

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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).

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Best movies and TV shows with Dean Cain

Selected highlights from Dean Cain’s filmography, featuring their best-known movies and TV shows in the Watchmora catalogue.

Rat Race (2001) — movie poster

Rat Race

2001 · Actor