Dean Cain
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).
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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Dr. Mike Jergens
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Curtis
- Smallville (2001) as Curtis Knox
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Roger Partney
- Supergirl (2015) as Jeremiah Danvers
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Clark Kent / Superman
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Rick
- Frasier (1993) as Rick
- The View (1997) as Self
- Entourage (2004) as Dean Cain
- Burn Notice (2007) as Ryan Pewterbaugh
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Las Vegas (2003) as Casey Manning
- The Division (2001) as Insp. Jack Ellis
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) as Chris Williams
- Life Goes On (1989)
- Celebrity Juice (2008) as Self
- A Different World (1987) as Eddie
- Life (2007)
- The Tony Danza Show (2004) as Self
- Hope & Faith (2003) as Larry Walker
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Kuhio (voice)
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012) as Dean Cain