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Dean George Cain (né Tanaka; born July 31, 1966) is an American actor. From 1993 to 1997, he played Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Cain was the host of Ripley's Believe It or Not! and appeared in the sports drama series Hit the Floor.

Dean Cain
Cain in 2018
Born	Dean George Tanaka (1966-07-31) July 31, 1966 (age 56) Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University (BA)
Occupation	Actor producer television host
Years active	1976–present
Known for	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Ripley's Believe It or Not! Hit the Floor
Political party	Republican
Children	1

Early life

Dean George Tanaka[1] was born on July 31, 1966,[2] in Mount Clemens, Michigan,[3] to Roger Tanaka, a U.S. serviceman, and actress Sharon Thomas.[4] Through his biological father, Cain is of partly Japanese descent, with the rest of his ancestry being Welsh, Irish and French Canadian.[5] Cain has said of his biological father, whom he never met: "He's not the kind of man I want to be. He was an unfaithful husband and not much of a father." Soon after Dean's birth, his mother, pursuing an acting career, moved him and his older brother Roger to Los Angeles. In 1969, Sharon later married film director Christopher Cain, who adopted Dean and Roger. The couple moved to Malibu, California, and later had a daughter, Krisinda.[6][4]

Cain attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports. Among his schoolmates were Charlie Sheen, who played on the same baseball team as Cain when they were children, as well as Rob Lowe and his brother, Chad. Cain graduated from high school in 1984 and attended Princeton University, where he starred as a free safety on the football team. He set a Princeton season record with 12 interceptions (in just 10 games) during the 1987 season, and finished his collegiate career with 22 interceptions in 30 games. During his senior year, Cain was awarded the John P. Poe–Richard W. Kazmaier, Jr. Football Trophy.[7] He dated actress Brooke Shields while at the university.[6] Cain graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. His senior thesis was titled "The History and Development of the Functions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences".[8]

Career

NFL

After graduating Cain signed on as a free agent with the NFL's Buffalo Bills, but a knee injury during training camp ended his football career prematurely.[9]

Acting

With little hope of returning to sports, Cain turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials including a volleyball-themed spot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and appearing on popular television shows like Grapevine, A Different World and Beverly Hills, 90210.

In 1993, Cain took on his biggest role to date as Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. At the height of its popularity the program would bring in an average of at least 15 million viewers per episode. The series ran for four seasons, ending in 1997.

In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produced the TBS Superstation television series Ripley's Believe It or Not! He has also starred in several films, including The Broken Hearts Club (2000), Rat Race (2001), Out of Time (2003) and Bailey's Billion$ (2004). In 2004, he portrayed Scott Peterson in the made-for-television movie The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story. He appeared in a recurring role as Casey Manning in the television series Las Vegas. Cain made a return to the Superman franchise, with a special guest role in a season seven episode of Smallville as the immortal Dr. Curtis Knox, a character based upon the DC Comics villain Vandal Savage;[10][11] and again in a recurring role on Supergirl, as the title character's foster father, Jeremiah Danvers. He is also the star of the VH1 hit series Hit the Floor as Pete Davenport, who is the new head coach of a fictional NBA team and has an illegitimate daughter who is a cheerleader for his NBA team. He was ranked No. 33 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s.[12]

Cain was a contestant in an NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes. He won four out of six missions on the show, though he came in third in the finals. In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice.[13]

In 2013, Cain hosted a reality show about Bigfoot titled 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty, where he offered contestants $10 million to prove the existence of Bigfoot. Cain appeared in the mid-season premiere of Comic Book Men, appearing at Kevin Smith's Secret Stash where the crew was celebrating 75 years of Superman, citing that Dean Cain helped people care about Superman again.^{[citation needed]} Cain appeared in the film God's Not Dead, in which he plays an arrogant businessman. In 2016, Cain played a guest role on the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite as Graham the ex-fiancé of Maria Bamford.

Between 2015 and 2017, he portrayed Jeremiah Danvers in Supergirl.[14]

Cain is known for appearing in 16 Christmas films and several faith-based films.[15][16]

As of 2018, Cain is hosting a television infomercial for The National Real Estate Network, an entity which seeks to persuade individuals to attend meetings where they can learn about flipping real estate. In October 2018, it was learned that Ronnie Mund (Ronnie the Limo Driver), the personal driver and bodyguard of radio DJ Howard Stern, had been using a photoshopped picture of Cain as a publicity photo. Specifically, Mund's head had been transposed onto the body of Cain. Mund initially denied the photo was altered but eventually acknowledged he had been using the fraudulent photo for over five years. Mund claimed he was unaware the photo was not genuine.[17] Cain co-starred in the 2018 film Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer about the investigation and trial of Kermit Gosnell. He starred in the film Andy the Talking Hedgehog.[18]

In 2019, Cain starred in the play FBI Lovebirds alongside Kristy Swanson, a play that mocked Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the two FBI operatives at the center of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[19]

In June 2021, it was announced that he would have his directorial debut with Little Angels and star in it.[20]

Cain is the Actor in Residence at High Point University.[21]

Personal life

During the 1980s, Cain dated actress Brooke Shields for two years while they were both attending Princeton University.[6] In 1992, he dated professional beach volleyball player and model Gabrielle Reece.[22][23] In 1997, Cain became engaged to singer Mindy McCready;[24] The couple split the following year.[25]

He has a son named Christopher Dean Cain (born June 11, 2000) with ex-girlfriend and Playboy Playmate and Spanish model Samantha Torres.[6] Cain named his son after his adoptive father, film director Christopher Cain.

On June 19, 2018, Cain was sworn in as a reserve police officer for the St. Anthony Police Department in St. Anthony, Idaho.

Political views

Cain said in 2018 that he was once a registered Republican, but later became a registered independent, as he felt that the Republican Party did not fully represent his views.[26]

He voted for Bill Clinton twice, and voted for Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election, the latter of which he later said he regretted.[19]

He supported Republican candidate John McCain for president in the 2008 election; supported Rick Perry for president in the 2012 election.[27] In 2016 and 2020, he endorsed Donald Trump.[28]

Cain has stated he is "very leftist" on social issues, citing his support of marijuana legalization, and conservative on economic and foreign policy issues.[19]

In 2018, Cain was elected to the board of directors of the National Rifle Association.[29][30]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Elmer	Dean Russell
1979	Charlie and the Talking Buzzard	Joe
1984	The Stone Boy	Eugene Hillerman
1990	Write to Kill	Parking Valet
1990	Going Under	Guy In Bar
1992	Miracle Beach	Volleyball Player #1
1997	Eating Las Vegas	Frank	Short film
1997	Best Men	Sergeant 'Buzz' Thomas
2000	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Cole
2000	No Alibi	Bob Valenz
2000	Flight of Fancy	Clay Bennett
2000	Militia	Ethan Carter	Direct-to-video
2000	For the Cause	General Murran	Direct-to-video
2001	Phase IV	Simon Tate	Direct-to-video
2001	Fire Trap	Jack / Max Hooper	Also producer
2001	Rat Race	Shawn Kent
2001	A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's Tales	Donner (voice)	Direct-to-video
2002	New Alcatraz	Dr. Robert Trenton	Direct-to-video
2002	Dark Descent	Will Murdack
2003	Breakaway	Morgan
2003	Out of Time	Chris Harrison
2003	Grandpa's Place	Special Appearance	Short film
2004	Post Impact	Tom Parker
2004	Lost	Jeremy Stanton
2004	The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story	Scott Peterson
2005	Truth	Peter
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Theodore Maxwell
2005	Wrinkles
2006	Max Havoc: Ring of Fire	Roger Tarso
2006	September Dawn	Joseph Smith
2007	Urban Decay	Stan
2008	Ace of Hearts	Daniel Harding
2008	Five Dollars a Day	Rick Carlson
2009	Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure	Michael Brooks
2009	Maneater	Harry	Direct-to-video
2010	Circle of Pain	Wyatt
2010	Abandoned	Kevin Peterson
2010	Hole in One	Repo Man
2010	Kill Katie Malone	Robert
2010	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Music Video Director	Also co-writer with his father
2010	A Nanny for Christmas	Danny Donner
2010	The Way Home	Randy Simpkins
2010	Subject: I Love You	James Trapp
2010	Bed & Breakfast	Jake
2011	5 Days of War	Chris Bailot
2011	Home Run Showdown	Rico Deluca
2011	Dirty Little Trick	Michael
2011	The Fallen	Cole
2011	Latin Quarter	Appolinaire
2011	Vacation	Bryce
2011	The Sandy Creek Girls	Jared
2012	Meant to Be	Mike
2012	I Am... Gabriel	Sheriff Brody
2013	Heaven's Door	Leo
2013	Man Camp	Luke
2013	Defending Santa	Sheriff Scott Hanson
2013	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	The Mikado (voice)	English dub
2014	At the Top of the Pyramid	Jefferson Parker
2014	God's Not Dead	Marc Shelley
2014	The Appearing	Dr. Shaw
2014	Airplane vs. Volcano	Rick Pierce
2014	A Belle for Christmas	Glenn Barrows
2014	Small Town Santa	Sheriff Rick Langston	originally titled Holiday Miracle; known as Christmas Miracle in the U.K.[31]
2014	Mind's Eye (aka The Black Hole)	Mark Willis
2014	A Horse for Summer	Kent Walsh
2014	A Dog for Christmas	Earl
2014	Horse Camp	Luke
2014	The Three Dogateers	Matt
2015	Vendetta	Mason Danvers
2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Ted Stein	Direct-to-video
2015	Deadly Sanctuary	Roy Hollingsworth
2016	DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year	Jonathan Kent
2016	The Black Hole	Mark Willis
2018	The Incantation	Abel Baddon
2018	Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer	Detective James 'Woody' Wood
2018	Megan's Christmas Miracle	John
2018	Andy the Talking Hedgehog	Bob (Dad)
2018	2050	Maxwell
2018	Prolonged Exposure	Detective Jaime Montenegro
2019	The Challenger Disaster	Larry Arnold (Lawyer)
2019	Sweet Inspirations	Greg
2019	Ria	Vice President Flemming
2019	90 Feet from Home	Raymond Fuller
2019	The Seven	High Priest Asael
2019	The Follower	Sheriff
2019	A Promise To Astrid	Pastor Scott Seabury
2019	Madness in the Method	Dean	[32]
2020	OBAMAGATE : The Movie	Peter Strzok
2020	Skydog	Neil Glasswell
2021	Break Every Chain[33]	Pastor Gabe
2021	Trail Blazers	Haden	Pre-Production
2021	A Parent's Worst Nightmare	John Belton	[34]
2022	No Vacancy	Cliff Lea	[35]
TBA	Faith Under Fire	Pastor Dan Underwood	Post-production
TBA	Baby Bulldog	Judge Kelly	Post-production
TBA	Little Angels	Jake Rogers / Director	Post-production, First directorial[20]
TBA	The Ride	Mark Smith	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night	Unknown	Movie
1990	Christine Cromwell: In Vino Veritas	Unknown	Movie
1990	Life Goes On	Kimo	Season 2 Episode 2: "Corky and the Dolphins"
1992	A Different World	Eddie	Episode: "The Cat's in the Cradle"
1992	Grapevine	Brian	Episode: "The Janice and Brian Story"
1992	Beverly Hills, 90210	Rick	4 episodes
1993	Touchdown: Football Goes to the Movies	Himself / Host	Documentary
1993–1997	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Clark Kent / Superman	Also writer on 2 episodes
1995	Off Camera with Dean Cain	Himself / Host	Also director, producer
1995	Living Single	Himself	Episode 11: "Mommy Not Dearest"
1996	Cutty Whitman	Clark Kent	Movie; uncredited
1997	Rag and Bone	Tony Moran	Movie; also producer
1998	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	King Charlemagne (voice)	Episode: "Integrity"
1998	Futuresport	Tremayne 'Tre The Pharaoh' Ramzey	Movie
1999–2003	Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Himself / Host	Also producer
1998	Dogboys	Julian Taylor	Movie
2000	The Runaway	Sheriff Frank Richards	Movie
2001	Just Shoot Me!	Chris Williams	Episode: "Maya Stops Thinking"
2002	Gentle Ben	Jack Wedloe	Movie
2002	The Glow	Matt Lawrence	Movie
2002	Frasier	Rick	Episode: "We Two Kings"
2002	Christmas Rush	Lieutenant Cornelius Morgan	Movie
2003	Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain	Jack Wedloe	Movie
2003	Dragon Fighter	Captain David Carver	Movie; also producer
2003–2004	The Division	Inspector Jack Ellis	8 episodes
2004	I Do (But I Don't)	Nick Corina	Movie
2004	The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story	Scott Peterson	Movie
2004–2005	Clubhouse	Conrad Dean	11 episodes
2005	Mayday	Commander James Slan	Movie
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Mike Jergens	Episode: "Starved"
2005	Hope & Faith	Larry Walker	4 episodes
2005–2006	Las Vegas	Casey Manning	9 episodes
2006	Dead and Deader	Lieutenant Bobby Quinn	Movie
2006	10.5: Apocalypse	Brad	Miniseries
2006	A Christmas Wedding	Tucker	Movie
2007	Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness	Bruce Murakami	Movie
2007	Final Approach	Jack Bender	Movie
2007	Hidden Camera	Dan Kovacs	Movie
2007	Smallville	Dr. Curtis Knox	Episode: "Cure"
2007	CSI: Miami	Roger Partney	Episode: "Permanent Vacation"
2008	Making Mr. Right	Eddie	Movie
2009	The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger	Shea McCall	Movie
2009	The Three Gifts	Jack Green	Movie
2009	The Dog Who Saved Christmas	Ted Stein	Movie
2009	Entourage	Dean Cain	Episode: "Scared Straight"
2010	Frost Giant	J.C.	Movie
2010	The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation	Ted Stein	Movie
2011	A Mile in His Shoes	Arthur 'Murph' Murphy	Movie
2011	Burn Notice	Ryan Pewterbaugh	Episode: "Fail Safe"
2011	The Dog Who Saved Halloween	Ted Stein	Movie
2011	The Case for Christmas	Michael Sherman	TV Movie Kris Kringle's Lawyer
2012	Operation Cupcake	Griff Carson	Movie
2012	Criminal Minds	Curtis Banks	Episode: "Snake Eyes"
2012	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Himself	3 episodes
2012	Stars Earn Stripes	Himself	5 episodes
2012	The Choice	Himself / Contestant
2012	Bloopers	Himself / Host
2012	The Dog Who Saved the Holidays	Ted Stein	Movie
2013–2016, 2018	Hit the Floor	Pete Davenport
2013	Texas Takedown: The Real Men in Black	Narrator
2014	Merry Ex-Mas	Jessie Rogers	Movie
2014	Mulaney	Himself	Pilot episode
2014	The Dog Who Saved Easter	Ted Stein	Movie
2014–present	Masters of Illusion	Himself / Host
2015	A Wish Come True	Himself	Movie
2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Ted Stein	Movie
2015	Beverly Hills Christmas	Archangel Gabriel	Movie
2015–17	Supergirl	Jeremiah Danvers	6 episodes
2016	Broadcasting Christmas	Charlie Fisher	Hallmark Channel Original Movie
2016	The Jump	Himself
2016	Lady Dynamite	Graham	6 episodes
2016	Good Morning Christmas	Charlie Fisher	Movie
2018	Winter's Dream	Ty	Movie

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2002	Grandia Xtreme	Evann	[36]

References

External links

• Dean Cain at IMDb
• Dean Cain at AllMovie
• Dean Cain on Yahoo movies

На других языках

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[de] Dean Cain

Dean Cain (geboren Dean George Tanaka; * 31. Juli 1966 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Er wirkte in vielen Fernseh- und Kinoproduktionen mit. Seine bekannteste Rolle hatte er als Clark Kent in der Fernsehserie Superman – Die Abenteuer von Lois & Clark.

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- [en] Dean Cain

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[es] Dean Cain

Dean George Tanaka, conocido como Dean Cain (Mount Clemens, Míchigan, 31 de julio de 1966), es un actor estadounidense, conocido por su papel de Superman en la serie de televisión Lois & Clark.

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[ru] Кейн, Дин

Дин Кейн (англ. Dean Cain), при рождении Дин Джордж Танака (англ. Dean George Tanaka; род. 31 июля 1966, Маунт-Клеменс, Мичиган) — американский актёр, известный по роли Кларка Кента в американском телесериале «Лоис и Кларк: Новые приключения Супермена».

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