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Dean Cain

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Dean Cain

Born Jul 31, 1966 · 59 years249 titles 201 movies · 48 TV
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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).

Also known as

Dean George Tanaka · Dean George Cain

Born

Jul 31, 1966

Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

248

Acting credits

1

Directing

2

Writing

7

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1951 1 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 2 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

1993 2 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 4 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2000 8 title(s)

2001 6 title(s)

2002 7 title(s)

2003 6 title(s)

2004 8 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2006 6 title(s)

2007 7 title(s)

2008 6 title(s)

2009 7 title(s)

2010 9 title(s)

2011 7 title(s)

2012 11 title(s)

2013 6 title(s)

2014 9 title(s)

2015 10 title(s)

2016 5 title(s)

2017 3 title(s)

2018 7 title(s)

2019 15 title(s)

2020 12 title(s)

2021 10 title(s)

2022 9 title(s)

2023 10 title(s)

2024 16 title(s)

2025 8 title(s)

2026 8 title(s)

Undated 4 title(s)