Early life

Cain was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the biological son of Roger Tanaka and actress Sharon Thomas. He is of French Canadian, Irish, Japanese, and Welsh descent. In 1969, Cain's mother married film director Christopher Cain, who adopted Dean and his brother, musician Roger Cain; the family moved to Malibu, California. The couple later had a daughter, actress Krisinda Cain.

Cain attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports. Among his schoolmates were Chad and Rob Lowe and Charlie Sheen, the latter playing on the same baseball team as Cain when they were children. He graduated from high school in 1984 and attended Princeton University, where he played football. He dated actress Brooke Shields while at the university. He 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".

Career

Immediately after graduating, Cain signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, but a knee injury during training camp ended his football career before it began. With little hope of returning to sports, he turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials including a volleyball-themed spot for Kellogg's Frosties 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, it 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), Out of Time (2003) and Bailey's Billion$ (2004). In 2004, he portrayed Scott Peterson in the fact-based 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; and again in a recurring role of Supergirl, as the titular 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.

Cain was also 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.

In 2013, Cain hosted a reality show about Bigfoot called 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.

Cain appeared in the film God's Not Dead, in which he played an arrogant businessman named Mark.

Personal life

While the two were both attending Princeton University, Cain dated actress Brooke Shields for two years. In 1997, Cain became engaged to singer Mindy McCready. The couple broke up the following year. He has a son named Christopher Dean Cain (born June 11, 2000) with ex-girlfriend and Playboy Playmate Samantha Torres. Cain named his son after his stepfather, film director Christopher Cain.

While promoting Ripley's Believe It or Not on the Howard Stern Show in January 2001, Cain said that his biological father lied to the National Enquirer when he stated that Cain's mother left him while he was serving in the Vietnam War. Cain stated his father never served in the war, and that the real reason for the divorce was that his father had cheated on his mother.

Cain supported Republican candidate Rick Perry for President in the 2012 election.

Filmography

Film

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
2000	For the Cause	Gen. Murran
2001	Phase IV	Simon Tate
2001	Firetrap	Jack/Max Hooper	Also producer
2001	Rat Race	Shawn Kent
2001	A Christmas Adventure From a Book Called Wisely's Tales	Donner	Voice role
2002	New Alcatraz	Dr. Robert Trenton
2002	Dark Descent	Will Murdack
2003	Dragon Fighter	Capt. David Carver	Also producer
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
2005	Truth	Peter
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Theodore Maxwell
2005	Wrinkles
2005	Mayday	Commander James Slan
2006	Max Havoc: Ring of Fire	Roger Tarso
2006	September Dawn	Joseph Smith
2007	Urban Decay	Stan
2007	Final Approach	Jack Bender
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
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	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
2013	Heaven's Door	Leo
2013	Man Camp	Luke
2013	Defending Santa	Sheriff Scott Hanson
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
2014	Mind's Eye	Mark Willis
2014	A Horse for Summer	Kent Walsh
2014	A Dog for Christmas	Earl
2014	Horse Camp	Luke
2015	Vendetta	Mason Danvers
2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Ted Stein	Direct-to-video
2015	Deadly Sanctuary	Roy Hollingsworth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989-1990	Christine Cromwell: Things That Go Bump in the Night		2 episodes
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	87 episodes; writer on 2 episodes
1995	Off Camera with Dean Cain	Himself/Host	Also director, producer
1996	Cutty Whitman	Clark Kent	Uncredited
1997	Rag and Bone	Tony Moran	Also producer
1998	Futuresport	Tremaine "Tre" 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	Lt. Cornelius Morgan	Movie
2003	Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain	Jack Wedloe	Movie
2003-2004	The Division	Insp. 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	Cmdr. 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	Lt. 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	JC	Movie
2010	A Nanny For Christmas	Danny Donner	Movie
2010	The Way Home	Randy Simpkins	Nominated Ted Baehr#The Movieguide Awards Show and Report to the Entertainment Industry Movieguide Awards Most Inspiring Television Acting
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	Movie
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	40 episodes
2012	The Dog Who Saved the Holidays	Ted Stein	Movie
2013-Present	Hit the Floor	Pete Davenport	23 episodes
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
2015	A Wish Come True	Himself	Movie
2015	The Dog Who Saved Summer	Ted Stein	Movie
2015	Supergirl	Jeremiah Danvers	Episodes: "Pilot", "Livewire", "Manhunter"
2016	The Jump	Himself
2016	Lady Dynamite	Graham

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2002	Grandia Xtreme	Evann

Charities

Dean Cain supports the following charitable causes: Children, Pediatric AIDS, AIDS.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]