Dean George Cain (neé Tanaka, born July 31, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer, television personality, writer and a former football player who portrayed Clark Kent/Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
He also played a clone of Superman in Season 1 and an alternate version of Clark and Superman in Seasons 3 and 4.
He also was involved in the production of two episodes for the series; writing Season's Greedings for Season 2 and co-writing Virtually Destroyed for Season 3.
Dean has also appeared in other Superman related media such as Dr. Curtis Knox in Smallville , Jeremiah Danvers in the new television series of Supergirl (which also featured Helen Slater, best known for her role as the title character in the 1984 Supergirl film playing Jeremiah's wife Eliza) and voicing Jonathan Kent in DC Superhero Girls.
He also co-starred with Denise Richards in the 2004 movie I Do (But I Don't), playing the role of firefighter Nick Corina.
Characters portrayed by Dean Cain in the show[]
Trivia[]
- Dean's original surname was Tanaka because he was one of the sons from his mother actress Sharon Thomas' first marriage to U.S. serviceman Roger Tanaka. Cain never met his biological father and considered him to be an unfaithful husband and father, someone he didn't want to be. When his mother remarried to director Christopher Cain, Dean and his brother Roger's surnames were changed to their new adopted surname Cain.
- Dean shares the same birthday with Guest Star Lane Davies (Tempus).
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 Dean as Dr. Curtis Knox in Smallville .jpg "Dean and Denise in I Do (But I Don't).jpg (510 KB)") Dean (Nick Corina) with Denise (Lauren Crandell) in a promotional picture of the movie I Do (But I Don't)  Dean as Jeremiah Danvers in Supergirl  Dean with Teri at the Supanova Comic-Con and Gaming Expo in 2017, celebrating the show's 25th anniversary |