Dean Cain Biography, Age, Superman, Wife, Son, Movies, Net Worth And News

Dean Cain Biography

Dean Cain is an American actor, producer and television show host. He is  best known for playing the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Dean was also host of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and appeared in the soap opera series Hit the Floor.

Dean Cain Age

Dean was born on July 31, 1966 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. He is 56 years old as of 2023.

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Dean Cain Height 

Cain stands at a height of 1.82 m.

Dean Cain Family

Dean was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan.  He is the son of Roger Tanaka and actress Sharon Thomas. 

He is of three eighths Japanese descent, along with French Canadian, Irish, and Welsh. Dean’s mother married film director Christopher Cain in 1969 , who adopted Dean and his brother, musician Roger Cain. The family moved to Malibu, California and later Dean’s mother had a daughter, actress Krisinda Cain.

Dean Cain Education

Dean went to 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.

In 1984 Cain graduated from high school and attended Princeton University, where he starred as a free safety on the football team.  Dean set a national record with 12 interceptions (in just 10 games) during the 1987 season, and finished his collegiate career with 22 interceptions in 30 games.  While at the university he dated actress Brooke Shields .

In 1988 Dean  graduated  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”.

Dean Cain Married 

Dean is still single.  He dated actress Brooke Shields for two years while the two were both attending Princeton University. Dean became engaged to singer Mindy McCready in 1997.  They broke up the following year.

After his ex girlfriend died Dean said that he was saddened to hear of her passing, but she was not surprised, he told the  People magazine, Starcrushreports. Dean painted a sad picture of their relationship, which began in 1997 and ended after a year.

Mindy was considered one of country music’s biggest rising stars after the double-Platinum success of her debut album, ‘Ten Thousand Angels.’ Dean was celebrating the success of his starring role on ‘Lois & Clark’ when the two met and fell in love.

Dean Cain Son 

Dean  has a son named Christopher Dean Cain  who was born June 11, 2000 with ex-girlfriend and Playboy Playmate Samantha Torres. He named his son after his adoptive father, film director Christopher Cain.

Dean Cain Superman

Dean took on his biggest role as Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1993.  Due to its level of its popularity the program  was estimated to bring in an average of at least 15 million viewers per episode. The series ran for four seasons, ending in 1997.

Dean Cain Movies

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Net Worth

Dean has an estimated net worth of $6 million dollars.

Dean Cain Supergirl

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 on Supergirl, as the title character’s foster father, Jeremiah Danvers.

Christmas Movies

• The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009)
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010)
• The Dog Who Saved The Holidays (2012)
• The Case For Christmas (2011)
• A Christmas Wedding (2006)
• Defending Santa (2013)
• A Nanny For Christmas (2010)
• A Christmas Adventure… From A Book Called Wisely’s Tales (2001)
• The Three Dogateers Save Christmas (2014)
• Merry Ex-Mas (2014)
• Small Town Santa a.k.a. Christmas Miracle (2014)
• Broadcasting Christmas (2016)
• Beverly Hills Christmas (2015)
• The Challenger Disaster (2019)
• Broadcasting Christmas

Dean Cain Football Career

Cain attended Princeton University, where he starred as a free safety on the football team: he set a national record with 12 interceptions (in just 10 games) during the 1987 season, and finished his collegiate career with 22 interceptions in 30 games.

After she graduated she signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, but a knee injury during training camp ended his football career prematurely.

Dean Cain Lois And Clark

Dean took on his biggest role in 1993, as  a Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Due to its popularity the program was estimated to  bring in an average of at least 15 million viewers per episode. The series ran for four seasons, ending in 1997.

Dean Cain Republican

In the 2012 election Cain supported Republican candidate Rick Perry for President. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2016. In a 2018 interview he clarified his views ; “I am fully pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-full equality. But there should be equality of opportunity, not of outcome. I’m not a Republican. I am an independent. I vote for the candidate I like best.”

He said he was horrified when he learned what takes place during a late-term abortion while filming Gosnell, and said the Reproductive Health Act passed in January 2019 in New York would “make the crimes of Kermit Gosnell legal.”

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News

 Dean About Teen Protestor & Viral Sensation ‘Egg Boy’

Cannolly over the weekend, he became an internet hero after cracking an egg on the head of Australian Sen. Fraser Anning, who faced widespread denunciation after blaming the mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on the Muslim faith and Muslim immigration.

After being egged, video of the incident shows Sen. Anning slapping Connolly, 17, twice before the young boy is pounced on by two men at the news conference where Anning was speaking to the press in Melbourne. In other videos of the incident, the teenager is then kicked and held in a headlock by the adult men.

“I would have knocked that kid cold,”Dean, wrotethis link opens in a new tab on Twitter after watching the video of the incident, despite acknowledging Connolly is a child.

Dean is not backing down from his tweet about “Egg Boy.” He faced backlash Sunday night after exclaiming he “would have knocked that kid cold.”