Occupation: Actor, Writer
Date of Birth: July 31, 1966
Place of Birth: Mount Clemens, Mich., USA
Sign: Sun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn
Relations: Former fiancée: Mindy McCready (country singer);
former girlfriends: Brooke Shields (actress),
Gabrielle Reece (professional volleyball player), Samantha Torres (model); mother:
Sharon Thomas; biological father: William Tanaka
Education: Princeton University, B.A. in history
Facts about Dean Cain:
Son (with Samantha Torres) Christopher Dean Cain
was born June 11, 2000.
(18 September 1997 - August 1998) Engaged to
country singer Mindy McCready.
Signed by the Buffalo Bills, but a knee injury
ended his career.
Moved to California at age 3 and grew up in Malibu.
Dean grew up playing on the beautiful Malibu
beaches and would later describe himself as a fat little baby that grew into
this skinny kid that was always good in sports. Almost any sport. Football,
basketball, volleyball and wrestling, just to name a few.
After graduating from Santa Monica High School
in 1984, he was offered 17 athletic scholarships, all of which he turned down
in favor of Princeton University.
By 1992, the 35 commercials he had done led to
guest appearances on shows like Grapevine, A Different World, and most notably
BEVERLY HILLS 90210.
Dean was cast as Clark Kent/Superman in a pilot
for a show called Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993- 1997).
Hair color: black, eyes: brown.
He has a Chinese character (family
name) tattoo on his ankle.
The handsome, Hollywood-reared
Dean Cain has been one of Tinseltown's most eligible bachelors. His love life
was a target for the tabloids even before his success in the ABC TV series Lois
& Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
Dean Cain dedicated his performance in
BEST MEN (1997) to the memory of his uncle, Lt. Col. George Eynon Buzz
Thomas, USAF and his family. Dean's character in the movie shares the same name
as his uncle.
Graduated from Princeton University
with a major in History.
He has a fear of flying.
Founded Angry Dragon Entertainment,
a film production company, in 1998.
Memeber of the Zeta Psi Fraternity
of North America
Dean is part Welsh, Japanese,
French-Canadian and Irish.
Personal quotes:
"Hollywood's a very weird place. I think
there's less of everything except for attitude."
— Dean Cain
