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Dean George Cain (born Dean George Tanaka) is an American actor and voice actor.

Biography
Cain was born as Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the son of Sharon Thomas, an actress, and Roger Tanaka.[1] He is of French Canadian, Irish, Welsh, and Japanese (from his paternal grandfather) descent.[2] In 1969, Cain's mother married film director Christopher Cain, who adopted Dean and his brother (musician Roger Cain), and the family moved to Malibu, California.[3][4] The couple later had a daughter, Dean's half sister, actress Krisinda Cain. Both attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports.

He played baseball as a child, and Chad and Rob Lowe and Charlie Sheen – who played on the same team – were among his schoolmates. Cain graduated from high school in 1984 and was offered athletic scholarships to 17 universities, but decided to attend Princeton University.[citation needed] At Princeton[5] he was also a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity and the Cap & Gown eating club.[citation needed] He dated actress Brooke Shields while at Princeton.[4] Cain graduated from Princeton in 1988 with a BA degree in History; his senior thesis was titled "The History and Development of the Functions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."

Immediately after graduating, Cain signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, an NFL football team, but a knee injury during training camp ended his football career before it began.[6] 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) (co-starred Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, and Tim Curry). 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 seventh season episode of Smallville as the immortal Dr. Curtis Knox, a character based upon the DC Comics villain Vandal Savage.[7][8] He's #33 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s. Cain has also made an appearance in Internet Explorer 8 commercials.

Cain was also a contestant in a NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes. He won 4 out of 6 missions on the show, though came only 3rd in the final. In 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice.[9]

In 1997, Cain became engaged to singer Mindy McCready.[10] The couple broke up the following year.[11] Cain has a son named Christopher Dean Cain (born June 11, 2000) with former girlfriend and Playboy Playmate Samantha Torres.[4] His son is named after his father, film director Christopher Cain. While promoting the television show, Ripley's Believe It or Not, on the Howard Stern Show on January 10, 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 but instead cheated on his mother, which was the real reason they divorced.[12] Dean Cain supported Rick Perry for President in the 2012 election.[13]

On Criminal Minds
Cain portrayed compulsive gambler and spree killer Curtis Banks in Snake Eyes.

Filmography
2013 Hit the Floor (TV Series) Pete Davenport - Turnover (2013) ... Pete Davenport - Benched (2013) ... Pete Davenport - Fast Break (2013) ... Pete Davenport - Moving Screens (2013) ... Pete Davenport - Lights Out (2013) ... Pete Davenport See all 10 episodes » 2013 Texas Takedown: The Real Men in Black (TV Series) Narrator 2013 Heaven's Door Leo 2012 Meant to Be Mike 2012 Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 (TV Series) Dean Cain - Bar Lies... (2012) ... Dean Cain - Whatever It Takes... (2012) ... Dean Cain - Shitagi Nashi... (2012) ... Dean Cain 2012 The Dog Who Saved the Holidays (TV Movie) Ted Stein 2012 I Am Gabriel (Video) Sheriff Brody 2012 Home Run Showdown Rico 2012 Operation Cupcake (TV Movie) Griff Carson 2012/I The Red Pill (Short) He 2012 The Jonas Project Trey 2011 Burn Notice (TV Series) Ryan Pewterbaugh - Fail Safe (2011) ... Ryan Pewterbaugh 2011 The Case for Christmas (TV Movie) Michael Sherman 2011 Dirty Little Trick Michael 2011 The Dog Who Saved Halloween (TV Movie) Ted Stein 2011 A Mile in His Shoes (TV Movie) Arthur 'Murph' Murphy 2011 Subject: I Love You James Trapp 2011 5 Days of War Chris Bailot 2011 Royal Reunion (Short) 2011 At the Top of the Pyramid Jefferson Parker
 * Man Camp (2013) as Luke
 * Criminal Minds - Snake Eyes (2012) TV episode - Curtis Banks
 * Bed & Breakfast: Love is a Happy Accident (2010) as Jake
 * The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010) as Ted
 * A Nanny for Christmas (2010) as Danny Donner
 * Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010) as Music Video Director
 * Kill Katie Malone (2010) as Robert
 * Hole in One (2010) as Repo Man
 * Abandoned (2010) as Kevin Peterson (video)
 * Circle of Pain (2010) as Wyatt (video)
 * Frost Giant (2010) as JC
 * The Way Home (2010) as Randy Simpkins
 * The Three Gifts (2009) as Jack Green
 * The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) as Ted Stein
 * Maneater (2009) as Harry Bailey
 * The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger (2009) as Shea McCall
 * Stuck (2009) as Dean
 * Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure (2009) as Michael Brooks
 * $5 a Day (2008) as Rick Carlson
 * Ace of Hearts (2008) as Dan Harding
 * Making Mr. Right (2008) as Eddie
 * CSI: Miami (2007) as Roger Partney
 * Smallville (2007) as Curtis Knox, M.D.
 * Final Approach (2007) as Jack Bender
 * September Dawn (2007) as Joseph Smith
 * Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness (2007) as Bruce Murakami
 * Hidden Camera (2007) as Dan Kovacs
 * Protect and Serve (2007) as Mike Borelli
 * Urban Decay (2007) as Stan
 * Dead & Deader (2006) as Lt. Bobby Quinn
 * A Christmas Wedding (2006) as Tucker
 * Las Vegas (2005-2006) as Casey Manning (9 episodes)
 * Max Havoc: Ring of Fire (2006) as Roger Tarso
 * 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) as Brad Malloy
 * Truth (2006) as Peter (video)
 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005) as Dr. Mike Jergens
 * Mayday (2005) as Commander James Slan
 * Hope & Faith (2005) as Larry Walker (4 episodes)
 * Bailey's Billion$ (2005) as Theodore Maxwell
 * Clubhouse (2004-2005) as Conrad Dean (11 episodes)
 * The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004) as Scott Peterson
 * Lost (2004) as Jeremy Stanton
 * I Do (But I Don't) (2004) as Nick Corina
 * Post Impact (2004) as Capt. Tom Parker
 * The Division (2003-2004) as Insp. Jack Ellis (8 episodes)
 * Grandpa's Place (2004) as Special Appearance (short)
 * Out of Time (2003) as Chris Harrison
 * Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain (2003) as Jack Wedloe
 * Dragon Fighter (2003) as Capt. David Carver (video)
 * Frasier (2002) as Rick
 * Christmas Rush (2002) as Lt. Cornelius Morgan
 * Phase IV (2002) as Simon Tate
 * The Glow (2002) as Matt Lawrence
 * Descent Into Darkness (2002) as Will Murdock
 * Rag and Bone (2002) as Det. Tony Moran
 * Gentle Ben (2002) as Jack Wedloe
 * Grandia Xtreme (2002) as Evann (video game, voice)
 * New Alcatraz (2001) as Dr. Robert Trenton
 * A Christmas Adventure ...From a Book Called Wisely's Tales (2001) as Donner (video, voice)
 * Rat Race (2001) as Shawn Kent
 * Just Shoot Me! (2001) as Chris Williams
 * Firetrap (2001) as Jack/Max Hooper
 * The Runaway (2000) as Sheriff Frank Richards
 * For the Cause (2000) as Gen. Murran
 * Militia (2000) as Ethan Carter
 * Flight of Fancy (2000) as Clay Bennett
 * No Alibi (2000) as Bob Valenz
 * The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) as Cole
 * Fantasy Island (1999) as Sam Kenneally
 * Futuresport (1998) as Tre Ramzey
 * Dogboys (1998) as Julian Taylor
 * Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1998) as King Charlemagne/Husband (voice)
 * Best Men (1997) as Buzz
 * Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997) as Clark Kent/Superman/Woody Samms (87 episodes)
 * Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997) as Kuhio (voice)
 * Eating Las Vegas (1997) as Rick
 * Cutty Whitman (1996) as Clark Kent (uncredited)
 * Just Like Him (1995) as Chris Patterson (short)
 * Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992) as Rick (4 episodes)
 * Miracle Beach (1992) as Volleyball Player #1
 * Grapevine (1992) as Brian
 * A Different World (1992) as Eddie
 * Write to Kill (1991) as Parking Valet
 * Going Under (1991) as Guy in Bar
 * Life Goes On (1990) as Kimo (3 episodes)
 * The Stone Boy (1984) as Eugene Hillerman
 * Charlie and the Talking Buzzard (1979) as Joe
 * Elmer (1976) as Dean Russell

PRODUCER

 * The Red Pill (2012) - Co-Executive Producer (short)
 * Public Law (2012) - Associate Producer (short)
 * Maneater (2009) - Executive Producer
 * Dance Like We Do (2005) - Executive Producer
 * Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2001-2003) - Producer (14 episodes)
 * Dragon Fighter (2003) - Producer (video)
 * Rag and Bone (2002) - Producer
 * Firetrap (2001) - Co-Producer
 * On Parole (2001) - Producer

WRITER

 * The Red Pill (2012) (short)
 * Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
 * Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994-1995) - 2 episodes

DIRECTOR

 * The Red Pill (2012) (short)

LINKS
For an up-to-date filmography, see here.