1. Dean Cain George Tanaka was born on July 31,1966, at Selfridge Air Force Base in Harrison Township, Michigan.
29 Facts About Dean Cain
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Dean Cain's father, Roger Tanaka, was a US serviceman, and his mother was actress Sharon Thomas.
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Dean Cain was an unfaithful husband and not much of a father.
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Dean Cain attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports.
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Dean Cain graduated from high school in 1984 and attended Princeton University, where he starred as a free safety on the football team, set a Princeton season record with 12 interceptions during the 1987 season, and finished his collegiate career with 22 interceptions in 30 games.
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Dean Cain dated actress Brooke Shields while at the university.
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Dean Cain graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in history.
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Dean Cain later made his first 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; Dean Cain returned to the Superman universe again between 2015 and 2017, in a recurring role on Supergirl, as the title character's foster father, Jeremiah Danvers.
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Dean Cain appeared in a recurring role as Casey Manning in the television series Las Vegas.
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Dean Cain is 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.
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In 2009, Dean Cain was ranked No 33 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s.
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Dean Cain was a contestant in an NBC celebrity reality competition series called Stars Earn Stripes.
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Dean Cain won four out of six missions on the show, though he came in third in the finals.
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Dean Cain later 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, where it was claimed that his portrayal of the character helped people care about Superman again.
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Dean Cain appeared in the film God's Not Dead, in which he plays an arrogant businessman.
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In 2016, Dean Cain played a guest role on the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite as Graham the ex-fiance of Maria Bamford.
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Dean Cain is known for appearing in 16 Christmas films and several faith-based films.
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Dean Cain co-starred in the 2018 film Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer about the investigation and trial of Kermit Gosnell.
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Dean Cain starred in the film Andy the Talking Hedgehog.
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In 2019, Dean Cain starred in the play FBI Lovebirds alongside Kristy Swanson, a play that mocked Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, two FBI agents who were briefly on the team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
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Dean Cain is the Actor in Residence at High Point University.
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In 1997, Dean Cain became engaged to singer Mindy McCready; the couple split the following year.
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Dean Cain named his son after his stepfather, film director Christopher Dean Cain.
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On June 19,2018, Dean Cain was sworn in as a reserve police officer for the St Anthony Police Department in Idaho.
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Dean Cain said in 2018 that he was once a registered Republican, but later became a registered Independent, feeling that the Republican Party did not fully represent his views.
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Dean Cain voted for Bill Clinton twice, and voted for Al Gore in the 2000 United States presidential election, the latter of which he later said he regretted.
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Dean Cain supported John McCain in the 2008 election, and supported Rick Perry in the 2012 election.
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Dean Cain has stated he is "very leftist" on social issues, citing his support of marijuana legalization, and conservative on economic and foreign policy issues.
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In 2018, Dean Cain was elected to the board of directors of the National Rifle Association of America.