"I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting."
Dean George Tanaka (born July 31, 1966 in Mount Clemens, Michigan), better known as Dean Cain, is an American actor, producer, writer, director and television show host of French Canadian, Irish, Japanese and Welsh descent.
He's known for playing the role of Clark Kent / Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman alongside Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane. He was host of Ripley's Believe It or Not! and appeared in the soap opera Hit the Floor.
He was also cast in a few other successful Superman-inspired series such as Smallville and Supergirl.
Filmography
- Life Goes On (1990) as Kimo
- A Different World (1992) as Eddie
- Miracle Beach (1992) as Volleyball Player #1
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992) as Rick
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-97) as Clark Kent / Superman
- Noel's House Party (1994) as Special Guest
- Living Single (1995) As Himself
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997) as Kuhio (voice)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1998) as King Charlemagne, the Husband
- Futuresport as Tre Ramzey
- Fantasy Island (1999) as Sam Kenneally
- The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) as Cole
- Militia (2000) as Ethan Carter
- Just Shoot Me! (2001) as Chris Williams
- Rat Race (2001) as Shawn Kent
- Grandia Xtreme (2002) as Evann (voice)
- Frasier (2002) as Rick
- Dragon Fighter (2003) as Captain David Carver
- Out of Time (2003) as Chris Harrison
- Las Vegas (2005-06) as Casey Manning
- Bailey's Billion$ (2005) as Theodore Maxwell
- Hope & Faith (2005) as Larry Walker
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005) as Dr. Mike Jergens
- 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) as Brad Malloy
- Dead and Deader (2006) as Lt. Bobby Quinn
- Smallville (2007) as Curtis Knox
- CSI: Miami (2007) as Roger Partney
- Entourage (2009) As Himself
- Maneater (2009) as Harry Bailey
- Burn Notice (2011) as Ryan Pewterbaugh
- Criminal Minds (2012) as Curtis Banks
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012) As Himself
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) as The Mikado (voice; English dub)
- Small Town Santa (2014) as Sheriff Rick Langston
- God's Not Dead (2014) as Marc Shelley
- Mulaney (2014) As Himself
- DC Super Hero Girls (2015-16) as Jonathan Kent (voice)
- Supergirl (2015-17) as Jeremiah Danvers
- Lady Dynamite (2016) as Graham
- Madness in the Method (2019) As Himself
- The Curse (2023) as Mark Rose
