Dean Cain

Dean Cain (b. 31 July 1966-...) is an American actor most well-known for playing Superman in the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

Dean George Tanaka was born July 31, 1966 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan to actress Sharon Thomas and US Army serviceman Roger Tanaka. His parents divorced before he was born, but his mother later married film director Chris Cain and moved to Malibu, California.

At Santa Monica High School, it became clear that Cain excelled in sports. When he graduated in 1984, he turned down 17 athletic scholarships to attend Princeton University, where he went on to captain the volleyball team and play free safety on the football team (setting the NCAA record for the most interceptions in a single season). He was also rumored to have dated actress Brooke Shields who was one year ahead of him at the university.

Cain graduated from Princeton in 1988 (A.B. History) and immediately signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, an NFL football team, but a knee injury during training ended his football career before it began. With little hope of returning to sports, he turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials and appearing on popular television shows like Grapevine, A Different World and Beverly Hills 90210. In 1993, Cain took on the role of Superman in the new television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran until 1997.

In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produces the new 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 Billions (2004).

Dean Cain is a quarter Japanese, French-Canadian, Irish andWelsh and has a son, Christopher Dean Cain, with model Samantha Torres.


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Dean Cain is a quarter Japanese, French-Canadian, Irish andWelsh and has a son, Christopher Dean Cain, with model Samantha Torres. "As God is my Witness, I thought turkeys could fly!" —Gordon Jump, playing Arthur Carlson, on WKRP in Cincinnati (after bombarding a shopping center with live turkeys). He has also starred in several films, including The Broken Hearts Club (2000), Out of Time (2003) and Bailey's Billions (2004). He finally succumbed to the condition when he was 71. In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produces the new TBS Superstation television series Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Jump had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that leaves the lungs scarred, restricting oxygen to tissue in the body and eventually causing heart or respiratory failure. In 1993, Cain took on the role of Superman in the new television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, which ran until 1997. Jump also enjoyed working in theater.

With little hope of returning to sports, he turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials and appearing on popular television shows like Grapevine, A Different World and Beverly Hills 90210. After "WKRP" folded, Jump hosted the PBS series "Make Yourself at Home" and taught voice classes. History) and immediately signed on as a free agent with the Buffalo Bills, an NFL football team, but a knee injury during training ended his football career before it began. He also guest-starred on a number of television series, including a memorable and somewhat infamous appearance playing a child molester on Diff'rent Strokes. Cain graduated from Princeton in 1988 (A.B. He took minor roles in television, on such shows as Get Smart, The Partridge Family and The Rockford Files. He was also rumored to have dated actress Brooke Shields who was one year ahead of him at the university. He was a TV producer and on-air personality in Dayton, Ohio, when he decided to move to Los Angeles and study acting.

When he graduated in 1984, he turned down 17 athletic scholarships to attend Princeton University, where he went on to captain the volleyball team and play free safety on the football team (setting the NCAA record for the most interceptions in a single season). He began his career working at radio and television stations in the United States Midwest, including Ohio and Kansas. At Santa Monica High School, it became clear that Cain excelled in sports. Jump was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His parents divorced before he was born, but his mother later married film director Chris Cain and moved to Malibu, California. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati. Clemens, Michigan to actress Sharon Thomas and US Army serviceman Roger Tanaka. Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 - September 22, 2003) was an actor, known for his role as the "Maytag Repairman" (in commercials for the Maytag company), from 1989 until his retirement from the role in July 2003.

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