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In 1993, Cain took on his biggest role to date as Superman in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. With little hope of returning to sports, Cain turned to screenwriting and then acting, shooting dozens of commercials including a volleyball-themed spot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and appearing on popular television shows like Grapevine, A Different World and Beverly Hills, 90210.Ĭain and Teri Hatcher at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, September 19, 1993
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Career NFL Īfter graduating Cain signed on as a free agent with the NFL's Buffalo Bills, but a knee injury during training camp ended his football career prematurely. His senior thesis was titled "The History and Development of the Functions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Cain graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. He dated actress Brooke Shields while at the university. During his senior year, Cain was awarded the John P. He set a Princeton season record with 12 interceptions (in just 10 games) during the 1987 season, and finished his collegiate career with 22 interceptions in 30 games. Cain graduated from high school in 1984 and attended Princeton University, where he starred as a free safety on the football team. Among his schoolmates were Charlie Sheen, who played on the same baseball team as Cain when they were children, as well as Rob Lowe and his brother, Chad. Ĭain attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports. The couple moved to Malibu, California, and later had a daughter, Krisinda. In 1969, Sharon later married film director Christopher Cain, who adopted Dean and Roger. He was an unfaithful husband and not much of a father." Soon after Dean's birth, his mother moved him and his older brother Roger to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Cain has said of his biological father, whom he never met: "He's not the kind of man I want to be. Through his biological father, Cain is of partly Japanese descent, with the rest of his ancestry being Welsh, Irish and French Canadian. Dean George Tanaka was born on July 31, 1966, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the biological son of Roger Tanaka, a U.S.
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