Dean was born in Mt. Clements, Michigan on the 31st of July, 1966. His mother, actress Sharon Thomas, married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain when Dean was three. He grew up in Malibu where he attended Santa Monica High School. Though he appeared in a couple of Chris Cain's early films, his interests favored sports over acting.
While at Princeton University, he completed a history major, dated Brooke Shields for two years, and set an NCAA record for interceptions in a season. After signing with the Buffalo Bills, a knee injury ended his pro career before it began.
Though he had already played a part in his father's The Stone Boy (1984), he went through the usual route of commercials and tv-parts (notably, "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) in 1990) before landing his break-through role as Superman/Clark Kent in the series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993).
Since the end of Lois & Clark, Dean has been busy making several movies, including The Broken Hearts Club which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He also Founded Angry Dragon Entertainment, a film production company, in 1998. The company produces the hit cable show "Ripley's Believe it or Not!"
His son (with ex-girlfriend, Samantha Torres) Christopher Dean Cain was born June 11, 2000 at 1:30pm. He weighed 7lbs. 15oz. He was named after his grandfather, Christopher Cain.
Hair color: black
Eyes: brown
Height: 6'
He is one quarter Japanese. He has the Kanji characters for Tanaka (family name) tattooed on his ankle.
Memeber of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America