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DEAN CAIN (actor; USA)

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Dean Cain is a American actor. Cain attended Santa Monica High School, where he excelled in sports. Among his schoolmates were Charlie Sheen, who played on the same baseball team as Cain when they were children, as well as Rob Lowe. 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. After 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.

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 BEVERLY HILLS 90210.

In 1993, Cain took on his biggest role to date as Superman in the television series LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN. At the height of its popularity the program would bring in an average of at least 15 million viewers per episode.

In 1998, Cain started the Angry Dragon Entertainment production company, which produced television series RIPLEY’S BELIEVE OR NOT!

Cain made a return to the Superman franchise, with a special guest role in a season seven episode of SMALLVILLE as the immortal Dr. Curtis Knox and again in a recurring role on SUPERGIRL, as the title character's foster father, Jeremiah Danvers.