Trivia
- Dean is a friend of actor Girard Swan.
- Dean has a brother named Roger Cain and a half-sister named Krisinda Cain.
- Dean is right-handed.
- Dean resides in Los Angeles.
- Dean was offered the role of Batman in the 1995 movie, Batman Forever but producers backed out after they felt he was too well known as Superman/Clark Kent from days of portraying Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
- Dean appeared as a motorcycle rider in the music video "Carrying Your Love With Me" by George Strait.
- Dean has a fear of flying.
- Dean is a smoker.
- Dean is 6' 0".
- Dean's nickname is Soup.
- Dean's favorite superhero growing up was Superman because of the "Super Friends" cartoons.
- Dean has starred in several movies, including the memorable independent feature, The Broken Hearts Club, in which he played a gay jock.
- Dean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the prestigious Princeton University.
- While attending Princeton, Dean dated fellow student Brooke Shields, who was just a year ahead of him in school.
- Dean turned down 17 athletic scholarships before settling on Princeton. He captained the Princeton volleyball team, and he played safety on the football team; he also set the NCAA football record for the most interceptions in a single season.
- Dean attended Santa Monica High School, in Santa Monica, California.
- Dean has a son, Christopher Dean Cain, with his former girlfriend and Playboy model Samantha Torres.
- Dean's ethnicity is a quarter each of Japanese, French-Canadian, Irish, and Welsh.
- Dean signed a free-agent contract with the Buffalo Bills, but never played for them due to a career-ending knee injury.
- Just like Clayton "Bud" Collyer (voice of 1940s Superman in the radio serial), Dean hosted Ripley's Believe It or Not.
- Dean once auditioned for the role of Jake Hanson on Melrose Place. The part eventually went to Grant Show.
- Dean's mother was an actress named Sharon Thomas, his biological father was a U.S. Army serviceman named Roger Tanaka, and his adoptive father was a director named Christopher Cain.
- In May 2005, Dean took part in Ambassador of Hollywood Tour, Camp in Taquddam Iraq.
- Dean donated his Celebrity Blackjack winnings to The Malibu Foundation for Youth & Families.
- In 1988, Dean founded "Angry Dragon Entertainment," a film production company.
- Dean attended Princeton University, and played football there. He is also a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America.
- Dean is a spokesperson for "Beyer's Advantage Pet-Parent Initiative"
- Dean has a Chinese character tattoo that spells "Dean Tanaka" on his left ankle. Tanaka was Dean's surname before his mother remarried, and he changed to his step-father's last name, Cain.
- Dean dedicated his performance in Best Men to the memory of his uncle, Lt. Col. George Eynon Buzz Thomas, USAF, and to his uncle's family.
Quotes
- Dean: Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
