Having your father around in your life is necessary for you to grow up feeling secure. And if you have the luck of having a father who is heavily involved in your life, then you are geared towards success.
Actor Dean Cain made sure he was the kind of father who was always there for his son, no matter what. Even if it meant giving up his successful career.
Dean Cain is a very familiar face. The actor has been a staple on our screens for years, playing superman or hosting our favorite reality show. But becoming an actor was not his first choice, he wanted to be a football player. A knee injury ended his career early on, and this is when he turned to football.
The actor is best known for his breakout role in the 1993 “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” after which he landed a lot of leading and major roles.
Cain was born Dean George Tanaka on July 31, 1966, in Michigan. His biological parents are Sharon Tanaka and Roger Tanaka but the story of who raised Cain is interesting.
His biological father abandoned his family just after two years of marriage to Cain’s mother. When he was three years old, however, his mother moved on and remarried. She married director Christopher Cain, who legally adopted both Dean Cain and his brother.
Dean legally changed his last name to Cain. And of his biological father, he said, “My biological father is Japanese. I never knew him, never met him.” Showing that he did not share a relationship with his birth father.
It was reported that Roger Tanaka; Dean Cain’s birth father moved on and remarried in 1982 but apparently, he never tried to reconcile his relationship with his two sons..CONTINUE READING