He became a household name after picking up a coveted role as a TV star in the 90s.
And this male actor looks worlds away from his former role 30 years ago when he walked the red carpet at the 91st Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday.
He wore a black suit and a white shirt, adding some festive cheer with a pink tie.
He posed up a storm with actress Anna Azerli before heading into the venue.
So can you guess who this much-adored star is? That’s right… it’s Superman star Dean Cain.
Question… TV star looks a far cry from his 90s appearance as he walked the red carpet at Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday – but can you guess who it is?
Dean, now 57, rose to fame opposite Teri Hatcher on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman, which ran from 1993 to 1997 on ABC.
The show, which lasted four seasons, gained a loyal following as millions of viewers tuned in.
He also starred as a real life detective James ‘Woody’ Woods in Gosnell: The Trial Of America’s Biggest Serial Killer.
The 2018 film was based on the story of Kermit Gosnell, a Pennsylvania abortionist who was convicted of murdering three infants after their live births as well as involuntary manslaughter of a pregnant woman in his care, among other counts.
In 2020, Dean blasted a Time Magazine opinion piece which compared superheroes to police officers and says today’s ‘Cancel Culture’ would have censored his character’s famous ‘truth, justice, and the American way’ catchphrase.
He criticized the ‘cancel culture’ that intensified in the days and weeks following the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
He said that attempts to portray cops as inherently violent are ‘totally untrue’ and that calls to re-examine pop culture’s treatment of superheroes like Batman, Spider-Man, and Punisher – who are accused of being ‘cops with capes’ – are ‘insane.’
Dean was sworn in as a reserve police officer with the Pocatello Police Department, according to the Idaho State Journal.
What a guy! Dean as Superman in the 1990s hit television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Doing his bit: Dean was sworn in as a reserve police officer with the Pocatello Police Department, according to the Idaho State Journal in 2020
‘This is insane to me, though, because these people will scream anti-police rhetoric all day long but when their life is threatened and they need a hero, they will dial 911 and a police officer will show up,’ Cane told Fox News on Thursday.
‘Because police officers are heroes.’
In referencing instances of police brutality, Cain admitted there were ‘bad situations’ and ‘bad apples’, but insisted that ’99.9 per cent of all police officers’ were nonviolent and they ‘do a fantastic job.’
‘This whole “cancel culture” thing that we’re living in right now is crazy,’ he said.
‘It’s like an early version of George Orwell’s “1984”.’
Cain continued: ‘And, what this article does in Time Magazine, what they talk about, I mean…from the very beginning…the author of this article makes a bunch of claims that are totally untrue.’
The actor was asked about an article by Time writer Eliana Dockterman, who wondered in a recent piece: ‘What are superheroes except cops with capes who enact justice with their powers?’
