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CAST BIOGRAPHIES.

DEAN CAIN: Cain attended Princeton University, where he studied history. He was an All-American defensive back on the Princeton football team (he still holds the NCAA record for the most interceptions in one season), and was also captain of Princeton's volleyball team.

After graduation, he signed with the Buffalo Bills professional football team, but was sidelined by a pre-season knee injury and never played a regular season game with the Bills.

Cain guest starred on many television series and until he landed his current series, was best known for his role of Rick on "Beverly Hills, 90210." His other television credits include roles on "Life Goes On," "A Different World" and "Grapevine."

On the big screen, he was seen in the critically acclaimed feature film, "The Stone Boy," directed by his father, Christopher Cain. He will appear in the feature "Independence," which is slated for a 1997 release.

Dean is actively pursuing a writing career in addition to acting. He is reportedly working on "a number of feature-film scripts," and he produced a special for ABC. He also wrote the story for "Seasons Greedings," a second season episode of "Lois & Clark" and "Virtually Destroyed," a third season episode.

Dean is not married.

BIRTHPLACE: Mt. Clemens, MI
BIRTHDATE: July 31, 1966

TERI HATCHER: Teri Hatcher was born and raised in Sunnyvale, California, south of San Francisco. She has no siblings. Her parents were both employed in high-tech jobs in the Bay Area. After graduating from Fremont High School (where she was jokingly voted the "Girl Most Likely to Become A 'Solid Gold' Dancer"), Hatcher attended De Anza College in Cupertino, California, studying mathematics and engineering. During this period, she also began studying acting at the American Conservatory Theatre.

Hollywood called, however, though somewhat by accident. She attended an open casting call in 1985 -- as a favor to a friend who needed moral support -- and ended up as a dancing mermaid on ABC's "The Love Boat." Hatcher says, "I thought, 'I'll do this for a year and then go back to school and get my mathematics degree and have my normal life.' Well, I hooked up with some great people in L.A., who had a lot of integrity, and I worked really hard, and things kind of snowballed. And I've been here ever since."

Teri made her motion-picture debut as a sexy, self-absorbed starlet in Christopher Guest's Hollywood satire, "The Big Picture." She followed that success with a dramatic role as the sister of Sylvester Stallone's character in the film, "Tango and Cash," then returned to comedy with Sally Field and Kevin Kline in "Soapdish," and appeared opposite Dolly Parton and James Woods in "Straight Talk." Teri also had the recurring role of Penny Parker in the series "Macgyver." She co-starred with Alec Baldwin, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson and Kelly Lynch in the thriller, "Heaven's Prisoners." She also had a role in 1996's "Two Days in the Valley" and will appear in a cameo in the feature film, "Dead Girl," starring Val Kilmer.

She starred on Norman Lear's semi autobiographical television series, "Sunday Dinner," and has guest starred on such series as "Seinfeld," "Murphy Brown," "Quantum Leap," "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "L.A. Law."

An incorrigible animal lover, Ms. Hatcher finds it impossible to resist adopting strays of all sorts. Her current menagerie includes two dogs, three cats, a cockatiel and a tortoise. Other favorite activities include skiing, golf and gardening. Ms. Hatcher married actor Jon Tenney in May, 1994. In November 1997, she give birth to her first child, a daughter, named Emerson Rose Tenney.

BIRTHPLACE: Sunnyvale, CA
BIRTHDATE: Dec. 8, 1964

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