Born March 8, 1977
Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
91 credits
Acting
James Van Der Beek (March 8, 1977 – February 11, 2026) was an American actor best known for his role as Dawson Leary on the television series Dawson's Creek.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · ★ 7.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · ★ 5.0
Criminal Minds
2005 · ★ 8.3
Modern Family
2009 · ★ 7.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · ★ 5.9
Devil May Cry
2025 · ★ 8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · ★ 8.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · ★ 5.2
Dawson's Creek
1998 · ★ 7.3
Saturday Night Live
1975 · ★ 7.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · ★ 7.6
One Tree Hill
2003 · ★ 7.8
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · ★ 5.6
Medium
2005 · ★ 7.5
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · ★ 5.2
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · ★ 6.1
The View
1997 · ★ 4.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · ★ 5.4
The Soup
2004 · ★ 6.3
The Masked Singer
2019 · ★ 7.5
Walker
2021 · ★ 7.1
Scary Movie
2000 · ★ 6.4
Ugly Betty
2006 · ★ 6.4
Franklin & Bash
2011 · ★ 7.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · ★ 5.4
Sidelined: The QB and Me
2025 · ★ 6.2
Vampirina
2017 · ★ 6.7
CSI: Cyber
2015 · ★ 6.1
Match Game
2016 · ★ 6.4
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012 · ★ 6.8
Sidelined 2: Intercepted
2025 · ★ 6.8
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · ★ 7.0
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · ★ 7.9
POSE
2018 · ★ 8.3
Overcompensating
2025 · ★ 7.3
Room 104
2017 · ★ 5.7
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · ★ 7.5
Drop the Mic
2017 · ★ 6.5
Mercy
2009 · ★ 5.8
The Forgotten
2009 · ★ 6.1
Downsizing
2017 · ★ 5.4
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018 · ★ 5.8
Labor Day
2013 · ★ 7.1
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · ★ 6.4
Varsity Blues
1999 · ★ 6.1
The Gates
2026 · ★ 6.4
Friends with Better Lives
2014 · ★ 6.5
What the Fit
2018 · ★ 7.5
Clarissa Explains It All
1991 · ★ 7.8
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019 · ★ 5.7
CMT Music Awards
2002 · ★ 10.0
Free Radio
2008 · ★ 0.0
Aliens in the Family
1996 · ★ 7.0
The Rules of Attraction
2002 · ★ 6.2
The Storm
2009 · ★ 6.4
Texas Rangers
2001 · ★ 6.0
Fast Foodies
2021 · ★ 4.7
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
2019 · ★ 6.0
What Would Diplo Do?
2017 · ★ 5.9
Bad Hair
2021 · ★ 5.7
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2007 · ★ 7.2
Sea Oak
2017 · ★ 6.4
Stolen
2009 · ★ 5.9
Angus
1995 · ★ 6.6
The Big Bang
2011 · ★ 5.3
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996 · ★ 5.2
Standing Still
2005 · ★ 5.5
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004 · ★ 6.4
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · ★ 9.7
The Real Full Monty
2024 · ★ 5.5
The Plague
2006 · ★ 4.9
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006 · ★ 4.6
Eye of the Beast
2007 · ★ 5.0
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · ★ 9.1
The Magic Bracelet
2013 · ★ 5.0
Formosa Betrayed
2010 · ★ 6.0
Mrs. Miracle
2009 · ★ 6.0
Harvest
1999 · ★ 4.3
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009 · ★ 5.2
Backwards
2012 · ★ 5.7
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis
2010 · ★ 7.0
EP Daily
1997 · ★ 0.0
Salem Falls
2011 · ★ 5.3
Final Draft
2007 · ★ 3.5
Dawson's Creek - The Series Finale (Extended Cut)
2003 · ★ 6.0
Van Der Week: Behind the Scenes
2011 · ★ 6.0
The Panel
1998 · ★ 7.0
All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
2020 · ★ 2.0
Vandermemes
2011 · ★ 6.0
DILF Khakis
2011 · ★ 6.0
Asshole for Hire
2011 · ★ 6.0