James Van Der Beek

Cast Member

Born: March 8, 1977

Cheshire, Connecticut, USA

Biography

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.

James Van Der Beek

Biography

Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Criminal Minds

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Modern Family

Scary Movie

Saturday Night Live

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Jennifer Hudson Show

How I Met Your Mother

One Tree Hill

The View

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Dancing with the Stars

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Medium

Dawson's Creek

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Ugly Betty

The Masked Singer

Walker

The Soup

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Franklin & Bash

The $100,000 Pyramid

Match Game

Sidelined: The QB and Me

Vampirina

The Eric Andre Show

POSE

CSI: Cyber

Sidelined 2: Intercepted

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Room 104

Overcompensating

The Forgotten

Drop the Mic

Mercy

The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale

Clarissa Explains It All

Downsizing

CMT Music Awards

Free Radio

Friends with Better Lives

Labor Day

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

The Gates

What the Fit

Varsity Blues

Fast Foodies

The Rules of Attraction

Aliens in the Family

Texas Rangers

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

The Storm

The Plague

Under A Rock with Tig Notaro

What Would Diplo Do?

Stolen

The Big Bang

Bad Hair

Sea Oak

Standing Still

Mrs. Miracle

I Love You, I Love You Not

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Eye of the Beast

The Real Full Monty

The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU

Teen Choice Awards

Salem Falls

Angus

Taken in Broad Daylight

Final Draft

Formosa Betrayed

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party