James Van Der Beek
Acting
Born 1977-03-08 · Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known for
7.3
Dawson's Creek
1998 · TV
6.6
Vampirina
2017 · TV
6.1
CSI: Cyber
2015 · TV
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
5.8
Mercy
2009 · TV
6.8
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012 · TV
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · TV
6.5
Friends with Better Lives
2014 · TV
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005 · TV
8.3
POSE
2018 · TV
7.8
One Tree Hill
2003 · TV
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · TV
5.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV
5.9
What Would Diplo Do?
2017 · TV
6.4
Match Game
2016 · TV
7.9
Modern Family
2009 · TV
7.5
The Masked Singer
2019 · TV
5.2
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV
6.3
The Soup
2004 · TV
7.3
Overcompensating
2025 · TV
7.5
Medium
2005 · TV
6.4
The Storm
2009 · TV
7.1
Walker
2021 · TV
7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011 · TV
6.4
Ugly Betty
2006 · TV
10.0
CMT Music Awards
2002 · TV
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
2012 · TV
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · TV
7.5
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · TV
7.8
Clarissa Explains It All
1991 · TV
7.5
What the Fit
2018 · TV
5.7
Room 104
2017 · TV
6.1
The Forgotten
2009 · TV
7.0
Aliens in the Family
1996 · TV
7.0
The Panel
1998 · TV
6.4
Sea Oak
2017 · TV
6.0
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
2019 · TV
Free Radio
2008 · TV
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
5.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV
4.4
The View
1997 · TV
5.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
7.0
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · TV
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
6.5
Drop the Mic
2017 · TV
5.8
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018 · TV
4.7
Fast Foodies
2021 · TV
EP Daily
1997 · TV