James Van Der Beek
Acting
1977-03-08 — 2026-02-11Cheshire, 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
tv
7.9
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · tv
tv
8.3
2005
Criminal Minds
2005 · tv
tv
5.0
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · tv
tv
5.8
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · tv
tv
5.2
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · tv
tv
7.9
2009
Modern Family
2009 · tv
tv
7.6
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · tv
tv
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975 · tv
tv
8.1
2005
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · tv
tv
5.6
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · tv
tv
7.8
2003
One Tree Hill
2003 · tv
tv
6.1
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · tv
tv
5.2
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · tv
tv
4.4
1997
The View
1997 · tv
tv
7.5
2005
Medium
2005 · tv
tv
7.3
1998
Dawson's Creek
1998 · tv
tv
5.4
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · tv
movie
6.4
2000
Scary Movie
2000 · movie
tv
5.4
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · tv
tv
7.5
2019
The Masked Singer
2019 · tv
tv
6.3
2004
The Soup
2004 · tv
tv
6.4
2006
Ugly Betty
2006 · tv
tv
7.1
2021
Walker
2021 · tv
tv
7.3
2011
Franklin & Bash
2011 · tv
tv
6.7
2017
Vampirina
2017 · tv
movie
6.2
2025
Sidelined: The QB and Me
2025 · movie
tv
6.4
2016
Match Game
2016 · tv
tv
7.0
2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · tv
tv
8.2
2018
POSE
2018 · tv
movie
6.8
2025
Sidelined 2: Intercepted
2025 · movie