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James Van Der Beek

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James Van Der Beek

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: Acting
Born: 8 Mar 1977
Died: 11 Feb 2026
Place of birth: Cheshire, Connecticut, USA

Known for

Scary Movie2000
How I Met Your Mother2005

8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999

Criminal Minds2005

Actor
Writer

1 in 22026
The Gates2026
Sidelined 2: Intercepted2025
Overcompensating2025
Overcompensating
Season 1
S1E3Black and Yellow
S1E8Crown on the Ground
Sidelined: The QB and Me2025
The Real Full Monty2024
The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
Bad Hair2021
Fast Foodies2021
Fast Foodies
Season 1
S1E4James Van Der Beek
Walker2021
Walker
Season 4
S4E13See You Sometime
All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Season 1
S1E9Chapter Nine: Have Fun Storming the Castle!
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot2019
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro2019
Under A Rock with Tig Notaro
Season 1
S1E1James Van Der Beek
The Masked Singer2019
The Masked Singer
Season 13
S13E4Group B Premiere: Voices of Olympus
S13E5Ghostbusters Night
S13E6Group B Finals: Grand Ole Opry Night
POSE2018
POSE
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
S1E2Access
S1E3Giving and Receiving
S1E6Love Is the Message
What the Fit2018
What the Fit
Season 2
S2E6Track & Field with James Van Der Beek and Kevin Hart
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale2018
Downsizing2017
Sea Oak2017
Sea Oak
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
Drop the Mic2017
Drop the Mic
Season 1
S1E2James Van Der Beek vs. Randall Park & Rob Gronkowski vs. Gina Rodriguez
Vampirina2017
Vampirina
Season 1
S1E1Going Batty
S1E10Super Natural
S1E11Vamping Trip
S1E12The Monster Snore
S1E13Bone Appetit
S1E14Woodchuck Woodsies
S1E15Hide & Shriek
S1E16The Little Witch
S1E18The Bird Who Knew Too Much
S1E19The Ghoul Girls
S1E2Scare B&B
S1E20Game Night
S1E21Oldie but a Ghouldie
S1E3The Sleepover
S1E4Portrait of a Vampire
S1E5Vee's Surprise Party
S1E6Vee Goes Viral
S1E7The Plant Predicament
S1E8Mummy Mayhem
S1E9Little Terror
Season 2
S2E1Vampire for President
S2E10Scare B & Vee
S2E11The Birthday Broom
S2E12Vee Takes The Court
S2E13Scare-itage Day
S2E14The Great Egg Scramble
S2E15Desserter Mystery
S2E16Mirror Mirror
S2E17Beach Night
S2E18Gregoria Takes Flight
S2E19The Big Bite
S2E2Where's Wolfie?
S2E20Ghost Hosts
S2E21The Boo Boys Are Back
S2E22Pixie Problem
S2E23Face the Music
S2E24Fright at the Museum
S2E25Vamp-iversary
S2E3The Woodsie Way
S2E4TNN
S2E5Franken-Wedding
S2E6Bat Hair Day
S2E7Baby Dragon
S2E8Gloomates
S2E9The Ghoul Next Door
Season 3
S3E1Weekly Normalness
S3E2Vampire's Luck
S3E3A Key for Vee
S3E4Art Galler-eek!
S3E5A Ghoulish Tour
S3E6Training Wings
What Would Diplo Do?2017
What Would Diplo Do?
Season 1
S1E1The Beef
S1E2The Cult
S1E3The Curse
S1E4Ur Game Ain't Shit
Room 1042017
Room 104
Season 1
S1E2Pizza Boy
The $100,000 Pyramid2016
The $100,000 Pyramid
Season 4
S4E9Hill Harper vs. Mary Lynn Rajskub and Sara Haines vs. James Van Der Beek
Match Game2016
Match Game
Season 3
S3E10Episode 10
S3E4Episode 4
Season 5
S5E2Episode 2
S5E7Episode 7
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Season 1
S1E10Josh Gad, James Van Der Beek, Jessie Ware
Season 5
S5E5Kris Jenner, James Van Der Beek, half alive
CSI: Cyber2015
CSI: Cyber
Season 1
S1E1Kidnapping 2.0
S1E12Bit by Bit
S1E3Killer En Route
S1E5Crowd Sourced
S1E7URL, Interrupted
S1E8Selfie 2.0
Season 2
S2E13The Walking Dead
S2E14Fit-and-Run
S2E15Python's Revenge
S2E17Flash Squad
S2E4Red Crone
S2E8Python
S2E9iWitness
Friends with Better Lives2014
Friends with Better Lives
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
S1E10No More Mr. Nice Guy
S1E11The Lost and Hound
S1E12Deceivers
S1E13Something New
S1E2Surprises
S1E3Window Pain
S1E4Game Sext Match
S1E5Pros and Cons
S1E6The Bicycle Thieves
S1E7Yummy Mummy
S1E8Cyrano de Trainer-Zac
S1E9The Imposters
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Season 1
S1E24Jennifer Connelly, James Van Der Beek, Joe Mande
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014
Labor Day2013
The Magic Bracelet2013
Backwards2012
The Eric Andre Show2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 232012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Season 0
S0E4The D...
S0E5The Seven Year Bitch...
S0E6Using People...
S0E7Ocupado...
S0E8Original Bitch...
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
S1E2Daddy's Girl...
S1E3Parent Trap...
S1E4The Wedding...
S1E5Making Rent...
S1E6It's Just Sex...
S1E7Shitagi Nashi...
Season 2
S2E1A Reunion...
S2E10Mean Girls...
S2E11Dating Games...
S2E2Love and Monsters...
S2E3Sexy People...
S2E4It's A Miracle...
S2E5Whatever It Takes...
S2E6Bar Lies...
S2E7A Weekend in the Hamptons...
S2E8Paris...
S2E9The Scarlet Neighbor...
Salem Falls2011
Franklin & Bash2011
Franklin & Bash
Season 1
S1E9Bachelor Party
The Big Bang2011
DILF Khakis2011
Van Der Week: Behind the Scenes2011
Vandermemes2011
Asshole for Hire2011
Conan2010
Conan
Season 2
S2E138One Hundred Years of Solitude (Thanks a Lot, Garlic)
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis2010
Formosa Betrayed2010
Mrs. Miracle2009
Taken in Broad Daylight2009
StolenStolen Lives2009
Modern Family2009
Modern Family
Season 9
S9E10No Small Feet
Mercy2009
Mercy
Season 1
S1E1Can We Get That Drink Now?
S1E10I Saw This Pig And I Thought Of You
S1E11We're All Adults
S1E12Wake Up Bill
S1E13Can We Talk About the Gigantic Elephant in the Ambulance?
S1E14I Have A Date
S1E15I Did Kill You, Didn't I?
S1E16I'm Fine
S1E17There Is No Room For You On My Ass
S1E2I Believe You Conrad
S1E3Hope You're Good, Smiley Face
S1E5You Lost Me With the Cinder Block
S1E6The Last Thing I Said Was
S1E7Destiny, Meet My Daughter, Veronica
S1E8I'm Not That Kind of Girl
S1E9Some of Us Have Been to The Desert
The Forgotten2009
The Forgotten
Season 1
S1E9Lucky John
The Storm2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Season 6
S6E72James Van Der Beek & Gabourey Sidibe
Season 14
S14E130James Van Der Beek & Kate Upton
Free Radio2008
Free Radio
Season 1
S1E8The Temp
Eye of the Beast2007
Final Draft2007
Robot Chicken: Star Wars2007
Ugly Betty2006
Ugly Betty
Season 2
S2E4Grin and Bear It
The Plague2006
Danny Roane: First Time Director2006
Criminal Minds2005
Criminal Minds
Season 2
S2E14The Big Game (1)
S2E15Revelations (2)
How I Met Your Mother2005
How I Met Your Mother
Season 3
S3E16Sandcastles in the Sand
Season 8
S8E15P.S. I Love You
Season 9
S9E11Bedtime Stories
Dancing with the Stars2005
Dancing with the Stars
Season 28
S28E12019 Season Premiere
S28E10Semi-Finals
S28E2First Elimination
S28E3Movie Night
S28E4Top 10
S28E5Disney Night
S28E6Week 6
S28E7Halloween Night
S28E8Dance-Off Week
S28E9Boy Band & Girl Group Night
Medium2005
Medium
Season 5
S5E9All In the Family
Standing Still2005
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party2004
The Soup2004
The Soup
Season 12
S12E23June 5, 2015
S12E49December 18, 2015
One Tree Hill2003
One Tree Hill
Season 6
S6E12You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)
S6E15We Change, We Wait
S6E16Screenwriter's Blues
S6E18Searching for a Former Clarity
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Season 10
S10E53LL Cool J; actor James Van Der Beek; Josh Baze
The Rules of Attraction2002
CMT Music Awards2002
CMT Music Awards
Season 23
S23E12024 CMT Music Awards
Texas Rangers2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Season 10
S10E8To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back2001
Scary Movie2000
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 13
S13E20Father Dearest
Teen Choice Awards1999
Teen Choice Awards
Season 1
S1E11999 Teen Choice Awards
Harvest1999
Varsity Blues1999
The Panel1998
The Panel
Season 2
S2E7March 24 1999
Dawson's Creek1998
Dawson's Creek
Season 1
S1E1Pilot
S1E10Double Date
S1E11The Scare
S1E12Beauty Contest
S1E13Decisions
S1E2Dance
S1E3Kiss
S1E4Discovery
S1E5Hurricane
S1E6Baby
S1E7Detention
S1E8Boyfriend
S1E9Roadtrip
Season 2
S2E1The Kiss
S2E10High Risk Behavior
S2E11Sex, She Wrote
S2E12Uncharted Waters
S2E13His Leading Lady
S2E14To Be or Not to Be ...
S2E15...That is the Question
S2E16Be Careful What You Wish For
S2E17Psychic Friends
S2E18A Perfect Wedding
S2E19Abby Morgan, Rest in Peace
S2E2Crossroads
S2E20Reunited
S2E21Ch... Ch... Ch... Changes
S2E22Parental Discretion Advised
S2E3Alternate Lifestyles
S2E4Tamara's Return
S2E5Full Moon Rising
S2E6The Dance
S2E7The All-Nighter
S2E8The Reluctant Hero
S2E9The Election
Season 3
S3E1Like a Virgin
S3E10First Encounters of the Close Kind
S3E11Barefoot at Capefest
S3E12A Weekend in the Country
S3E13Northern Lights
S3E14The Valentine's Day Massacre
S3E15Crime and Punishment
S3E16To Green, with Love
S3E17Cinderella Story
S3E18Neverland
S3E19Stolen Kisses
S3E2Homecoming
S3E20The Longest Day
S3E21Show Me Love
S3E22The Anti-Prom
S3E23True Love
S3E3None of the Above
S3E4Home Movies
S3E5Indian Summer
S3E6Secrets & Lies
S3E7Escape from Witch Island
S3E8Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
S3E9Four to Tango
Season 4
S4E10Self Reliance
S4E13Hopeless
S4E14A Winter's Tale
S4E15Four Stories
S4E16Mind Games
S4E17Admissions
S4E18Eastern Standard Time
S4E19Late
S4E4Future Tense
S4E5A Family Way
S4E6Great Xpectations
S4E7You Had Me at Goodbye
S4E8The Unusual Suspects
S4E9Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Season 5
S5E10Appetite for Destruction
S5E11Something Wild
S5E12Sleeping Arrangements
S5E13Something Wilder
S5E14Guerilla Filmmaking (1)
S5E15Downtown Crossing (2)
S5E18Cigarette Burns
S5E19100 Light Years from Home
S5E20Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
S5E21After Hours
S5E22The Abby
S5E23Swan Song
S5E5Use Your Disillusion
S5E6High Anxiety
S5E7Text, Lies and Videotape
S5E8Hotel New Hampshire
S5E9Four Scary Stories
Season 6
S6E1The Kids Are Alright (1)
S6E10Merry Mayhem
S6E11Day Out of Days
S6E12All the Right Moves
S6E13Rock Bottom
S6E15Castaways
S6E16That Was Then
S6E17Sex and Violence
S6E18Love Bites
S6E19Lovelines
S6E20Catch-22
S6E21Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road
S6E22Joey Potter and the Capeside Redemption
S6E23All Good Things... (1)
S6E24...Must Come to an End (2)
S6E4Instant Karma!
S6E7Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
S6E8Spiderwebs
S6E9Everything Put Together Falls Apart
EP Daily1997
EP Daily
Season 16
S16E2Brain Tease
The View1997
The View
Season 6
S6E177May 28, 2003
I Love You, I Love You Not1996
Aliens in the Family1996
Aliens in the Family
Season 1
S1E4You Don't Have a Pet to Be Popular
TFI Friday1996
Angus1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Season 11
S11E75Show #2349
Clarissa Explains It All1991
Clarissa Explains It All
Season 5
S5E5Alter Ego
Saturday Night Live1975
Saturday Night Live
Season 0
S0E8Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary
Season 24
S24E11James Van Der Beek/Everlast