James Van Der Beek
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.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3
POSE
2018 · 8.3
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · 8.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
Modern Family
2009 · 7.9
Clarissa Explains It All
1991 · 7.9
One Tree Hill
2003 · 7.8
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · 7.7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
The Gates
2026 · 7.5
Medium
2005 · 7.5
Dawson's Creek
1998 · 7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011 · 7.3
Overcompensating
2025 · 7.3
Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2007 · 7.2
TFI Friday
1996 · 7.1
Sidelined 2: Intercepted
2025 · 7.1
Walker
2021 · 7.1
Labor Day
2013 · 7.1
Aliens in the Family
1996 · 7.0
The Panel
1998 · 7.0
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis
2010 · 7.0
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012 · 6.8
Vampirina
2017 · 6.7
Friends with Better Lives
2014 · 6.6
Angus
1995 · 6.6
Sidelined: The QB and Me
2025 · 6.4
Ugly Betty
2006 · 6.4
Sea Oak
2017 · 6.4
Scary Movie
2000 · 6.4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · 6.3
The Storm
2009 · 6.2
Varsity Blues
1999 · 6.2
The Rules of Attraction
2002 · 6.2
CSI: Cyber
2015 · 6.1
The Forgotten
2009 · 6.1
Formosa Betrayed
2010 · 6.1
Mrs. Miracle
2009 · 6.0
What Would Diplo Do?
2017 · 5.9
Texas Rangers
2001 · 5.9
Stolen
2009 · 5.9
Mercy
2009 · 5.8
Room 104
2017 · 5.7
Backwards
2012 · 5.7
Bad Hair
2021 · 5.6
Standing Still
2005 · 5.5
Downsizing
2017 · 5.4
The Big Bang
2011 · 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · 5.3
I Love You, I Love You Not
1996 · 5.3
Salem Falls
2011 · 5.3
Taken in Broad Daylight
2009 · 5.2
Eye of the Beast
2007 · 5.1
The Magic Bracelet
2013 · 5.0
The Plague
2006 · 4.9
Harvest
1999 · 4.3
Final Draft
2007 · 3.7
1 in 2
2026 · 0.0
Power/Rangers
2015 · 0.0
EP Daily
1997 · 0.0