James Van Der Beek

Actor | Music Department | Writer

James David Van Der Beek was born on March 8, 1977 in Cheshire, Connecticut, as the oldest of three...

Born: March 8, 1977

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Filmography

Known For

Dawson's Creek Dawson Leery (1998-2003)
Varsity Blues Mox (1999)
The Rules of Attraction Sean Bateman (2002)
Known For

What Would Diplo Do? Diplo (2017)
Actor

Vampirina Boris (2017-2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Prince Humperdinck (2020)
Bad Hair Grant Madison (2020)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot James Van Der Beek (2019)
Belvedere: Destiny (2018)
Pose Matt Bromley (2018)
Modern Family Bo Johnson (2017)
Sea Oak Mr. Frendt (2017)
What Would Diplo Do? Diplo (2017)
Downsizing Anesthesiologist (2017)
Room 104 Scott (2017)
Carters Get Rich Trent Zebriski (2017)
CSI: Cyber Elijah Mundo (2015-2016)
Indiana Home Shopping (2015)
Power Rangers Rocky (2015)
Friends with Better Lives Will (2014)
How I Met Your Mother Simon (2008-2013)
Labor Day Officer Treadwell (2013)
The Magic Bracelet Joe (2013)
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 James Van Der Beek (2012-2013)
Backwards Geoff (2012)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sean Albert (2012)
Salem Falls Jack McBradden (2011)
Franklin & Bash Nathan (2011)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Rex Tamlyn (2011)
Ke$ha: Blow (2011)
DILF Khakis (2011)
Asshole for Hire (2011)
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis Sean Bateman (2010)
Mercy Dr. Joe Briggs (2010)
The Big Bang Adam Nova (2010)
Mrs. Miracle Seth Webster (2009)
The Forgotten Judd Shaw (2009)
Stolen Diploma / Rogianni (2009)
The Storm Dr. Jonathan Kirk (2009)
Formosa Betrayed Jake Kelly (2009)
Medium Dylan Hoyt (2009)
One Tree Hill Adam Reese (2008-2009)
Eva Adams Connor Strikes (2009)
Taken in Broad Daylight Tony Zappa (2009)
Football Wives Brian Reynolds (2007)
Eye of the Beast Dan Leland (2007)
Ugly Betty Luke Carnes (2007)
Final Draft Paul Twist (2007)
Criminal Minds Tobias Hankel (2007)
Sex, Power, Love & Politics Ozzie (2006)
The Plague Tom Russell (2006)
Robot Chicken Jonathan 'Mox' Moxon (2006)
Three John-O (2005)
Standing Still Simon (2005)
Dawson's Creek Dawson Leery (1998-2003)
The Rules of Attraction Sean Bateman (2002)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back James Van Der Beek (2001)
Texas Rangers Lincoln Rogers Dunnison (2001)
Scary Movie Dawson Leery (2000)
Collective Soul: Run Mox (1999)
Saturday Night Live Chris Brubaker (1999)
Varsity Blues Mox (1999)
Harvest James Peterson (1998)
I Love You, I Love You Not Tony (1996)
Aliens in the Family Ethan (1996)
As the World Turns Stephen Anderson (1995)
Angus Rick Sandford (1995)
Clarissa Explains It All Paulie (1993)
Actor

Castle in the Sky Pazu (Disney dub) (1986)
Soundtrack

Vampirina (2017)
Soundtrack

The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Writer

What Would Diplo Do? (2017)
Writer

Power Rangers (2015)
Producer

What Would Diplo Do? (2017)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2017-2019)
Extra with Billy Bush (2015-2019)
Access Hollywood (2018)
Criminal Minds (2007-2017)
Chelsea Lately (2014)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)
100 Greatest Teen Stars (2006)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Archive footage

Songs from Dawson's Creek (1999)
Seventeen: The Faces for Fall (1998)
Music Department

Vampirina (2017-2019)

Videos

Awards

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Did You Know

Met his ex-wife after her sister, Jennifer McComb, played a small guest-role in an episode of Dawson's Creek (1998). Jennifer kept in touch with the Dawson's Creek (1998) crew and introduced James and Heather.

Quotes

[on 'Dawson's Creek'] As popular as the show was, the fact that people are still all relevant however many years later, the fact that none of us are in jail, is pretty staggering. The odds that four people that young, who got that famous that ...