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| birthplace = {{city-state|Cheshire|Connecticut}}, U.S.
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| occupation = [[Actor]]
| yearsactive = 1990–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Heather McComb]]|2003|}} (filed for divorce)
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'''James William Van Der Beek, Jr.''' (born March 8, 1977) is an [[United States|American]] television, film and stage [[actor]], known for his portrayal of [[Dawson Leery]] in the [[WB Network]] drama series ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''.

==Early life and stage career==
Van Der Beek was born in [[Cheshire, Connecticut]], the son of Melinda, a former dancer and gymnastics studio manager, and James William Van Der Beek, Sr, a [[cellular phone]] company executive and former professional [[baseball]] pitcher.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/94/James-Van-Der-Beek.html James Van Der Beek Biography (1977-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He attended Norton Elementary School, Dodd Junior High School, and the [[Cheshire Academy]]. At the age of 15, he asked his mother to take him into [[New York City]] to get an agent and try his hand professionally.

Van Der Beek made his professional debut in the New York premiere of [[Edward Albee]]'s play ''[[Finding the Sun]]'' at the [[Signature Theatre Company]] in which he played the role of "Fergus." The production, which was also directed by Albee, received good reviews. <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DB1538F933A25751C0A962958260 Review/Theater; 3 Albee One-Acters About People Boxed In - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E7DE1F38F933A15751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 SUNDAY VIEW; A Season of Albee, Obsessions Safely Intact - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> At age 17, while still in high school, he performed in the musical [[Shenandoah (musical)|''Shenandoah'']] at the [[Goodspeed Opera House]], and made his feature film debut with a bit part as a bully in the teen-oriented 1995 film ''[[Angus (film)|Angus]]''. The following year, he shot a small role on the independent film ''[[I Love You, I Love You Not]]'' which starred [[Claire Danes]], [[Jude Law]] and legandary French film star [[Jeanne Moreau]].

Van Der Beek attended [[Drew University]] but later dropped out to pursue acting. He performed at the [[Vinyard Theater]] in New York in [[Nicky Silver's]] play, ''My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine'', and played a supporting role in the independent film ''Cash Crop'', which was originally shot in spring of 1997 and originally titled ''Harvest'' released until in 2001.

==Television and film career==
One day in early 1997, Van Der Beek auditioned for three [[television pilots]]. One of them was for the fledgling [[WB Network]]. The show was ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''. Van Der Beek won the title role of "Dawson Leery", and the show's 1998 debut was a success that helped to establish the network and its cast, which included [[Katie Holmes]], [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]], and [[Joshua Jackson]]. The series, shot in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], ran for six seasons, was syndicated worldwide, and made household names of the cast.

In 1999, he starred in the teen football comedy ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]'', which held the #1 spot at the US Box Office for its first two weeks.<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=varsityblues.htm]</ref> Van Der Beek won an [[MTV Movie Award]] for his role.

During this time, Van Der Beek was chosen as one of [[People (magazine)|''People'' magazine]]'s "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", and appeared in several other films, including ''[[Texas Rangers (film)|Texas Rangers]]'', ''[[Scary Movie]]'', and ''[[Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back]]''.

In 2002, he played [[Sean Bateman]] (younger brother of ''[[American Psycho]]'' protagonist [[Patrick Bateman]]) in the [[The Rules of Attraction (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Bret Easton Ellis]]' ''[[The Rules of Attraction]]'', written and directed by [[Roger Avary]]. The film was an initial box-office failure, but found a cult following on DVD.<ref>[http://www.aintitcool.com/node/13586]</ref> In 2006 he also appeared on the [[Direct-to-DVD]] thriller ''[[The Plague]]'', which was produced by [[Clive Barker]] and was panned by critics.

After ''Dawson's Creek'''s run ended in 2003, Van Der Beek immediately returned to the Off-Broadway Stage, in [[Lanford Wilson]]'s ''Rain Dance''. He completed an unproduced screenplay titled ''Winning''. Since then he has made a few appearances on television, including a role on ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', and a performance in 2007 in a two-part episode of the series ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' in which he played a fanatic religious [[serial killer]] with [[dissociative identity disorder]] called Tobias Hankel who kidnaps and drugs one of the main characters [[Spencer Reid]]. In 2008, he made a guest appearance on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. Since 2008, he has also had a recurring role on ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''. He recently appeared on ''[[The Storm]]'' a NBC miniseries, and in an episode of the fifth season of ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''. In 2009, Van Der Beek portrayed real life kidnapper Anthony Steven "Tony Zappa" Wright in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime network]] television movie ''[[Taken In Broad Daylight]]''.

In 2009, Van Der Beek won Best Actor at the San Diego Film Festival for his portrayal of FBI agent Jake Kelly in the political thriller "[[Formosa Betrayed]]", which also won Best Picture. The film will be distributed theatrically in the US starting February 28, 2010. <ref>[http://www.formosathemovie.com/news.php]</ref>

On January 5, 2010, TVGuide.com has confirmed that James Van Der Beek has snagged a major recurring role on Mercy. James will play Dr. Liam West, the new womanizing ICU chief who harbors a dark secret. The role could become a regular gig for the 32-year-old actor.<ref>{{cite news | author=Joyce Eng | title=James Van Der Beek Scrubs In to <i>Mercy</i>| url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/James-Van-Der-1013407.aspx| work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In July 2003, Van Der Beek married actress [[Heather McComb]]. In June 2009, Van Der Beek's representative confirmed that the couple had separated after six years of marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/news/james-van-der-beek-separates-from-wife-200996|title= EXCLUSIVE: James Van Der Beek, Wife Split |date=2009-06-09|publisher=usmagazine.com|accessdate=2009-07-05}}</ref>
On November 20, 2009, Van Der Beek filed for divorce.<ref>{{cite news | author=Adam Bryant | title=James Van Der Beek Files for Divorce| url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/VanDer-Beek-Divorce-1012355.aspx | work=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9;
|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|- align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Film
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Angus (film)|Angus]]''
| Rick Sandford
|-
| 1996
| ''[[I Love You, I Love You Not]]''
| Tony
|-
| 1998
| ''Cash Crop''
| James Peterson
| Alternative titles: ''Harvest''<br>''A Desperate Season''
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Castle in the Sky]]''
| Pazu (Voice)
| Alternative titles: ''Laputa: The Flying Island''<br>''Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta''
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Varsity Blues (film)|Varsity Blues]]''
| Jonathon "Mox" Moxon
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Scary Movie]]''
| Dawson Leery
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=2| 2001
| ''[[Texas Rangers (film)|Texas Rangers]]''
| Lincoln Rogers Dunnison
|-
| ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''
| Himself
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]]''
| Sean Bateman
|-
| 2005
| ''Standing Still''
| Simon
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
| ''[[Danny Roane: First Time Director]]''
| James Van Der Beek
|-
| ''[[The Plague (film)|The Plague]]''
| Tom Russell
| [[Direct-to-video|Direct-to-DVD release]]
|-
| 2007
| ''Final Draft''
| Paul Twist
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[Stolen Lives (film)|Stolen Lives]]''
| Diploma/Roggiani
|-
| ''[[Formosa Betrayed]]''
| Jake Kelly
|-
|- align="center"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television
|- align="center"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]''
| Paulie
| 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''[[As the World Turns]]''
| Stephen Anderson
| Unknown episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Aliens in the Family]]''
| Ethan
| 1 episode
|-
| 1998-2003
| ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''
| Dawson Leery
| 128 episodes
|-
| 2005
| ''Three''
| John-O
| Unsold pilot
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
| ''Sex, Power, Love & Politics''
| Ozzie
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| Various roles (Voice)
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=4|2007
| ''Eye of the Beast''
| Dan Leland
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Football Wives]]''
| Brian Reynolds
| Unsold pilot
|-
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Raphael/Tobias Hankel
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Ugly Betty]]''
| Luke Carnes
| 1 episode
|-
| 2008
| ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
| Simon
| 1 episode
|-
| 2008-2009
| ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]''
| Dixon
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|2009
| ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''
| Dylan Hoyt
| 1 episodes
|-
| ''[[Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle]]''
| Seth Webster
| Television movie
|-
| ''[[Taken In Broad Daylight]]''
| Tony Zappa
| Television movie
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Year
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Award
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Result
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Category
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Film or series
|-
|2000
|Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
|'''Nominated'''
|Favorite Actor - Newcomer (Internet Only)
|''Varsity Blues''
|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;"
|1999
|rowspan=2|[[MTV Movie Awards]]
|rowspan=2|'''Won'''
|Best Breakthrough Male Performance
|''Varsity Blues''
|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;"
|2001
|Best Cameo in a Movie
|''Scary Movie''
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|rowspan=2|[[Teen Choice Awards]]
|'''Nominated'''
|TV - Choice Actor
|''Dawson's Creek''
|-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;"
|'''Won'''
|Film - Breakout Performance
|''Varsity Blues''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*[http://www.vanderbeek.com James Van Der Beek's Official Website]
*{{imdb name|0004735}}
*{{amg name|B200937}}

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