American actor
Van Der Beek. In this dutch identify, the surname is James William Van Der Beek [ 1 ] ( ; [ 2 ] born March 8, 1977 ) [ 3 ] is an american actor best known for his portrait of Dawson Leery in the WB series Dawson’s Creek and Johnny “ Mox ” Moxson in Varsity Blues ( 1999 ). He played a novelize version of himself on the cult ABC sitcom Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, starred in CSI: Cyber as FBI Special Agent Elijah Mundo, and as Matt Bromley on the FX drama Pose .

early biography and stage career [edit ]

Van Der Beek was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Melinda ( née Weber ) ( 1950-2020 ), [ 4 ] a early dancer and gymnastics teacher, and James William Van Der Beek, a cellular telephone company executive and former professional baseball pitcher. He is partially of Dutch lineage ; his last name translates to “ by the brook “. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

At the historic period of 15, he asked his mother to take him into New York City to get an agent and try his hand in professional act. He made his professional debut off-broadway at age 16 in 1993 in the New York premiere of Edward Albee ‘s bring Finding the Sun with the Signature Theatre Company. He played the character of “ Fergus ”. Both he and the production, which was besides directed by Albee, received plus reviews. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A ten late, in 2003, he appeared again off-broadway, briefly, in the play Rain Dance. Aged 17, while silent in high school at Cheshire Academy, he performed in the melodious Shenandoah at the Goodspeed Opera House, and made his sport film debut as a sadistic bully in Angus ( 1995 ) and shot a modest function in the freelancer film I Love You, I Love You Not ( 1996 ). He attended Drew University, on an academician scholarship, where he participated in an all-male a cappella group, [ 9 ] but dropped out once Dawson’s Creek was picked up to serial. [ 10 ] He performed at the Vineyard Theater in New York in Nicky Silver ‘s play, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, and he played a encouraging function in the freelancer film Cash Crop, which was originally shot in bounce of 1997 and in the first place titled Harvest until released in 2001. [ 11 ]

television receiver and film career [edit ]

In early 1997, Van Der Beek auditioned for three television pilots. One of them was for the newcomer WB Network show Dawson’s Creek. Van Der Beek won the style character of Dawson Leery, and the show ‘s 1998 introduction was a success that helped to establish the network and its cast. The series ran for six seasons and was syndicated worldwide. In 1999, he starred in the adolescent football drama Varsity Blues, which held the number 1 position at the U.S. box position for its first two weeks. [ 12 ] He won an MTV Movie Award for his role. Around this clock he was selected one of People cartridge holder ‘s “ 50 Most beautiful People in the World ”, and he appeared in respective other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, playing himself playing Jay in the film within the film diametric Jason Biggs as Silent Bob. [ citation needed ] In 2002, he played Sean Bateman ( younger brother of American Psycho supporter Patrick Bateman ) in the film adaptation of the novel The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis, written and directed by Roger Avary. The film was an initial box office failure, but found a fad following on DVD. [ 13 ] In 2006, he appeared on the Direct-to-DVD thriller The Plague, which was produced by Clive Barker and was panned by critics. After Dawson’s Creek ended in 2003, he returned to off-broadway, in Lanford Wilson ‘s Rain Dance. He completed an unproduced screenplay titled Winning. Since then, he made a few appearances on television receiver, including a role on Ugly Betty. In 2007, he guest-starred in a bipartite episode of the series Criminal Minds, playing a consecutive killer with dissociative identity disorder called Tobias Hankel who kidnaps and drugs one of the chief characters, Spencer Reid. In 2008, he made a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother, in which he played Simon, one of Robin Scherbatsky ’ s early boyfriends, multiple times. [ citation needed ] In 2008, he began a recurring role on One Tree Hill as a film maker who was largely the satirical opposite of Dawson Leery. He appeared in an sequence of the fifth temper of Medium. In 2009, he portrayed real life kidnapper Anthony Steven “ Tony Zappa ” Wright in the Lifetime network television film Taken In Broad Daylight. [ citation needed ] In 2009, he won Best actor at the 8th Annual San Diego Film Festival for his depicting of FBI agent Jake Kelly working in Taiwan in the political thriller Formosa Betrayed, which besides won Best picture. The film was distributed theatrically in the United States starting February 26, 2010. [ 14 ] On January 5, 2010, TVGuide.com confirmed that Van Der Beek had been cast in a major recurring character on the television receiver series Mercy. He played Dr. Joe Briggs, the newfangled womanizing ICU chief who harbors a dark unavowed. [ 15 ] He starred aboard Rhona Mitra, Josh Lucas, and Jon Hamm in the Anders Anderson thriller film Stolen. [ 16 ] In 2011, he portrayed Kesha ‘s nemesis in her music video recording for “ Blow “. [ 17 ] He portrayed a fictionalize version of himself on the television receiver series Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23. The appearance debuted to critical praise, with Van Der Beek earning peculiarly good notices for his amusing time and parody of his own picture. [ 18 ] The express was cancelled after two seasons, but remains popular on Netflix and on Logo television which picked it up in syndication. On March 4, 2015, he began his role as Senior Field Agent Elijah Mundo on CSI: Cyber. In 2017, Van Der Beek appeared in the british drollery series Carters Get Rich. [ 19 ] He made a cameo in the movie Downsizing ( 2017 ), starring Matt Damon, and voices Boris Hauntley in the Disney Junior show Vampirina. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] As a writer, Van Der Beek co-created, wrote, produced and starred in What Would Diplo Do?, in which he portrays manufacturer and DJ Diplo. It was Van Der Beek ‘s beginning plunder as read runner of a series. The display debuted on Viceland to positive reviews, both for the write and Van Der Beek ‘s performance, [ 23 ] was called, “ The Veep of DJ Culture ” by the L.A. Times [ 24 ] and scored 90 % on Rotten Tomatoes [ 25 ]

In 2019 Van Der Beek was cast in the Emmy-nominated Pose as Matt Bromley [ 26 ] on FX, a character he played for one season. [ 27 ] Van Der Beek joined the cast of the 28th temper of Dancing with the Stars. He was paired with professional dancer Emma Slater. A amazingly thoroughly dancer, [ 28 ] Van Der Beek was systematically scored in the top spot and favored to win until the he was eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing in 5th place. That nox, he revealed that his wife, Kimberly, had suffered a miscarriage forty-eight hours anterior. The judges scored him lowest, and then, in a decision that was controversial with fans, sent him home. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

personal life [edit ]

Van Der Beek was previously married to actress Heather McComb from 2003 until their interval in April 2009. [ 32 ] Van Der Beek filed for disassociate in the fall of that class, [ 33 ] which was finalized and enforced in spring 2010. [ 34 ] Van Der Beek married business adviser Kimberly Brook on August 1, 2010, in a small ceremony at the Kabbalah Center near Dizengoff Plaza in Tel Aviv, Israel. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] The copulate have six children, including Olivia ( bear September 25, 2010 ), [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Joshua ( born March 13, 2012 ), [ 39 ] Annabel ( born January 25, 2014 ), [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Emilia ( born March 23, 2016 ), [ 42 ] [ 43 ] and Gwendolyn ( born June 15, 2018 ). [ 44 ] They announced in October 2019 that they were expecting their sixth child. [ 45 ] In November 2019, it was revealed that Van der Beek ‘s wife, Kimberly, had suffered a spontaneous abortion. [ 46 ] In September 2020, they announced that they were leaving Los Angeles and moving to Texas. [ 47 ] On November 22nd, 2021 he posted to TikTok and Instagram welcoming his 6th child Jeremiah who was born 5 weeks earlier. He said after two 17+ workweek losses, they kept the pregnancy silence .

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television receiver [edit ]

Awards and nominations [edit ]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1999 Varsity Blues Best Breakthrough Male Performance Won
2001 Scary Movie Best Cameo in a Movie Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1999 Dawson’s Creek Choice TV Actor Nominated
Varsity Blues Choice Movie Breakout Star Won
2012 Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23 Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer Nominated
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Varsity Blues Favorite Actor – Newcomer (Internet Only) Nominated

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2009 Formosa Betrayed Best Actor Won
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011 JamesVanDerMemes.com[49] OMG Internet Award Won

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