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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.5188 |
| Birthday | 1977-03-08 |
| Place of Birth | Cheshire, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As | James Van Derbeek, James David Van Der Beek, |
2002
The Rules of Attraction
6.2/620
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...
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The Rules of Attraction
1995
Angus
6.6/96
Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks...
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Angus
2001
Texas Rangers
6.016/124
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexi...
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Texas Rangers
2007
Final Draft
3.5/12
An aspiring screenwriter trying to write a new horror script finds himself mentally breaking down after days of isolation in his apartment.
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Final Draft
2010
Formosa Betrayed
6/20
In the early 1980s, an FBI Agent is assigned to investigate the murder of a respected professor. Through his investigation, he unearths a spider web o...
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Formosa Betrayed
1999
Varsity Blues
6.144/475
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday...
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Varsity Blues
2006
The Plague
4.909/82
Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An unholy battle between...
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The Plague
2009
Stolen
5.9/120
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
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Stolen
2011
DILF Khakis
6/1
James Van Der Beek got new pants.
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DILF Khakis
2011
Van Der Week: Behind the Scenes
6/1
A look behind the scenes of how Van Der Week has been made.
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Van Der Week: Behind the Scenes
2011
Vandermemes
6/1
James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek) is here to bring you the "Dawson Crying GIF" and many more internet faces as part of VanDerWeek, a celebration of...
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Vandermemes
2011
Asshole for Hire
6/1
James Van Der Beek is playing himself as an asshole for hire.
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Asshole for Hire
2009
Taken in Broad Daylight
5.21/31
Every 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive diminishes to almost 100% ... The true and inspiring surviva...
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Taken in Broad Daylight
2009
Mrs. Miracle
6.017/117
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appear...
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Mrs. Miracle
2011
The Big Bang
5.303/147
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets o...
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The Big Bang
2007
Eye of the Beast
5/43
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidl...
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Eye of the Beast
1999
Harvest
4.333/3
A DEA agent and a local sheriff have to wrestle with their consciences as they start raids on local farmers, who have started growing marijuana simply...
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Harvest
2011
Salem Falls
5.3/22
A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
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Salem Falls
2012
Backwards
5.7/16
When a fiercely competitive 30 year old rower fails to make the Olympic boat for the second time, she takes a coaching job at a school but struggles t...
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Backwards
2013
Labor Day
7.068/1363
Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a sec...
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Labor Day
2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
6.444/9
Directed by the wife of 'That Kevin Smith', Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, a feature length documentary looking at the behind the scenes making of JAY AND...
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Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2025
Sidelined: The QB and Me
6.286/245
Dallas, a burdened but headstrong dancer, is determined to get into the best dance school in the country—her late mother’s alma mater. However, that d...
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Sidelined: The QB and Me
2010
Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis
7/2
Commissioned by Random House and Bret Easton Ellis.
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Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis
2013
The Magic Bracelet
5/1
'The Magic Bracelet' mysteriously links best friends Angela, Ashley and a cheese obsessed dog. When Ashley inherits a totem bracelet from a friend who...
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The Magic Bracelet
2007
The Robot Chicken: Star Wars
7.2/272
A series of 30 sketches, following the hilarious antics of various characters from a galaxy, far, far away.
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The Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2005
Standing Still
5.479/47
A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.
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Standing Still
2017
Downsizing
5.411/4148
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and affo...
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Downsizing
1996
I Love You, I Love You Not
5.257/37
A school student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
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I Love You, I Love You Not
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
5.674/611
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...
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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
6.44/1767
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that l...
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2000
Scary Movie
6.425/8017
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up...
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Scary Movie
2021
Bad Hair
5.649/94
In 1989, an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career ma...
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Bad Hair
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
9.7/6
Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews wit...
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The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2024
The Real Full Monty
4/3
A daring group of male celebrities volunteer to bare all to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research.
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The Real Full Monty
2020
All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
2/1
Celebrities, Players, and Coaches all name their favorite NFL players and share stories from their youths and adult lives that made these players thei...
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All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
2025
Sidelined 2: Intercepted
7/106
Freshman star quarterback Drayton struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas begins to question the fu...
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Sidelined 2: Intercepted
2006
Danny Roane: First Time Director
4.6/11
A television actor drinks too much and gets blackballed from the industry, and then he decides to break back in by directing his own movie. Eventually...
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Danny Roane: First Time Director
2026
The Gates
6.111/27
Three friends' road trip turns terrifying when they witness a murder in a gated community. Trapped inside, hunted by residents who blame them, their b...
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