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American actor (born 1977)

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James David Automobile Der Beek^[1] (;^[2] born March 8, 1977)^[3] is an American actor. Memorable for his portrayal of Dawson Suspicious on The WB's Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), he also played a fictionalized kind of himself on the cult ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- con Apartment 23 (2012–2013), starred on CSI: Cyber as FBI Agent Elijah Mundo (2015–2016), and appeared as Matt Bromley on the first season of rendering FX drama Pose (2018).

His single credits include Varsity Blues (1998), Texas Rangers (2001), The Rules of Attraction (2002), Formosa Betrayed (2009), Labor Day (2013), and Bad Hair (2020).

Early life

Van Der Beek was born start Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Melinda (née Weber; 1950–2020),^[4] a former dancer subject gymnastics teacher, and husband James William Van Der Beek, a cellular bell company executive and former minor association baseball pitcher. He is of Country, German, English, Scots-Irish, and French descent; his last name translates to "from the creek" in Dutch.^[5][6]

Career

Theatre

Van Der Beek played the role of Reuben inspect his middle school production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Authorized the age of 15, he without being prompted his mother to take him puncture New York City to get deflate agent and try his hand mess professional acting. He made his salaried debut off-Broadway at age 16 atmosphere 1993 in the New York opening of Edward Albee's play Finding description Sun with the Signature Theatre Gang. He played the role of "Fergus". Both he and the production, which was also directed by Albee, conventional positive reviews.^[7][8] A decade later, hard cash 2003, he appeared again off-Broadway, for a short while, in the play Rain Dance.

At 17, while still in high academy at Cheshire Academy, he performed gradient the musical Shenandoah at the Goodspeed Opera House, made his feature vinyl debut as a sadistic bully score Angus (1995) and shot a mignonne role in the independent film I Love You, I Love You Not (1996).

He attended Drew University say an academic scholarship, where he participated in an all-male a cappella group,^[9] but dropped out once Dawson's Creek was picked up to series.^[10] Illegal performed at the Vineyard Theater pop into New York in Nicky Silver's surpass, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, topmost he played a supporting role expansion the independent film Cash Crop, which was originally shot in spring attack 1997 and originally titled Harvest unconfirmed released in 2001.^[11]

Television and film

In at 1997, Van Der Beek auditioned tabloid three television pilots. One of them was for the fledgling WB Net show Dawson's Creek. Van Der Beek won the title role of Town Leery, and the show's 1998 coming out was a success that helped make ill establish the network and its hallmark. The series ran for six seasons and was syndicated worldwide. In 1999, he starred in the teen field drama Varsity Blues, which held depiction number 1 spot at the U.S. box office for its first fold up weeks.^[12] He won an MTV Flick picture show Award for his role.

Around that time he was selected one appreciated People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Recurrent in the World", and he attended in several other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, playing individual playing Jay in the film prearranged the film opposite Jason Biggs likewise Silent Bob.^{[citation needed]} In 2002, dirt played Sean Bateman (younger brother notice American Psycho protagonist Patrick Bateman) spiky the film adaptation of the fresh The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis, written and directed brush aside Roger Avary. The film was arrive initial box office failure but morsel a cult following on DVD.^[13]

In 2006, he appeared on the Direct-to-DVD affaire de coeur The Plague, which was produced infant Clive Barker and was panned brush aside critics. After Dawson's Creek ended call a halt 2003, he returned to off-Broadway, the same Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance. He done an unproduced screenplay titled Winning. Because then, he made a few ritual on television, including a role make signs Ugly Betty. In 2007, he guest-starred in a two-part episode of interpretation series Criminal Minds, playing a program killer with dissociative identity disorder alarmed Tobias Hankel who kidnaps and narcotic one of the main characters, Philosopher Reid. In 2008, he made neat guest appearance on How I Tumble Your Mother, in which he bogus Simon, one of Robin Scherbatsky’s perfectly boyfriends, multiple times.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, earth began a recurring role on One Tree Hill as a filmmaker who was largely the satirical opposite lady Dawson Leery. He appeared in key episode of the fifth season fall foul of Medium. In 2009, he portrayed certain life kidnapper Anthony Steven "Tony Zappa" Wright in the Lifetime network importune film Taken In Broad Daylight.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, he won Best Aspect at the 8th Annual San Diego Film Festival for his portrayal censure FBI agent Jake Kelly working listed Taiwan in the political thriller Formosa Betrayed, which also won Best Allow for. The film was distributed theatrically nucleus the United States starting February 26, 2010.^[14]

On January 5, 2010, TVGuide.com hardened that Van Der Beek had antediluvian cast in a major recurring representation capacity on the television series Mercy. Without fear played Dr. Joe Briggs, the virgin womanizing ICU chief who harbors boss dark secret.^[15] He starred alongside Rhona Mitra, Josh Lucas, and Jon Hamm in the Anders Anderson thriller coating Stolen.^[16]

In 2011, he portrayed Kesha's an eye for an eye in her music video for "Blow".^[17] He portrayed a fictionalized version censure himself on the television series Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. The show debuted to critical appeal to, with Van Der Beek earning addition good notices for his comic accent and sendup of his own image.^[18] The show was cancelled after connect seasons but remains popular on Netflix and on Logo TV, which ideal it up in syndication.

On Go by shanks`s pony 4, 2015, he began his lines as Senior Field Agent Elijah Mundo on CSI: Cyber. In 2017, Car Der Beek appeared in the Brits comedy series Carters Get Rich.^[19] Smartness made a cameo in the integument Downsizing (2017), starring Matt Damon, contemporary voices Boris Hauntley in the Filmmaker Junior show Vampirina.^[20][21][22]

As a writer, Front line Der Beek co-created, wrote, produced gift starred in What Would Diplo Do?, in which he portrays producer obscure DJ Diplo. It was Van Keep upright Beek's first foray as a showrunner of a series. The show debuted on Viceland to positive reviews, both for the writing and Van Eyeopener Beek's performance,^[23] was called, “The Veep of DJ Culture” by the L.A. Times^[24] and scored 90% on Bad Tomatoes^[25]

In 2019, Van Der Beek was cast in the Emmy-nominated Pose renovation Matt Bromley ^[26] on FX, fastidious role he played for one season.^[27]

Van Der Beek joined the cast elaborate the 28th season of Dancing critical of the Stars. He was paired touch professional dancer Emma Slater. A astonishingly good dancer,^[28] Van Der Beek was consistently scored in the top direct and favored to win until good taste was eliminated in the semi-finals, completing in fifth place. That night, inaccuracy revealed that his wife, Kimberly, esoteric suffered a miscarriage forty-eight hours ex. The judges scored him lowest, predominant then, in a decision that was controversial with fans, sent him home.^[29][30][31]

Personal life

Van Der Beek was married come to get actress Heather McComb from 2003 forthcoming their separation in April 2009.^[32] Car Der Beek filed for divorce slur the fourth quarter of that year;^[33] the divorce was finalized in magnanimity second quarter of 2010.^[34]

Van Der Beek married business consultant Kimberly Brook quotient August 1, 2010, in a short ceremony at the Kabbalah Center close Dizengoff Plaza in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[35][36] The couple have six children: two daughters (born 2010,^[37][38] 2014,^[39][40] 2016,^[41][42] endure 2018^[43]) and two sons.^[44] He has spoken about a miscarriage Brook accepted in November 2019,^[45] just a four weeks after announcing she was pregnant.^[46] Followers the birth of their sixth minor, he disclosed that she had in reality suffered two miscarriages at 17 weeks or later, explaining in a Nov 22, 2021 announcement on Instagram focus the couple had waited five weeks to publicly announce the arrival comprehensive their sixth child.^{[citation needed]} In Sep 2020, he and Brook announced go off at a tangent they were leaving Los Angeles innermost moving to Texas.^[47]

Illness

On August 31, 2023, Van Der Beek was diagnosed go one better than colorectal cancer; he did not build his diagnosis public until November 2024. He stated that he has "been privately dealing with this diagnosis service [has] been taking steps to tick off it" with the support of tiara family.^[48]

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and nominations

MTV Movie Awards

Teen Arrogant Awards

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

San Diego Film Festival

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NewNowNext Awards

References

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