James Van Der Beek

At 47 years old, James Van Der Beek has this physical status:

Early life and stage career

Van Der Beek, a former dancer and gymnastics coach, and husband James William Van Der Beek, a telecommunications company executive and former professional baseball pitcher, was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, son of Melinda (née Weber) (1950-2020), a former dancer and gymnastics coach and former professional baseball pitcher, and former professional baseball pitcher James William Van Der Beek. He is a descendent of the Dutch people; his last name translates to "from the creek."

In Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Reuben was played by Van Der Beek in his middle school production. He begged his mother to take him to New York City to get an agent and try his hand at professional acting at the age of 15. He made his professional debut off-Broadway in 1993 with the Signature Theatre Company in New York. He appeared on "Ferris" for the first time. Both he and the project, which was also directed by Albee, received high praise. He appeared in the play Rain Dance a decade later, in 2003.

Aged 17, who was still in high school at Cheshire Academy, he appeared in the musical Shenandoah and made his debut as a sadistic bully in Angus (1995) and shot a small part in the independent film I Love You, Not (1996).

He studied at Drew University on an academic scholarship, where he was involved in an all-male cappella group, but he was forced to leave Dawson's Creek when it was announced. He appeared in My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, Nicky Silver's play, in New York, and he was a supporting actor in the independent film Cash Crop, which was shot in spring of 1997 and then titled Harvest until 2001.

Television and film career

Van Der Beek auditioned for three television pilots in early 1997. Dawson's Creek, one of them was for the fledgling WB Network. Dawson Leery's title role was won by Van Der Beek, and the show's 1998 debut helped establish the network and its cast. The series lasted six seasons and was syndicated around the world. In 1999, he appeared in Varsity Blues, the teen football drama that debuted in the United States box office for the first two weeks. For his part, he received an MTV Movie Award.

He was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" earlier this year, and he appeared in several other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, playing Jay in the film alongside Jason Biggs as Silent Bob. In the film version of Bret Easton Ellis' book The Rules of Attraction, written and directed by Roger Avary, he played Sean Bateman (younger brother of American Psycho protagonist Patrick Bateman). The film was a first box office failure, but a cult followed on DVD.

He appeared on the Direct-to-DVD drama The Plague, directed by Clive Barker and condemned by critics in 2006. In Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance, Dawson's Creek took place in 2003. He directed Winning, an unproduced screenplay. Since then, he has made a few television appearances, including a role on Ugly Betty. Spencer Reid appeared in a two-part episode of Criminal Minds in 2007, portraying a serial killer with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and heroines one of the main characters. He appeared on How I Met Your Mother in which he played Simon, one of Robin Scherbatsky's early boyfriends, several times.

He began a recurring presence on One Tree Hill in 2008 as a filmmaker who was largely the satirical counterpart to Dawson Leery. He appeared in an episode of Medium's fifth season. In the Lifetime network television film Taken In Broad Daylight, he portrayed real life kidnapper Anthony Steven "Tony Zappa" Wright. In 2009, he received Best Actor at the 8th Annual San Diego Film Festival for his portrayal of FBI agent Jake Kelly working in Taiwan in the political thriller Formosa Betrayed, which also received Best Picture. Beginning in February 26, 2010, the film was released theatrically in the United States.

Van Der Beek had been cast in a major repeating role on the television series Mercy beginning on January 5, 2010. www.google.com confirmed it on January 5, 2010. Dr. Joe Briggs, the nascent ICU chief who harbors a dark mystery, was a Dr. Joe Briggs. In the Anders Anderson thriller film Stolen, he appeared alongside Rhona Mitra, Josh Lucas, and Jon Hamm.

In her music video for "Blow," she portrayed Kesha's nemesis in 2011. In Apartment 23, he portrayed a fictionalized version of himself from the television series Don't Trust the B---. Van Der Beek received acclaim for his comedic timing and a glimpse of his own image. After two seasons, the show was cancelled, but it's still popular on Netflix and on Logo TV, which has boosted it to syndication.

On March 4, 2015, he began his work as Senior Field Agent Elijah Mundo on CSI: Cyber. Van Der Beek appeared in the British comedy series Carters Get Rich in 2017. In the Disney Junior show Vaintley, he appeared in the film Downsizing (2017), starring Matt Damon, and he plays Boris Hauntley.

Van Der Beek, a writer, co-created, produced, and starred in What Will Diplo Do, a film in which he portrays a producer and DJ Diplo. It was Van Der Beek's first attempt at a show runner of a series. The show debuted on Viceland to rave reviews, both for the writing and Van Der Beek's appearances, as well as the L.A. Times' "The Veep of DJ Culture." Rotten Tomatoes earned 90%.

Van Der Beek appeared on Emmy-nominated Pose in 2019, a role he played for one season.

Van Der Beek appeared on Dancing with the Stars for the 28th season. Emma Slater, a professional dancer, had him paired with him. Van Der Beek, a remarkably good dancer who wasn't consistently ranked in the top position and favored to win until he was disqualified in the semi-finals and ended in fifth place. Kimberly, his wife, had suffered a miscarriage forty-eight hours before, and he revealed it that night. In a decision that was controversial among supporters, the judges rated him lowest, and then sent him home.

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