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2 | ->''"I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others."'' |
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4 | James David Van Der Beek, Jr. (born March 8, 1977 in Cheshire, Connecticut) is an American television, film, and stage actor, mainly known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in The WB series ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' and for portraying a fictionalized version of himself on the ABC sitcom ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'' in Apartment 23. He is also famous for his website, which includes Van Der Beek himself acting out famous internet memes. |
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6 | He was married to actress Creator/HeatherMcComb from 2003 to 2009. Since 2010, he has been married to business consultant Kimberly Brook, with whom he has six children. |
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8 | !!Notable for: |
9 | * ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' (1993) as Paulie |
10 | * ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' (1995) as Stephen Anderson |
11 | * ''Film/{{Angus}}'' (1995) as Rick Sandford |
12 | * ''Series/AliensInTheFamily'' (1996) as Ethan |
13 | * ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (1998-2003) as Dawson Leery [[note]]He played the show's titular character, a sixteen year old high school student (when the series began) despite being 21 when the show debuted. It is from the casting habits of this show that we get the trope DawsonCasting.[[/note]] |
14 | ** ''Film/ScaryMovie'' (2000) |
15 | * ''Film/VarsityBlues'' (1999) as Jonathan "Mox" Moxon |
16 | * ''Film/TexasRangers'' (2001) as Lincoln Rogers Dunnison |
17 | * ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (2001) as himself |
18 | ** ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot'' (2019) |
19 | * ''Literature/TheRulesOfAttraction'' (2002) as Sean Bateman |
20 | * ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' (2003) as Pazu (voice; English dub) |
21 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2006) as various characters (voice) |
22 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'' (2007) as Tobias Hankel |
23 | * ''Series/UglyBetty'' (2007) as Luke Carnes |
24 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' (2008, 2013) as Simon Tremblay |
25 | * ''Series/OneTreeHill'' (2008-2009) as Adam Reese |
26 | * ''Series/{{Medium}}'' (2009) as Dylan Hoyt |
27 | * ''Series/TheForgotten'' (2009) as Judd Shaw |
28 | * ''Series/{{Mercy}}'' (2010) as Dr. Joe Briggs |
29 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' (2011) as Rex Tamlyn |
30 | * ''Series/FranklinAndBash'' (2011) as Nathan |
31 | * ''Series/DontTrustTheBInApartment23'' (2012-2013) as himself |
32 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' (2012) as Sean Albert |
33 | * ''Film/LaborDay'' (2013) as Officer Treadwell |
34 | * ''WebVideo/PowerRangersBootlegUniverse'' (2015) as Rocky the Red Ranger |
35 | * ''Series/CSICyber'' (2015-2016) as Elijah Mundo |
36 | * ''Series/Room104'' (2017) as Scott |
37 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' (2017-2021) as Boris Hauntley (voice) |
38 | * ''Film/{{Downsizing}}'' (2017) as Anesthesiologist |
39 | * ''Series/ModernFamily'' (2017) as Bo Johnson |
40 | * ''Series/{{Pose}}'' (2018) as Matt Bromley |
41 | * ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' (2020) as Prince Humperdinck |
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