Line #6 Creator/JamesVanDerBeek


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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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