Known for Acting
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.
Born
March 8, 1977
Died
February 11, 2026 (age 48)
Birthplace
Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
Filmography
40 films, 57 shows


1 in 2
2026 · 2h 22m
country: Unknown
Nearly one in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. David Nicholas Wilkinson is one of them, twice over. 1 in 2 follows Wilkinson through his own treatment, where he discovers a steep rise in bowel cancer among people far too young to be screened for it, and far too young, it seems, to be believed.


The Gates
2026 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Three friends' road trip turns terrifying when they witness a murder in a gated community. Trapped inside, hunted by residents who blame them, their bond fractures as a charismatic yet sinister patriarch closes in.


Sidelined 2: Intercepted
2025 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Freshman star quarterback Drayton struggles with the weight of expectations after a devastating setback, while dancer Dallas begins to question the future she thought she wanted. As their high school relationship begins to unravel under the pressures of distance and self-discovery, they’ll learn that the bravest versions of themselves emerge when they let life redirect them.


The Real Full Monty
2024 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A daring group of male celebrities volunteer to bare all to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research.


Sidelined: The QB and Me
2024 · 1h 39m
country: Canada
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 dream is suddenly derailed when the cheeky yet secretly grieving football star, Drayton, crashes into her life with a unique story of his own. Will the two of them be able to grow into their dreams together, or will their dreams be sidelined?


Bad Hair
2021 · 1h 42m
country: United States
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 may come at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own.


All-Time Favorite NFL Players Named by Celebrities, Players, and Coaches
2020 · 20m
country: Unknown
Celebrities, Players, and Coaches all name their favorite NFL players and share stories from their youths and adult lives that made these players their idols.


The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
2020 · 42m
country: United States
Go back to the beginning of television's longest-running primetime drama with behind-the-scenes footage, memorable scenes and exclusive interviews with the actors, creators and crew members.


Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019 · 1h 45m
country: United States
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.


Downsizing
2017 · 2h 15m
country: United States
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 afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.


Labor Day
2013 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
The Magic Bracelet
The Magic Bracelet
2013 · 18m
country: United States
'The Magic Bracelet' mysteriously links best friends Angela, Ashley and a cheese obsessed dog. When Ashley inherits a totem bracelet from a friend who died of Mitochondrial Disease - the same illness she herself battles - it leads the girls on a mystical journey of discovery in which a new level of friendship, family and healing is revealed. This project was created by Make A Film Foundation to fulfill the wish of 15 year old Rina Goldberg whose final words to her mom before she died of Mitochondrial disease were 'Promise to take care of my film.'


Backwards
2012 · 1h 29m
country: Unknown
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 to adjust to life off the race course.


Salem Falls
2011 · 1h 24m
country: United States
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.


The Big Bang
2011 · 1h 41m
country: United States
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 of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, three brash LAPD detectives, an aged billionaire looking for the Big Bang, and the billionaire's stunningly gorgeous wife. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million and just might explain - well - everything.


DILF Khakis
2011 · 1m
country: Unknown
James Van Der Beek got new pants.


Van Der Week: Behind the Scenes
2011 · 6m
country: Unknown
A look behind the scenes of how Van Der Week has been made.


Vandermemes
2011 · 2m
country: Unknown
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 all things James Van Der Beek!


Asshole for Hire
2011 · 2m
country: Unknown
James Van Der Beek is playing himself as an asshole for hire.


Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis
2010 · 3m
country: United States
Commissioned by Random House and Bret Easton Ellis.


Formosa Betrayed
2010 · 1h 43m
country: United States
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 of international secrets that has been thriving within college campuses across America for decades. His investigation takes him across the Pacific to the island nation of Taiwan, where with the help of the outspoken widow and an unlikely spy, he learns that the Professor's killing was not a random act, but a desperate move by a scandalous government intent on keeping its nefarious activities under wraps. Our detective soon finds himself on a collision course against the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and the Nationalist Chinese Government - in a land where the truth is not what it seems and the only people he can trust, cannot be trusted at all. Inspired by actual events.


Mrs. Miracle
2009 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appears and quickly becomes an irreplaceable nanny, chef, friend... and matchmaker.


Taken in Broad Daylight
2009 · 1h 29m
country: United States
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 survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.


Stolen
2009 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.


Eye of the Beast
2007 · 1h 30m
country: Canada
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.


Final Draft
2007 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
An aspiring screenwriter trying to write a new horror script finds himself mentally breaking down after days of isolation in his apartment.


Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2007 · 23m
country: United States
A series of 30 sketches, following the hilarious antics of various characters from a galaxy, far, far away.


The Plague
2006 · 1h 28m
country: United States
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 the generations is being waged, and time is not on the side of adults.
Danny Roane: First Time Director
Danny Roane: First Time Director
2006 · 1h 23m
country: United States
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, he gets sober, and then falls off the wagon and goes crazy and turns his film into a musical.


Standing Still
2005 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.


Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004 · 1h 27m
country: United States
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 SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK.


The Rules of Attraction
2002 · 1h 50m
country: Germany
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 bisexual classmate.


Texas Rangers
2001 · 1h 30m
country: United States
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 Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or no experience with guns or policing crime.


Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · 1h 44m
country: United States
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 leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.


Scary Movie
2000 · 1h 28m
country: United States
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 and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!


Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · 2h 41m
country: United States
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.


Harvest
1999 · 1h 40m
country: United States
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 to keep their farms operational. Story focuses on a young man, who accidentally discovers that his straight-laced parents are involved in the marijuana cultivation.


Varsity Blues
1999 · 1h 46m
country: United States
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 night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.


I Love You, I Love You Not
1996 · 1h 28m
country: France
A school student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.


Angus
1995 · 1h 30m
country: United States
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 that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him