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James David Van Der Beek (; March 8, 1977 – February 11, 2026) was an American actor. Known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery on The WB's Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), he also played a fictionalized version of himself on the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23 (2012–2013), starred as FBI agent Elijah Mundo on CSI: Cyber (2015–2016) and appeared as Matt Bromley during the first season of the FX drama Pose (2018). Van Der Beek's film credits included Varsity Blues (1999), Texas Rangers (2001), The Rules of Attraction (2002), The Plague (2006), Formosa Betrayed (2009), Labor Day (2013) and Bad Hair (2020). Early life James David Van Der Beek was born on March 8, 1977, in Cheshire, Connecticut, the eldest of three children of Melinda (née Weber; 1950–2020), a dancer and gymnastics teacher, and James William Van Der Beek, a cell phone company executive. Career Theatre Van Der Beek played the role of Reuben in his middle school production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At 15, he asked his mother to take him into New York City to find an agent and pursue professional acting.
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