• Name: James Van Der Beek
  
• Birth Name: James William Van Der Beek Jr.
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: March 8, 1977
  
• Birth Place: Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut
  
•   : Drew University in Madison, New Jersey (majored in English; interrupted studies to pursue career)
  
• Relationship: Heather McComb (actress; born on March 2, 1977)
  
• Father: Jim Van Der Beek (cellular-phone company executive; former pitcher for the Dodgers)
  
• Mother: Melinda Van Der Beek (gymnastics studio owner; former Broadway dancer)
  
• Sister: Juliana Van Der Beek (born in 1981)
  
• Brother: Jared Van Der Beek (born in 1979)
  
• Claim to fame: as Dawson Leery in the WB series Dawson's Creek
  

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• "I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan.Thats why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without attracting a crowd of curious onlookers".
• "I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself. If people want to write anything about me, then can go ahead and do whatever they want. But they won't get a comment out of me, that's for sure. It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want."
• Talking about shooting a TV show: "Sometimes it can be really stressful. But that's where it's important to have a close cast working together. On our show - Michelle, Katie, Josh and I get along really well. We all started together - and we back each other whenever we have any problems with the writers. So if there's unity amongst the cast then that reduces the level of stress and tension that can work its way into a long running show".
• On being mobbed by fans with DAWSON'S CREEK costar Joshua Jackson at a Seventeen magazine party: "We walked out and everybody went nuts. We were throwing T-shirts out, but we had to stop because people were trampling each other to get them. I was like a deer in the headlights. I didn't know how to react."

• MTV Movie Awards: Best Cameo, SCARY MOVIE (2001)
• MTV Movie Award: Best Breakthrough Male Performance, VARSITY BLUES (1999)

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