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| Born | James William Van Der Beek, Jr. March 8, 1977  Cheshire, Connecticut, United States |
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Early life
Van Der Beek was born in Cheshire, Connecticut, the son of Melinda, a former dancer and gymnastics studio manager, and James William Van Der Beek, Sr, a cellular phone company executive and former professional baseball pitcher. Cheshire is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each [1] His father retired from baseball shortly after James' birth and took a job with the phone company as sales account manager.
The family then moved to Cheshire, Connecticut, where James played football, baseball, ran track and field and even had a brief stint on the diving team. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. He mowed lawns around the neighborhood to earn money, and earned a full academic scholarship to the private school Cheshire Academy.
He suffered a concussion at age 13 while playing football, which prevented him from playing the rest of the season. So instead, he played Danny Zuko in his hometown's community theater production of Grease. This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. This lead to many more community theater roles, and at age 15 he was so passionate about performing that he asked his mother to take him into New York City that summer to see if he could get an agent and try his hand professionally. The City of New York
He got an agent his first day in New York, but then auditioned for commercials for a year and a half with no success.
Career
Professional Debut
Van Der Beek made his professional debut in the New York Premiere of three-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Edward Albee's play Finding the Sun at the Signature Theatre Company in which he played the role of "Fergus. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Edward Franklin Albee III ( "AWL-bee" born March 12 1928 is a three time Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright known for works including " The production, which was also directed by Mr. Albee, received rave reviews, especially for the young Van Der Beek. David Richards of the New York Times called his performance "refreshingly un-self-conscious",[2] and Vincent Canby wrote, "Mr. David Richards may refer to David Richards (racing, chairman of Prodrive and Aston Martin former team principal of the BAR and Benetton F1 motor racing teams Vincent Canby ( July 27 1924 &ndash September 15 2000) was an American film critic. Albee has directed this text with skill, humor and an excellent cast, most notably (if only because he really is 16) James Van Der Beek, who plays the boy with the comic ease of someone with 20 years' experience onstage. " [3] With this experience under his belt, Van Der Beek was now sure he wanted to pursue acting.
At age 17, while still in high school, he performed in the musical Shenandoah at the Goodspeed Opera House made his feature film debut as a bully in the teen-oriented 1995 film Angus, and shot the independent film I Love You, I Love You Not opposite Claire Danes and Jude Law. Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works was formed in 1959 to restore the Goodspeed Angus is a 1995 Comedy-drama film directed by Patrick Read Johnson and written by Jill Gordon Claire Catherine Danes (born April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award -winning and Emmy Award -nominated American Film Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989
After graduating High School, Van Der Beek attended Drew University on a partial academic scholarship, where he majored in English and Sociology. Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey. Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" While there, he performed in Drew's all-male a cappella group 36 Madison Avenue. A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment During his stay he performed at the Vinyard Theater in New York in Nicky Silver's play, My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, and played a supporting role in the independent film Cash Crop, which was originally shot in spring of 1997 and originally titled Harvest and was released (largely on his name, despite the fact that his role was quite small) in 2001 after he'd become famous.
Big break
Toward the end of his sophomore year of college, James took the Metro-North train into New York - as he often did - to audition for three Television pilots. The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, or MTA Metro-North Railroad, or more commonly Metro-North, is a Suburban commuter rail service A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. One of them was for the fledgling WB Network, which he didn’t even get on the closed-circuit cable service that ran to his dorm room. The show was Dawson's Creek. Dawson's Creek was an American Primetime Television Drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998 Van Der Beek played the title role of "Dawson Leery", and show's debut in 1998 was a massive success that not only established the network, but made stars (and teen idols) of its cast, which also included Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, and Joshua Jackson. The Teen Idols were a Pop punk band based in Nashville Tennessee. Kate "Katie" Noelle Holmes (born December 18 1978 is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9 1980 is an Academy Award -nominated American actress. Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian – American actor The series, shot in Wilmington, North Carolina, ran for six years, was hugely popular among the coveted 18-34 year old demographic, and was syndicated all over the world. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States
Van Der Beek parlayed the success of the show into film in 1999, starring in the teen football comedy Varsity Blues which was #1 at the box office for two weeks, broke the current box-office record for Martin Luther King Day weekend at that time, and grossed $53 million in the US alone. Varsity Blues is a 1999 Film that follows a small-town High school football team and their focused coach through a tumultuous Van Der Beek won an MTV Movie Award for his leading role. The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV ( Music Television)
In 2002, he turned his wholesome image on its head by playing Sean Bateman (younger brother of American Psycho protagonist Patrick Bateman) in the film adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis' The Rules of Attraction, which was written and directed by Roger Avary. The Rules of Attraction is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987 and made into a film by the same name in 2002 American Psycho is a Thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1991 Patrick Bateman is a Fictional character, the Anti-hero and Narrator of the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles California) is an American author. The Rules of Attraction is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987 and made into a film by the same name in 2002 Roger Roberts Avary (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian -born motion picture director, producer and Oscar -winning Screenwriter While the film initially made only a modest profit at the box office, it has gone on to become a cult classic on DVD throughout the world.
During this time, Van Der Beek was chosen as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1998, hosted Saturday Night Live, and appeared in several other films, including Texas Rangers, Scary Movie, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 film written by directed by and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse
The next chapter
As soon as Dawson's Creek ended in 2003, James immediately returned to the New York Stage, in the New York Premiere of Lanford Wilson's Rain Dance. Lanford Wilson (born on April 13, 1937 in Lebanon Missouri) is an American Playwright.
He then married actress Heather McComb in July of 2003. Heather McComb (born March 2, 1977 in Barnegat New Jersey) is an American actress.
Since then, James has been busy working out of the spotlight. He completed his first screenplay, Winning, a hero's journey/love story set in the world of modern-day Major League Baseball, and has optioned several properties to develop, including Charles Bowdon's non-fiction book A Shadow in the City.
He has made a few notable appearances on television recently, including a role in Ugly Betty, and a performance in 2007 in the two-part, post-Super Bowl episode of Criminal Minds in which he played a young man with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Criminal Minds is an American crime drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM
He recently wrapped the independent film The Boy in the Box with Josh Lucas and Jon Hamm. Josh Lucas (born Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer; June 20, 1971) is an American Actor. Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Hamm (born March 10, 1971) is an American Actor whose work has been primarily in Television. He also had a guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother on April 21, 2008 in which he played an old flame of Robin's who she falls for again. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005 Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date)
Personal life
Van Der Beek and his wife live primarily in Los Angeles; both are attendees of the Kabbalah Center. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Kabbalah Centre is a 501(c(3 not-for-profitspiritual organization with headquarters in Los Angeles California which provides courses online and through its
He enjoys playing the guitar and participating in sports; his favorite football team is the Green Bay Packers. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. James Van Der Beek who starred in Dawson's Creek, Texas Rangers, and Varsity Blues was pronounced dead at 5:34 am off a drug overdoes. The drug which was used has not been specified yet.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | Castle in the Sky | Pazu (voice) | 1998 English dubbed version |
| 1995 | Angus | Rick Sanford | |
| 1996 | I Love You, I Love You Not | Tony | |
| 1997 | Harvest | James Peterson | Renamed Cash Crop |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues | Jonathon 'Mox' Moxon | |
| 2000 | Scary Movie | Dawson Leery(Uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Texas Rangers | Lincoln Rogers Dunnison | |
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Himself | ||
| 2002 | The Rules of Attraction | Sean Bateman | |
| 2005 | Standing Still | Simon | Filmed in 2003 |
| 2006 | The Plague | Tom Russel | |
| Criminal Minds | Tobias Hankel | Season 2, Ep. (re-titled Castle in the Sky for release in the United States) is a Film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, released in 1986 Angus is a 1995 Comedy-drama film directed by Patrick Read Johnson and written by Jill Gordon I Love You I Love You Not is a 1996 Romantic drama film directed by Billy Hopkins and written (also the play by Wendy Kesselman. In Agriculture, the harvest is the process of Gathering mature crops from the fields Reaping is the cutting of Grain Varsity Blues is a 1999 Film that follows a small-town High school football team and their focused coach through a tumultuous Scary Movie is a 2000 film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is an American Dark comedy which parodies the horror and mystery genres Dawson Wade Leery is the fictional lead character on an American Primetime Television Drama called "Dawson's Creek" Texas Rangers is a 2001 film directed by Steve Miner. It is about a group of Texas Rangers set in the post- American Civil War era Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 film written by directed by and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse The Rules of Attraction ( 2002) is a dark satirical film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by "Standing Still" is a song by female American artist Jewel. The Plague (also known as Clive Barker's The Plague) is a 2006 horror Film directed by Hal Masonberg and written by Hal Masonberg Criminal Minds is an American crime drama that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. 14 "The Big Game", Ep. 15 "Revelations" | |
| 2007 | Eye of the Beast | Dan Leland | |
| Danny Roane: First Time Director | Himself | ||
| Final Draft (film) | Paul Twist | ||
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Simon | Episode 3. Danny Roane First Time Director is a 2006 comedy film written directed by and starring Andy Dick, Jack Black and Mo Collins. How I Met Your Mother is an American Situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19 2005 16 - "Sandcastles In The Sand" |
Awards
- 1999 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance (for Varsity Blues)
- 2001 MTV Movie Award for Best Cameo in a Movie (for Scary Movie)
He was also nominated for the 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Newcomer (for Varsity Blues)
Trivia
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His hobbies are: playing the guitar, sleeping, staying with his friends and playing sports.
His favourite movie is The Shawshank Redemption (1994). The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American Drama film, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King
Lives in New York City for most of the summer - when his show is on hiatus or when he is not shooting a film.
James enjoys watching football on weekends and still plays football with his friends whenever he has the time.
The necklace that he wore on "Dawson's Creek" (1998) was made by his mother. Dawson's Creek was an American Primetime Television Drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998
Is a Dutch-American
Oddly, the literal translation of his Dutch surname means 'from the creek'. A Dutch American is an inhabitant of the United States of whole or partial Dutch ancestry
References
External links
- James Van Der Beek's Official Website
- James Van Der Beek at the Internet Movie Database
- All Movie Guide entry for James Van Der Beek
- Collection of interviews at :James Van Der Beek Online
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