# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-van-der-beek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:38:08.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-van-der-beek"
name: "James Van Der Beek"
slug: "james-van-der-beek"
description: "James David Van Der Beek 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 cult 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)."
tagline: "American actor (1977–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesVanDerBeekSept2013TIFF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-03-08"
deathDate: "2026-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.631628695095876
  historical:           33.139284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump