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Acting

James Van Der Beek

Career: Active from 1995 to 2026, busiest in 2009 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Van Der Beek Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.0, average 2.6
Catharsis
4.4, average 5.1
Wonder
2.7, average 3.4
Melancholy
4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 3
Teen Romance 2
Psychological Drama 2
Character Study 2
Magical Realism 2
Feel-Good 2
Cringe Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 58

The Gates

51

as Jacob

Sidelined 2: Intercepted

54

as Leroy Lahey

Overcompensating

72

TV show · as Charlie

Sidelined: The QB and Me

40

as Leroy Lahey

Walker

59

TV show · as New Neighbour

Bad Hair

56

as Grant Madison

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

77

TV show · as Prince Humperdinck

2010s

18 titles · average score 60

Vampirina

65

TV show · as Boris Hauntley (voice)

Room 104

66

TV show · as Scott

What Would Diplo Do?

72

TV show · as Diplo

CSI: Cyber

43

TV show · as Elijah Mundo

Power/Rangers

76

as Rocky DeSantos

Friends with Better Lives

48

TV show · as Will Stokes

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

76

TV show · as James Van Der Beek

Backwards

42

as Geoff

Salem Falls

54

as Jack St. Bride

Franklin & Bash

68

TV show · as Nathan

Formosa Betrayed

43

as Jake Kelly

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis

as Sean Bateman

2000s

22 titles · average score 55

The Storm

32

TV show · as Dr. Jonathan Kirk

Mrs. Miracle

62

as Seth Webster

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Bo Johnson

Taken in Broad Daylight

47

as Tony Zappa

Final Draft

35

as Paul Twist

Eye of the Beast

35

as Dan Leland

The Plague

37

as Tom Russell

How I Met Your Mother

75

TV show · as Simon Tremblay

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Tobias Hankel

Medium

69

TV show · as Dylan Hoyt

The Rules of Attraction

56

as Sean Bateman

Texas Rangers

35

as Lincoln Rogers Dunnison

1990s

12 titles · average score 61

Varsity Blues

57

as Jonathan 'Mox' Moxon

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Sean Albert

Harvest

44

as James Peterson

Dawson's Creek

67

TV show · as Dawson Leery

The Panel

70

TV show

EP Daily

TV show

I Love You, I Love You Not

44

as Tony

TFI Friday

69

TV show

Aliens in the Family

TV show · as Ethan

Angus

67

as Rick Sandford

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

47

TV show

Clarissa Explains It All

72

TV show · as Paulie