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James Van der Beek: Biography

James Van Der Beek
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Beverly Hills, California United States
May 30, 2006
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Birth Name: James William Van Der Beek Jr.
Birth Place: Cheshire, CT
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/08/1977, Pisces
Profession: Actor

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James Van der Beek: TV Guide News

HIMYM's Robin Sparkles Hearts Dawson! | Today's Top Videos | 4/21/2008
All of you How I Met Your Mother Fans probably have fond memories of the episode from 2006 where Robin revealed her darkest secret to the bunch; that she was, in fact, a Canadian teen pop star. We couldn't get enough of Robin Sparkles and her video "Lets Go to the Mall." But wait, because on tonight's episode we get to see another long lost video, "Sandcastles in the Sand," with cameos from James Van Der Beek, Alan Thicke and the original Pop Princess—Tiffany! read more
Tiffany, Alan Thicke Add Sparkle to April 21 Mother | Today's News: Our Take | 4/9/2008
The April 21 episode of How I Met Your Mother is turning into a wonderful '80s flashback. Already marking the return of Robin Sparkles, the outing will feature visits from former teen popstress Tiffany and Growing Pains' Alan Thicke, playing Ms. Sparkles' gal pal and father, respectively, in a newly unearthed video for "Sandcastles in the Sand," a ballad Robin wrote upon being dumped by her backup-dancer beau (Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek).HIMYM co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas wrote and composed "Sandcastles in the Sand" as the B-side of "Let's Go to the Mall," using iconic '80s breakup ballads such as "Foolish Beat" and "Toy Soldiers" as inspiration.With Michael Gross (Family Ties) having guested as Ted's pop and Bob Saget (Full House) playing narrator, Thicke represents the third classic '80s dad to get involved with the CBS sitcom. What's your take? Is this shaping up to be one of Mother's best eps? — MWM read more
I Heart Ugly Wanda! | Ugly Betty | 10/19/2007
Episode Recap: "Grin and Bear It"Wilhemina was in her full glory tonight. My favorite scenes were Pretty Willie (as Meade Publications' cochair) being introduced to some of the company's other publishing treasures, and Ugly Wanda weaving us through her evening at Studio 54 as Fey's mousey assistant, spying on her boss entwined with Amanda's mystery dad with the Tweety Bird tattoo on his ass. Priceless!Speaking of spies, Syd's double-agent dad on Alias is now torturing the wounded artistes in Betty's writing class. His brand of teaching involves nick-naming Betty "Clappy" and/or "Crappy" and encouraging them to attempt suicide or start a knife fight — whatever gives them something to write about. I love Victor Garber; I hope we see more of him!No wonder the usually self-assured Betty lost her nerve during class and claimed the bear-victim story was hers. The poor girl can't get away with anything! Soon she found herself Prof. Barrett's teacher's pet, then at the "New York... read more
Preview: A Meade Family Affair | Ugly Betty | 10/17/2007
The Meade siblings have been getting along rather well during their recuperation from that awful car accident. And this week Alexis follows Daniel back to work, though it appears she's bringing her gender amnesia with her. (Let's just hope that she doesn't continue to examine her lady-parts in public.) But when a major “Mode” advertiser (James Van Der Beek) lets Daniel know how he feels about Alexis, things might not be so hunky-dory for long. — Joe Friedrich read more
Fall 2007: O'Connell Crossing Over to Comedy | Today's News: Our Take | 3/6/2007
The latest pilot-casting bits, from our friends at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter:• Crossing Jordan's Jerry O'Connell, along with Fred Goss (Sons & Daughters) and stand-up comic Jerry Minor, are among ABC's Carpoolers.• Scott Wolf (The Nine Party of Five) has landed the lead in an untitled ABC comedy about a top law firm.• Two-time Six Feet Under Emmy nominee Lauren Ambrose has been cast as Parker Posey's younger sister in Amy Sherman-Palladino's The Return of Jezebel James.• "Varsity Blues: The Later Years"? James Van Der Beek is a rookie in ABC's Football Wives.• Hey, Dean Wormer, get a load of this: Tim Matheson is the head of the university in Barnes, the CW's dramedy about crime-solving college students.• OK, this time I got it right: Jayma Mays, aka Heroes' ill-fated waitress, has come on board the ABC workplace comedy Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office.• Josh Hopkins (pre-Rob Lowe Brothers & Sisters) and Molly Parker... read more

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James Van der Beek: Photos

How I Met Your Mother, James Van Der Beek, Cobie Smulders courtesy Randy Tepper/CBS

Ugly Betty, James Van der Beek courtesy Mitch Haddad/ABC

<I>Dawson's Creek</i>'s James Van Der Beek

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James Van der Beek: TV Listings

James Van der Beek: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Standing Still (Actor - Simon)	2006	Movie
The Plague (Actor - Tom Russel)	2006	TV Show Series
The Rules Of Attraction (Actor - Sean Bateman)	2002	Movie
Cash Crop (Actor - James)	2001	Movie
Texas Rangers (Actor - Lincoln Rogers Dunnison)	2001	Movie