James Van Der Beek Biography & Net Worth
US born dutch — American actor James van der Beek net worth (according net-worths.org) is not as high as some other Hollywood actors but still amounts to a nice number of $5 million. James van der Beek is pretty well known actor who appeared in movies, on TV and on stage and lately has been included in the list of “50 most beautiful people in the world” selected by the People magazine. This happened after he won MTV’s ‘best breakthrough performance award’. The movie that brought him this success was “Versaty Blue” (released in 1999) where James performed a leading role.
Despite numerous appearances both as a leading, supporting, as well as merely guest actor, James van der Beek is still best known for his role of a leading character Dawson Leery in the TV series “Dawson’s creek” released in 1998 when James was only 20 years old. This was not, however, his debut on screen. James debuted at the age of 17 performing a minor part in a 1995 teenage movie “Agnus”.
James van der Beek, whose full name is James William van der Beek, Jr. was born in 1977 in Connecticut, the United States. His father, former baseball pitcher who turned into an executive of a cellular phone company is probably the one to be thankful for the fact that the family could afford to fulfill the wish of then 15 year old James to get him an agent. The boy wanted to try a professional acting career. The idea turned out to be successful as soon after the young James van der Beek was offered a part in a play in New York Signature Theatre Company. That was the beginning of his professional career. Couple of years later he got a part in the musical at the Godspeed Opera House. Then above mentioned role in “Angus” followed.
During several later years Van der Beek performed in various plays and one independent film but the real success came to him with “Dawson’s creek”. Rejected at two other auditions he went to, he was lucky to be chosen by the creators of this one and we can be sure James has no regrets about that. The show was a bid success around the world and turned him into a star. Without a doubt it also earned him not a small amount of money, which is only natural considering the fact that the show was going on for straight six seasons. It is worth mentioning that among other actors who made their appearance in “Dawson’s creek” and went on to become famous actors were Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson.
Other notable works of James van der Beek include his roles in movies “I love you, I love you not”, “The rules of attraction”, also short but outstanding performances in television shows such as “Don’t trust the B — in apartment 23”, “How I met your mother”, “Ugly Betty”, “One tree hill”, “The forgotten” and “Mercy”, the most recent one. One more interesting fact about James van Beek is his website where he acts various internet memes”.
