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Net Worth:	$8 Million
Born:	March 8, 1977
Died:	February 11, 2026
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Country of Origin:	Canada
Source of Wealth:	Professional Actor
Last Updated:	Feb 13, 2026

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• Introduction
• Acting Career
• Recent Career
• Highest-Grossing Movies

Introduction

James Van Der Beek was an American professional actor with an estimated net worth of $8 Million.

Acting Career

James Van Der Beek started his career in 1993, appearing in an episode of Clarissa Explains It All, followed by three episodes of As the World Turns. He then appeared in an episode of Aliens in the Family before landing the title role of Dawson Leery in the WB series Dawson’s Creek.

Alongside Katie Holmes, Van Der Beek remained on the show for six seasons and 122 episodes until it ended in 2003. While starring in Dawson’s Creek, he also landed a role in the football drama Varsity Blues, which earned him an MTV Movie Award.

In the early 2000s, James Van Der Beek appeared in many films and series, even reprising his role as Dawson Leery in Scary Movie. In 2001, he joined Ashton Kutcher and Dylan McDermott in the Texas Rangers and played himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Van Der Beek provided the English voice for Pazu in Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky in 2003 and three years later starred in The Plague. Following the end of Dawson’s Creek, Van Der Beek returned to TV in 2007, appearing in Criminal Minds, Ugly Betty, and Eye of the Beast.

In 2008, he landed recurring roles in How I Met Your Mother and One Tree Hill, before appearing in the films Formosa Betrayed and Stolen. After that, he appeared in the TV series Medium, The Storm, and The Forgotten, as well as the TV movies Taking in Broad Daylight and Mrs. Miracle.

TV & Movies

James Van Der Beek appeared in 10 episodes of Mercy and, in 2011, starred alongside Antonio Banderas in the film The Big Bang. That year, he appeared in two series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Franklin & Bash, and the TV movie Salem Falls.

The following year, he played a fictionalized version of himself in Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 until 2013. While the show was canceled after two seasons, it has become one of the best TV series on Netflix and Logo TV. Van Der Beek appeared in two episodes of The Eric Andre Show in 2013 and was cast in Friends with Better Lives.

In 2015, he joined the main cast of CSI: Cyber and appeared in the short film Power/Rangers, which he also co-wrote.

Recent Career

James Van Der Beek was busy in 2017 as a prominent cast member of Carter’s Get Rich and the co-creator and writer of What Would Diplo Do. That year, he also had a small role in Room 104 and was cast as a central character in the animated series Vampirina.

Likewise, he appeared on Modern Family with Sofia Vergara and on the reality-music competition Drop the Mic. Van Der Beek was in the main cast of Pose in 2019 and then joined Dancing with the Stars shortly after. However, after making it to the semi-finals, his wife suffered a miscarriage and, in a controversial decision for fans, the judges sent him home.

Highest-Grossing Movies

Here’s a complete list of James Van Der Beek’s ten highest-grossing movies:

1. Scary Movie – $278 million (2000)
2. Downsizing – $55 million (2017)
3. Varsity Blues – $54 million (1999)
4. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – $34 million (2001)
5. Labor Day – $20 million (2013)
6. The Rules of Attraction – $12 million (2002)
7. Castle in the Sky – $6.2 million (1986)
8. Angus – $4.8 million (1995)
9. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot – $4.7 million (2019)
10. Texas Rangers – $764 thousand (2001)