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James Van Der Beek

1977 - Today

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James William Van Der Beek (; born March 8, 1977) is 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 on CSI: Cyber as FBI Agent Elijah Mundo (2015–2016), and appeared as Matt Bromley on the first season of the FX drama Pose (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Van Der Beek has received more than 7,660,002 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). James Van Der Beek is the 4,880th most popular actor (up from 5,140th in 2019), the 7,266th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,039th in 2019) and the 2,275th most popular American Actor.

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  • 7.7M

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  • 45.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Van Der Beek ranks 4,880 out of 9,996Before him are Cha Eun-woo, Madalena Iglésias, Timothy West, Saif Ali Khan, Roger Dumas, and Brenda Marshall. After him are Sadie Frost, Leticia Calderón, Mona Malm, Dianna Agron, Jaime Lorente, and Lee Sun-kyun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, James Van Der Beek ranks 109Before him are David Dastmalchian, Natalia Gavrilița, Ravshan Irmatov, Giorgia Meloni, John Green, and Melanie Lynskey. After him are Phil Neville, Colin Hanks, Samantha Cristoforetti, Adam Małysz, David Albelda, and Manuel Almunia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Van Der Beek ranks 7,266 out of 18,182Before him are Edward Everett (1794), Nancy Wilson (1954), Conrad Aiken (1889), John Oliver Creighton (1943), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), and Daniel Quinn (1935). After him are Booker T (1965), Bill Bradley (1943), Dianna Agron (1986), Jackson Scholz (1897), Pat Robertson (1930), and John F. MacArthur (1939).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Van Der Beek ranks 2,275Before him are Bill Moseley (1951), Nadia Cassini (1949), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Paget Brewster (1969), Maddie Ziegler (2002), and Denise Crosby (1957). After him are Dianna Agron (1986), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Andrew McCarthy (1962), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Lewis Stone (1879), and Forrest Tucker (1919).

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