Check out the most anticipated movies and shows premiering during the summer season, from [i]Ballerina[/i] to [i]Thunderbolts*[/i].

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Check out the most anticipated movies and shows premiering during the summer season, from <em>Ballerina</em> to <em>Thunderbolts*</em>.

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Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

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James Van Der Beek in What Would Diplo Do? (2017)

James Van Der Beek, Dora Madison, Michael Croner, and Dillon Francis in What Would Diplo Do? (2017)

James Van Der Beek and Krysten Ritter in Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)

James Van Der Beek in Aliens in the Family (1996)

James Van Der Beek in Saturday Night Live (1975)

James Van Der Beek in Under a Rock with Tig Notaro (2019)

James Van Der Beek, Anthony Anderson, Kate Flannery, and Jack McBrayer in Match Game (2016)

Alec Baldwin, James Van Der Beek, Anthony Anderson, Kate Flannery, Jenifer Lewis, Jack McBrayer, and Ellie Kemper in Match Game (2016)

James Van Der Beek and Jenifer Lewis in Match Game (2016)

James Van Der Beek, Anthony Anderson, Kate Flannery, Jenifer Lewis, Jack McBrayer, and Ellie Kemper in Match Game (2016)

James Van Der Beek, Anthony Anderson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jack McBrayer, Anna Camp, and Ellie Kemper in Match Game (2016)

Matt Damon, James Van Der Beek, Kristen Wiig, and Alison J. Palmer in Downsizing (2017)

James Van Der Beek, Josh Lucas, and Holt McCallany in Stolen (2009)

James Van Der Beek, James Corden, Jim Gaffigan, and Liam Payne in The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)

James Van Der Beek and Taylor Schilling in Mercy (2009)

James Van Der Beek in Criminal Minds (2005)

James Van Der Beek, Bobby Lee, Dora Madison, Michael Croner, and Dillon Francis in What Would Diplo Do? (2017)

James Van Der Beek and Shannyn Sossamon in The Rules of Attraction (2002)

James Van Der Beek in The Rules of Attraction (2002)

James Van Der Beek and Theresa Wayman in The Rules of Attraction (2002)

James Van Der Beek and Charley Koontz in CSI: Cyber (2015)

Patricia Arquette and James Van Der Beek in CSI: Cyber (2015)

Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, and Shad Moss in CSI: Cyber (2015)

Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, and Charley Koontz in CSI: Cyber (2015)

Patricia Arquette, Peter MacNicol, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, and Hayley Kiyoko in CSI: Cyber (2015)

Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, and Charley Koontz in CSI: Cyber (2015)

James Van Der Beek and Shad Moss in CSI: Cyber (2015)

James David Van Der Beek was born on March 8, 1977 in Cheshire, Connecticut, as the oldest of three children of Melinda (Weber), a gymnastics studio owner and Broadway dancer, and Jim Van Der Beek, a cell phone company executive. He has a brother named Jared who was born in 1979, and a sister named Juliana who was born in 1981. James started acting at 13 after suffering a concussion playing football that prevented him from playing for a year on doctor's orders. He landed the role of Danny Zuko in his school production of "Grease." After that, the acting bug sank in and the next three years he spent time doing local theater. Around 16, he and his mother went to New York City to find an agent and possible auditions. A year later, he was cast in an off-Broadway play called "Finding the Sun." After doing another play called "Shenandoah" in 1994, James received an academic scholarship to Drew University in NJ, where he was working towards obtaining a major in English with a minor in sociology and also at that time he won the role of Rick Sanford in the movie Angus (1995). In 1996, he won a very small supporting role in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996) which starred Claire Danes. After that film his acting career was at a dead end and he decided to continue with his schooling and eventually made the Dean's list. The college experience soon became old for James, so he took some time off to travel and when he returned he auditioned for a role in Dawson's Creek (1998). He won the lead in the show, and his life changed forever. Though James has taken a hiatus from his college studies to shoot the series, he still plans to finish his degree. He has starred in several hit films over the past couple of years, like Varsity Blues (1999) andTexas Rangers (2001).

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