The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

Van Der Beek won the title role of "Dawson Leery" and the show's 1998 debut was a success that helped to establish the network and its cast which included Katie Holmes Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson. Since 2008 he has also had a recurring role on One Tree Hill. He performed at the Vineyard Theater in New York in Nicky Silver's play My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine and he played a supporting role in the independent film Cash Crop which was originally shot in spring of 1997 and originally titled Harvest until released in 2001.

(born March 8 1977) is an American television film and stage actor mainly known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in The WB series Dawson's Creek and for portraying a fictionalized version of himself on the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. He is also famous for his website which includes Van Der Beek himself acting out famous internet memes.