"<div class=""meta image-caption""><div class=""origin-logo origin-image ""><span></span></div><span class=""caption-text"">Former 'Dawson's Creek' star James Van Der Beek was comfortable in front of the camera even as a kid, growing up in Cheshire, Connecticut.  As an actor, Van Der Beek spent six seasons portraying Dawson Leery on the popular WB series 'Dawson's Creek' alongside Joshua Jackson, Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes. The actor most recently starred in the ABC series 'Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23' as a fictionalized version of himself.    In August 2013, Van Der Beek and his wife Heather McComb announced they were expecting their third child.    (Pictured: Left -- James Van Der Beek appears in a photo posted on his official Instagram page on July 18, 2013. Right -- James Van Der Beek appears at the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood party on April 18, 2013.) (instagram.com/vanderjames / Giulio Marcocchi / startraksphoto.com)</span></div>"
{}