James Van Der Beek, best known for playing Dawson Leery in Dawson’s Creek, has been battling cancer for at least a year. When he skipped an in-person charity event with his former co-stars earlier ...
James Van Der Beek during the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival in Austin, Texas. (Gary Miller/Getty Images) James Van Der Beek, who is currently living with colorectal cancer, has addressed the real reason ...