James Van Der Beek Files for Divorce

By Ken Lee

Thursday November 19, 2009 07:20 PM EST

James Van Der Beek and wife Heather McComb

Josephine Santos/Pacific Coast News

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James Van Der Beek has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly six years, actress Heather Ann McComb, Los Angeles court records show. The couple had no children together.

The pair separated earlier this year.

Van Der Beek, 32, and McComb got engaged in early 2003 and were married over the Fourth of July weekend that year in Malibu.

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The two had exchanged vows in an outdoor ceremony in front of a group of guests that included Van Der Beek's Dawson's Creek costars Michelle Williams, Busy Phillips and pal Soleil Moon Frye.

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