The “Varsity Blues” star and his wife faced loss more than once and stood by each other through every heartbreak.James and Kimberly Van Der Beek have been open about their experiences with pregnancy loss. On one occasion, they lost a baby while James was in the middle of participating in a reality show. The couple leaned on each other for support and found the strength to carry on.James and Kimberly are proud parents of six children: Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn, and Jeremiah. The kids share some of their parents’ features, including their mother’s blonde hair, giving the family a strikingly similar appearance.

The actor cherished being a father and expressed this love in an emotional Instagram post on Father’s Day in 2025. He wrote, “Being a father has been the most treasured honor of my life. Thank you to my kids for re-teaching me how to live, laugh, love, and show up in my own life and in the world.”James also expressed deep appreciation for his wife, his partner in raising their beloved children. He penned, “And thank you to my super hero of a wife @vanderkimberly who constantly exceeds the boundaries of what I thought was human capacity. I love you all with all my heart.”