Joshua Jackson was spotted for the first time since the death of Dawson's Creek costar James Van Der Beek. Jackson, 47, was photographed leaving Gigi's Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, February 11, hours after news broke that his former castmate Van Der Beek had died at age 48. Jackson was seen wearing a cream cardigan, white tee, black pants and white sneakers with black stripes as he left the restaurant alone, according to a picture obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, February 12.