From ‘Dawson’s Creek’ to ‘Varsity Blues’: James Van Der Beek’s most beloved roles

From Dawson Leery to Jonathon “Mox” Moxon, James Van Der Beek’s profession was marked by characters who embodied the highschool teen spirit, together with supporting roles in a number of the well-liked tv reveals of his time.

Van Der Beek’s position in “Do not Belief the B—- in Condominium 23,” “‘Guidelines of Attraction” coupled with extra high-profile movie and roles added to Van Der Beek’s spectacular Hollywood resume of a number of many years.

After Van Der Beek, who publicly introduced his most cancers prognosis in 2024, died at 48, here’s a look again at a number of the actor’s most noteworthy roles in movie, tv and stage.

Dawson Leery on ‘Dawson’s Creek’

Van Der Beek’s most recognizable position got here within the type of the title position of Dawson Leery in The WB community’s 1998 present, “Dawson’s Creek.” Van Der Beek dropped out of faculty to star within the position for the entire of its six-year run, reverse fellow solid members and future stars Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams and Joshua Jackson.

In Leery, Van Der Beek portrayed an aspiring filmmaker, dealing with the ills of adolescence and younger maturity.

“That was when life was at its craziest,” Van Der Beek mirrored about his time on the hit present in a 2020 interview with “Good Morning America.” “At 20 years previous, I received stupidly fortunate and located myself in a zeitgeist, cultural phenomenon TV present, and I used to be all of a sudden well-known.”

Jonathon “Mox” Moxon on ‘Varsity Blues’

Van Der Beek parlayed his “Dawson’s Creek” success into the starring position within the 1999 coming-of-age sports activities drama “Varsity Blues.”

The actor took on the position of Jonathon “Mox” Moxon, the backup quarterback for West Canaan Excessive College in Texas. Van Der Beek’s efficiency because the clever quarterback earned him the very best breakthrough male efficiency award on the 1999 MTV Film Awards and the selection film breakout star on the 1999 Teen Selection Awards.

“It was a film I actually, actually cared about, it was a job I actually cared about,” Van Der Beek told “Good Morning America.” “It was a job I actually needed to battle for. I needed to battle for that position; no person wished me for that position initially,” he stated.

‘Guidelines of Attraction’

In 2002, Van Der Beek starred within the comedy movie, primarily based on Bret Easton Ellis e book “Guidelines of Attraction,” as Sean Bateman, a New Hampshire faculty drug supplier whose misadventures, together with a number of classmates, the movie focuses on. Van Der Beek’s character within the movie is the youthful brother of “American Psycho” predominant character Patrick Bateman. “American Psycho” was additionally written by Ellis.

Additionally starring within the movie are Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel and Ian Somerhalder.

‘Don’t Belief the B— in Condominium 23’

Van Der Beek performed a humorous and exaggerated model of himself within the two seasons of the ABC comedy “Do not Belief the B—- in Condominium 23.”

Within the present, Van Der Beek performs a struggling actor who’s trying to regain the success of his youthful years.

Van Der Beek, who scored a Teen Selection nomination for the position, starred alongside Krysten Ritter, Dreama Walker and extra within the position.

‘Texas Rangers’

In 2001, James Van Der Beek starred within the Western movie “Texas Rangers,” enjoying Lincoln Rogers Dennison. The position marked his first main main movie efficiency, casting him as a critical, morally pushed lawman-in-training.

The film follows a bunch of younger, rebellious males who grow to be Texas lawmen and should abandon their outlaw pasts to cease a violent legal gang in submit–Civil Conflict Texas. Van Der Beek co-starred alongside Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott, Rachael Leigh Prepare dinner, and Usher Raymond.