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“While series was on air he played a high school football player in Varsity Blues 1999 himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001 and a college student in The Rules of Attraction 2002”
Analyzed on 2026-10-09T18:44:32+00:00 · Last updated 2026-10-09
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While the series was on the air, he played a high school football player in the coming-of-age movie “Varsity Blues” (1999); himself in the Kevin Smith comedy “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” (2001); and a bitter, promiscuous, drug-dealing college student in “The Rules of Attraction” (2002), a dark comedy based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel.
Extracted from: James Van Der Beek, ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Actor, Dies at 48 After Cancer Battle , The New York Times
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“He later played memorable roles like Mox, a conflicted and idealistic second-string quarterback in the sports drama “Varsity Blues,” and a fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom “Don’t Trust the B — in Apartment 23.””
In His Second Act, James Van Der Beek Starred Online as a Proud Dad and Family Man
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CLM-5A95A823
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while-series-was-on-air-he-played-a-high-school-football-pla-5a95a823
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nytimes.com
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