James van der Beek
Van Der Beek (second left) has struggled to shed the memory of teenage heart-throb Dawson, whose Creek was so admired by teen viewers from 1998-2003.
"It did hold me back," he said in 2014, adding that movie directors would think he was too recognisable and not take him seriously. "But at the end of the day, it just makes you work that much harder."
He has also parodied his own fame - even playing a bitter version of himself as an actor trying to revive his career in 2012 sitcom Don't Trust The B in Apartment 23.
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