title role
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He co-wrote and played the title role in a Dostoyevsky trilogy for the Bristol New Vic company in 1980-81.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
He played the title role of Cordell Walker in the popular CBS series, from 1993-2001, bringing him to a wider audience.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
With the title role in coming-of-age teen drama Dawson's Creek, he walked some of the industry's hottest red carpets, and his face plastered magazine covers - one even dubbing him a "new superstar".
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
She explored similar themes of subversion in the movie “Hedda,” a moody remake of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” with the title role reimagined as a bisexual, biracial woman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
We were supposed to be doing Peter Pan for the winter musical, and I was basically dying to play the title role, but it was canceled too.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
