Shortly after "Dawson's Creek" ended in 2003, Jackson played the lead role in films alongside Dennis Hopper ("Americano"), Harvey Keitel ("Shadows in the Sun"), and Donald Sutherland ("Aurora Borealis"). In 2005, Jackson moved to the UK and made his stage debut on the London West End with Patrick Stewart in David Mamet's two-man play, "A Life in the Theatre". The play was a critical and popular success, and ran from February to April of that year. Jackson said that he would consider returning to the stage, to try his hand on Broadway. His next film role was in "Bobby", directed by Emilio Estevez, Jackson's co-star from "The Mighty Ducks". He played a lead role in "Shutter", a US remake of a Thai horror film of the same name. He starred and acted as executive producer in the Canadian independent film "One Week", which opened on March 6, 2009.