Eric Lively
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Eric Lawrence Lively is an American actor. He played the role Nick Larson in The Butterfly Effect 2
.
. He has a sister, actress Blake Lively
, half-sisters actresses Lori Lively
and Robyn Lively
and a half-brother, Jason Lively
, who played Rusty in National Lampoon's European Vacation
. Both his parents, Ernie Lively
and Elaine Lively, and all four siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment industry. His brother-in-law is Bart Johnson
.
's last film, Brainstorm
(1983). After graduating high school, Lively moved to New York City to study photography
, his first passion. He studied photography at Parsons The New School for Design
in New York City. At one time, he was an Abercrombie and Fitch model.
He guest starred in an episode of Full House
at age 13, where he played Stephanie Tanner's first boyfriend. Afterwards, Lively returned to Los Angeles in the late 1990s and had a role in American Pie
(1999). He followed this up on the television series So Weird
, on which he played Carey Bell from 2000 to 2001. He learned to play the guitar for his character on So Weird
. Lively was then a cast member of the short-lived 2003 Norm Macdonald
series A Minute With Stan Hooper
. In 2004 he acted in Speak
with Kristen Stewart
. In 2005, Lively was offered two different television roles - on 24 and The L Word
. He took the role on The L Word as documentary
filmmaker Mark Wayland. He chose a recurring role on The L Word over a regular role on 24 because he felt the subject matter was more important .
Lively was also part of the cast of the WB series Modern Men
from March until May 2006. His last role was in The Butterfly Effect 2
, where he was the main character.
Lively played the President's son, Roger Taylor, in 24: Redemption, a television movie prequel to the seventh season
of 24.
He also appeared in Pink
's music video "Please Don't Leave Me
" from her album Funhouse
in 2009. Stuntman Justin Sundquist served as his stunt double.
The Butterfly Effect 2
The Butterfly Effect 2 is a 2006 American psychological thriller film directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan and Gina Holden...
.
Early life
Lively was born in Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. He has a sister, actress Blake Lively
Blake Lively
Blake Christina Lively is an American actress and model who stars as Serena van der Woodsen in the television teen drama series Gossip Girl...
, half-sisters actresses Lori Lively
Lori Lively
Lori Lynn Lively is an American actress and television co-host/designer.-Personal life:Daughter of talent manager Elaine Lively and the sister of Jason Lively, Robyn Lively, Eric Lively and Blake Lively. She is the sister-in-law of actor Bart Johnson....
and Robyn Lively
Robyn Lively
Robyn Elaine Lively is an American actress. Lively is best known for her role in the film Teen Witch, as well as for her roles in the TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D., Twin Peaks, and Saving Grace.-Early life:...
and a half-brother, Jason Lively
Jason Lively
-Career:Jason Lively started his career by appearing in the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard when he was 10 years old. His first film appearance was four years later in the 1983 film Brainstorm...
, who played Rusty in National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's European Vacation
European Vacation is a 1985 comedy film. The second film in National Lampoon's Vacation film series, it was directed by Amy Heckerling and stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. Dana Hill and Jason Lively replace Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall as Griswold children Audrey and Rusty...
. Both his parents, Ernie Lively
Ernie Lively
Ernie Lively is an American actor.Lively was born Ernest W. Brown in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1979, he married talent manager Elaine Lively and took her name. They are the parents of actors Blake Lively and Eric Lively, and he is stepfather of her children from her previous marriage Lori Lively,...
and Elaine Lively, and all four siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment industry. His brother-in-law is Bart Johnson
Bart Johnson
Barton Robert "Bart" Johnson , is an American actor, best known for his role as Coach Jack Bolton in the High School Musical film series.-Personal life:...
.
Career
Lively's first movie was as a baby in Natalie WoodNatalie Wood
Natalie Wood, born Natalia Nikolaevna Zacharenko was an American film and television actress. After first working in films as a child, Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25 years old.Wood began acting in movies at the...
's last film, Brainstorm
Brainstorm (1983 film)
Brainstorm is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood...
(1983). After graduating high school, Lively moved to New York City to study photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, his first passion. He studied photography at Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School for Design
Parsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...
in New York City. At one time, he was an Abercrombie and Fitch model.
He guest starred in an episode of Full House
Full House
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and...
at age 13, where he played Stephanie Tanner's first boyfriend. Afterwards, Lively returned to Los Angeles in the late 1990s and had a role in American Pie
American Pie (film)
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...
(1999). He followed this up on the television series So Weird
So Weird
So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...
, on which he played Carey Bell from 2000 to 2001. He learned to play the guitar for his character on So Weird
So Weird
So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...
. Lively was then a cast member of the short-lived 2003 Norm Macdonald
Norm MacDonald
Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring Weekend Update for three years...
series A Minute With Stan Hooper
A Minute with Stan Hooper
A Minute with Stan Hooper, also known as Stan Hooper, is an American sitcom starring Norm Macdonald. The series was a Carsey-Werner production in association with Paramount Television and aired on Fox...
. In 2004 he acted in Speak
Speak (film)
Speak is a 2004 American independent film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. It stars a then 13-year-old Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who practically stops talking after being raped by a senior student. The film is told through...
with Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart
Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress. She is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga. She has also starred in films including Panic Room , Zathura , In the Land of Women , The Messengers , Adventureland and The Runaways .- Early life :Stewart was born and raised in Los...
. In 2005, Lively was offered two different television roles - on 24 and The L Word
The L Word
The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
. He took the role on The L Word as documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker Mark Wayland. He chose a recurring role on The L Word over a regular role on 24 because he felt the subject matter was more important .
Lively was also part of the cast of the WB series Modern Men
Modern Men
Modern Men is an American situation comedy television series which premiered March 17, 2006, on The WB. The series stars Eric Lively, Josh Braaten, and Max Greenfield as three single men, and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives...
from March until May 2006. His last role was in The Butterfly Effect 2
The Butterfly Effect 2
The Butterfly Effect 2 is a 2006 American psychological thriller film directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Eric Lively, Erica Durance, Dustin Milligan and Gina Holden...
, where he was the main character.
Lively played the President's son, Roger Taylor, in 24: Redemption, a television movie prequel to the seventh season
24 (season 7)
Season Seven, also known as Day 7 of the American serial television series 24, was to premiere on January 13, 2008, but was delayed for one year due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. On November 23, 2008, Fox aired 24: Redemption, a two-hour TV movie set between seasons. Season...
of 24.
He also appeared in Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
's music video "Please Don't Leave Me
Please Don't Leave Me
"Please Don't Leave Me" is a song from American pop rock singer Pink and the third single taken from her fifth studio album Funhouse. It was released on January 31, 2009. The song received strong airplay in Australia and New Zealand, as well as being added to the BBC Radio 1 A-List playlist in the UK...
" from her album Funhouse
Funhouse (Pink album)
Funhouse is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink, released by LaFace Records worldwide in October 2008. Upon its release, the album reached number one on the charts in 6 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and United Kingdom, while debuting at number two in...
in 2009. Stuntman Justin Sundquist served as his stunt double.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Brainstorm Brainstorm (1983 film) Brainstorm is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Douglas Trumbull and starring Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood... |
Baby (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Armed and Innocent Armed and Innocent Armed And Innocent is a crime/thriller made-for-TV film, directed by Jack Bender, starring Andrew Starnes, Gerald Mcraney and Kate Jackson. Released in 1994, it was loosely based on actual events.-Plot synopsis:... |
Sammy | TV movie |
| 1994 | Full House Full House Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and... |
Jamie | Episode: "Is It True About Stephanie?" |
| 1998 | Sandman | Bobby Doll | |
| 1999 | American Pie American Pie (film) American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series... |
Albert | |
| 1999-2001 | So Weird So Weird So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,... |
Carey Bell | 48 episodes |
| 2001 | A Mother's Fight for Justice | Andrew Stone | TV movie |
| 2001 | Uprising Uprising (film) Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman... |
Arie Wilner | TV movie |
| 2002 | Paranormal Girl | Andy | TV movie |
| 2002 | Christopher Harte | TV movie | |
| 2003-2004 | A Minute with Stan Hooper A Minute with Stan Hooper A Minute with Stan Hooper, also known as Stan Hooper, is an American sitcom starring Norm Macdonald. The series was a Carsey-Werner production in association with Paramount Television and aired on Fox... |
Ryan Hawkins | 13 episodes |
| 2004 | Michael | Episode: "Twenty-Two, Thirty-Two, Forty-Two" | |
| 2004 | Speak Speak (film) Speak is a 2004 American independent film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. It stars a then 13-year-old Kristen Stewart as Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman who practically stops talking after being raped by a senior student. The film is told through... |
Andy Evans | |
| 2005 | Mark Wayland | 10 episodes | |
| 2006 | Modern Men Modern Men Modern Men is an American situation comedy television series which premiered March 17, 2006, on The WB. The series stars Eric Lively, Josh Braaten, and Max Greenfield as three single men, and lifelong friends, who hire a life coach to help them with their love lives... |
Doug Reynolds | 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Nick Larson | ||
| 2006 | Matt | ||
| 2007 | Live! Live! (2007 film) Live! is a 2007 film directed and written by Bill Guttentag and starring Eva Mendes, David Krumholtz, and Andre Braugher. It was released in April 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Brad | |
| 2007 | Paul | Episode: "Man of the Year" | |
| 2007 | Sex and Breakfast Sex and Breakfast Sex and Breakfast is a 2007 dark comedy independent film starring Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, Alexis Dziena and Kuno Becker. Shooting took place in September 2006. The film opened in Los Angeles November 30, 2007, and was released on DVD on January 22, 2008 by First Look Pictures. The film was... |
Charlie | |
| 2008 | Deep Winter | Tyler Crowe | |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | Roger Taylor | TV movie |
| 2010 | Covert Affairs Covert Affairs Covert Affairs is a USA Network television series starring Piper Perabo and Christopher Gorham. The one-hour drama premiered on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The show concluded its first season on September 14, 2010 and was renewed for a second season on August 19, 2010. The second season began airing on... |
Conrad Sheehan III | Episode: "Pilot" |