Eric Lively

Infobox actor
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birthname = Eric Lawrence Lively
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|7|31
birthplace = Atlanta, Georgia

Eric Lawrence Lively (born July 31 1981) is an American actor.

Biography

Early life

Lively was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He has 3 sisters, actresses Lori Lively, Robyn Lively and Blake Lively, and one brother, Jason Lively. 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.

Career

Lively's first movie was as a baby in Natalie Wood'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 Fact|date=December 2007.

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. His older brother, Jason, played Rusty in "National Lampoon's European Vacation".

Lively will play the President's son, Roger Taylor, in "", a television movie prequel to the seventh season of "24". [cite web| author=Nellie Andreeva|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2008-05-23|accessdate=2008-05-23|title='24' prequel adds cast - Eric Lively, Tony Todd, Gil Bellows join the fray|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id08e9f14f520f15d010fb0389d8bbeb3 ]

Film/Television

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0515123|name=Eric Lively
*tvtome person|id=7012|name=Eric Lively
* [http://thewb.warnerbros.com/web/show_bio.jsp?id=MD-ELively Eric Lively cast bio on The WB]
* [http://www.atlantaboy.com/gay_atlanta/2005/02/eric_lively_exc.html Eric Lively Interview]