Biography
Ernie Lively (January 29, 1947 - June 3, 2021) was an American actor, acting coach and producer, best known for his roles in Passenger 57 (1992) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005). He was the father by adoption of actors Lori Lively, Jason Lively, and Robyn Lively, and the father of actors Eric Lively and Blake Lively.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Phobic
2020
as Jack Sanders
A homicide detective sees similarities between herself and the victims of a killer who is murdering clinical phobics by exposing them to their fears.

Looking Glass
2018
as Tommy
A psycho- sexual thriller following a couple that buys an old motel in the desert looking for a new beginning, but what seemed at first as an escape i...
Razor
2016
as Ernie
"Razor" is a quirky original flm, a sarcastic, absurdist comedy flm starring Sid Haig, C Thomas Howell, Ernie Lively, John Fremont, Richard Moll &...

Waffle Street
2015
as Wright Adams
The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the gre...

The Perfect Game
2009
as Coach Sam Hicks
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
as Franz Vreeland
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong ...

The Art of Travel
2008
as Mr. Layne
High school grad. Conner Layne is about to marry his first love, but when wedding plans fail, he goes solo on his honeymoon to Central America, findin...

Simon Says
2007
as Pig
Five college friends choose to spend their vacation debauching at the riverside. They find the perfect place to camp out, but end up crossing paths wi...

Simon Says
2007
Producer
Five college friends choose to spend their vacation debauching at the riverside. They find the perfect place to camp out, but end up crossing paths wi...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
as Franz Vreeland
Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and ma...

American Pie 2
2001
as Sergeant
After a year apart - attending different schools, meeting different people - the guys rent a beach house and vow to make this the best summer ever. As...

The Thirteenth Floor
1999
as 30's Cop
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a despera...

Goodbye Lover
1999
as Sheriff
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.

Senseless
1998
as Coach Brandau
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.

Fire Down Below
1997
as Todd
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working wit...

The People Next Door
1996
as Lt. Jack Driscoll
When hapless Anna Morse decides to leave her violent husband for good and moves into an Albuquerque rental house with her three little daughters, thin...

Mulholland Falls
1996
as Foreman
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

A Stranger to Love
1996
as Capt. Simpson
In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is suddenly attacked one night, he loses his memory, lead...

Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
1995
as Gerry Boggs
A young man begins to suspect that his mother may have murdered his father.

Accidental Meeting
1994
as Obrenski
Jennifer's husband is committing adultery. Maryanne's boss treats her like dirt. After an accidental meeting, the women decide to kill each other's me...

The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Briggs
Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with rega...

Passenger 57
1992
as Chief Biggs
Airline security specialist John Cutter, finally returning to the job after his wife's death, finds himself stuck on a flight being hijacked by notori...

Past Midnight
1992
as Detective Allan Tobias
A man gets out of prison after 15 years for stabbing his wife to death, and his social worker becomes convinced he was innocent. As she researches his...

Sleepwalkers
1992
as Animal Control Officer
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only ...

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
1992
as Man at Airport
A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she bu...

Breaking the Silence
1992
as Coach Hodgkiss
Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must come to grips with his shameful secrets about his o...

Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
1992
as Maj. Dan Henry
This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.

Dead in the Water
1991
as Dignitary
Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be ap...

The Man in the Moon
1991
as Will Sanders
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and C...

Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
as Detective Nelson
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with...

The Less Than Perfect Daughter
1991
as Jack Harmon
A demanding woman and her daughter knock heads when the daughter, aspiring to be less reliant on her family, moves in with a troubled friend.

Air America
1990
as Truck Driver
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for lo...
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
as Ralph
Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990
as Paul, Truddi's Stepfather
A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.

Follow Your Heart
1990
as Mitch
An ex-marine, in search of some defining life direction, unexpectedly faces a hurdle when his jeep breaks down in a sparsely populated Wyoming town. W...

Hard to Kill
1990
as Commander
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is s...

An Innocent Man
1989
as Donatelli's Dealer
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a maj...

Turner & Hooch
1989
as Motel Clerk
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemean...

Shocker
1989
as Warden
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete...

The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick
1988
as Jeff
Kathy, a simple grocery clerk, finds her way into her local high society and the life of a wealthy suitor who thinks she's a stockbroker.

The Tracker
1988
as Bob
After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirem...

Buckeye and Blue
1988
as Jess Thatcher
Adventures of a train robber and his teenaged female partner, on the run from the law in the days of the Wild West. Suitable for younger audiences.

Scandal in a Small Town
1988
as Jeremy Travis
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blus...

Ghost Chase
1987
as Production Manager
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film,...

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
as Ernie
The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a ba...

Into the Homeland
1987
as Tom Burnside
A man's daughter disappears after falling in love with the son of a right wing, white-supremacist terrorist organization.

Wisdom
1986
as Bill, Motel Manager
Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American...

Secret Admirer
1985
as Guard
An anonymous love letter left in Michael Ryan's locker on the last day of school wreaks havoc on his life and the lives of everyone who comes in conta...

Badge of the Assassin
1985
as US Marshal
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police dete...

Drop-Out Father
1982
as Conductor
Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daught...

It's My Turn
1980
as Man at Restaurant (as Ernie Brown)
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...
Sandman
N/A
Director
When Fantasyworld veteran, Early Knapp, decides to retire because the kids of the World no longer believe in him or the need for sleep, Fantasyworld's...