---
name: "Jason Lively"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jason-lively"
fi1m_id: "jason-lively"
imdb_id: "nm0515128"
tmdb_id: 69345
wikidata_id: "Q900783"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:18:07.580424+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jason Lively

## Identity

Jason Lively

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jason-lively
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jason-lively
- **IMDb ID:** nm0515128
- **TMDB ID:** 69345
- **Wikidata ID:** Q900783
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lively, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900783, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69345

Actor. Born 12 March 1968 in Carroll County, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1968, Carroll County, Illinois, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Lively, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q900783, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0515128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69345

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*National Lampoon's European Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jason Lively is an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor, appearing in the pilot episode of the television series *The Dukes of Hazzard* (1979) and in the film *Brainstorm* (1983).

Lively is best known for his role as Rusty Griswold in *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985) and as Chris Romero in *Night of the Creeps* (1986). Other credits include appearances in *The Dukes of Hazzard* (1979–1983), *21 Jump Street* (1987) and *Hickok* (2017). He has largely retired from acting since the 1990s.

He is part of an acting family as the son of talent manager Elaine Lively and stepson of actor Ernie Lively, with siblings including actresses Lori Lively and Robyn Lively, and half-siblings Eric Lively and Blake Lively.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Fi1m 40, as Rusty Griswold — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In from Outside* (2025), Actor
- *The Possessed* (2017), as Brian
- *Hickok* (2017), as Ike
- *Maximum Force* (1992), as Rick Carver
- *Gunsmoke: To the Last Man* (1992), as Rusty Dover
- *Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever* (1991), as Donovan
- *Monday Morning* (1990), as Chip Brooks
- *Mancuso, F.B.I.* (1989), series, Actor
- *Ghost Chase* (1987), as Warren McCloud
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, as Davey Miller
- *Night of the Creeps* (1986), as Christopher 'Chris' Romero
- *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), as Rusty Griswold — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md)
- *Brainstorm* (1983), as Chris Brace
- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), as Teenager (uncredited)
- *The Dukes of Hazzard* (1979), series, as Rudy, Rod Moffet

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