Dan Aykroyd
Born July 1, 1952 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until his departure in 1979. Aykroyd's most famous roles are as Elwood J. Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Movies
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Pixels
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
50 First Dates
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II
Pearl Harbor
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Trading Places
Ghostbusters
The Blues Brothers
Casper
Julie & Julia
Sneakers
Antz
Twilight Zone: The Movie
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Christmas with the Kranks
Evolution
John Candy: I Like Me
Yogi Bear
The Campaign
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Marty, Life Is Short
Driving Miss Daisy
My Girl
Jim Henson Idea Man
Coneheads
Tommy Boy
Chaplin
Into the Night
1941
Spies Like Us
Nothing but Trouble
The Greatest Night in Pop
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
TV Shows
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Golden Globe Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Nanny
Home Improvement
MTV Video Music Awards
Intimate Portrait
According to Jim
Dinah!
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
American Masters
Heritage Minutes
The Conners
Tales from the Crypt
The Defenders
The Movies That Made Us
Jay Leno's Garage
Workin' Moms
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
Inside Comedy
Reunited Apart
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Mark Twain Prize
Living with Fran
The Fran Drescher Show
The Seventies
Soul Man
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Biography: Comedy Icons
The Arrow
A History of the World in Six Glasses
The Tom Green Farm
Hotel Paranormal
Dino Hunt Canada
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd
More Movies
The Great Outdoors
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Get On Up
Crossroads
Dragnet
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Grosse Pointe Blank
Blues Brothers 2000
My Girl 2
Behind the Candelabra
She's Having a Baby
Loser
Tammy
North
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Sgt. Bilko
Shortcut to Happiness
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
The Earth Day Special
Caddyshack II
The Women of SNL
Earth vs. the Spider
I Am Chris Farley
Canadian Bacon
Zombie Town
Loose Cannons
War, Inc.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Celtic Pride
My Fellow Americans
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Feeling Minnesota
Neighbors
The Couch Trip
The House of Mirth
Doctor Detroit
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Unconditional Love
Exit to Eden
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
This Is My Life
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Being Canadian
Citizen Steve
The Best of So Graham Norton
Bright Young Things
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
An SNL Thanksgiving
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Stardom
A Century of Cinema
Susan's Plan
White Coats
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Two-Fisted Tales
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Sunset Strip
Ghostheads
Born In Chicago
Just the Two of Us
The Best of the Blues Brothers
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Fantastic Mr. Murray
The Go-Go's
Good Fortune
Getting Away with Murder
The Best of John Belushi
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
It Came from Hollywood
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Belushi
B.B. King: Into the Night
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
Seriously... Phil Collins
The Beach Boys: It's OK
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Presidential Reunion
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
Unreleased
Keeper of the Cup
Working with a Master: John Landis
Life of Python
Unreleased
Getting Lost
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Rainbow
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Things We Did Last Summer
Love at First Sight
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
On the Nose
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
Diamonds
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
Roswell Top Secret
Who Saw the Men in Black
Defend, Conserve, Protect
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
The Arrow
Masters of Menace
Our Soho
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
The Coneheads
Ghostbusters 1999
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
The Gift of Winter
Toronto Rocks
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
