Dan Aykroyd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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).
Known For
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Filmography
Keeper of the Cup
Movie · as The Keeper
Getting Lost
Movie · as (voice)
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Movie · as Self
Marty, Life Is Short
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tom Green Farm
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd
TV · as Self - Host · 8 eps
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie · as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
Movie · as Self
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
Movie · as Self
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie · as Ray Stantz
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie · as (archive footage)
A History of the World in Six Glasses
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Zombie Town
Movie · as Len Carver
Our Soho
Movie · as self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
TV · as Self - Host · 58 eps
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Who Saw the Men in Black
Movie · as self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie · as Ray Stantz
The Go-Go's
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie · as Self
Belushi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hotel Paranormal
TV · 20 eps
Defend, Conserve, Protect
Movie · as Narrator
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Movie · as Self
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
Movie · as Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Ray Stantz (archive footage) · 1 ep
Biography: Comedy Icons
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Conners
TV · as Buddy · 1 ep
Workin' Moms
TV · as Kate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice) · 1 ep
Ghostheads
Movie · as Self
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Cabbie
Good Fortune
Movie · as Self
Being Canadian
Movie · as Self
I Am Chris Farley
Movie · as Self
Pixels
Movie · as 1982 Championship MC
Dino Hunt Canada
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Jay Leno's Garage
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Seventies
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Movie · as Scarecrow (voice)
Tammy
Movie · as Don
Get On Up
Movie · as Ben Bart
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
Movie
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Movie · as Rick Phillips
Behind the Candelabra
Movie · as Seymour Heller
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Movie · as Self
WWII: Saving the Reality
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Born In Chicago
Movie · as Narrator
The Campaign
Movie · as Wade Motch
Sunset Strip
Movie · as Self
Inside Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Yogi Bear
Movie · as Yogi Bear (voice)
The Women of SNL
Movie · as Various (archive footage)
Presidential Reunion
Movie · as Jimmy Carter
The Fran Drescher Show
TV · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Judge Max Hunter · 2 eps
Julie & Julia
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
War, Inc.
Movie · as Mr. Vice President
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Movie · as Captain Tucker
Shortcut to Happiness
Movie · as Julius Jensen
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
Working with a Master: John Landis
Movie · as Self
Second City: First Family of Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
Movie · as Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
Movie · as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie · as Various Characters (archive footage)
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Movie · as Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Movie · as Self
Just the Two of Us
Movie · as Self
Living with Fran
TV · 1 ep
50 First Dates
Movie · as Dr. Keats
Christmas with the Kranks
Movie · as Vic Frohmeyer
White Coats
Movie · as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
Movie · as Narrator
The Best of So Graham Norton
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Toronto Rocks
Movie · as Self
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Lord Monomark
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Movie · as Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
Movie · as Self
Crossroads
Movie · as Pete Wagner
Unconditional Love
Movie · as Max Beasley
Pearl Harbor
Movie · as Captain Thurman
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Movie · as Chris Magruder
Earth vs. the Spider
Movie · as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
Evolution
Movie · as Governor Lewis
On the Nose
Movie · as Dr. Barry Davis
According to Jim
TV · as Danny Michalski · 5 eps
The House of Mirth
Movie · as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Stardom
Movie · as Barry Levine
Loser
Movie · as Dad
Diamonds
Movie · as Lance Agensky
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
Movie
Ghostbusters 1999
Movie · as Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Movie · as Captain Milligan
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Family Guy
TV · as Dan Aykroyd (voice) · 1 ep
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blues Brothers 2000
Movie · as Elwood Blues
Antz
Movie · as Chip (voice)
Susan's Plan
Movie · as Bob
Roswell Top Secret
Movie · as Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Movie · as Self
Grosse Pointe Blank
Movie · as Grocer
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
Movie · as Crawford Gordon
The Arrow
Movie · as Crawford Gordon Jr.
Soul Man
TV · as Rev. Mike Weber · 25 eps
The Arrow
TV · as Crawford Gordon · 2 eps
Celtic Pride
Movie · as Jimmy Flaherty
Getting Away with Murder
Movie · as Jack Lambert
Sgt. Bilko
Movie · as Colonel Hall
Feeling Minnesota
Movie · as Ben Costikyan
My Fellow Americans
Movie · as President William Haney
Rainbow
Movie · as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV · as Self - Host · 88 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Canadian Bacon
Movie · as OPP Officer (uncredited)
Tommy Boy
Movie · as Ray Zalinsky
Casper
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
The Random Factor
Movie · as Dexter (voice)
Live from the House of Blues
TV · 1 ep
My Girl 2
Movie · as Harry Sultenfuss
North
Movie · as Pa Tex
Exit to Eden
Movie · as Fred Lavery
A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Coneheads
Movie · as Beldar
The Best of the Blues Brothers
Movie · as Elwood Blues / Self
The Nanny
TV · as Repairman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sneakers
Movie · as Mother
Chaplin
Movie · as Mack Sennett
This Is My Life
Movie · as Arnold Moss
Two-Fisted Tales
Movie · as Captain Miligan
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Girl
Movie · as Harry Sultenfuss
Nothing but Trouble
Movie · as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
Home Improvement
TV · as Mike Weber · 1 ep
Heritage Minutes
TV · as Crawford Gordon · 1 ep
Loose Cannons
Movie · as Ellis Fielding
Masters of Menace
Movie · as Johnny Lewis
Life of Python
Movie · as Self
Seriously... Phil Collins
Movie · as Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Vic's Buddy
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie · as Boolie Werthan
Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
Movie · as Self
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Captain Milligan · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice) · 1 ep
The Great Outdoors
Movie · as Roman Craig
The Couch Trip
Movie · as John W. Burns, Jr.
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Movie · as Steven Mills
She's Having a Baby
Movie · as Roman (uncredited)
Caddyshack II
Movie · as Captain Tom Everett
Dragnet
Movie · as Sgt. Joe Friday
Citizen Steve
Movie · as Chial Dushane
American Masters
TV · as Julia Child (archive footage) · 1 ep
Into the Night
Movie · as Herb
Spies Like Us
Movie · as Austin Millbarge
The Best of John Belushi
Movie · as Various Characters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Movie · as Self
B.B. King: Into the Night
Movie · as Self
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Movie · as Art Weber
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Nothing Lasts Forever
Movie · as Buck Heller
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Trading Places
Movie · as Louis Winthorpe III
Doctor Detroit
Movie · as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie · as Passenger
The Coneheads
Movie · as Beldar (voice)
It Came from Hollywood
Movie · as Self
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
Movie · as Beldar Conehead
Neighbors
Movie · as Vic
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Movie · as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
The Blues Brothers
Movie · as Elwood Blues
1941
Movie · as Sgt. Frank Tree
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Movie · as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Movie · as Brian Thigh
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
Movie · as Elwood Blues
The Things We Did Last Summer
Movie · as Self
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Movie · as Self
Love at First Sight
Movie · as Roy
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Movie · as Cop #1
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Movie · as Cop #1
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self / Various (archive footage), Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited), Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Sanjaya Fan (uncredited), John Boehner (uncredited), Georg Festrunk / Self (uncredited) · 88 eps
The Gift of Winter
Movie · as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep