Dan Aykroyd

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Acting

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).

Filmography

• You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... (2026)
• Marty, Life Is Short (2026)
• On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers (2025)
• I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025)
• John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
• An SNL Thanksgiving (2024)
• Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
• The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)
• Zombie Town (2023)
• Our Soho (2023)
• 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
• Who Saw the Men in Black (2021)
• The Go-Go's (2021)
• Belushi (2020)
• Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
• Fantastic Mr. Murray (2019)
• 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest (2019)
• Defend, Conserve, Protect (2019)
• Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh (2019)
• Good Fortune (2016)
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• Ghostheads (2016)
• Being Canadian (2015)
• I Am Chris Farley (2015)
• Pixels (2015)
• Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective (2014)
• Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond (2014)
• Get On Up (2014)
• Tammy (2014)
• Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
• Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013)
• Behind the Candelabra (2013)
• Born In Chicago (2013)
• Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
• WWII: Saving the Reality (2013)
• The Campaign (2012)
• Sunset Strip (2012)
• Yogi Bear (2010)
• The Women of SNL (2010)
• Presidential Reunion (2010)
• Julie & Julia (2009)
• War, Inc. (2008)
• Shortcut to Happiness (2007)
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
• Working with a Master: John Landis (2006)
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
• The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music (2005)
• Just the Two of Us (2005)
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005)
• Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs (2005)
• Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation (2005)
• Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• The Best of So Graham Norton (2004)
• Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin (2004)
• White Coats (2004)
• 50 First Dates (2004)
• James Brown: Soul Survivor (2003)
• Bright Young Things (2003)
• Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 (2003)
• Toronto Rocks (2003)
• The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
• Unconditional Love (2002)
• Crossroads (2002)
• On the Nose (2001)
• Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
• Evolution (2001)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• The House of Mirth (2000)
• Stardom (2000)
• Loser (2000)
• Diamonds (1999)
• Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
• Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (1999)
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
• Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)
• Susan's Plan (1998)
• Antz (1998)
• The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
• Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
• Roswell Top Secret (1998)
• Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
• The Arrow (1997)
• Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow (1997)
• My Fellow Americans (1996)
• Feeling Minnesota (1996)
• Rainbow (1996)
• Celtic Pride (1996)
• Getting Away with Murder (1996)
• Sgt. Bilko (1996)
• Canadian Bacon (1995)
• Casper (1995)
• Tommy Boy (1995)
• The Random Factor (1995)
• Exit to Eden (1994)
• North (1994)
• My Girl 2 (1994)
• A Century of Cinema (1994)
• The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993)
• Coneheads (1993)
• Chaplin (1992)
• Sneakers (1992)
• This Is My Life (1992)
• Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
• My Girl (1991)
• Nothing but Trouble (1991)
• Seriously... Phil Collins (1990)
• Masters of Menace (1990)
• The Earth Day Special (1990)
• Life of Python (1990)
• Loose Cannons (1990)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
• Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989)
• My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
• Caddyshack II (1988)
• The Great Outdoors (1988)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• The Couch Trip (1988)
• Dragnet (1987)
• Citizen Steve (1987)
• One More Saturday Night (1986)
• Spies Like Us (1985)
• The Best of John Belushi (1985)
• Into the Night (1985)
• We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song (1985)
• B.B. King: Into the Night (1985)
• On the Scene with the Ghostbusters (1984)
• Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• The Coneheads (1983)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Doctor Detroit (1983)
• E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (1982)
• It Came from Hollywood (1982)
• Neighbors (1981)
• Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
• The Blues Brothers (1980)
• 1941 (1979)
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
• The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland (1978)
• Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978)
• The Things We Did Last Summer (1978)
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
• Love at First Sight (1977)
• The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
• The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
• The Gift of Winter (1974)
• Keeper of the Cup
• Getting Lost
• Belushi