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Dan Aykroyd

Known For: Acting
Born: July 1, 1952
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, initially pursued studies in psychology, criminal sociology, and political science at Carleton University, where his comedy journey took off. He co-wrote sketches for a private cable company, igniting his passion for acting. At 20, he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and Toronto, marking the start of his career. In 1975, Aykroyd joined "Saturday Night Live" as a founding member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," crafting iconic sketches like "The Blues Brothers" with Belushi and "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" with Steve Martin. The success of "The Blues Brothers" sketch led to a full-length feature in 1980, with Aykroyd writing and producing the movie soundtrack, defying the disco and punk era. His versatile talent shines in roles like Dr. Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters," Jessica Tandy’s son in "Driving Miss Daisy," a single father …

Filmography

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2026 · Self

The Tom Green Farm

2026 · Self

Marty, Life Is Short

2026 · Self (archive footage)

On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers

2025 · Self

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not

2025 · Self

John Candy: I Like Me

2025 · Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024 · Self (archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024 · Ray Stantz, Original Film Writer, Executive Producer

The Greatest Night in Pop

2024 · Self (archive footage)

A History of the World in Six Glasses

2024 · Self

The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

2023 · Self - Host, Executive Producer

Zombie Town

2023 · Len Carver

Our Soho

2023 · self

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022 · Self (archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021 · Ray Stantz, Original Film Writer, Executive Producer

Who Saw the Men in Black

2021 · self

The Go-Go's

2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Belushi

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Hotel Paranormal

2020

Reunited Apart

2020 · Self

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020 · Self

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · Ray Stantz (archive footage)

Fantastic Mr. Murray

2019 · Self - Interviewee

Defend, Conserve, Protect

2019 · Narrator

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

2019 · Self

Biography: Comedy Icons

2019 · Self

The Conners

2018 · Buddy

Workin' Moms

2017 · Kate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice)

Good Fortune

2016 · Self

Ghostbusters

2016 · Cabbie, Characters, Executive Producer

Ghostheads

2016 · Self

Jay Leno's Garage

2015 · Self

Being Canadian

2015 · Self

I Am Chris Farley

2015 · Self

Pixels

2015 · 1982 Championship MC

The Seventies

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Dino Hunt Canada

2015 · Narrator

Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective

2014

Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond

2014

Get On Up

2014 · Ben Bart

Tammy

2014 · Don

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2014 · Scarecrow (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

2013 · Rick Phillips

Behind the Candelabra

2013 · Seymour Heller

Born In Chicago

2013 · Narrator, Executive Producer

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013 · Self

WWII: Saving the Reality

2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)

The Campaign

2012 · Wade Motch

Sunset Strip

2012 · Self

Inside Comedy

2012 · Self

Yogi Bear

2010 · Yogi Bear (voice)

The Fran Drescher Show

2010

The Women of SNL

2010 · Various (archive footage)

The Defenders

2010 · Judge Max Hunter

Presidential Reunion

2010 · Jimmy Carter

Julie & Julia

2009 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

War, Inc.

2008 · Mr. Vice President

Shortcut to Happiness

2007 · Julius Jensen

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007 · Captain Tucker

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007 · Self

Second City: First Family of Comedy

2006 · Self

Working with a Master: John Landis

2006 · Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

2005 · Various Characters (archive footage)

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

2005 · Self

Just the Two of Us

2005 · Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

2005 · Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005 · Self

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

2005 · Self

Living with Fran

2005

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

2005 · Self

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 · Vic Frohmeyer

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

2004 · Narrator

White Coats

2004 · Dr. Cyrill Kipp

50 First Dates

2004 · Dr. Keats

James Brown: Soul Survivor

2003

Bright Young Things

2003 · Lord Monomark

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5

2003 · Self

Toronto Rocks

2003 · Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

2003 · Self

Unconditional Love

2002 · Max Beasley

Crossroads

2002 · Pete Wagner

On the Nose

2001 · Dr. Barry Davis

Earth vs. the Spider

2001 · Det. Insp. Jack Grillo

According to Jim

2001 · Danny Michalski

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001 · Chris Magruder

Evolution

2001 · Governor Lewis

Pearl Harbor

2001 · Captain Thurman

The House of Mirth

2000 · Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

Stardom

2000 · Barry Levine

Loser

2000 · Dad

Diamonds

1999 · Lance Agensky

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

1999 · Self

Ghostbusters 1999

1999 · Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey

1999

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999 · Self

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

1999 · Captain Milligan

Family Guy

1999 · Dan Aykroyd (voice)

Mark Twain Prize

1999 · Self

Susan's Plan

1998 · Bob

Antz

1998 · Chip (voice)

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998 · Self

Blues Brothers 2000

1998 · Elwood Blues, Writer, Producer

Roswell Top Secret

1998 · Self

Soul Man

1997 · Rev. Mike Weber, Executive Producer

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997 · Grocer

The Arrow

1997 · Crawford Gordon Jr.

The Arrow

1997 · Crawford Gordon

Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow

1997 · Crawford Gordon

My Fellow Americans

1996 · President William Haney

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

1996 · Self - Host

Feeling Minnesota

1996 · Det. Ben Costikyan

Rainbow

1996 · Sheriff Wyatt Hampton

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996 · Self

Celtic Pride

1996 · Jimmy Flaherty

Getting Away with Murder

1996 · Jack Lambert

Sgt. Bilko

1996 · Colonel Hall

Canadian Bacon

1995 · OPP Officer (uncredited)

Casper

1995 · Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)

Tommy Boy

1995 · Ray Zalinsky

The Random Factor

The Random Factor

1995 · Dexter (voice)

Live from the House of Blues

Live from the House of Blues

1995

Exit to Eden

1994 · Fred Lavery

North

1994 · Pa Tex

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

My Girl 2

1994 · Harry Sultenfuss

A Century of Cinema

1994 · Self

Intimate Portrait

1993 · Self

The Nanny

1993 · Repairman (uncredited)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

The Best of the Blues Brothers

1993 · Elwood Blues / Self, Writer

Coneheads

1993 · Beldar, Screenplay

Chaplin

1992 · Mack Sennett

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992 · Self

Sneakers

1992 · Mother

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

This Is My Life

1992 · Arnold Moss

Two-Fisted Tales

1992 · Captain Miligan

My Girl

1991 · Harry Sultenfuss

Home Improvement

1991 · Mike Weber

Nothing but Trouble

1991 · Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo, Director, Screenplay

Seriously... Phil Collins

1990 · Self

Masters of Menace

1990 · Johnny Lewis

The Earth Day Special

1990 · Vic's Buddy

Life of Python

1990 · Self

Loose Cannons

1990 · Ellis Fielding

The Simpsons

1989 · Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)

Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · Boolie Werthan

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989 · Self

Ghostbusters II

1989 · Ray Stantz, Screenplay, Characters

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

1989 · Self

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Captain Milligan

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988 · Steven Mills

Caddyshack II

1988 · Captain Tom Everett

The Great Outdoors

1988 · Roman Craig

She's Having a Baby

1988 · Roman (uncredited)

The Couch Trip

1988 · John W. Burns, Jr.

Dragnet

1987 · Sgt. Joe Friday, Screenplay

Citizen Steve

1987 · Chial Dushane, Director

The Real Ghostbusters

1986 · Creator

One More Saturday Night

1986 · Executive Producer

American Masters

1986 · Julia Child (archive footage)

Spies Like Us

1985 · Austin Millbarge, Screenplay

The Best of John Belushi

1985 · Various Characters

Into the Night

1985 · Herb

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

1985 · Self

B.B. King: Into the Night

1985 · Self

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

1984

MTV Video Music Awards

1984 · Self - Host

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984 · Buck Heller

Ghostbusters

1984 · Ray Stantz, Screenplay

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984 · Art Weber

The Coneheads

1983 · Beldar (voice)

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Passenger

Trading Places

1983 · Louis Winthorpe III

Doctor Detroit

1983 · Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

1982 · Beldar Conehead

It Came from Hollywood

1982 · Self

Neighbors

1981 · Vic

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981 · Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves, Writer

The Blues Brothers

1980 · Elwood Blues, Writer

1941

1979 · Sgt. Frank Tree

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

1979 · Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

1978 · Elwood Blues

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

1978 · Self

The Things We Did Last Summer

1978 · Self

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978 · Brian Thigh

Love at First Sight

1977 · Roy

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976 · Cop #1, Writer

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976 · Cop #1, Writer

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self / Various (archive footage), Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited), Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited), Writer

Dinah!

1974 · Self

The Gift of Winter

1974 · Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Presenter

That's Amore!

—

Keeper of the Cup

— · The Keeper

Getting Lost

— · (voice)

Belushi

— · Executive Producer

Ghostbusters: Night Shift

— · Executive Producer

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