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Dan Aykroyd
Born · July 1, 1952 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bio
Dan 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 in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ray Stantz
6.5
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
7.9
2024
Zombie Town
Len Carver
4.3
2023
Who Saw the Men in Black
self
6.0
2021
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
6.8
2020
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self
0.0
2016
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Self / Super Bass-O-Matic 2150 Spokesperson / Elwood Blues
8.2
2015
Get on Up
Ben Bart
6.8
2014
Tammy
Don
5.3
2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Scarecrow (voice)
6.3
2014
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Rick Phillips
7.5
2013
Behind the Candelabra
Seymour Heller
6.6
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
5.7
2013
The Campaign
Wade Motch
5.8
2012
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear (voice)
5.6
2010
War, Inc.
Mr. Vice President
5.5
2008
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Captain Phineas J. Tucker
6.1
2007
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Self
0.0
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
2005
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
himself
4.8
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
Vic Frohmeyer
6.1
2004
White Coats
Dr. Cyrill Kipp
5.0
2004
50 First Dates
Dr. Keats
6.9
2004
Bright Young Things
Lord Monomark
6.3
2003
Toronto Rocks
Self
8.0
2003
Shortcut to Happiness
Julius Jenson
5.6
2003
Crossroads
Pete Wagner
5.2
2002
On the Nose
Dr. Barry Davis
5.5
2001
Earth vs. the Spider
Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
5.6
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Chris Magruder
6.6
2001
Evolution
Governor Lewis
6.1
2001
Pearl Harbor
Captain Thurman
6.9
2001
Stardom
Barry Levine
5.6
2000
The House of Mirth
Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
6.2
2000
Diamonds
Lance Agensky
5.3
1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Himself
4.5
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
Self
6.0
1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
6.1
1999
Susan's Plan
Bob
4.8
1998
Antz
Chip (voice)
6.2
1998
Blues Brothers 2000
Elwood Blues
5.3
1998
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grocer
6.9
1997
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
Crawford Gordon
10.0
1997
My Fellow Americans
President William Haney
6.0
1996
Feeling Minnesota
Det. Ben Costikyan
5.4
1996
Celtic Pride
Jimmy Flaherty
5.3
1996
Getting Away with Murder
Jack Lambert
4.8
1996
Sgt. Bilko
COL John T. Hall
5.8
1996
Canadian Bacon
OPP Officer (uncredited)
5.8
1995
Casper
Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
6.3
1995
Tommy Boy
Ray Zalinsky
6.8
1995
The Random Factor
Dexter (voice)
6.2
1995
Exit to Eden
Fred Lavery
4.1
1994
North
Pa Tex
5.0
1994
My Girl 2
Harry Sultenfuss
5.9
1994
Coneheads
Beldar Conehead
5.4
1993
Chaplin
Mack Sennett
7.4
1992
Sneakers
Mother
6.9
1992
This Is My Life
Arnold Moss
6.2
1992
My Girl
Harry Sultenfuss
7.4
1991
Nothing but Trouble
Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
5.3
1991
Masters of Menace
Johnny Lewis
5.6
1990
Life of Python
Self
7.5
1990
Loose Cannons
Ellis Fielding
4.9
1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Boolie Werthan
7.2
1989
Ghostbusters II
Ray Stantz
6.6
1989
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Steven Mills
5.7
1988
Caddyshack II
Capt. Tom Everett
4.2
1988
The Great Outdoors
Roman Craig
6.4
1988
She's Having a Baby
Roman (uncredited)
5.9
1988
The Couch Trip
John W. Burns, Jr.
5.4
1988
Dragnet
Sgt. Joe Friday
6.0
1987
Citizen Steve
Chial Dushane
5.7
1987
Spies Like Us
Austin Millbarge
6.2
1985
The Best of John Belushi
Various characters
6.0
1985
Into the Night
Herb
6.5
1985
Nothing Lasts Forever
Buck Heller
6.4
1984
Ghostbusters
Ray Stantz
7.5
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Art Weber
7.3
1984
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Passenger
6.5
1983
Trading Places
Louis Winthorpe III
7.2
1983
Doctor Detroit
Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
5.1
1983
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
Beldar Conehead
7.5
1982
It Came from Hollywood
Himself
5.2
1982
Neighbors
Vic
5.7
1981
The Blues Brothers
Elwood Blues
7.7
1980
1941
Sgt. Frank Tree
5.8
1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
5.2
1979
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
Elwood Blues
6.4
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Brian Thigh
6.8
1978
Love at First Sight
Roy
6.0
1977
That's Amore!
0.0
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
8.5
2022
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ray Stantz
7.4
2021
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2020
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Self - Interviewee
6.2
2019
Defend, Conserve, Protect
Narrator
0.0
2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
7.3
2019
Good Fortune
Self
0.0
2016
Ghostbusters
Cabbie
5.4
2016
Ghostheads
Self
5.9
2016
Being Canadian
Self
5.7
2015
I Am Chris Farley
Self
7.1
2015
Pixels
1982 Championship MC
5.7
2015
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
8.0
2014
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
7.3
2014
Born In Chicago
Narrator
8.0
2013
WWII: Saving the Reality
Self - Narrator (voice)
0.0
2013
Sunset Strip
Self
7.3
2012
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
7.3
2010
Presidential Reunion
Jimmy Carter
6.1
2010
Working with a Master: John Landis
Self
0.0
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Various Characters (archive footage)
8.3
2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Self
0.0
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Self
7.2
2005
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
Narrator
0.0
2004
James Brown: Soul Survivor
7.5
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
0.0
2003
Unconditional Love
Max Beasley
6.0
2002
Loser
Dad
5.4
2000
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
6.8
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Captain Milligan
8.7
1999
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Self
5.0
1998
Roswell Top Secret
Self
5.0
1998
The Arrow
Crawford Gordon Jr.
7.0
1997
Rainbow
Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
4.2
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Quote Reader
4.7
1996
The Best of the Blues Brothers
Elwood Blues / Himself
5.8
1994
A Century of Cinema
Self
8.0
1994
Two-Fisted Tales
Captain Miligan
4.6
1992
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
0.0
1990
The Earth Day Special
Vic's Buddy
8.0
1990
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
7.5
1989
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self
8.5
1985
B.B. King: Into the Night
Self
8.2
1985
The Coneheads
Beldar (Voice)
4.9
1983
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
6.7
1981
The Things We Did Last Summer
Himself
6.0
1978
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Cop #1
8.0
1976
The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour
Cop #1
0.0
1976
The Gift of Winter
Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
5.0
1974
Godspell 2025
0.0
Keeper of the Cup
The Keeper
0.0
A History of the World in Six Glasses
Self · (6 episodes)
0.0
2024
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
Self - Host · (20 episodes)
5.5
2023
Hotel Paranormal
(20 episodes)
6.8
2020
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2020
The Movies That Made Us
Ray Stantz (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.2
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
Himself · (1 episode)
0.0
2019
The Conners
Buddy · (1 episode)
6.9
2018
Jay Leno's Garage
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2015
Dino Hunt Canada
Narrator · (4 episodes)
0.0
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
Inside Comedy
Himself · (1 episode)
6.0
2012
The Fran Drescher Show
(1 episode)
7.5
2010
The Defenders
Judge Max Hunter · (2 episodes)
6.9
2010
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self · (3 episodes)
0.0
2006
Living with Fran
(1 episode)
7.0
2005
According to Jim
Danny Michalski · (5 episodes)
6.5
2001
Family Guy
Dan Aykroyd (voice) · (1 episode)
7.4
1999
Mark Twain Prize
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1999
Soul Man
Rev. Mike Weber · (25 episodes)
6.5
1997
The Arrow
Crawford Gordon · (2 episodes)
10.0
1997
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
(88 episodes)
6.9
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1996
Live from the House of Blues
(1 episode)
0.0
1995
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
The Nanny
Repair Man (uncredited) · (1 episode)
8.1
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
7.1
1993
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
5.4
1992
Home Improvement
Mike Weber · (1 episode)
7.4
1991
The Simpsons
Postage Stamp Fellow (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Captain Milligan · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
Self
0.0
1978
La Dolce Gilda
0.0
1978
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters · (86 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (10 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
(3 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975