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Dan Aykroyd

Born 1 July 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).

Films and shows

  1. 2026The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd1 seasonSelf - Host
  2. 2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not1h 37mSelf
  3. 2025On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers1h 1mSelf
  4. 2025John Candy: I Like Me1h 53mSelf - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
  5. 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire1h 55mRay Stantz
  6. 2024A History of the World in Six Glasses1 seasonSelf
  7. 2024An SNL Thanksgiving1h 24m(archive footage)
  8. 2023The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd4 seasonsSelf - Host
  9. 2023Zombie Town1h 33mLen Carver
  10. 2023Our Soho31mself
  11. 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife2h 4mRay Stantz
  12. 2021Who Saw the Men in Black1h 14mself
  13. 2020Hotel Paranormal2 seasons
  14. 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters1h 41mSelf
  15. 2020Belushi1h 48mSelf (archive footage)
  16. 2019Defend, Conserve, Protect1h 14mNarrator
  17. 2019Fantastic Mr. Murray52mSelf - Interviewee
  18. 201931 Nights of Halloween Fan FestSelf
  19. 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh2hSelf
  20. 2016Good Fortune1h 26mSelf
  21. 2016Ghostheads1h 40mSelf
  22. 2016Ghostbusters1h 57mCharacters
  23. 2015Dino Hunt Canada1 seasonNarrator
  24. 2015Being Canadian1h 29mSelf
  25. 2015I Am Chris Farley1h 36mSelf
  26. 2015Pixels1h 46m1982 Championship MC
  27. 2014Get On Up2h 19mBen Bart
  28. 2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return1h 28mScarecrow (voice)
  29. 2014Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond17m
  30. 2014Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective24m
  31. 2014Tammy1h 37mDon
  32. 2013WWII: Saving the Reality56mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  33. 2013Born In Chicago1h 17mNarrator
  34. 2013Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving48mRick Phillips
  35. 2013Behind the Candelabra1h 58mSeymour Heller
  36. 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot1h 46mSelf
  37. 2012Sunset Strip1h 37mSelf
  38. 2012The Campaign1h 25mWade Motch
  39. 2010Yogi Bear1h 20mYogi Bear (voice)
  40. 2010Presidential Reunion6mJimmy Carter
  41. 2010The Women of SNL1h 36mVarious (archive footage)
  42. 2008War, Inc.1h 46mMr. Vice President
  43. 2007Shortcut to Happiness1h 42mJulius Jensen
  44. 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry1h 55mCaptain Tucker
  45. 2006Working with a Master: John Landis22mSelf
  46. 2006Second City: First Family of Comedy1 seasonSelf
  47. 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd1h 32mVarious Characters (archive footage)
  48. 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi1h 18mSelf / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
  49. 2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music16mSelf
  50. 2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live2hSelf
  51. 2005Just the Two of Us10mSelf
  52. 2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation37mSelf
  53. 2005Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs1h 21mSelf
  54. 2004Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and KickinNarrator
  55. 2004Christmas with the Kranks1h 39mVic Frohmeyer
  56. 2004The Best of So Graham Norton1h 29mSelf (archive footage)
  57. 200450 First Dates1h 39mDr. Keats
  58. 2004White Coats1h 38mDr. Cyrill Kipp
  59. 2003James Brown: Soul Survivor
  60. 2003Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 51h 30mSelf
  61. 2003Toronto RocksSelf
  62. 2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’38mSelf
  63. 2003Bright Young Things1h 46mLord Monomark
  64. 2002Crossroads1h 33mPete Wagner
  65. 2002Unconditional Love2h 4mMax Beasley
  66. 2001Earth vs. the Spider1h 30mDet. Insp. Jack Grillo
  67. 2001On the Nose1h 44mDr. Barry Davis
  68. 2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion1h 43mChris Magruder
  69. 2001Evolution1h 42mGovernor Lewis
  70. 2001Pearl Harbor3h 3mCaptain Thurman
  71. 2000The House of Mirth2h 20mAugustus 'Gus' Trenor
  72. 2000Stardom1h 40mBarry Levine
  73. 2000Loser1h 35mDad
  74. 1999Diamonds1h 31mLance Agensky
  75. 1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey1h 32m
  76. 1999Ghostbusters 199911mSelf
  77. 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special2h 41mSelf
  78. 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas1h 5mSelf (archive footage)
  79. 1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection1h 27mCaptain Milligan
  80. 1998Blues Brothers 20002h 3mElwood Blues
  81. 1998Antz1h 23mChip (voice)
  82. 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'56mSelf
  83. 1998Roswell Top Secret1h 31mSelf
  84. 1998Susan's Plan1h 29mBob
  85. 1997The Arrow1 seasonCrawford Gordon
  86. 1997Soul Man2 seasonsRev. Mike Weber
  87. 1997Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow1mCrawford Gordon
  88. 1997The Arrow3hCrawford Gordon Jr.
  89. 1997Grosse Pointe Blank1h 47mGrocer
  90. 1996Getting Away with Murder1h 28mJack Lambert
  91. 1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal4 seasonsSelf - Host
  92. 1996Sgt. Bilko1h 30mColonel Hall
  93. 1996My Fellow Americans1h 41mPresident William Haney
  94. 1996Celtic Pride1h 31mJimmy Flaherty
  95. 1996Feeling Minnesota1h 39mDet. Ben Costikyan
  96. 1996Rainbow1h 38mSheriff Wyatt Hampton
  97. 1995Live from the House of Blues1 season
  98. 1995Tommy Boy1h 38mRay Zalinsky
  99. 1995The Random Factor1h 34mDexter (voice)
  100. 1994My Girl 21h 39mHarry Sultenfuss
  101. 1994Exit to Eden1h 54mFred Lavery
  102. 1994A Century of Cinema1h 12mSelf
  103. 1994100 Years at the Movies9mSelf (archive footage)
  104. 1994North1h 27mPa Tex
  105. 1993Coneheads1h 27mBeldar
  106. 1993The Best of the Blues Brothers1hElwood Blues / Self
  107. 1992Sneakers2h 5mMother
  108. 1992This Is My Life1h 35mArnold Moss
  109. 1992Two-Fisted Tales1h 31mCaptain Miligan
  110. 1992Chaplin2h 25mMack Sennett
  111. 1991Nothing but Trouble1h 34mJudge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
  112. 1991My Girl1h 43mHarry Sultenfuss
  113. 1990The Earth Day Special1h 39mVic's Buddy
  114. 1990Loose Cannons1h 34mEllis Fielding
  115. 1990Seriously... Phil Collins1hSelf
  116. 1990Life of Python55mSelf
  117. 1990Masters of Menace1h 37mJohnny Lewis
  118. 1989Ghostbusters II1h 48mRay Stantz
  119. 1989Driving Miss Daisy1h 39mBoolie Werthan
  120. 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary2hSelf
  121. 1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary30mSelf
  122. 1988The Great Outdoors1h 31mRoman Craig
  123. 1988The Couch Trip1h 37mJohn W. Burns, Jr.
  124. 1988My Stepmother Is an Alien1h 48mSteven Mills
  125. 1988Caddyshack II1h 38mCaptain Tom Everett
  126. 1987Dragnet1h 46mSgt. Joe Friday
  127. 1987Citizen Steve24mChial Dushane
  128. 1986The Real Ghostbusters7 seasonsCreator
  129. 1986One More Saturday Night1h 35mExecutive Producer
  130. 1985The Best of John BelushiVarious Characters
  131. 1985Spies Like Us1h 42mAustin Millbarge
  132. 1985Into the Night1h 55mHerb
  133. 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song52mSelf
  134. 1985B.B. King: Into the Night27mSelf
  135. 1984Ghostbusters1h 45mDr. Raymond Stantz
  136. 1984On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
  137. 1984Nothing Lasts Forever1h 22mBuck Heller
  138. 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1h 58mArt Weber
  139. 1983Doctor Detroit1h 29mClifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
  140. 1983The Coneheads24mBeldar (voice)
  141. 1983Trading Places1h 56mLouis Winthorpe III
  142. 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie1h 41mPassenger
  143. 1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors46mBeldar Conehead
  144. 1982It Came from Hollywood1h 20mSelf
  145. 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever50mYortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
  146. 1981Neighbors1h 35mVic
  147. 1980The Blues Brothers2h 13mElwood Blues
  148. 197919411h 58mSgt. Frank Tree
  149. 1979Mr. Mike's Mondo Video1h 11mChurch of Jack Lord Leader / Self
  150. 1978The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland50mElwood Blues
  151. 1978The Things We Did Last Summer42mSelf
  152. 1978Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland4h 16mSelf
  153. 1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash1h 13mBrian Thigh
  154. 1977Love at First Sight1h 25mRoy
  155. 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK49mCop #1
  156. 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK50mCop #1
  157. 1974The Gift of Winter24mGoodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
  158. Getting Lost(voice)
  159. Keeper of the CupThe Keeper
  160. BelushiExecutive Producer
  161. Ghostbusters: Night Shift1 seasonExecutive Producer