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Dan Aykroyd
- Name: Dan Aykroyd
- Birthday: 1952-07-01
- Also known as: Elwood,Daniel Edward Aykroyd,Danny Aykroyd,댄 애크로이드,丹·艾克洛德,دن آیکروید
- Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Popularity: 28.764
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| SNL50: The Anniversary Special as Self / Various (archive footage) | 2025-02-16 |
| Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self | 2025-01-27 |
| Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Ray Stantz | 2024-03-20 |
| The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-19 |
| Zombie Town as Len Carver | 2023-09-01 |
| 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-19 |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ray Stantz | 2021-11-18 |
| Who Saw the Men in Black as self | 2021-11-09 |
| Belushi as Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-14 |
| Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self | 2020-01-07 |
| Fantastic Mr. Murray as Self - Interviewee | 2019-10-20 |
| Defend, Conserve, Protect as Narrator | 2019-07-25 |
| Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | 2019-05-27 |
| Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self | 2016-10-28 |
| Good Fortune as Self | 2016-09-22 |
| Ghostbusters as Cabbie | 2016-07-14 |
| Ghostheads as Self | 2016-04-23 |
| Being Canadian as Self | 2015-09-18 |
| I Am Chris Farley as Self | 2015-07-27 |
| Pixels as 1982 Championship MC | 2015-07-16 |
| Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective | 2014-09-16 |
| Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond | 2014-09-16 |
| Get on Up as Ben Bart | 2014-08-01 |
| Tammy as Don | 2014-07-02 |
| Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Scarecrow (voice) | 2014-05-08 |
| Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Rick Phillips | 2013-11-27 |
| Behind the Candelabra as Seymour Heller | 2013-05-26 |
| Born In Chicago as Narrator | 2013-03-13 |
| Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self | 2013-01-15 |
| WWII: Saving the Reality as Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-07 |
| The Campaign as Wade Motch | 2012-08-09 |
| Sunset Strip as Self | 2012-03-16 |
| Yogi Bear as Yogi Bear (voice) | 2010-12-17 |
| The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
| Presidential Reunion as Jimmy Carter | 2010-03-02 |
| War, Inc. as Mr. Vice President | 2008-04-28 |
| I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry as Captain Phineas J. Tucker | 2007-07-12 |
| Working with a Master: John Landis as Self | 2006-06-27 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Various Characters (archive footage) | 2005-09-06 |
| The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music as Self | 2005-08-30 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-06 |
| Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs as himself | 2005-07-15 |
| Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation as Self | 2005-06-07 |
| Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self | 2005-02-20 |
| Christmas with the Kranks as Vic Frohmeyer | 2004-11-24 |
| Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin as Narrator | 2004-08-20 |
| White Coats as Dr. Cyrill Kipp | 2004-05-16 |
| 50 First Dates as Dr. Keats | 2004-02-13 |
| James Brown: Soul Survivor | 2003-10-29 |
| Bright Young Things as Lord Monomark | 2003-10-03 |
| Toronto Rocks as Self | 2003-07-29 |
| Shortcut to Happiness as Julius Jenson | 2003-07-13 |
| The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self | 2003-06-03 |
| Unconditional Love as Max Beasley | 2002-08-23 |
| Crossroads as Pete Wagner | 2002-02-15 |
| On the Nose as Dr. Barry Davis | 2001-10-23 |
| Earth vs. the Spider as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo | 2001-10-07 |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Chris Magruder | 2001-08-05 |
| Evolution as Governor Lewis | 2001-06-08 |
| Pearl Harbor as Captain Thurman | 2001-05-21 |
| Stardom as Barry Levine | 2000-10-13 |
| The House of Mirth as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor | 2000-09-23 |
| Loser as Dad | 2000-07-21 |
| Diamonds as Lance Agensky | 1999-12-10 |
| Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Himself | 1999-12-01 |
| Ghostbusters 1999 as Self | 1999-10-29 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | 1999-10-13 |
| Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self | 1999-09-25 |
| Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection as Captain Milligan | 1999-09-07 |
| Susan's Plan as Bob | 1998-10-29 |
| Antz as Chip (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
| The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' as Self | 1998-09-08 |
| Blues Brothers 2000 as Elwood Blues | 1998-02-05 |
| Roswell Top Secret as Self | 1998-01-01 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank as Grocer | 1997-04-11 |
| The Arrow as Crawford Gordon Jr. | 1997-01-12 |
| Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow as Crawford Gordon | 1997-01-01 |
| My Fellow Americans as President William Haney | 1996-12-20 |
| Feeling Minnesota as Det. Ben Costikyan | 1996-09-13 |
| Rainbow as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton | 1996-07-26 |
| Celtic Pride as Jimmy Flaherty | 1996-04-19 |
| Getting Away with Murder as Jack Lambert | 1996-04-12 |
| Sgt. Bilko as COL John T. Hall | 1996-03-29 |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 |
| Canadian Bacon as OPP Officer (uncredited) | 1995-06-08 |
| Casper as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited) | 1995-05-26 |
| Tommy Boy as Ray Zalinsky | 1995-03-31 |
| The Random Factor as Dexter (voice) | 1995-03-03 |
| Exit to Eden as Fred Lavery | 1994-10-14 |
| The Best of the Blues Brothers as Elwood Blues / Himself | 1994-07-26 |
| North as Pa Tex | 1994-07-22 |
| My Girl 2 as Harry Sultenfuss | 1994-02-11 |
| A Century of Cinema as Self | 1994-01-01 |
| Coneheads as Beldar | 1993-07-23 |
| Chaplin as Mack Sennett | 1992-12-17 |
| Sneakers as Mother | 1992-09-09 |
| This Is My Life as Arnold Moss | 1992-02-21 |
| Two-Fisted Tales as Captain Miligan | 1992-01-18 |
| My Girl as Harry Sultenfuss | 1991-11-27 |
| Nothing but Trouble as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo | 1991-02-15 |
| Seriously... Phil Collins as Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Masters of Menace as Johnny Lewis | 1990-09-06 |
| The Earth Day Special as Vic's Buddy | 1990-04-22 |
| Life of Python as Self | 1990-03-16 |
| Loose Cannons as Ellis Fielding | 1990-02-09 |
| Driving Miss Daisy as Boolie Werthan | 1989-12-13 |
| Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self | 1989-09-24 |
| Ghostbusters II as Ray Stantz | 1989-06-16 |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien as Steven Mills | 1988-12-09 |
| Caddyshack II as Capt. Tom Everett | 1988-07-22 |
| The Great Outdoors as Roman Craig | 1988-06-17 |
| She's Having a Baby as Roman (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| The Couch Trip as John W. Burns, Jr. | 1988-01-15 |
| Dragnet as Sgt. Joe Friday | 1987-06-23 |
| Citizen Steve as Chial Dushane | 1987-01-01 |
| Spies Like Us as Austin Millbarge | 1985-12-06 |
| The Best of John Belushi as Various characters | 1985-08-03 |
| Into the Night as Herb | 1985-02-22 |
| We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self | 1985-01-28 |
| B.B. King: Into the Night as Self | 1985-01-01 |
| Nothing Lasts Forever as Buck Heller | 1984-09-06 |
| Ghostbusters as Ray Stantz | 1984-06-08 |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Art Weber | 1984-05-23 |
| The Coneheads as Beldar (Voice) | 1983-06-28 |
| Twilight Zone: The Movie as Passenger | 1983-06-24 |
| Trading Places as Louis Winthorpe III | 1983-06-07 |
| Doctor Detroit as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit | 1983-05-06 |
| E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors as Beldar Conehead | 1982-12-24 |
| It Came from Hollywood as Himself | 1982-10-29 |
| Neighbors as Vic | 1981-12-18 |
| Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves | 1981-11-25 |
| The Blues Brothers as Elwood Blues | 1980-06-16 |
| 1941 as Sgt. Frank Tree | 1979-12-14 |
| Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self | 1979-09-20 |
| The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland as Elwood Blues | 1978-12-31 |
| Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland as Self | 1978-12-31 |
| The Things We Did Last Summer as Himself | 1978-10-28 |
| La Dolce Gilda | 1978-04-15 |
| The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash as Brian Thigh | 1978-03-22 |
| Love at First Sight as Roy | 1977-06-17 |
| The Beach Boys: It's OK as Cop #1 | 1976-11-22 |
| The Beach Boys: It's OK as Cop #1 | 1976-08-05 |
| The Gift of Winter as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice) | 1974-01-01 |
