Dan Aykroyd
ActingBorn July 1, 1952 (age 74)
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).
Filmography
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...2026 · Self
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd2026 · Self - Host
The Tom Green Farm2026 · Self
Marty, Life Is Short2026 · Self (archive footage)
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers2025 · Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not2025 · Self
John Candy: I Like Me2025 · Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
An SNL Thanksgiving2024 · (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024 · Ray Stantz
Cea mai grozavă noapte a popului2024 · Self (archive footage)
A History of the World in Six Glasses2024 · Self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd2023 · Self - Host
Zombie Town2023 · Len Carver
Our Soho2023 · self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2022 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021 · Ray Stantz
Who Saw the Men in Black2021 · self
The Go-Go's2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belushi2020 · Self (archive footage)
Hotel Paranormal2020
Reunited Apart2020 · Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters2020 · Self
The Movies That Made Us2019 · Ray Stantz (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Murray2019 · Self - Interviewee
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest2019 · Self
Defend, Conserve, Protect2019 · Narrator
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh2019 · Self
Biography: Comedy Icons2019 · Self
The Conners2018 · Buddy
Workin' Moms2017 · Kate's Dad
Good Fortune2016 · Self
Ghostbusters2016 · Cabbie
Ghostheads2016 · Self
Jay Leno's Garage2015 · Self
Being Canadian2015 · Self
I Am Chris Farley2015 · Self
Pixels2015 · 1982 Championship MC
The Seventies2015 · Self (archive footage)
All Ashore2015 · Narrator
Get On Up2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return2014
Born In Chicago2013
Behind the Candelabra2013
Sunset Strip2012
Yogi Bear2010
Presidential Reunion2010
War, Inc.2008
Shortcut to Happiness2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry2007
Second City: First Family of Comedy2006
Working with a Master: John Landis2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd2005
Just the Two of Us2005
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live2005
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 52003
Crossroads2002
Unconditional Love2002
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion2001
Earth vs. the Spider2001
On the Nose2001
Stardom2000
The House of Mirth2000
Saturday Night Live: Christmas1999
Ghostbusters 19991999
Diamonds1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey1999
Blues Brothers 20001998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'1998
Antz1998
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow1997
The Arrow1997
Soul Man1997 · Rev. Mike Weber
Grosse Pointe Blank1997
Getting Away with Murder1996
Sgt. Bilko1996
My Fellow Americans1996
Celtic Pride1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal1996 · Dan Aykroyd
A Century of Cinema1994
My Girl 21994
Exit to Eden1994
Coneheads1993
The Best of the Blues Brothers1993
Sneakers1992
This Is My Life1992
Two-Fisted Tales1992
Nothing but Trouble1991
My Girl1991
The Earth Day Special1990
Loose Cannons1990
Seriously... Phil Collins1990
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989
Ghostbusters II1989
Driving Miss Daisy1989
My Stepmother Is an Alien1988
Dragnet1987
Citizen Steve1987
The Best of John Belushi1985
Spies Like Us1985
Into the Night1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song1985
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters1984
Doctor Detroit1983
It Came from Hollywood1982
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981
19411979
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland1978
The Things We Did Last Summer1978
Keeper of the Cup