Dan Aykroyd
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 1, 1952 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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 in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.
Known For
| 2025 | You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...Self | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Mainstage Cast, The Second City | |
| 2025 | I'm Chevy Chase and You're NotSelf | |
| 2025 | On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues BrothersSelf | |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireRay Stantz | |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in PopSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea ManSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | A History of the World in Six GlassesSelf | |
| 2023 | Zombie TownLen Carver | |
| 2023 | The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydSelf - Host | |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Who Saw the Men in Blackself | |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: AfterlifeRay Stantz | |
| 2021 | The Go-Go'sSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering GhostbustersSelf | |
| 2020 | BelushiSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Reunited ApartSelf | |
| 2020 | Hotel Paranormal | |
| 2019 | Defend, Conserve, ProtectNarrator | |
| 2019 | Fantastic Mr. MurraySelf - Interviewee | |
| 2019 | Chris Farley: Anything for a LaughSelf | |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made UsRay Stantz (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Biography: Comedy IconsSelf | |
| 2018 | The ConnersBuddy | |
| 2017 | Workin' MomsKate's Dad | |
| 2017 | Workin' MomsKate's Dad (voice) | |
| 2016 | GhostheadsSelf | |
| 2016 | GhostbustersCabbie | |
| 2016 | Good FortuneSelf | |
| 2015 | Being CanadianSelf | |
| 2015 | I Am Chris FarleySelf | |
| 2015 | Pixels1982 Championship MC | |
| 2015 | Dino Hunt CanadaNarrator | |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's GarageSelf | |
| 2015 | The SeventiesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnScarecrow (voice) | |
| 2014 | TammyDon | |
| 2014 | Get On UpBen Bart | |
| 2014 | Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective | |
| 2014 | Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf | |
| 2013 | Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingRick Phillips | |
| 2013 | Behind the CandelabraSeymour Heller | |
| 2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelf | |
| 2013 | WWII: Saving the RealitySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Born In ChicagoNarrator | |
| 2012 | The CampaignWade Motch | |
| 2012 | Sunset StripSelf | |
| 2012 | Inside ComedySelf | |
| 2010 | Yogi BearYogi Bear (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Presidential ReunionJimmy Carter | |
| 2010 | The Fran Drescher Show | |
| 2010 | The DefendersJudge Max Hunter | |
| 2009 | Julie & JuliaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | War, Inc.Mr. Vice President | |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarryCaptain Tucker | |
| 2007 | Shortcut to HappinessJulius Jensen | |
| 2007 | Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf | |
| 2006 | Working with a Master: John LandisSelf | |
| 2006 | Second City: First Family of ComedySelf | |
| 2005 | Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOsSelf | |
| 2005 | The Blues Brothers: Transposing The MusicSelf | |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of John BelushiSelf / Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan AykroydVarious Characters (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power GenerationSelf | |
| 2005 | Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveSelf | |
| 2005 | Living with Fran | |
| 2004 | 50 First DatesDr. Keats | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the KranksVic Frohmeyer | |
| 2004 | White CoatsDr. Cyrill Kipp | |
| 2004 | Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and KickinNarrator | |
| 2003 | Toronto RocksSelf | |
| 2003 | Bright Young ThingsLord Monomark | |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’Self | |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul Survivor | |
| 2002 | CrossroadsPete Wagner | |
| 2002 | Unconditional LoveMax Beasley | |
| 2001 | Pearl HarborCaptain Thurman | |
| 2001 | The Curse of the Jade ScorpionChris Magruder | |
| 2001 | Earth vs. the SpiderDet. Insp. Jack Grillo | |
| 2001 | EvolutionGovernor Lewis | |
| 2001 | On the NoseDr. Barry Davis | |
| 2001 | According to JimDanny Michalski | |
| 2000 | The House of MirthAugustus 'Gus' Trenor | |
| 2000 | StardomBarry Levine | |
| 2000 | LoserDad | |
| 1999 | DiamondsLance Agensky | |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: ChristmasSelf | |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | |
| 1999 | Ghostbusters 1999Self | |
| 1999 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionCaptain Milligan | |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf | |
| 1999 | Family GuyDan Aykroyd (voice) | |
| 1999 | Mark Twain PrizeSelf | |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000Elwood Blues | |
| 1998 | AntzChip (voice) | |
| 1998 | Susan's PlanBob | |
| 1998 | Roswell Top SecretSelf | |
| 1998 | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self | |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe BlankGrocer | |
| 1997 | Heritage Minutes: Avro ArrowCrawford Gordon | |
| 1997 | The ArrowCrawford Gordon Jr. | |
| 1997 | Soul ManRev. Mike Weber | |
| 1997 | The ArrowCrawford Gordon | |
| 1996 | Celtic PrideJimmy Flaherty | |
| 1996 | Getting Away with MurderJack Lambert | |
| 1996 | Sgt. BilkoCOL John T. Hall | |
| 1996 | Feeling MinnesotaDet. Ben Costikyan | |
| 1996 | My Fellow AmericansPresident William Haney | |
| 1996 | RainbowSheriff Wyatt Hampton | |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | Canadian BaconOPP Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | Tommy BoyRay Zalinsky | |
| 1995 | CasperDr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited) | |
| 1995 | The Random FactorDexter (voice) | |
| 1995 | Live from the House of Blues | |
| 1994 | My Girl 2Harry Sultenfuss | |
| 1994 | NorthPa Tex | |
| 1994 | Exit to EdenFred Lavery | |
| 1994 | The Best of the Blues BrothersElwood Blues / Self | |
| 1994 | A Century of CinemaSelf | |
| 1993 | ConeheadsBeldar | |
| 1993 | The NannyRepair Man (uncredited) | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1993 | Intimate PortraitSelf | |
| 1992 | SneakersMother | |
| 1992 | ChaplinMack Sennett | |
| 1992 | This Is My LifeArnold Moss | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted TalesCaptain Miligan | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1992 | Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf | |
| 1991 | My GirlHarry Sultenfuss | |
| 1991 | Nothing But TroubleJudge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo | |
| 1991 | Home ImprovementMike Weber | |
| 1990 | Loose CannonsEllis Fielding | |
| 1990 | Masters of MenaceJohnny Lewis | |
| 1990 | Life of PythonSelf | |
| 1990 | Seriously... Phil CollinsSelf | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day SpecialVic's Buddy | |
| 1989 | Driving Miss DaisyBoolie Werthan | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters IIRay Stantz | |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptCaptain Milligan | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsPostage Stamp Fellow (voice) | |
| 1988 | The Great OutdoorsRoman Craig | |
| 1988 | The Couch TripJohn W. Burns, Jr. | |
| 1988 | My Stepmother Is an AlienSteven Mills | |
| 1988 | She's Having a BabyRoman (uncredited) | |
| 1988 | Caddyshack IICaptain Tom Everett | |
| 1987 | DragnetSgt. Joe Friday | |
| 1987 | Citizen SteveChial Dushane | |
| 1986 | American MastersJulia Child (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Into the NightHerb | |
| 1985 | Spies Like UsAustin Millbarge | |
| 1985 | The Best of John BelushiVarious Characters | |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the SongSelf | |
| 1985 | B.B. King: Into the NightSelf | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomArt Weber | |
| 1984 | GhostbustersRay Stantz | |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts ForeverBuck Heller | |
| 1984 | On the Scene with the Ghostbusters | |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music AwardsSelf - Host | |
| 1983 | Trading PlacesLouis Winthorpe III | |
| 1983 | Doctor DetroitClifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit | |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The MoviePassenger | |
| 1983 | The ConeheadsBeldar (voice) | |
| 1982 | It Came from HollywoodSelf | |
| 1982 | E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie VisitorsBeldar Conehead | |
| 1981 | NeighborsVic | |
| 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show EverYortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves | |
| 1980 | The Blues BrothersElwood Blues | |
| 1979 | 1941Sgt. Frank Tree | |
| 1979 | Mr. Mike's Mondo VideoChurch of Jack Lord Leader / Self | |
| 1978 | The Rutles: All You Need Is CashBrian Thigh | |
| 1978 | The Blues Brothers Live at WinterlandElwood Blues | |
| 1978 | The Things We Did Last SummerSelf | |
| 1978 | Grateful Dead: The Closing of WinterlandSelf | |
| 1977 | Love at First SightRoy | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1 | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf / Various (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSen. Bob Dole (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | The Gift of WinterGoodly / Rotten / Maple (voice) | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| - | That's Amore! | |
| - | Keeper of the CupThe Keeper | |
| - | Getting Lost(voice) |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: AfterlifeExecutive Producer | |
| 2016 | GhostbustersExecutive Producer | |
| 2013 | Born In ChicagoExecutive Producer | |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000Producer | |
| 1997 | Soul ManExecutive Producer | |
| 1986 | One More Saturday NightExecutive Producer | |
| - | BelushiExecutive Producer |
| 1991 | Nothing But TroubleDirector | |
| 1987 | Citizen SteveDirector |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireOriginal Film Writer | |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: AfterlifeOriginal Film Writer | |
| 2016 | GhostbustersCharacters | |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000Writer | |
| 1994 | The Best of the Blues BrothersWriter | |
| 1993 | ConeheadsScreenplay | |
| 1991 | Nothing But TroubleScreenplay | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters IIScreenplay | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters IICharacters | |
| 1987 | DragnetScreenplay | |
| 1985 | Spies Like UsScreenplay | |
| 1984 | GhostbustersScreenplay | |
| 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show EverWriter | |
| 1980 | The Blues BrothersWriter | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OKWriter | |
| 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OKWriter | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveWriter |