Dan Aykroyd
Known for: Actor
Born: 1 July 1952 (age 74), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Credits: 60+ titles
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
Getting Lost
Keeper of the Cup
An SNL Thanksgiving
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Zombie Town
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Hotel Paranormal
The Movies That Made Us
Defend, Conserve, Protect
The Conners
Workin' Moms
Ghostbusters
Pixels
Dino Hunt Canada
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
Get On Up
Tammy
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Behind the Candelabra
Born In Chicago
The Campaign
Yogi Bear
The Fran Drescher Show
The Women of SNL
The Defenders
Presidential Reunion
War, Inc.
Shortcut to Happiness
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Living with Fran
Christmas with the Kranks
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
White Coats
50 First Dates
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Bright Young Things
Unconditional Love
Crossroads
On the Nose
Earth vs. the Spider
According to Jim
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Evolution
Pearl Harbor
Stardom
The House of Mirth
Loser
Diamonds
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Family Guy
Susan's Plan
Antz
Blues Brothers 2000
Soul Man
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Arrow
