Dan Aykroyd
Acting
1952-07-01 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
TheatersYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Movie
The Tom Green Farm
2026 · Series
Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Movie
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025 · Movie
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025 · Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Movie
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024 · Series
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023 · Series
Zombie Town
2023 · Movie
Our Soho
2023 · Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Movie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Movie
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021 · Movie
The Go-Go's
2021 · Movie
Belushi
2020 · Movie
Hotel Paranormal
2020 · Series
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019 · Movie
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019 · Movie
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019 · Series
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Movie
The Conners
2018 · Series
Workin' Moms
2017 · Series
Good Fortune
2016 · Movie
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
Ghostheads
2016 · Movie
Jay Leno's Garage
2015 · Series
Being Canadian
2015 · Movie
I Am Chris Farley
2015 · Movie
Pixels
2015 · Movie
The Seventies
2015 · Series
Dino Hunt Canada
2015 · Series
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014 · Movie
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014 · Movie
Get On Up
2014 · Movie
Tammy
2014 · Movie
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013 · Movie
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Movie
Born In Chicago
2013 · Movie
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · Movie
WWII: Saving the Reality
2013 · Movie
The Campaign
2012 · Movie
Sunset Strip
2012 · Movie
Inside Comedy
2012 · Series
Yogi Bear
2010 · Movie
The Fran Drescher Show
2010 · Series
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
The Defenders
2010 · Series
Presidential Reunion
2010 · Movie
Julie & Julia
2009 · Movie
War, Inc.
2008 · Movie
Shortcut to Happiness
2007 · Movie
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Movie
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006 · Series
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Movie
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005 · Movie
Just the Two of Us
2005 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005 · Movie
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005 · Movie
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005 · Movie
Living with Fran
2005 · Series
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005 · Movie
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · Movie
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Movie
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004 · Movie
White Coats
2004 · Movie
50 First Dates
2004 · Movie
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003 · Movie
Bright Young Things
2003 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003 · Movie
Toronto Rocks
2003 · Movie
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie
Unconditional Love
2002 · Movie
Crossroads
2002 · Movie
On the Nose
2001 · Movie
Earth vs. the Spider
2001 · Movie
According to Jim
2001 · Series
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · Movie
Evolution
2001 · Movie
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
The House of Mirth
2000 · Movie
Stardom
2000 · Movie
Loser
2000 · Movie
Diamonds
1999 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999 · Movie
Ghostbusters 1999
1999 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · Series
Susan's Plan
1998 · Movie
Antz
1998 · Movie
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998 · Movie
Blues Brothers 2000
1998 · Movie
Roswell Top Secret
1998 · Movie
Soul Man
1997 · Series
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · Movie
The Arrow
1997 · Series
The Arrow
1997 · Movie
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997 · Movie
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Movie
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · Series
Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Movie
Rainbow
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Celtic Pride
1996 · Movie
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · Movie
Sgt. Bilko
1996 · Movie
Canadian Bacon
1995 · Movie
Casper
1995 · Movie
Tommy Boy
1995 · Movie
The Random Factor
1995 · Movie
Live from the House of Blues
1995 · Series
Exit to Eden
1994 · Movie
North
1994 · Movie
My Girl 2
1994 · Movie
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Movie
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Series
The Nanny
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993 · Movie
Coneheads
1993 · Movie
Chaplin
1992 · Movie
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992 · Series
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
This Is My Life
1992 · Movie
Two-Fisted Tales
1992 · Movie
My Girl
1991 · Movie
Home Improvement
1991 · Series
Heritage Minutes
1991 · Series
Nothing but Trouble
1991 · Movie
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 · Movie
Masters of Menace
1990 · Movie
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
Life of Python
1990 · Movie
Loose Cannons
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Movie
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988 · Movie
Caddyshack II
1988 · Movie
The Great Outdoors
1988 · Movie
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Movie
The Couch Trip
1988 · Movie
Dragnet
1987 · Movie
Citizen Steve
1987 · Movie
The Real Ghostbusters
1986 · Series
One More Saturday Night
1986 · Movie
American Masters
1986 · Series
Spies Like Us
1985 · Movie
The Best of John Belushi
1985 · Movie
Into the Night
1985 · Movie
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Movie
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985 · Movie
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Movie
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Movie
The Coneheads
1983 · Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie
Trading Places
1983 · Movie
Doctor Detroit
1983 · Movie
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982 · Movie
It Came from Hollywood
1982 · Movie
Neighbors
1981 · Movie
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Movie
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Movie
1941
1979 · Movie
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979 · Movie
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978 · Movie
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978 · Movie
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978 · Movie
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · Movie
Love at First Sight
1977 · Movie
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Dinah!
1974 · Series
The Gift of Winter
1974 · Movie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Getting Lost
Movie
Ghostbusters: Night Shift
Series
That's Amore!
Movie
Keeper of the Cup
Movie
Belushi
Movie