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