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Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward Aykroyd, CM OOnt is a Canadian actor, producer, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–1979). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, the Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.

Aliases
  • Daniel Aykroyd
  • Daniel Edward Aykroyd
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Filmography

Ghostbusters

1984
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

My Girl

1991
as Harry Sultenfuss

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024
as Stantz

50 First Dates

2004
as Dr. Keats

The Blues Brothers

1980
as Elwood Blues (as Elwood)

Casper

1995
as Ray Stantz

Ghostbusters

2016
as Frustrated Cabbie

Pearl Harbor

2001
as Capt. Thurman

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984
as Art Weber

Christmas with the Kranks

2004
as Vic Frohmeyer

Pixels

2015
as 1982 Championship MC

Tammy

2014
as Don

Trading Places

1983
as Louis Winthorpe III

Ghostbusters II

1989
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

My Girl 2

1994
as Harry Sultenfuss

Antz

1998
as Chip (voice)

Crossroads

2002
as Pete Wagner

Evolution

2001
as Governor Lewis

Saturday Night Live

1975
as Dan Aykroyd

Driving Miss Daisy

1989
as Boolie Werthan

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007
as Captain Phineas J. Tucker

Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond

2014
as Dan Aykroyd

Celtic Pride

1996
as Jimmy Flaherty

War, Inc.

2008
as Mr. Vice President

Diamonds

1999
as Lance Agensky

Loose Cannons

1990
as Ellis Fielding

North

1994
as Pa Tex

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001
as Chris Magruder

This Is My Life

1992
as Arnold Moss

Into the Night

1985
as Herb

James Brown: Soul Survivor

2003
as Dan Aykroyd

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2019
as Himself

Life of Python

1990
as Self

Behind the Candelabra

2013
as Seymour Heller

Hell's Club 2

2016
as The Ghostbusters

Shortcut to Happiness

2003
as Julius Jenson

Biography: Chris Farley - Anything for a Laugh

2019

Spies Like Us

1985
as Austin Millbarge

Get on Up

2014
as Ben Bart

The Arrow

1997
as Crawford Gordon

Defend, Conserve, Protect

2019
as Narrator

Born In Chicago

2013
as Narrator

Tommy Boy

1995
as Ray Zalinsky

The Coneheads

1983
as Beldar (Voice)

Rainbow

1996
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton

Yogi Bear

2010
as Yogi Bear (voice)

Being Canadian

2015
as Himself

Sgt. Bilko

1996
as Colonel John T. Hall

On the Nose

2001
as Dr. Barry Davis

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

1982
as Beldar Conehead

The Campaign

2012
as Wade Motch

Unconditional Love

2002
as Max Beasley

My Fellow Americans

1996
as President William Haney

Exit to Eden

1994
as Fred Lavery

Art Car: The Movie

2012
as Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005
as himself

1941

1979
as Sgt. Frank Tree

I Am Chris Farley

2015
as Himself

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998
as Dan Aykroyd

The House of Mirth

2000
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

Coneheads

1993
as Beldar Conehead

The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

2023
as Self - Host

Soul Man

1997

Intern Academy

2004
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997
as Grocer

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2013
as Scarecrow (voice)

Steve Martin: Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981
as Various

Stardom

2000
as Barry Levine

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

1979
as Church of Jack Lord leader / Himself

Sunset Strip

2012
as Himself

The Gift of Winter

1974
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)

The Women of SNL

2010
as Beldar Conehead

The World Without Canada

as Narrator

Things We Did Last Summer

1978
as Elwood Blues

A Century of Cinema

1994
as Dan Aykroyd

Earth vs. the Spider

2001
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo

B.B. King: Into the Night

1985
as Himself

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013
as Himself

Canadian Bacon

1995
as OPP Officer

Dragnet

1987
as Sgt. Joe Friday

Roswell Top Secret

1998
as Dan Aykroyd

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978
as Brian Thigh

Feeling Minnesota

1996
as Det. Ben Costikyan

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984
as Buck Heller

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983
as Passenger / Ambulance Driver (Prologue / segment "Time Out")

Susan's Plan

1998
as Bob

Bright Young Things

2003
as Lord Monomark

Sneakers

1992
as Darren 'Mother' Roskow

Ghostheads

2016
as Himself

Hotel Paranormal

2020
as Narrator

Let's All Hate Toronto

2007
as Dan Aykroyd

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

2004
as Narrator

Nothing but Trouble

1991
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo

Masters of Menace

1990
as Johnny Lewis

Getting Away with Murder

1996

Loser

2000
as Dad

The Best Of Saturday Night Live: Candice Bergen

1993
as Various Characters

Neighbors

1981
as Vic

Doctor Detroit

1983
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

My Stepmother is an Alien

1988
as Steven Mills

The Best of the Blues Brothers

1994
as Elwood Blues / Himself

The Great Outdoors

1988
as Roman Craig

The Funniest Way in Earth's Atmosphere

1993
as Dan Aykroyd

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

1978
as Dan Aykroyd

Chaplin

1992
as Mack Sennett

Two-Fisted Tales

1992
as Captain Miligan

It Came from Hollywood

1982
as Himself

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

1996
as Himself

Le fantastique Mr Murray

2019
as Dan Aykroyd

The Random Factor

1995
as Dexter (voice)

The Earth Day Special

1990

Zombie Town

2023
as Len Carver

Working with a Master: John Landis

2006
as Dan Aykroyd

Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years

2007
as Dan Aykroyd

The Couch Trip

1988
as John W. Burns, Jr.

Soul Man

1997

Julia! America’s Favorite Chef

2004
as Julia Child (Archival / SNL)

Caddyshack II

1988
as Capt. Tom Everett

Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective

as Self - Co-Writer/Actor

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

1985
as Himself

Blues Brothers 2000

1998
as Elwood Blues

Citizen Steve

1987
as Chial Dushane

Director

Movie Nothing but Trouble 1991

Writer

Movie Ghostbusters 2016
Movie Ghostbusters 1984
Movie Ghostbusters II 1989
Movie Ghostbusters II 1989
Movie The Blues Brothers 1980
Movie Blues Brothers 2000 1998
Episode Die kultigsten Filme aller Zeiten
Blues Brothers 		2022
Movie Spies Like Us 1985
Movie Coneheads 1993
Movie Dragnet 1987
Movie Nothing but Trouble 1991
Movie The Best of the Blues Brothers 1994

Producer

Movie Ghostbusters 2016
Movie Blues Brothers 2000 1998

Crew

Movie Born In Chicago 2013

Guest Star

Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Dan Aykroyd & John Goodman, Harry Hamlin 		1998
Episode Happily Divorced
Fran-alyze This 		2012
Episode The Defenders (2010)
Nevada v. Doug the Mule 		2011
Episode Tales from the Crypt
Yellow 		1991
Episode Saturday Night Live
Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite 		2003
Episode Reunited Apart
Ghostbusters Reunited Apart 		2020
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Dan Aykroyd, Paula Patton, Brad Paisley, Booker T. Jones 		2013
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
The Much Funnier Second Episode 		2009
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Dan Aykroyd, Chaz Ebert, Nick Thune 		2014
Episode The Nanny
Sunday in the Park with Fran 		1994
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Life of Python 		1990
Episode Saturday Night Live
Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles 		2003
Episode The Defenders (2010)
Nevada v. Hunter 		2011
Episode Inside Comedy
Michael Keaton & Dan Aykroyd 		2015
Episode Today
July 21, 2014 		2014
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode 		2009
Episode Secrets of New York
Tribeca: Mysteries of New York's Backlot Revealed 		2007
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Lust for Glory! 		2009
Episode It's Garry Shandling's Show
Driving Miss Garry 		1990
Episode The Chevy Chase Show
Show #020 		1993
Episode According to Jim
Old Friends 		2002
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Post Malone 		2016
Episode According to Jim
Heaven Opposed to Hell 		2009
Episode The Big Interview
Dan Aykroyd 		2018
Episode Normal, Ohio
He Always Gets His Man 		1970
Episode Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Dan Aykroyd, Kate Hudson, Zach Braff, Lee Mack 		2014
Episode Saturday Night Live
John Goodman/Ja Rule 		2001
Episode Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Bill Murray 		2016
Episode Saturday Night Live
Britney Spears (2) 		2002
Episode Home Improvement
Losing My Religion 		1997
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Sarah Evetts, Dan Aykroyd, Maceo Parker 		1991
Episode MTV Video Music Awards
MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards 		1984
Episode Saturday Night Live
John Goodman/Paula Cole 		1998
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0107 		1994
Episode Family Guy
Spies Reminiscent of Us 		2009
Episode The Joe Rogan Experience
#1351 - Dan Aykroyd 		2019
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Kevin Meaney 		1989
Episode According to Jim
The Best Man 		2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd & Ernie Hudson, Finneas 		2021
Episode According to Jim
You Gotta Love Somebody (1) 		2003
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Dan Aykroyd, Dan Cortese, The Wilsons 		1997
Episode According to Jim
You Gotta Love Somebody (2) 		2003
Episode So Graham Norton
The Best of 'So Graham Norton' 		2004
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Dan Aykroyd, Nigel Havers, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 		1988