Dan Aykroyd
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Biography
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 wa...
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
Family Guy
Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self / Various (archive footage)
Filmography
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
as Self
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
as Self (archive footage)
The Tom Green Farm
2026
as Self
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd
2026
as Self - Host
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
as Self
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025
as Self
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Ray Stantz
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024
as (archive footage)
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
as Self
Zombie Town
2023
as Len Carver
Our Soho
2023
as self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023
as Self - Host
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021
as self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Ray Stantz
The Go-Go's
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Hotel Paranormal
2020
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019
as Narrator
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Interviewee
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Ray Stantz (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
as Self
The Conners
2018
as Buddy
Workin' Moms
2017
as Kate's Dad
Workin' Moms
2017
as Kate's Dad (voice)
Ghostheads
2016
as Self
Ghostbusters
2016
as Cabbie
Good Fortune
2016
as Self
Being Canadian
2015
as Self
I Am Chris Farley
2015
as Self
Pixels
2015
as 1982 Championship MC
Dino Hunt Canada
2015
as Narrator
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
as Self
The Seventies
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as Scarecrow (voice)
Tammy
2014
as Don
Get On Up
2014
as Ben Bart
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
as Rick Phillips
Behind the Candelabra
2013
as Seymour Heller
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
WWII: Saving the Reality
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Born In Chicago
2013
as Narrator
The Campaign
2012
as Wade Motch
Sunset Strip
2012
as Self
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
Yogi Bear
2010
as Yogi Bear (voice)
The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
Presidential Reunion
2010
as Jimmy Carter
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
The Defenders
2010
as Judge Max Hunter
Julie & Julia
2009
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
War, Inc.
2008
as Mr. Vice President
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Captain Tucker
Shortcut to Happiness
2007
as Julius Jensen
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006
as Self
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005
as Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005
as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
as Various Characters (archive footage)
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
as Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
as Self
Just the Two of Us
2005
as Self
Living with Fran
2005
50 First Dates
2004
as Dr. Keats
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
as Vic Frohmeyer
White Coats
2004
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
as Narrator
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Toronto Rocks
2003
as Self
Bright Young Things
2003
as Lord Monomark
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003
as Self
Crossroads
2002
as Pete Wagner
Unconditional Love
2002
as Max Beasley
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Captain Thurman
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as Chris Magruder
Earth vs. the Spider
2001
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
Evolution
2001
as Governor Lewis
On the Nose
2001
as Dr. Barry Davis
According to Jim
2001
as Danny Michalski
The House of Mirth
2000
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Stardom
2000
as Barry Levine
Loser
2000
as Dad
Diamonds
1999
as Lance Agensky
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
as Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
as Captain Milligan
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Mark Twain Prize
1999
as Self
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Elwood Blues
Antz
1998
as Chip (voice)
Susan's Plan
1998
as Bob
Roswell Top Secret
1998
as Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
as Grocer
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon
The Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon Jr.
Soul Man
1997
as Rev. Mike Weber
The Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon
Celtic Pride
1996
as Jimmy Flaherty
Getting Away with Murder
1996
as Jack Lambert
Sgt. Bilko
1996
as Colonel Hall
Feeling Minnesota
1996
as Det. Ben Costikyan
My Fellow Americans
1996
as President William Haney
Rainbow
1996
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
as Self - Host
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Canadian Bacon
1995
as OPP Officer (uncredited)
Tommy Boy
1995
as Ray Zalinsky
Casper
1995
as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
The Random Factor
1995
as Dexter (voice)
Live from the House of Blues
1995
My Girl 2
1994
as Harry Sultenfuss
North
1994
as Pa Tex
Exit to Eden
1994
as Fred Lavery
A Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
Coneheads
1993
as Beldar
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993
as Elwood Blues / Self
The Nanny
1993
as Repairman (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Sneakers
1992
as Mother
Chaplin
1992
as Mack Sennett
This Is My Life
1992
as Arnold Moss
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
as Captain Miligan
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
My Girl
1991
as Harry Sultenfuss
Nothing but Trouble
1991
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
Home Improvement
1991
as Mike Weber
Heritage Minutes
1991
as Crawford Gordon
Loose Cannons
1990
as Ellis Fielding
Masters of Menace
1990
as Johnny Lewis
Life of Python
1990
as Self
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Vic's Buddy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
as Boolie Werthan
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989
as Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Captain Milligan
The Simpsons
1989
as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
The Great Outdoors
1988
as Roman Craig
The Couch Trip
1988
as John W. Burns, Jr.
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Steven Mills
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Roman (uncredited)
Caddyshack II
1988
as Captain Tom Everett
Dragnet
1987
as Sgt. Joe Friday
Citizen Steve
1987
as Chial Dushane
American Masters
1986
as Julia Child (archive footage)
Into the Night
1985
as Herb
Spies Like Us
1985
as Austin Millbarge
The Best of John Belushi
1985
as Various Characters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
as Self
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
as Art Weber
Ghostbusters
1984
as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Buck Heller
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Host
Trading Places
1983
as Louis Winthorpe III
Doctor Detroit
1983
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Passenger
The Coneheads
1983
as Beldar (voice)
It Came from Hollywood
1982
as Self
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
as Beldar Conehead
Neighbors
1981
as Vic
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
The Blues Brothers
1980
as Elwood Blues
1941
1979
as Sgt. Frank Tree
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as Brian Thigh
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978
as Elwood Blues
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978
as Self
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978
as Self
Love at First Sight
1977
as Roy
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
as Cop #1
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
as Cop #1
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self / Various (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Sanjaya Fan (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as John Boehner (uncredited)
The Gift of Winter
1974
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter