Dan Aykroyd

Known for ActingBorn 1952-07-01 (age 74)Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

Just the Two of Us

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Marty, Life Is Short

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

A Century of Cinema

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective

The Greatest Night in Pop

John Candy: I Like Me

B.B. King: Into the Night

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

Jim Henson Idea Man

Toronto Rocks

The Nanny

The Simpsons

Seriously... Phil Collins

Tales from the Crypt

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

The Beach Boys: It's OK

James Brown: Soul Survivor

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

MTV Video Music Awards

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

The Fran Drescher Show

The Tom Green Farm

The Seventies

The Real Ghostbusters

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Blues Brothers

The Movies That Made Us

Workin' Moms

Jay Leno's Garage

Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

Sunset Strip

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Family Guy

Hotel Paranormal

The Best of John Belushi

The Defenders

Ghostbusters

My Girl

Chaplin

The Go-Go's