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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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Zombie Town

2023
as Len Carver

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Hotel Paranormal

2020
as Narrator

Hell's Club 2

2016
as The Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016
as Frustrated Cabbie

Ghostheads

2016
as Himself

Being Canadian

2015
as Himself

I Am Chris Farley

2015
as Himself

Pixels

2015
as 1982 Championship MC

Get on Up

2014
as Ben Bart

Tammy

2014
as Don

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2013
as Scarecrow (voice)

Born In Chicago

2013
as Narrator

Behind the Candelabra

2013
as Seymour Heller

Art Car: The Movie

2012
as Dan Aykroyd

The Campaign

2012
as Wade Motch

Sunset Strip

2012
as Himself

Yogi Bear

2010
as Yogi Bear (voice)

The Women of SNL

2010
as Beldar Conehead

War, Inc.

2008
as Mr. Vice President

Let's All Hate Toronto

2007
as Dan Aykroyd

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007
as Captain Phineas J. Tucker

Intern Academy

2004
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp

Julia! America’s Favorite Chef

2004
as Julia Child (Archival / SNL)

Christmas with the Kranks

2004
as Vic Frohmeyer

50 First Dates

2004
as Dr. Keats

Bright Young Things

2003
as Lord Monomark

Shortcut to Happiness

2003
as Julius Jenson

Crossroads

2002
as Pete Wagner

Unconditional Love

2002
as Max Beasley

Evolution

2001
as Governor Lewis

Pearl Harbor

2001
as Capt. Thurman

On the Nose

2001
as Dr. Barry Davis

Earth vs. the Spider

2001
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo

Stardom

2000
as Barry Levine

The House of Mirth

2000
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

Loser

2000
as Dad

Diamonds

1999
as Lance Agensky

Roswell Top Secret

1998
as Dan Aykroyd

Antz

1998
as Chip (voice)

Blues Brothers 2000

1998
as Elwood Blues

The Arrow

1997
as Crawford Gordon

Celtic Pride

1996
as Jimmy Flaherty

Sgt. Bilko

1996
as Colonel John T. Hall

Feeling Minnesota

1996
as Det. Ben Costikyan

Rainbow

1996
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton

My Fellow Americans

1996
as President William Haney

Canadian Bacon

1995
as OPP Officer

Tommy Boy

1995
as Ray Zalinsky

The Random Factor

1995
as Dexter (voice)

Casper

1995
as Ray Stantz

North

1994
as Pa Tex

Exit to Eden

1994
as Fred Lavery

My Girl 2

1994
as Harry Sultenfuss

A Century of Cinema

1994
as Dan Aykroyd

The Best of the Blues Brothers

1994
as Elwood Blues / Himself

Coneheads

1993
as Beldar Conehead

Two-Fisted Tales

1992
as Captain Miligan

Sneakers

1992
as Darren 'Mother' Roskow

This Is My Life

1992
as Arnold Moss

Chaplin

1992
as Mack Sennett

Nothing but Trouble

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

My Girl

1991
as Harry Sultenfuss

Masters of Menace

1990
as Johnny Lewis

Loose Cannons

1990
as Ellis Fielding

Ghostbusters II

1989
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Driving Miss Daisy

1989
as Boolie Werthan

Caddyshack II

1988
as Capt. Tom Everett

The Great Outdoors

1988
as Roman Craig

The Couch Trip

1988
as John W. Burns, Jr.

Citizen Steve

1987
as Chial Dushane

Dragnet

1987
as Sgt. Joe Friday

Spies Like Us

1985
as Austin Millbarge

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984
as Buck Heller

Ghostbusters

1984
as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Trading Places

1983
as Louis Winthorpe III

Doctor Detroit

1983
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

Twilight Zone: The Movie

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

The Coneheads

1983
as Beldar (Voice)

Neighbors

1981
as Vic

The Blues Brothers

1980
as Elwood Blues (as Elwood)

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

1979
as Church of Jack Lord leader / Himself

1941

1979
as Sgt. Frank Tree

Saturday Night Live

1975
as Dan Aykroyd

The Gift of Winter

1974
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)

Director

Movie Nothing but Trouble 1991

Writer

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

Producer

Movie Ghostbusters 2016
Movie Blues Brothers 2000 1998

Crew

Movie Born In Chicago 2013

Guest Star

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