Dan Aykroyd
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 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Filmography
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984 · 9.5
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · 8.7
The Nanny
1993 · 8.1
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · 8.1
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · 8.0
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004 · 8.0
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014 · 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 8.0
The Blues Brothers
1980 · 7.7
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003 · 7.7
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · 7.6
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982 · 7.6
The Fran Drescher Show
2010 · 7.5
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013 · 7.5
The Best of John Belushi
1985 · 7.5
Ghostbusters
1984 · 7.5
My Girl
1991 · 7.4
Family Guy
1999 · 7.4
Chaplin
1992 · 7.4
Home Improvement
1991 · 7.4
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · 7.3
Heritage Minutes
1991 · 7.3
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014 · 7.3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · 7.3
Workin' Moms
2017 · 7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · 7.3
Trading Places
1983 · 7.2
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · 7.2
The Defenders
2010 · 7.2
Hotel Paranormal
2020 · 7.2
American Masters
1986 · 7.1
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · 7.0
The Arrow
1997 · 7.0
The Arrow
1997 · 7.0
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999 · 7.0
Pearl Harbor
2001 · 6.9
The Conners
2018 · 6.9
Sneakers
1992 · 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · 6.9
50 First Dates
2004 · 6.9
Tommy Boy
1995 · 6.8
Get On Up
2014 · 6.8
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · 6.8
The Gift of Winter
1974 · 6.7
Ghostbusters II
1989 · 6.6
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · 6.6
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · 6.6
According to Jim
2001 · 6.5
Into the Night
1985 · 6.5
Living with Fran
2005 · 6.5
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · 6.5
The Great Outdoors
1988 · 6.5
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · 6.4
Soul Man
1997 · 6.4
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978 · 6.4
Casper
1995 · 6.4
Bright Young Things
2003 · 6.3
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · 6.3
Antz
1998 · 6.2
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 · 6.2
The House of Mirth
2000 · 6.2
Spies Like Us
1985 · 6.2
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · 6.2
Evolution
2001 · 6.1
My Girl 2
1994 · 6.1
My Fellow Americans
1996 · 6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990 · 6.1
Presidential Reunion
2010 · 6.1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · 6.1
Dragnet
1987 · 6.0
Citizen Steve
1987 · 6.0
Unconditional Love
2002 · 6.0
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997 · 6.0
This Is My Life
1992 · 6.0
Sgt. Bilko
1996 · 5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988 · 5.9
The Campaign
2012 · 5.8
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988 · 5.8
Masters of Menace
1990 · 5.8
Pixels
2015 · 5.8
1941
1979 · 5.8
Canadian Bacon
1995 · 5.7
Born In Chicago
2013 · 5.7
Yogi Bear
2010 · 5.6
Shortcut to Happiness
2007 · 5.6
Neighbors
1981 · 5.6
Coneheads
1993 · 5.5
The Couch Trip
1988 · 5.5
Earth vs. the Spider
2001 · 5.5
War, Inc.
2008 · 5.5
Loser
2000 · 5.4
Stardom
2000 · 5.4
Feeling Minnesota
1996 · 5.4
On the Nose
2001 · 5.4
Ghostbusters
2016 · 5.3
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · 5.3
Celtic Pride
1996 · 5.3
Blues Brothers 2000
1998 · 5.3
Tammy
2014 · 5.3
The Women of SNL
2010 · 5.3
Nothing but Trouble
1991 · 5.3
Crossroads
2002 · 5.2
Two-Fisted Tales
1992 · 5.1
White Coats
2004 · 5.1
Doctor Detroit
1983 · 5.1
Diamonds
1999 · 5.1
The Coneheads
1983 · 5.1
The Random Factor
1995 · 5.1
Loose Cannons
1990 · 5.0
North
1994 · 5.0
Love at First Sight
1977 · 5.0
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · 4.8
Susan's Plan
1998 · 4.8
Rainbow
1996 · 4.7
Zombie Town
2023 · 4.3
Caddyshack II
1988 · 4.2
Exit to Eden
1994 · 4.2
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · 1.0
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · 0.0
Live from the House of Blues
1995 · 0.0
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019 · 0.0
Keeper of the Cup
— · 0.0
Dino Hunt Canada
2015 · 0.0
Getting Lost
— · 0.0