Dan Aykroyd
Known for acting · Born 1 July 1952 · 74 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
223 credits
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).
Known for
Saturday Night Live
1975
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters II
1989
Antz
1998
The Blues Brothers
1980
Trading Places
1983
My Girl
1991
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
50 First Dates
2004
Coneheads
1993
Acting (199)
2026Marty, Life Is ShortSelf (archive footage)Film
2026The Tom Green FarmSelfSeries
2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...SelfFilm
2026The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan AykroydSelf - Host · 8 episodesSeries
2025John Candy: I Like MeSelf - Mainstage Cast, The Second CityFilm
2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're NotSelfFilm
2025On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues BrothersSelfFilm
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireRay StantzFilm
2024The Greatest Night in PopSelf (archive footage)Film
2024Jim Henson Idea ManSelf (archive footage)Film
2024A History of the World in Six GlassesSelf · 6 episodesSeries
2024An SNL Thanksgiving(archive footage)Film
2023Zombie TownLen CarverFilm
2023The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydSelf - Host · 50 episodesSeries
2023Our SohoselfFilm
20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)Film
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeRay StantzFilm
2021The Go-Go'sSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2021Who Saw the Men in BlackselfFilm
2020BelushiSelf (archive footage)Film
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering GhostbustersSelfFilm
2020Hotel Paranormal · 20 episodesSeries
2020Reunited ApartSelfSeries
2019The Movies That Made UsRay Stantz (archive footage)Series
2019Fantastic Mr. MurraySelf - IntervieweeFilm
2019Chris Farley: Anything for a LaughSelfFilm
2019Defend, Conserve, ProtectNarratorFilm
201931 Nights of Halloween Fan FestSelfFilm
2019Biography: Comedy IconsSelfSeries
2018The ConnersBuddySeries
2017Workin' MomsKate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2016GhostbustersCabbieFilm
2016GhostheadsSelfFilm
2016Good FortuneSelfFilm
2015Pixels1982 Championship MCFilm
2015I Am Chris FarleySelfFilm
2015Being CanadianSelfFilm
2015The SeventiesSelf (archive footage)Series
2015Jay Leno's GarageSelfSeries
2015Dino Hunt CanadaNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2014TammyDonFilm
2014Get On UpBen BartFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnScarecrow (voice)Film
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2014Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and BeyondFilm
2014Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters RetrospectiveFilm
2013Behind the CandelabraSeymour HellerFilm
2013Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingRick PhillipsFilm
2013Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelfFilm
2013Born In ChicagoNarratorFilm
2013WWII: Saving the RealitySelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2012The CampaignWade MotchFilm
2012Sunset StripSelfFilm
2012Inside ComedySelfSeries
2010Yogi BearYogi Bear (voice)Film
2010The DefendersJudge Max Hunter · 2 episodesSeries
2010Presidential ReunionJimmy CarterFilm
2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)Film
2010The Fran Drescher ShowSeries
2009Julie & JuliaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2008War, Inc.Mr. Vice PresidentFilm
2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarryCaptain TuckerFilm
2007Shortcut to HappinessJulius JensenFilm
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelfFilm
2006Working with a Master: John LandisSelfFilm
2006Second City: First Family of ComedySelf · 3 episodesSeries
2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of John BelushiSelf / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2005Living with FranSeries
2005Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOsSelfFilm
2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan AykroydVarious Characters (archive footage)Film
2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveSelfFilm
2005Just the Two of UsSelfFilm
2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The MusicSelfFilm
2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power GenerationSelfFilm
200450 First DatesDr. KeatsFilm
2004Christmas with the KranksVic FrohmeyerFilm
2004White CoatsDr. Cyrill KippFilm
2004Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and KickinNarratorFilm
2004The Best of So Graham NortonSelf (archive footage)Film
2003Bright Young ThingsLord MonomarkFilm
2003James Brown: Soul SurvivorFilm
2003Toronto RocksSelfFilm
2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’SelfFilm
2003Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5SelfFilm
2002CrossroadsPete WagnerFilm
2002Unconditional LoveMax BeasleyFilm
2001Pearl HarborCaptain ThurmanFilm
2001EvolutionGovernor LewisFilm
2001The Curse of the Jade ScorpionChris MagruderFilm
2001According to JimDanny Michalski · 5 episodesSeries
2001Earth vs. the SpiderDet. Insp. Jack GrilloFilm
2001On the NoseDr. Barry DavisFilm
2000LoserDadFilm
2000The House of MirthAugustus 'Gus' TrenorFilm
2000StardomBarry LevineFilm
1999Family GuyDan Aykroyd (voice)Series
1999DiamondsLance AgenskyFilm
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm
1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana CarveyFilm
1999Saturday Night Live: ChristmasSelf (archive footage)Film
1999Ghostbusters 1999SelfFilm
1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionCaptain MilliganFilm
1999Mark Twain PrizeSelfSeries
1998AntzChip (voice)Film
1998Blues Brothers 2000Elwood BluesFilm
1998Susan's PlanBobFilm
1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'SelfFilm
1998Roswell Top SecretSelfFilm
1997Grosse Pointe BlankGrocerFilm
1997The ArrowCrawford Gordon Jr.Film
1997Soul ManRev. Mike Weber · 25 episodesSeries
1997Heritage Minutes: Avro ArrowCrawford GordonFilm
1997The ArrowCrawford Gordon · 2 episodesSeries
1996Sgt. BilkoColonel HallFilm
1996My Fellow AmericansPresident William HaneyFilm
1996Feeling MinnesotaDet. Ben CostikyanFilm
1996Celtic PrideJimmy FlahertyFilm
1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalSelf - Host · 88 episodesSeries
1996Getting Away with MurderJack LambertFilm
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelfSeries
1996RainbowSheriff Wyatt HamptonFilm
1995CasperDr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)Film
1995Tommy BoyRay ZalinskyFilm
1995Canadian BaconOPP Officer (uncredited)Film
1995The Random FactorDexter (voice)Film
1995Live from the House of BluesSeries
1994My Girl 2Harry SultenfussFilm
1994NorthPa TexFilm
1994Exit to EdenFred LaveryFilm
1994A Century of CinemaSelfFilm
1993The NannyRepairman (uncredited)Series
1993ConeheadsBeldarFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1993The Best of the Blues BrothersElwood Blues / SelfFilm
1993Intimate PortraitSelfSeries
1992ChaplinMack SennettFilm
1992SneakersMotherFilm
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
1992This Is My LifeArnold MossFilm
1992Two-Fisted TalesCaptain MiliganFilm
1992Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelfSeries
1991My GirlHarry SultenfussFilm
1991Home ImprovementMike WeberSeries
1991Nothing but TroubleJudge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / BoboFilm
1991Heritage MinutesCrawford GordonSeries
1990Loose CannonsEllis FieldingFilm
1990Masters of MenaceJohnny LewisFilm
1990The Earth Day SpecialVic's BuddyFilm
1990Life of PythonSelfFilm
1990Seriously... Phil CollinsSelfFilm
1989The SimpsonsPostage Stamp Fellow (voice)Series
1989Ghostbusters IIDr. Raymond StantzFilm
1989Driving Miss DaisyBoolie WerthanFilm
1989Tales from the CryptCaptain MilliganSeries
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelfFilm
1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video DiarySelfFilm
1988The Great OutdoorsRoman CraigFilm
1988My Stepmother Is an AlienSteven MillsFilm
1988She's Having a BabyRoman (uncredited)Film
1988Caddyshack IICaptain Tom EverettFilm
1988The Couch TripJohn W. Burns, Jr.Film
1987DragnetSgt. Joe FridayFilm
1987Citizen SteveChial DushaneFilm
1986American MastersJulia Child (archive footage)Series
1985Spies Like UsAustin MillbargeFilm
1985Into the NightHerbFilm
1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the SongSelfFilm
1985B.B. King: Into the NightSelfFilm
1985The Best of John BelushiVarious CharactersFilm
1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomArt WeberFilm
1984GhostbustersDr. Raymond StantzFilm
1984Nothing Lasts ForeverBuck HellerFilm
1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf - HostSeries
1984On the Scene with the GhostbustersFilm
1983Trading PlacesLouis Winthorpe IIIFilm
1983Twilight Zone: The MoviePassengerFilm
1983Doctor DetroitClifford Skridlow / Doctor DetroitFilm
1983The ConeheadsBeldar (voice)Film
1982It Came from HollywoodSelfFilm
1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie VisitorsBeldar ConeheadFilm
1981NeighborsVicFilm
1981Steve Martin's Best Show EverYortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. TrevesFilm
1980The Blues BrothersElwood BluesFilm
19791941Sgt. Frank TreeFilm
1979Mr. Mike's Mondo VideoChurch of Jack Lord Leader / SelfFilm
1978The Rutles: All You Need Is CashBrian ThighFilm
1978The Blues Brothers Live at WinterlandElwood BluesFilm
1978The Things We Did Last SummerSelfFilm
1978Grateful Dead: The Closing of WinterlandSelfFilm
1977Love at First SightRoyFilm
1976The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1Film
1976The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1Film
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters · 88 episodes, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host, Self / Various (archive footage), Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited) · 3 episodes, Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited) · 2 episodes, Sanjaya Fan (uncredited), John Boehner (uncredited)Series
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1974The Gift of WinterGoodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)Film
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
—Keeper of the CupThe KeeperFilm
—Getting Lost(voice)Film
Creator (1)
1986The Real GhostbustersCreatorSeries
Directing (1)
1987Citizen SteveDirectorFilm
Production (7)
2023The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydExecutive ProducerSeries
2013Born In ChicagoExecutive ProducerFilm
1998Blues Brothers 2000Producer, WriterFilm
1997Soul ManExecutive ProducerSeries
1986One More Saturday NightExecutive ProducerFilm
—BelushiExecutive ProducerFilm
—Ghostbusters: Night ShiftExecutive ProducerSeries
Writing (15)
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireOriginal Film Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeOriginal Film Writer, Executive ProducerFilm
2016GhostbustersCharacters, Executive ProducerFilm
1993ConeheadsScreenplayFilm
1993The Best of the Blues BrothersWriterFilm
1991Nothing but TroubleScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1989Ghostbusters IIScreenplay, CharactersFilm
1987DragnetScreenplayFilm
1985Spies Like UsScreenplayFilm
1984GhostbustersScreenplayFilm
1981Steve Martin's Best Show EverWriterFilm
1980The Blues BrothersWriterFilm
1976The Beach Boys: It's OKWriterFilm
1976The Beach Boys: It's OKWriterFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveWriterSeries