Dan Aykroyd
1.2Acting

Dan Aykroyd

Jul 1, 1952 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dan Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, initially pursued studies in psychology, criminal sociology, and political science at Carleton University, where his comedy journey took off. He co-wrote sketches for a private cable company, igniting his passion for acting. At 20, he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and Toronto, marking the start of his career.

In 1975, Aykroyd joined "Saturday Night Live" as a founding member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," crafting iconic sketches like "The Blues Brothers" with Belushi and "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" with Steve Martin. The success of "The Blues Brothers" sketch led to a full-length feature in 1980, with Aykroyd writing and producing the movie soundtrack, defying the disco and punk era.

His versatile talent shines in roles like Dr. Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters," Jessica Tandy’s son in "Driving Miss Daisy," a single father in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomArt Weber
Movie2003Toronto RocksSelf
Movie1989Driving Miss DaisyBoolie Werthan
Movie1980The Blues BrothersElwood Blues
Movie1984GhostbustersRay Stantz
Movie2001Pearl HarborCaptain Thurman
Movie1983Trading PlacesLouis Winthorpe III
Movie1987DragnetSgt. Joe Friday
Movie1995Canadian BaconOPP Officer (uncredited)
Movie1992SneakersMother
Movie200450 First DatesDr. Keats
Movie2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarryCaptain Phineas J. Tucker
Movie1988The Great OutdoorsRoman Craig
Movie2001The Curse of the Jade ScorpionChris Magruder
Movie1991My GirlHarry Sultenfuss
Movie1992ChaplinMack Sennett
Movie1989Ghostbusters IIRay Stantz
Movie1982It Came from HollywoodHimself
Movie1985Into the NightHerb
Movie19791941Sgt. Frank Tree
Movie2001Earth vs. the SpiderDet. Insp. Jack Grillo
Movie1995Tommy BoyRay Zalinsky
Movie1994My Girl 2Harry Sultenfuss
Movie1998Blues Brothers 2000Elwood Blues
Movie1983Doctor DetroitClifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
Movie1996Celtic PrideJimmy Flaherty
Movie1994NorthPa Tex
Movie1991Nothing but TroubleJudge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
Movie1988The Couch TripJohn W. Burns, Jr.
Movie1990Loose CannonsEllis Fielding
Movie1988My Stepmother Is an AlienSteven Mills
Movie1995CasperDr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
Movie1998AntzChip (voice)
Movie2000The House of MirthAugustus 'Gus' Trenor
Movie1997Grosse Pointe BlankGrocer
Movie1996Getting Away with MurderJack Lambert
Movie1985Spies Like UsAustin Millbarge
Movie1996Sgt. BilkoCOL John T. Hall
Movie2008War, Inc.Mr. Vice President
Movie1996Feeling MinnesotaDet. Ben Costikyan
Movie1993ConeheadsBeldar
Movie1987Citizen SteveChial Dushane
Movie2001EvolutionGovernor Lewis
Movie1988She's Having a BabyRoman (uncredited)
Movie2007Shortcut to HappinessJulius Jenson
Movie2004Christmas with the KranksVic Frohmeyer
Movie1999DiamondsLance Agensky
Movie2010Yogi BearYogi Bear (voice)
Movie1992This Is My LifeArnold Moss
Movie2021Who Saw the Men in Blackself
Movie2003Bright Young ThingsLord Monomark
Movie1997Heritage Minutes: Avro ArrowCrawford Gordon
Movie1978The Rutles: All You Need Is CashBrian Thigh
Movie2013Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingRick Phillips
Movie2000StardomBarry Levine
Movie2002CrossroadsPete Wagner
Movie1979Mr. Mike's Mondo VideoChurch of Jack Lord Leader / Self
Movie1988Caddyshack IICapt. Tom Everett
Movie1996My Fellow AmericansPresident William Haney
Movie1990Masters of MenaceJohnny Lewis
Movie1994Exit to EdenFred Lavery
Movie1981NeighborsVic
Movie1984Nothing Lasts ForeverBuck Heller
Movie1998Susan's PlanBob
Movie2005Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOshimself
Movie2001On the NoseDr. Barry Davis
Movie2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireRay Stantz
Movie2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnScarecrow (voice)
Movie2012The CampaignWade Motch
Movie1977Love at First SightRoy
Movie2013Behind the CandelabraSeymour Heller
MovieN/AThat's Amore!
Movie2014TammyDon
Movie2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering GhostbustersSelf
Movie2014Get on UpBen Bart
Movie2013Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelf
Movie1990Life of PythonSelf
Movie1995The Random FactorDexter (voice)
Movie1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie VisitorsBeldar Conehead
Movie1983Twilight Zone: The MoviePassenger
Movie1978The Blues Brothers Live at WinterlandElwood Blues
Movie1985The Best of John BelushiVarious Characters
Movie1999Saturday Night Live: ChristmasSelf
Movie1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
Movie2004White CoatsDr. Cyrill Kipp
Movie2023Zombie TownLen Carver
Movie1999Ghostbusters 1999Self
Movie2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The MusicSelf
Movie2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of John BelushiSelf / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2024The Greatest Night in PopSelf (archive footage)
Movie1981Steve Martin's Best Show EverYortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
Movie2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan AykroydVarious Characters (archive footage)
Movie2015Being CanadianSelf
Movie2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’Self
Movie20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf (archive footage)
Movie2015I Am Chris FarleySelf
Movie1996Sex, Censorship and the Silver ScreenQuote Reader
Movie2015Pixels1982 Championship MC
Movie1990Seriously... Phil CollinsSelf
Movie2013WWII: Saving the RealitySelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the SongSelf
Movie1992Two-Fisted TalesCaptain Miligan
Movie1994The Best of the Blues BrothersElwood Blues / Himself
Movie2016GhostheadsSelf
Movie2000LoserDad
Movie2016GhostbustersCabbie
Movie1983The ConeheadsBeldar (Voice)
Movie1990The Earth Day SpecialVic's Buddy
Movie2003James Brown: Soul Survivor
Movie1996RainbowSheriff Wyatt Hampton
Movie1974The Gift of WinterGoodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Movie2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power GenerationSelf
Movie1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf
Movie2012Sunset StripSelf
Movie2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveSelf
Movie2004Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and KickinNarrator
Movie1998Roswell Top SecretSelf
Movie1985B.B. King: Into the NightSelf
Movie2002Unconditional LoveMax Beasley
Movie2014Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
Movie2014Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
Movie2010The Women of SNLVarious (archive footage)
Movie2019Defend, Conserve, ProtectNarrator
Movie2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeRay Stantz
Movie1976The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1
Movie2019Fantastic Mr. MurraySelf - Interviewee
Movie1994A Century of CinemaSelf
Movie1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self
Movie1997The ArrowCrawford Gordon Jr.
Movie1976The Beach Boys: It's OKCop #1
Movie2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Movie1978The Things We Did Last SummerSelf
Movie2006Working with a Master: John LandisSelf
Movie2013Born In ChicagoNarrator
Movie1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis CollectionCaptain Milligan
Movie2020BelushiSelf (archive footage)
Movie2016Good FortuneSelf
Movie1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
Movie2010Presidential ReunionJimmy Carter
Movie2025You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
MovieN/AKeeper of the CupThe Keeper
Movie1978Grateful Dead: The Closing of WinterlandSelf
Movie2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf
MovieN/AReturn to the Firehouse: Making Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireSelf
TV Show2005Living with Fran1
TV Show1999Family GuyDan Aykroyd (voice)1
TV Show1991Home ImprovementMike Weber1
TV Show2001According to JimDanny Michalski5
TV Show1993The NannyRepair Man (uncredited)1
TV Show1989Tales from the CryptCaptain Milligan1
TV Show1989The SimpsonsPostage Stamp Fellow (voice)1
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest3
TV Show1993Intimate PortraitSelf1
TV Show1996Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal88
TV Show1995Live from the House of Blues1
TV Show2019The Movies That Made UsRay Stantz (archive footage)1
TV Show1997Soul ManRev. Mike Weber25
TV Show1999Mark Twain PrizeSelf1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters86
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)10
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2023The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydSelf - Host30
TV Show2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf2
TV Show2015Dino Hunt CanadaNarrator4
TV Show1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf - Host1
TV Show1992Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf1
TV Show2006Second City: First Family of ComedySelf3
TV Show1997The ArrowCrawford Gordon2
TV Show2019Biography: Comedy IconsHimself1
TV Show1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf1
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2024A History of the World in Six GlassesSelf6
TV Show2010The Fran Drescher Show1
TV Show2018The ConnersBuddy1
TV Show2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf1
TV Show2012Inside ComedySelf1
TV Show2020Reunited ApartSelf1
TV Show2020Hotel Paranormal20
TV Show2010The DefendersJudge Max Hunter2
TV Show2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night4
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf / Various (archive footage)1
TV Show1986American MastersJulia Child (archive footage)1
TV Show2015The SeventiesSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show1974Dinah!Self1

Crew

Media
Movie1984GhostbustersScreenplayWriting
Movie1987DragnetScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Ghostbusters IIScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Blues Brothers 2000WriterWriting
Movie1998Blues Brothers 2000ProducerProduction
Movie1991Nothing but TroubleScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Nothing but TroubleDirectorDirecting
Movie1985Spies Like UsScreenplayWriting
Movie2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeOriginal Film WriterWriting
Movie1993ConeheadsScreenplayWriting
Movie2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2016GhostbustersCharactersWriting
Movie1986One More Saturday NightExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireOriginal Film WriterWriting
Movie2024Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1981Steve Martin's Best Show EverWriterWriting
Movie1994The Best of the Blues BrothersWriterWriting
Movie2016GhostbustersExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1989Ghostbusters IICharactersWriting
MovieN/ABelushiExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1980The Blues BrothersWriterWriting
Movie1976The Beach Boys: It's OKWriterWriting
Movie1976The Beach Boys: It's OKWriterWriting
Movie2013Born In ChicagoExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1987Citizen SteveDirectorDirecting
TV Show1997Soul ManExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2023The UnBelievable with Dan AykroydExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show1986The Real GhostbustersCreatorCreator