Dan Aykroyd
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1952
Daniel Edward 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 sketc…
Known for
Trading Places
1983
Dragnet
1987
The Great Outdoors
1988
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
It Came from Hollywood
1982
1941
1979
Earth vs. the Spider
2001
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
Doctor Detroit
1983
The Couch Trip
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
Getting Away with Murder
1996
Coneheads
1993
Citizen Steve
1987
Yogi Bear
2010
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005
On the Nose
2001
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
WWII: Saving the Reality
2013
The Coneheads
1983
The Earth Day Special
1990
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
The Arrow
1997
Born In Chicago
2013
Good Fortune
2016
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025
Just the Two of Us
2005
The Blues Brothers
1980
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters II
1989
Nothing But Trouble
1991
Loose Cannons
1990
The House of Mirth
2000
Spies Like Us
1985
Sgt. Bilko
1996
Diamonds
1999
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
Stardom
2000
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
Love at First Sight
1977
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978
The Best of John Belushi
1985
Zombie Town
2023
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993
Ghostheads
2016
The Gift of Winter
1974
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Roswell Top Secret
1998
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
A Century of Cinema
1994
Getting Lost
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
My Girl
1991
Into the Night
1985
My Girl 2
1994
Celtic Pride
1996
Antz
1998
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
My Fellow Americans
1996
Behind the Candelabra
2013
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Get On Up
2014
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
Our Soho
2023
Sneakers
1992
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
Shortcut to Happiness
2007
Exit to Eden
1994
Neighbors
1981
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
That's Amore!
I Am Chris Farley
2015
Belushi
2020
Presidential Reunion
2010
Keeper of the Cup
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003
War, Inc.
2008
Feeling Minnesota
1996
This Is My Life
1992
Crossroads
2002
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
Sunset Strip
2012
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
Unconditional Love
2002
100 Years at the Movies
1994
50 First Dates
2004
Masters of Menace
1990
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989
Tommy Boy
1995
North
1994
Tammy
2014
Life of Python
1990
Loser
2000
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
The Campaign
2012
The Random Factor
1995
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
Chaplin
1992
Evolution
2001
Bright Young Things
2003
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
White Coats
2004
Pixels
2015
Susan's Plan
1998
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Toronto Rocks
2003
Caddyshack II
1988
Being Canadian
2015
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
The Women of SNL
2010
Pearl Harbor
2001
Rainbow
1996
The Go-Go's
2021
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
Casper
1995
She's Having a Baby
1988
Canadian Bacon
1995
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Ghostbusters
2016
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
Julie & Julia
2009
Living with Fran
2005
Family Guy
1999
Home Improvement
1991
According to Jim
2001
The Nanny
1993
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Intimate Portrait
1993
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
Live from the House of Blues
1995
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Soul Man
1997
Mark Twain Prize
1999
Saturday Night Live
1975
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Dino Hunt Canada
2015
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
The Arrow
1997
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
The Conners
2018
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
Inside Comedy
2012
Reunited Apart
2020
Hotel Paranormal
2020
The Defenders
2010
American Masters
1986
The Seventies
2015
Dinah!
1974
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Workin' Moms
2017
The Tom Green Farm
2026