Dan Aykroyd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 July 1952 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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
Acting 171
- 2026That's Amore!
- 2026Getting Lost as (voice)
- 2026Keeper of the Cup as The Keeper
- 2026You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as Self
- 2026Marty, Life Is Short as Self (archive footage)
- 2025On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers as Self
- 2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not as Self
- 2025John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
- 2025Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self (archive footage)
- 2024An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
- 2024Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Ray Stantz
- 2024The Greatest Night in Pop as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Zombie Town as Len Carver
- 2023Our Soho as self
- 2023Our Soho as self
- 20222022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack as Self
- 2022Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Self
- 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ray Stantz
- 2021Who Saw the Men in Black as self
- 2021The Go-Go's as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020Belushi as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2019Fantastic Mr. Murray as Self - Interviewee
- 201931 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest as Self
- 2019Defend, Conserve, Protect as Narrator
- 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh as Self
- 2017Workin' Moms as Kate's Dad (voice) · 5 episodes
- 2016Good Fortune as Self
- 2016Ghostbusters as Cabbie
- 2016Ghostheads as Self
- 2015Being Canadian as Self
- 2015I Am Chris Farley as Self
- 2015Pixels as 1982 Championship MC
- 2014Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
- 2014Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
- 2014Get On Up as Ben Bart
- 2014Tammy as Don
- 2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as Scarecrow (voice)
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self · 1 episode
- 2013Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Rick Phillips
- 2013Behind the Candelabra as Seymour Heller
- 2013Born In Chicago as Narrator
- 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2013WWII: Saving the Reality as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2012The Campaign as Wade Motch
- 2012Sunset Strip as Self
- 2010Yogi Bear as Yogi Bear (voice)
- 2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
- 2010Presidential Reunion as Jimmy Carter
- 2009Julie & Julia as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2008War, Inc. as Mr. Vice President
- 2007Shortcut to Happiness as Julius Jensen
- 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry as Captain Tucker
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
- 2006Working with a Master: John Landis as Self
- 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Various Characters (archive footage)
- 2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music as Self
- 2005Just the Two of Us as Self
- 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs as Self
- 2005Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation as Self
- 2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self
- 2004Christmas with the Kranks as Vic Frohmeyer
- 2004The Best of So Graham Norton as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin as Narrator
- 2004White Coats as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
- 200450 First Dates as Dr. Keats
- 2003James Brown: Soul Survivor
- 2003Bright Young Things as Lord Monomark
- 2003Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 as Self
- 2003Toronto Rocks as Self
- 2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2002Unconditional Love as Max Beasley
- 2002Crossroads as Pete Wagner
- 2001On the Nose as Dr. Barry Davis
- 2001Earth vs. the Spider as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
- 2001The Curse of the Jade Scorpion as Chris Magruder
- 2001Evolution as Governor Lewis
- 2001Pearl Harbor as Captain Thurman
- 2000Stardom as Barry Levine
- 2000The House of Mirth as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
- 2000Loser as Dad
- 1999Diamonds as Lance Agensky
- 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Ghostbusters 1999 as Self
- 1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1999Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection as Captain Milligan
- 1999Family Guy as Dan Aykroyd (voice) · 1 episode
- 1998Susan's Plan as Bob
- 1998Antz as Chip (voice)
- 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' as Self
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000 as Elwood Blues
- 1998Roswell Top Secret as Self
- 1997Grosse Pointe Blank as Grocer
- 1997The Arrow as Crawford Gordon Jr.
- 1997Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow as Crawford Gordon
- 1996My Fellow Americans as President William Haney
- 1996Feeling Minnesota as Det. Ben Costikyan
- 1996Rainbow as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
- 1996Celtic Pride as Jimmy Flaherty
- 1996Getting Away with Murder as Jack Lambert
- 1996Sgt. Bilko as Colonel Hall
- 1996Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader
- 1995Canadian Bacon as OPP Officer (uncredited)
- 1995Casper as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
- 1995Tommy Boy as Ray Zalinsky
- 1995The Random Factor as Dexter (voice)
- 1994Exit to Eden as Fred Lavery
- 1994North as Pa Tex
- 1994My Girl 2 as Harry Sultenfuss
- 1994A Century of Cinema as Self
- 1993The Best of the Blues Brothers as Elwood Blues / Self
- 1993Coneheads as Beldar
- 1992Chaplin as Mack Sennett
- 1992Sneakers as Mother
- 1992This Is My Life as Arnold Moss
- 1992Two-Fisted Tales as Captain Miligan
- 1991My Girl as Harry Sultenfuss
- 1991Nothing but Trouble as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
- 1990Seriously... Phil Collins as Self
- 1990Masters of Menace as Johnny Lewis
- 1990The Earth Day Special as Vic's Buddy
- 1990Life of Python as Self
- 1990Loose Cannons as Ellis Fielding
- 1989Driving Miss Daisy as Boolie Werthan
- 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1989Ghostbusters II as Dr. Raymond Stantz
- 1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary as Self
- 1989The Simpsons as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice) · 1 episode
- 1988My Stepmother Is an Alien as Steven Mills
- 1988Caddyshack II as Captain Tom Everett
- 1988The Great Outdoors as Roman Craig
- 1988She's Having a Baby as Roman (uncredited)
- 1988The Couch Trip as John W. Burns, Jr.
- 1987Dragnet as Sgt. Joe Friday
- 1987Citizen Steve as Chial Dushane
- 1985Spies Like Us as Austin Millbarge
- 1985The Best of John Belushi as Various Characters
- 1985Into the Night as Herb
- 1985We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song as Self
- 1985B.B. King: Into the Night as Self
- 1984On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
- 1984Nothing Lasts Forever as Buck Heller
- 1984Ghostbusters as Dr. Raymond Stantz
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Art Weber
- 1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host · 1 episode
- 1983The Coneheads as Beldar (voice)
- 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie as Passenger
- 1983Trading Places as Louis Winthorpe III
- 1983Doctor Detroit as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
- 1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors as Beldar Conehead
- 1982It Came from Hollywood as Self
- 1981Neighbors as Vic
- 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
- 1980The Blues Brothers as Elwood Blues
- 19791941 as Sgt. Frank Tree
- 1979Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
- 1978Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland as Self
- 1978The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland as Elwood Blues
- 1978The Things We Did Last Summer as Self
- 1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash as Brian Thigh
- 1977Love at First Sight as Roy
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK as Cop #1
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK as Cop #1
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters · 99 episodes
- 1974The Gift of Winter as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Production 7
- 2026Belushi · executive producer
- 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · executive producer
- 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife · executive producer
- 2016Ghostbusters · executive producer
- 2013Born In Chicago · executive producer
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000 · producer
- 1986One More Saturday Night · executive producer
Writing 16
- 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · original film writer
- 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife · original film writer
- 2016Ghostbusters · characters
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000 · writer
- 1993The Best of the Blues Brothers · writer
- 1993Coneheads · screenplay
- 1991Nothing but Trouble · screenplay
- 1989Ghostbusters II · characters
- 1987Dragnet · screenplay
- 1985Spies Like Us · screenplay
- 1984Ghostbusters · screenplay
- 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever · writer
- 1980The Blues Brothers · writer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · writer
- 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK · writer
- 1975Saturday Night Live · 61 episodes
Directing 2
- 1991Nothing but Trouble · director
- 1987Citizen Steve · director