Actor
Dan Aykroyd
74 years · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 155 films
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).
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Filmography 153
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Self
Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Self (archive footage)
On Netflix
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025 · Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025 · Self
On HBO Max
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
On Amazon Prime Video
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Disney Plus
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Ray Stantz
On Hulu
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Netflix
Zombie Town
2023 · Len Carver
On Tubi TV
Our Soho
2023 · self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Ray Stantz
On Hulu
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021 · self
On Plex
The Go-Go's
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On The CW
Belushi
2020 · Self (archive footage)
On fuboTV
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
On fuboTV
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019 · Self - Interviewee
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019 · Narrator
On Kanopy
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Self
On Kanopy
Good Fortune
2016 · Self
Ghostbusters
2016 · Cabbie
On Hulu
Ghostheads
2016 · Self
On Hoopla
Being Canadian
2015 · Self
On fuboTV