Actor
· Acting
Dan Aykroyd
Born 1952-07-01
📍 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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 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.
Filmography 194
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
as Self
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
2025
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Ray Stantz
2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024
A History of the World in Six Glasses
as Self
2024
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
as Self - Host
2023
Zombie Town
as Len Carver
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ray Stantz
2021
Who Saw the Men in Black
as self
2021
The Go-Go's
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Hotel Paranormal
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
The Movies That Made Us
as Ray Stantz (archive footage)
2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
2019
Defend, Conserve, Protect
as Narrator
2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self
2019
The Conners
as Buddy
2018
Workin' Moms
as Kate's Dad
2017
Workin' Moms
as Kate's Dad (voice)
2017
Good Fortune
as Self
2016
Ghostbusters
as Cabbie
2016
Ghostheads
as Self
2016
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
2015
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
I Am Chris Farley
as Self
2015
Pixels
as 1982 Championship MC
2015
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Dino Hunt Canada
as Narrator
2015
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014
Get On Up
as Ben Bart
2014
Tammy
as Don
2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Scarecrow (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Rick Phillips
2013
Behind the Candelabra
as Seymour Heller
2013
Born In Chicago
as Narrator
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
WWII: Saving the Reality
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
The Campaign
as Wade Motch
2012
Sunset Strip
as Self
2012
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
Yogi Bear
as Yogi Bear (voice)
2010
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
2010
The Defenders
as Judge Max Hunter
2010
Presidential Reunion
as Jimmy Carter
2010
Julie & Julia
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
War, Inc.
as Mr. Vice President
2008
Shortcut to Happiness
as Julius Jensen
2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Captain Tucker
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self
2006
Working with a Master: John Landis
as Self
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Various Characters (archive footage)
2005
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
as Self
2005
Just the Two of Us
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
as Self
2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self
2005
Living with Fran
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
as Vic Frohmeyer
2004
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
as Narrator
2004
White Coats
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
2004
50 First Dates
as Dr. Keats
2004
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
Bright Young Things
as Lord Monomark
2003
Toronto Rocks
as Self
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
Unconditional Love
as Max Beasley
2002
Crossroads
as Pete Wagner
2002
On the Nose
as Dr. Barry Davis
2001
Earth vs. the Spider
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
2001
According to Jim
as Danny Michalski
2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Chris Magruder
2001
Evolution
as Governor Lewis
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Captain Thurman
2001
The House of Mirth
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
2000
Stardom
as Barry Levine
2000
Loser
as Dad
2000
Diamonds
as Lance Agensky
1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
as Self
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self
1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Captain Milligan
1999
Family Guy
as Dan Aykroyd (voice)
1999
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
1999
Susan's Plan
as Bob
1998
Antz
as Chip (voice)
1998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self
1998
Blues Brothers 2000
as Elwood Blues
1998
Roswell Top Secret
as Self
1998
Soul Man
as Rev. Mike Weber
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Grocer
1997
The Arrow
as Crawford Gordon Jr.
1997
The Arrow
as Crawford Gordon
1997
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
as Crawford Gordon
1997
My Fellow Americans
as President William Haney
1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
as Self - Host
1996
Feeling Minnesota
as Det. Ben Costikyan
1996
Rainbow
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
Celtic Pride
as Jimmy Flaherty
1996
Getting Away with Murder
as Jack Lambert
1996
Sgt. Bilko
as COL John T. Hall
1996
Canadian Bacon
as OPP Officer (uncredited)
1995
Casper
as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
1995
Tommy Boy
as Ray Zalinsky
1995
Exit to Eden
as Fred Lavery
1994
The Best of the Blues Brothers
as Elwood Blues / Self
1994
North
as Pa Tex
1994
My Girl 2
as Harry Sultenfuss
1994
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
The Nanny
as Repairman (uncredited)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Coneheads
as Beldar
1993
Chaplin
as Mack Sennett
1992
Sneakers
as Mother
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
This Is My Life
as Arnold Moss
1992
Two-Fisted Tales
as Captain Miligan
1992
My Girl
as Harry Sultenfuss
1991
Home Improvement
as Mike Weber
1991
Nothing But Trouble
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
1991
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
1990
Masters of Menace
as Johnny Lewis
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Vic's Buddy
1990
Life of Python
as Self
1990
Loose Cannons
as Ellis Fielding
1990
The Simpsons
as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
as Boolie Werthan
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
Ghostbusters II
as Ray Stantz
1989
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
as Self
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Captain Milligan
1989
My Stepmother Is an Alien
as Steven Mills
1988
Caddyshack II
as Captain Tom Everett
1988
The Great Outdoors
as Roman Craig
1988
She's Having a Baby
as Roman (uncredited)
1988
The Couch Trip
as John W. Burns, Jr.
1988
Dragnet
as Sgt. Joe Friday
1987
Citizen Steve
as Chial Dushane
1987
American Masters
as Julia Child (archive footage)
1986
Spies Like Us
as Austin Millbarge
1985
The Best of John Belushi
as Various Characters
1985
Into the Night
as Herb
1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
1985
B.B. King: Into the Night
as Self
1985
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Host
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Buck Heller
1984
Ghostbusters
as Ray Stantz
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Art Weber
1984
The Coneheads
as Beldar (voice)
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Passenger
1983
Trading Places
as Louis Winthorpe III
1983
Doctor Detroit
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
1983
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
as Beldar Conehead
1982
It Came from Hollywood
as Self
1982
Neighbors
as Vic
1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
1981
The Blues Brothers
as Elwood Blues
1980
1941
as Sgt. Frank Tree
1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
1979
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
as Elwood Blues
1978
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
as Self
1978
The Things We Did Last Summer
as Self
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Brian Thigh
1978
Love at First Sight
as Roy
1977
The Beach Boys: It's OK
as Cop #1
1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK
as Cop #1
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Various (archive footage)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited)
1975
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Gift of Winter
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
1974
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Keeper of the Cup
as The Keeper
Getting Lost
as (voice)