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