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Dan Aykroyd
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…
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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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2026
The Tom Green Farm
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2026
Marty, Life Is Short
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2025
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2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
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2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
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2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
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2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
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2024
Returning to the Firehouse: Making Frozen Empire
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2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie Ray Stantz
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2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
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2024
A History of the World in Six Glasses
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2023
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
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2023
Zombie Town
Movie Len Carver
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2023
Our Soho
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2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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2022
Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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2022
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack
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2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie Ray Stantz
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2021
Who Saw the Men in Black
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2021
The Go-Go's
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2020
Belushi
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2020
Hotel Paranormal
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2020
Reunited Apart
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- 2020
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2019
The Movies That Made Us
TV show Ray Stantz (archive footage)
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2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2019
Defend, Conserve, Protect
Movie Narrator
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2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
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2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
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2018
The Conners
TV show Buddy
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2017
Workin' Moms
TV show Kate's Dad
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2016
Good Fortune
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2016
Ghostbusters
Movie Cabbie
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2016
Ghostheads
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2015
Jay Leno's Garage
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2015
Being Canadian
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2015
I Am Chris Farley
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2015
Pixels
Movie 1982 Championship MC
