Acting

Dan Aykroyd

Born: 1952-07-01
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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

Filmography

203 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Marty, Life Is Short

2026 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Tom Green Farm

2026 · TV Show

Self

The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd

2026 · TV Show

Self - Host

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2026 · Movie

Self

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not

2025 · Movie

Self

John Candy: I Like Me

2025 · Movie

Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City

On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers

2025 · Movie

Self

A History of the World in Six Glasses

2024 · TV Show

Self

An SNL Thanksgiving

2024 · Movie

(archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024 · Movie

Ray Stantz · Original Film Writer · Executive Producer

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Greatest Night in Pop

2024 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Our Soho

2023 · Movie

self

The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

2023 · TV Show

Self - Host · Executive Producer

Zombie Town

2023 · Movie

Len Carver

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

2022 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021 · Movie

Ray Stantz · Original Film Writer · Executive Producer

The Go-Go's

2021 · Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Who Saw the Men in Black

2021 · Movie

self

Belushi

2020 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020 · Movie

Self

Hotel Paranormal

2020 · TV Show

Cast

Reunited Apart

2020 · TV Show

Self

31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest

2019 · Movie

Self

Biography: Comedy Icons

2019 · TV Show

Self

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

2019 · Movie

Self

Defend, Conserve, Protect

2019 · Movie

Narrator

Fantastic Mr. Murray

2019 · Movie

Self - Interviewee

The Movies That Made Us

2019 · TV Show

Ray Stantz (archive footage)

The Conners

2018 · TV Show

Buddy

Workin' Moms

2017 · TV Show

Kate's Dad · Kate's Dad (voice)

Ghostbusters

2016 · Movie

Cabbie · Characters · Executive Producer

Ghostheads

2016 · Movie

Self

Good Fortune

2016 · Movie

Self

Being Canadian

2015 · Movie

Self

Dino Hunt Canada

2015 · TV Show

Narrator

I Am Chris Farley

2015 · Movie

Self

Jay Leno's Garage

2015 · TV Show

Self

Pixels

2015 · Movie

1982 Championship MC

The Seventies

2015 · TV Show

Self (archive footage)

Get On Up

2014 · Movie

Ben Bart

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · TV Show

Self - Guest

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2014 · Movie

Scarecrow (voice)

Tammy

2014 · Movie

Don

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · TV Show

Self

Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond

2014 · Movie

Cast

Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective

2014 · Movie

Cast

Behind the Candelabra

2013 · Movie

Seymour Heller

Born In Chicago

2013 · Movie

Narrator · Executive Producer

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

2013 · Movie

Rick Phillips

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013 · Movie

Self

WWII: Saving the Reality

2013 · Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

Inside Comedy

2012 · TV Show

Self

Sunset Strip

2012 · Movie

Self

The Campaign

2012 · Movie

Wade Motch

Presidential Reunion

2010 · Movie

Jimmy Carter

The Defenders

2010 · TV Show

Judge Max Hunter

The Fran Drescher Show

2010 · TV Show

Cast

The Women of SNL

2010 · Movie

Various (archive footage)

Yogi Bear

2010 · Movie

Yogi Bear (voice)

Julie & Julia

2009 · Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

War, Inc.

2008 · Movie

Mr. Vice President

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007 · Movie

Captain Tucker

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007 · Movie

Self

Shortcut to Happiness

2007 · Movie

Julius Jensen

Second City: First Family of Comedy

2006 · TV Show

Self

Working with a Master: John Landis

2006 · Movie

Self

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005 · Movie

Self

Just the Two of Us

2005 · Movie

Self

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

2005 · Movie

Self

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

2005 · Movie

Self

Living with Fran

2005 · TV Show

Cast

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

2005 · Movie

Various Characters (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

2005 · Movie

Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

2005 · Movie

Self

50 First Dates

2004 · Movie

Dr. Keats

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 · Movie

Vic Frohmeyer

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

2004 · Movie

Narrator

The Best of So Graham Norton

2004 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

White Coats

2004 · Movie

Dr. Cyrill Kipp

Bright Young Things

2003 · Movie

Lord Monomark

James Brown: Soul Survivor

2003 · Movie

Cast

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5

2003 · Movie

Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

2003 · Movie

Self

Toronto Rocks

2003 · Movie

Self

Crossroads

2002 · Movie

Pete Wagner

Unconditional Love

2002 · Movie

Max Beasley

According to Jim

2001 · TV Show

Danny Michalski

Earth vs. the Spider

2001 · Movie

Det. Insp. Jack Grillo

Evolution

2001 · Movie

Governor Lewis

On the Nose

2001 · Movie

Dr. Barry Davis

Pearl Harbor

2001 · Movie

Captain Thurman

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

2001 · Movie

Chris Magruder

Loser

2000 · Movie

Dad

Stardom

2000 · Movie

Barry Levine

The House of Mirth

2000 · Movie

Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

Diamonds

1999 · Movie

Lance Agensky

Family Guy

1999 · TV Show

Dan Aykroyd (voice)

Ghostbusters 1999

1999 · Movie

Self

Mark Twain Prize

1999 · TV Show

Self

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999 · Movie

Self

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

1999 · Movie

Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey

1999 · Movie

Cast

Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection

1999 · Movie

Captain Milligan

Antz

1998 · Movie

Chip (voice)

Blues Brothers 2000

1998 · Movie

Elwood Blues · Writer · Producer

Roswell Top Secret

1998 · Movie

Self

Susan's Plan

1998 · Movie

Bob

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998 · Movie

Self

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997 · Movie

Grocer

Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow

1997 · Movie

Crawford Gordon

Soul Man

1997 · TV Show

Rev. Mike Weber · Executive Producer

The Arrow

1997 · Movie

Crawford Gordon Jr.

The Arrow

1997 · TV Show

Crawford Gordon

Celtic Pride

1996 · Movie

Jimmy Flaherty

Feeling Minnesota

1996 · Movie

Det. Ben Costikyan

Getting Away with Murder

1996 · Movie

Jack Lambert

My Fellow Americans

1996 · Movie

President William Haney

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

1996 · TV Show

Self - Host

Rainbow

1996 · Movie

Sheriff Wyatt Hampton

Sgt. Bilko

1996 · Movie

Colonel Hall

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996 · TV Show

Self

Canadian Bacon

1995 · Movie

OPP Officer (uncredited)

Casper

1995 · Movie

Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)

Live from the House of Blues

1995 · TV Show

Cast

The Random Factor

1995 · Movie

Dexter (voice)

Tommy Boy

1995 · Movie

Ray Zalinsky

A Century of Cinema

1994 · Movie

Self

Exit to Eden

1994 · Movie

Fred Lavery

My Girl 2

1994 · Movie

Harry Sultenfuss

North

1994 · Movie

Pa Tex

Coneheads

1993 · Movie

Beldar · Screenplay

Intimate Portrait

1993 · TV Show

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · TV Show

Self - Guest

The Best of the Blues Brothers

1993 · Movie

Elwood Blues / Self · Writer

The Nanny

1993 · TV Show

Repairman (uncredited)

Chaplin

1992 · Movie

Mack Sennett

Sneakers

1992 · Movie

Mother

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

1992 · TV Show

Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · TV Show

Cast

This Is My Life

1992 · Movie

Arnold Moss

Two-Fisted Tales

1992 · Movie

Captain Miligan

Heritage Minutes

1991 · TV Show

Crawford Gordon

Home Improvement

1991 · TV Show

Mike Weber

My Girl

1991 · Movie

Harry Sultenfuss

Nothing but Trouble

1991 · Movie

Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo · Director · Screenplay

Life of Python

1990 · Movie

Self

Loose Cannons

1990 · Movie

Ellis Fielding

Masters of Menace

1990 · Movie

Johnny Lewis

Seriously... Phil Collins

1990 · Movie

Self

The Earth Day Special

1990 · Movie

Vic's Buddy

Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · Movie

Boolie Werthan

Ghostbusters II

1989 · Movie

Dr. Raymond Stantz · Screenplay · Characters

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

1989 · Movie

Self

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989 · Movie

Self

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · TV Show

Captain Milligan

The Simpsons

1989 · TV Show

Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)

Caddyshack II

1988 · Movie

Captain Tom Everett

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988 · Movie

Steven Mills

She's Having a Baby

1988 · Movie

Roman (uncredited)

The Couch Trip

1988 · Movie

John W. Burns, Jr.

The Great Outdoors

1988 · Movie

Roman Craig

Citizen Steve

1987 · Movie

Chial Dushane · Director

Dragnet

1987 · Movie

Sgt. Joe Friday · Screenplay

American Masters

1986 · TV Show

Julia Child (archive footage)

One More Saturday Night

1986 · Movie

Executive Producer

The Real Ghostbusters

1986 · TV Show

Creator

B.B. King: Into the Night

1985 · Movie

Self

Into the Night

1985 · Movie

Herb

Spies Like Us

1985 · Movie

Austin Millbarge · Screenplay

The Best of John Belushi

1985 · Movie

Various Characters

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

1985 · Movie

Self

Ghostbusters

1984 · Movie

Dr. Raymond Stantz · Screenplay

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984 · Movie

Art Weber

MTV Video Music Awards

1984 · TV Show

Self - Host

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984 · Movie

Buck Heller

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

1984 · Movie

Cast

Doctor Detroit

1983 · Movie

Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit

The Coneheads

1983 · Movie

Beldar (voice)

Trading Places

1983 · Movie

Louis Winthorpe III

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983 · Movie

Passenger

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

1982 · Movie

Beldar Conehead

It Came from Hollywood

1982 · Movie

Self

Neighbors

1981 · Movie

Vic

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981 · Movie

Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves · Writer

The Blues Brothers

1980 · Movie

Elwood Blues · Writer

1941

1979 · Movie

Sgt. Frank Tree

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

1979 · Movie

Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

1978 · Movie

Self

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

1978 · Movie

Elwood Blues

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978 · Movie

Brian Thigh

The Things We Did Last Summer

1978 · Movie

Self

Love at First Sight

1977 · Movie

Roy

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976 · Movie

Cop #1 · Writer

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976 · Movie

Cop #1 · Writer

Saturday Night Live

1975 · TV Show

Self - Various Characters · Self - Cameo (uncredited) · Self - Host · Self / Various (archive footage) · Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited) · Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited) · Self - Various Characters (uncredited) · Sanjaya Fan (uncredited) · John Boehner (uncredited) · Writer