Dan Aykroyd

Actor · 1952 · Ottawa

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).

Filmography

ACTOR · 157

Marty, Life Is Short2026 · Self (archive footage)
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...2026 · Self
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not2025 · Self
John Candy: I Like Me2025 · Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers2025 · Self
An SNL Thanksgiving2024 · (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024 · Ray Stantz
Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop2024 · Self (archive footage)
Our Soho2023 · self
Zombie Town2023 · Len Carver
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony2022 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021 · Ray Stantz
The Go-Go's2021 · Self (archive footage)
Who Saw the Men in Black2021 · self
Belushi2020 · Self (archive footage)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters2020 · Self
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest2019 · Self
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh2019 · Self
Defend, Conserve, Protect2019 · Narrator
Fantastic Mr. Murray2019 · Self - Interviewee
Ghostheads2016 · Self
Good Fortune2016 · Self
Ghostbusters2016 · Cabbie
Being Canadian2015 · Self
I Am Chris Farley2015 · Self
Pixels2015 · 1982 Championship MC
Get On Up2014 · Ben Bart
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return2014 · Scarecrow (voice)
Tammy2014 · Don
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond2014
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective2014
Born In Chicago2013 · Narrator
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving2013 · Rick Phillips
Behind the Candelabra2013 · Seymour Heller
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot2013 · Self
WWII: Saving the Reality2013 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Campaign2012 · Wade Motch
Sunset Strip2012 · Self
Yogi Bear2010 · Yogi Bear (voice)
Presidential Reunion2010 · Jimmy Carter
The Women of SNL2010 · Various (archive footage)
Julie & Julia2009 · Self (archive footage)
War, Inc.2008 · Mr. Vice President
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry2007 · Captain Tucker
Shortcut to Happiness2007 · Julius Jensen
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · Self
Working with a Master: John Landis2006 · Self
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs2005 · Self
Just the Two of Us2005 · Self
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation2005 · Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live2005 · Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd2005 · Various Characters (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi2005 · Self / Various (archive footage)
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music2005 · Self
50 First Dates2004 · Dr. Keats
Christmas with the Kranks2004 · Vic Frohmeyer
White Coats2004 · Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin2004 · Narrator
The Best of So Graham Norton2004 · Self (archive footage)
Bright Young Things2003 · Lord Monomark
James Brown: Soul Survivor2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 52003 · Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003 · Self
Toronto Rocks2003 · Self
Crossroads2002 · Pete Wagner
Unconditional Love2002 · Max Beasley
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion2001 · Chris Magruder
Earth vs. the Spider2001 · Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
Evolution2001 · Governor Lewis
On the Nose2001 · Dr. Barry Davis
Pearl Harbor2001 · Captain Thurman
Loser2000 · Dad
Stardom2000 · Barry Levine
The House of Mirth2000 · Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Diamonds1999 · Lance Agensky
Ghostbusters 19991999 · Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · Self
Saturday Night Live: Christmas1999 · Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection1999 · Captain Milligan
Blues Brothers 20001998 · Elwood Blues
Antz1998 · Chip (voice)
Roswell Top Secret1998 · Self
Susan's Plan1998 · Bob
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'1998 · Self
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow1997 · Crawford Gordon
Grosse Pointe Blank1997 · Grocer
The Arrow1997 · Crawford Gordon Jr.
Celtic Pride1996 · Jimmy Flaherty
Sgt. Bilko1996 · Colonel Hall
Getting Away with Murder1996 · Jack Lambert
My Fellow Americans1996 · President William Haney
Rainbow1996 · Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
Feeling Minnesota1996 · Det. Ben Costikyan
Tommy Boy1995 · Ray Zalinsky
Canadian Bacon1995 · OPP Officer
Casper1995 · Dr. Raymond Stantz
The Random Factor1995 · Dexter (voice)
A Century of Cinema1994 · Self
Exit to Eden1994 · Fred Lavery
My Girl 21994 · Harry Sultenfuss
North1994 · Pa Tex
Coneheads1993 · Beldar
The Best of the Blues Brothers1993 · Elwood Blues / Self
Chaplin1992 · Mack Sennett
Two-Fisted Tales1992 · Captain Miligan
Sneakers1992 · Mother
This Is My Life1992 · Arnold Moss
Nothing but Trouble1991 · Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
My Girl1991 · Harry Sultenfuss
Life of Python1990 · Self
Seriously... Phil Collins1990 · Self
The Earth Day Special1990 · Vic's Buddy
Loose Cannons1990 · Ellis Fielding
Masters of Menace1990 · Johnny Lewis
Driving Miss Daisy1989 · Boolie Werthan
Ghostbusters II1989 · Dr. Raymond Stantz
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary1989 · Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989 · Self
She's Having a Baby1988 · Roman
The Couch Trip1988 · John W. Burns, Jr.
Caddyshack II1988 · Captain Tom Everett
My Stepmother Is an Alien1988 · Steven Mills
The Great Outdoors1988 · Roman Craig
Citizen Steve1987 · Chial Dushane
Dragnet1987 · Sgt. Joe Friday
B.B. King: Into the Night1985 · Self
Spies Like Us1985 · Austin Millbarge
Into the Night1985 · Herb
The Best of John Belushi1985 · Various Characters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song1985 · Self
Ghostbusters1984 · Dr. Raymond Stantz
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom1984 · Art Weber
Nothing Lasts Forever1984 · Buck Heller
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters1984
Doctor Detroit1983 · Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
The Coneheads1983 · Beldar (voice)
Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · Passenger
Trading Places1983 · Louis Winthorpe III
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors1982 · Beldar Conehead
It Came from Hollywood1982 · Self
Neighbors1981 · Vic
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981 · Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
The Blues Brothers1980 · Elwood Blues
19411979 · Sgt. Frank Tree
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video1979 · Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland1978 · Self
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland1978 · Elwood Blues
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash1978 · Brian Thigh
The Things We Did Last Summer1978 · Self
Love at First Sight1977 · Roy
The Beach Boys: It's OK1976 · Cop #1
The Beach Boys: It's OK1976 · Cop #1
The Gift of Winter1974 · Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Getting Lost
Keeper of the CupThe Keeper
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DIRECTOR · 2

Nothing but Trouble1991
Citizen Steve1987

WRITER · 15

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021
Ghostbusters2016
Blues Brothers 20001998
Coneheads1993
The Best of the Blues Brothers1993
Nothing but Trouble1991
Ghostbusters II1989
Dragnet1987
Spies Like Us1985
Ghostbusters1984
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981
The Blues Brothers1980
The Beach Boys: It's OK1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK1976

PRODUCER · 7

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021
Ghostbusters2016
Born In Chicago2013
Blues Brothers 20001998
One More Saturday Night1986
Belushi

SERIES · 39

The Tom Green Farm2026 · Self
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd2026 · Self (host)
A History of the World in Six Glasses2024 · Self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd2023 · Self (host), Executive producer
Hotel Paranormal2020
Biography: Comedy Icons2019 · Self
The Movies That Made Us2019 · Ray Stantz (archive footage)
The Conners2018 · Buddy
Workin' Moms2017 · Kate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice)
Dino Hunt Canada2015 · Narrator
Jay Leno's Garage2015 · Self
The Seventies2015 · Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · Self (guest)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · Self
Inside Comedy2012 · Self
The Defenders2010 · Judge Max Hunter
Second City: First Family of Comedy2006 · Self
Living with Fran2005
According to Jim2001 · Danny Michalski
Family Guy1999 · Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Mark Twain Prize1999 · Self
Soul Man1997 · Rev. Mike Weber, Executive producer
The Arrow1997 · Crawford Gordon
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal1996 · Self (host)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · Self
Live from the House of Blues1995
Intimate Portrait1993 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · Self (guest)
The Nanny1993 · Repairman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
Heritage Minutes1991 · Crawford Gordon
Home Improvement1991 · Mike Weber
The Simpsons1989 · Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
Tales from the Crypt1989 · Captain Milligan
American Masters1986 · Julia Child (archive footage)
The Real Ghostbusters1986 · Creator
Saturday Night Live1975 · Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo
Dinah!1974 · Self
Ghostbusters: Night ShiftExecutive producer
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