Acting · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Born July 1, 1952
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.
MovieYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
as Self
TVThe Tom Green Farm
2026
as Self
MovieMarty, Life Is Short
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOn a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025
as Self
MovieI'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025
as Self
MovieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
MovieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Ray Stantz
MovieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TVA History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
as Self
TVThe UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023
as Self - Host
MovieZombie Town
2023
as Len Carver
MovieOur Soho
2023
as self
Movie2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGhostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Ray Stantz
MovieWho Saw the Men in Black
2021
as self
MovieThe Go-Go's
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBelushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
TVHotel Paranormal
2020
TVReunited Apart
2020
as Self
MovieCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
TVThe Movies That Made Us
2019
as Ray Stantz (archive footage)
MovieFantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Interviewee
MovieDefend, Conserve, Protect
2019
as Narrator
MovieChris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
as Self
TVBiography: Comedy Icons
2019
as Self
TVThe Conners
2018
as Buddy
TVWorkin' Moms
2017
as Kate's Dad
MovieGood Fortune
2016
as Self
MovieGhostbusters
2016
as Cabbie
MovieGhostheads
2016
as Self
TVJay Leno's Garage
2015
as Self
MovieBeing Canadian
2015
as Self
MovieI Am Chris Farley
2015
as Self
MoviePixels
2015
as 1982 Championship MC
TVThe Seventies
2015
as Self (archive footage)
TVDino Hunt Canada
2015
as Narrator
MovieWho You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014
MovieTime Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014
MovieGet On Up
2014
as Ben Bart
MovieTammy
2014
as Don
MovieLegends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as Scarecrow (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
as Rick Phillips
MovieBehind the Candelabra
2013
as Seymour Heller
MovieBorn In Chicago
2013
as Narrator
MovieTales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
MovieWWII: Saving the Reality
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Campaign
2012
as Wade Motch
MovieSunset Strip
2012
as Self
TVInside Comedy
2012
as Self
MovieYogi Bear
2010
as Yogi Bear (voice)
TVThe Fran Drescher Show
2010
MovieThe Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
TVThe Defenders
2010
as Judge Max Hunter
MoviePresidential Reunion
2010
as Jimmy Carter
MovieJulie & Julia
2009
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieWar, Inc.
2008
as Mr. Vice President
MovieShortcut to Happiness
2007
as Julius Jensen
MovieI Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007
as Captain Tucker
MovieSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
TVSecond City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self
MovieWorking with a Master: John Landis
2006
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
as Various Characters (archive footage)
MovieThe Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self
MovieJust the Two of Us
2005
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005
as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005
as Self
MovieLife O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
as Self
TVLiving with Fran
2005
MovieLive from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
as Self
MovieChristmas with the Kranks
2004
as Vic Frohmeyer
MovieRonnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
as Narrator
MovieWhite Coats
2004
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Movie50 First Dates
2004
as Dr. Keats
MovieJames Brown: Soul Survivor
2003
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Lord Monomark
MovieSaturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003
as Self
MovieToronto Rocks
2003
as Self
MovieThe Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
MovieUnconditional Love
2002
as Max Beasley
MovieCrossroads
2002
as Pete Wagner
MovieOn the Nose
2001
as Dr. Barry Davis
MovieEarth vs. the Spider
2001
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
TVAccording to Jim
2001
as Danny Michalski
MovieThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001
as Chris Magruder
MovieEvolution
2001
as Governor Lewis
MoviePearl Harbor
2001
as Captain Thurman
MovieThe House of Mirth
2000
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
MovieStardom
2000
as Barry Levine
MovieLoser
2000
as Dad
MovieDiamonds
1999
as Lance Agensky
MovieSaturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
as Self
MovieGhostbusters 1999
1999
as Self
MovieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999
MovieSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
MovieTales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999
as Captain Milligan
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Dan Aykroyd (voice)
TVMark Twain Prize
1999
as Self
MovieSusan's Plan
1998
as Bob
MovieAntz
1998
as Chip (voice)
MovieThe Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998
as Self
MovieBlues Brothers 2000
1998
as Elwood Blues
MovieRoswell Top Secret
1998
as Self
TVSoul Man
1997
as Rev. Mike Weber
MovieGrosse Pointe Blank
1997
as Grocer
MovieThe Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon Jr.
TVThe Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon
MovieHeritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997
as Crawford Gordon
MovieMy Fellow Americans
1996
as President William Haney
TVPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
as Self - Host
MovieFeeling Minnesota
1996
as Det. Ben Costikyan
MovieRainbow
1996
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
MovieCeltic Pride
1996
as Jimmy Flaherty
MovieGetting Away with Murder
1996
as Jack Lambert
MovieSgt. Bilko
1996
as Colonel Hall
MovieCanadian Bacon
1995
as OPP Officer (uncredited)
MovieCasper
1995
as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
MovieTommy Boy
1995
as Ray Zalinsky
The Random Factor
1995
as Dexter (voice)
Live from the House of Blues
1995
MovieExit to Eden
1994
as Fred Lavery
MovieNorth
1994
as Pa Tex
MovieMy Girl 2
1994
as Harry Sultenfuss
MovieA Century of Cinema
1994
as Self
TVIntimate Portrait
1993
as Self
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Repairman (uncredited)
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Best of the Blues Brothers
1993
as Elwood Blues / Self
MovieConeheads
1993
as Beldar
MovieChaplin
1992
as Mack Sennett
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
MovieSneakers
1992
as Mother
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieThis Is My Life
1992
as Arnold Moss
MovieTwo-Fisted Tales
1992
as Captain Miligan
MovieMy Girl
1991
as Harry Sultenfuss
TVHome Improvement
1991
as Mike Weber
MovieNothing but Trouble
1991
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
MovieSeriously... Phil Collins
1990
as Self
MovieMasters of Menace
1990
as Johnny Lewis
MovieThe Earth Day Special
1990
as Vic's Buddy
MovieLife of Python
1990
as Self
MovieLoose Cannons
1990
as Ellis Fielding
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
MovieDriving Miss Daisy
1989
as Boolie Werthan
MovieSaturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
MovieGhostbusters II
1989
as Ray Stantz
MovieMel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989
as Self
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Captain Milligan
MovieMy Stepmother Is an Alien
1988
as Steven Mills
MovieCaddyshack II
1988
as Captain Tom Everett
MovieThe Great Outdoors
1988
as Roman Craig
MovieShe's Having a Baby
1988
as Roman (uncredited)
MovieThe Couch Trip
1988
as John W. Burns, Jr.
MovieDragnet
1987
as Sgt. Joe Friday
MovieCitizen Steve
1987
as Chial Dushane
TVAmerican Masters
1986
as Julia Child (archive footage)
MovieSpies Like Us
1985
as Austin Millbarge
MovieThe Best of John Belushi
1985
as Various Characters
MovieInto the Night
1985
as Herb
MovieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985
as Self
MovieB.B. King: Into the Night
1985
as Self
MovieOn the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Host
MovieNothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Buck Heller
MovieGhostbusters
1984
as Ray Stantz
MovieIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
as Art Weber
MovieThe Coneheads
1983
as Beldar (voice)
MovieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
as Passenger
MovieTrading Places
1983
as Louis Winthorpe III
MovieDoctor Detroit
1983
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
MovieE.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982
as Beldar Conehead
MovieIt Came from Hollywood
1982
as Self
MovieNeighbors
1981
as Vic
MovieSteve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
MovieThe Blues Brothers
1980
as Elwood Blues
Movie1941
1979
as Sgt. Frank Tree
MovieMr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
MovieThe Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978
as Elwood Blues
MovieGrateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978
as Self
MovieThe Things We Did Last Summer
1978
as Self
MovieThe Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as Brian Thigh
MovieLove at First Sight
1977
as Roy
MovieThe Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
as Cop #1
MovieThe Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
as Cop #1
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieThe Gift of Winter
1974
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
That's Amore!
MovieKeeper of the Cup
as The Keeper
MovieGetting Lost
as (voice)
