Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Acting
Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Known for
Acting
Born
1952-07-01
From
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Elwood, Daniel Edward Aykroyd, Danny Aykroyd
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.
★7.2
MOVIE1983
Trading Places
as Louis Winthorpe III
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Pixels
as 1982 Championship MC
★6.2
MOVIE2004
Christmas with the Kranks
as Vic Frohmeyer
★7.3
MOVIE1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
as Art Weber
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Pearl Harbor
as Captain Thurman
★7.3
MOVIE2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ray Stantz
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Ghostbusters
as Ray Stantz
★6.9
MOVIE2004
50 First Dates
as Dr. Keats
★5.3
MOVIE2016
Ghostbusters
as Cabbie
★6.5
MOVIE2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Ray Stantz
★7.7
MOVIE1980
The Blues Brothers
as Elwood Blues
★6.9
MOVIE1992
Sneakers
as Mother
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Ghostbusters II
as Ray Stantz
★6.3
MOVIE1995
Casper
as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Antz
as Chip (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2001
Evolution
as Governor Lewis
★7.9
MOVIE2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
★7.4
MOVIE1991
My Girl
as Harry Sultenfuss
★7.2
MOVIE1989
Driving Miss Daisy
as Boolie Werthan
★5.8
MOVIE1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
as Steven Mills
★6.5
MOVIE1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Passenger
★6.1
MOVIE2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
as Captain Tucker
★5.5
MOVIE1993
Coneheads
as Beldar
★8.1
MOVIE2026
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE2012
The Campaign
as Wade Motch
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Tommy Boy
as Ray Zalinsky
★5.6
MOVIE2010
Yogi Bear
as Yogi Bear (voice)
★4.4
MOVIE2023
Zombie Town
as Len Carver
★6.7
MOVIE2009
Julie & Julia
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1992
Chaplin
as Mack Sennett
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Behind the Candelabra
as Seymour Heller
★6.4
MOVIE1988
The Great Outdoors
as Roman Craig
★5.8
MOVIE1979
1941
as Sgt. Frank Tree
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Grocer
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Scarecrow (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1991
Nothing but Trouble
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
★7.9
MOVIE2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1994
My Girl 2
as Harry Sultenfuss
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Dragnet
as Sgt. Joe Friday
★6.1
MOVIE1990
The Earth Day Special
as Vic's Buddy
★5.2
MOVIE2002
Crossroads
as Pete Wagner
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Tammy
as Don
★5.6
MOVIE2007
Shortcut to Happiness
as Julius Jensen
★5.3
MOVIE1998
Blues Brothers 2000
as Elwood Blues
★6.5
MOVIE1985
Into the Night
as Herb
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Citizen Steve
as Chial Dushane
★6.0
MOVIE1988
She's Having a Baby
as Roman (uncredited)
★7.9
MOVIE2024
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Get On Up
as Ben Bart
★7.8
MOVIE2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
★5.1
MOVIE1994
North
as Pa Tex
★5.4
MOVIE2000
Loser
as Dad
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Bright Young Things
as Lord Monomark
★6.2
MOVIE1985
Spies Like Us
as Austin Millbarge
★6.1
MOVIE1996
My Fellow Americans
as President William Haney
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Ghostheads
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1999
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1982
It Came from Hollywood
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2010
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE1995
Canadian Bacon
as OPP Officer (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2001
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
as Chris Magruder
★6.9
MOVIE1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1979
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
★7.2
MOVIE2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
MOVIE2025
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Stardom
as Barry Levine
★4.2
MOVIE1994
Exit to Eden
as Fred Lavery
★5.1
MOVIE2004
White Coats
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
★2.0
MOVIE2023
Our Soho
as self
★7.0
MOVIE2020
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1996
Feeling Minnesota
as Det. Ben Costikyan
★7.7
MOVIE2003
James Brown: Soul Survivor
★5.9
MOVIE1996
Sgt. Bilko
as Colonel Hall
★6.3
MOVIE2000
The House of Mirth
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
★7.5
MOVIE2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1988
The Couch Trip
as John W. Burns, Jr.
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2015
Being Canadian
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Earth vs. the Spider
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
★8.2
MOVIE2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2019
Defend, Conserve, Protect
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE1998
Roswell Top Secret
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1977
Love at First Sight
as Roy
★8.3
MOVIE1994
A Century of Cinema
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2001
On the Nose
as Dr. Barry Davis
MOVIETBA
Getting Lost
as (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE2015
I Am Chris Farley
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE1998
Susan's Plan
as Bob
★5.1
MOVIE1983
The Coneheads
as Beldar (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK
as Cop #1
★5.1
MOVIE1983
Doctor Detroit
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
★4.2
MOVIE1988
Caddyshack II
as Captain Tom Everett
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Life of Python
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Unconditional Love
as Max Beasley
★6.1
MOVIE1992
This Is My Life
as Arnold Moss
★5.5
MOVIE2008
War, Inc.
as Mr. Vice President
★7.3
MOVIE2012
Sunset Strip
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1990
Loose Cannons
as Ellis Fielding
★2.0
MOVIE2016
Good Fortune
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Getting Away with Murder
as Jack Lambert
★7.6
MOVIE1982
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
as Beldar Conehead
★5.6
MOVIE1981
Neighbors
as Vic
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Presidential Reunion
as Jimmy Carter
★9.0
MOVIE2005
Just the Two of Us
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1992
Two-Fisted Tales
as Captain Miligan
MOVIETBA
Keeper of the Cup
as The Keeper
★7.6
MOVIE1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
★6.0
MOVIE1997
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
as Crawford Gordon
★5.3
MOVIE1996
Celtic Pride
as Jimmy Flaherty
★8.5
MOVIE1985
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK
as Cop #1
MOVIETBA
That's Amore!
MOVIE2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Buck Heller
★5.6
MOVIE1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2021
The Go-Go's
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE2004
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
as Narrator
★6.8
MOVIE2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Who Saw the Men in Black
as self
MOVIE2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1974
The Gift of Winter
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1985
The Best of John Belushi
as Various Characters
★10.0
MOVIE1989
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
as Self
★4.7
MOVIE1996
Rainbow
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
MOVIE2005
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self
★9.5
MOVIE1984
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
★8.2
MOVIE1985
B.B. King: Into the Night
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE1990
Masters of Menace
as Johnny Lewis
★5.2
MOVIE1999
Diamonds
as Lance Agensky
★7.0
MOVIE1997
The Arrow
as Crawford Gordon Jr.
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Brian Thigh
MOVIE2013
WWII: Saving the Reality
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2013
Born In Chicago
as Narrator
★6.5
MOVIE1998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Toronto Rocks
as Self
MOVIE2005
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
as Self
★8.7
MOVIE1999
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
as Captain Milligan
★8.1
MOVIE2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Various Characters (archive footage)
★5.1
MOVIE1995
The Random Factor
as Dexter (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1993
The Best of the Blues Brothers
as Elwood Blues / Self
★4.8
MOVIE1978
The Things We Did Last Summer
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE2005
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
as Self
★7.7
MOVIE2013
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Rick Phillips
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1978
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
as Elwood Blues
MOVIE1978
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
★7.3
MOVIE2014
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
MOVIE2006
Working with a Master: John Landis
as Self