Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM OOnt (/ˈækrɔɪd/ AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–1979). During his tenure on SNL, Aykroyd appeared in a recurring series of sketches about the Coneheads, and the Blues Brothers. For his work on the show he received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1977. After his departure, he has since returned in guest roles. Aykroyd gained prominence for writing, and starring as Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in Ghostbusters (1984), which spawned an entire media franchise, reprising the role in Ghostbusters II (1989), Casper (1995), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and an upcoming sequel (2023), cameoing as a different character in Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016). He ...
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
An SNL Thanksgiving
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Zombie Town
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Who Saw the Men in Black
Belushi
Born in Chicago
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Defend, Conserve, Protect
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Good Fortune
Ghostheads
Pixels
I Am Chris Farley
Get On Up
Tammy
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Behind the Candelabra
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
WWII: Saving the Reality
The Campaign
Sunset Strip
Yogi Bear
Presidential Reunion- JOJohn Belushi: Dancing on the Edge
Flip, Flop, and Fly, 40 Years of the Downchild Blues Band
War, Inc.
Shortcut to Happiness
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Working with a Master: John Landis
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Just the Two of Us
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Christmas with the Kranks
The Best of So Graham Norton
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
White Coats
50 First Dates
Bright Young Things
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Unconditional Love
Crossroads
Earth vs. the Spider
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Evolution
On the Nose
Stardom
The House of Mirth
Loser
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
Diamonds
Susan's Plan
Antz
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Blues Brothers 2000
Roswell Top Secret
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Arrow
My Fellow Americans
Feeling Minnesota
Celtic Pride
Getting Away with Murder
Sgt. Bilko
Tommy Boy
The Random Factor
Exit to Eden
North
My Girl 2
A Century of Cinema
Coneheads
Chaplin
Sneakers
This Is My Life
Two-Fisted Tales
My Girl
Seriously... Phil Collins
Masters of Menace
The Earth Day Special
Life of Python
Loose Cannons
Driving Miss Daisy
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Ghostbusters II
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
My Stepmother Is an Alien
The Great Outdoors
The Couch Trip
Dragnet
Spies Like Us
The Best of John Belushi
Into the Night
B.B. King: Into the Night
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Nothing Lasts Forever
The Coneheads
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Trading Places
Doctor Detroit
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
It Came from Hollywood
Neighbors
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
The Blues Brothers
1941
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
The Things We Did Last Summer
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Love at First Sight
The Beach Boys: It's OK
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Getting Lost
Keeper of the Cup