You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Movie
as Self
Dan Aykroyd
1952-07-01
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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.
Filmography
Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Tom Green Farm
2026 · TV Show
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025 · Movie
as Self
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
2025 · Movie
as Self
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
as Ray Stantz
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024 · TV Show
as Self
Zombie Town
2023 · Movie
as Len Carver
Our Soho
2023 · Movie
as self
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023 · TV Show
as Self - Host
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Who Saw the Men in Black
2021 · Movie
as self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Movie
as Ray Stantz
The Go-Go's
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
as Self
Belushi
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited Apart
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Hotel Paranormal
2020 · TV Show
Defend, Conserve, Protect
2019 · Movie
as Narrator
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019 · Movie
as Self - Interviewee
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Movie
as Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · TV Show
as Ray Stantz (archive footage)
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019 · TV Show
as Self
The Conners
2018 · TV Show
as Buddy
Workin' Moms
2017 · TV Show
as Kate's Dad, Kate's Dad (voice)
Ghostheads
2016 · Movie
as Self
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
as Cabbie
Good Fortune
2016 · Movie
as Self
Being Canadian
2015 · Movie
as Self
I Am Chris Farley
2015 · Movie
as Self
Pixels
2015 · Movie
as 1982 Championship MC
Dino Hunt Canada
2015 · TV Show
as Narrator
Jay Leno's Garage
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The Seventies
2015 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 · Movie
as Scarecrow (voice)
Tammy
2014 · Movie
as Don
Get On Up
2014 · Movie
as Ben Bart
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
2014 · Movie
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013 · Movie
as Rick Phillips
Behind the Candelabra
2013 · Movie
as Seymour Heller
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · Movie
as Self
WWII: Saving the Reality
2013 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Born In Chicago
2013 · Movie
as Narrator
The Campaign
2012 · Movie
as Wade Motch
Sunset Strip
2012 · Movie
as Self
Inside Comedy
2012 · TV Show
as Self
Yogi Bear
2010 · Movie
as Yogi Bear (voice)
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
as Various (archive footage)
Presidential Reunion
2010 · Movie
as Jimmy Carter
The Fran Drescher Show
2010 · TV Show
The Defenders
2010 · TV Show
as Judge Max Hunter
Julie & Julia
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
War, Inc.
2008 · Movie
as Mr. Vice President
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Movie
as Captain Tucker
Shortcut to Happiness
2007 · Movie
as Julius Jensen
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Movie
as Self
Working with a Master: John Landis
2006 · Movie
as Self
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006 · TV Show
as Self
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005 · Movie
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
2005 · Movie
as Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Movie
as Various Characters (archive footage)
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005 · Movie
as Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005 · Movie
as Self
Just the Two of Us
2005 · Movie
as Self
Living with Fran
2005 · TV Show
50 First Dates
2004 · Movie
as Dr. Keats
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · Movie
as Vic Frohmeyer
White Coats
2004 · Movie
as Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004 · Movie
as Narrator
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Toronto Rocks
2003 · Movie
as Self
Bright Young Things
2003 · Movie
as Lord Monomark
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Movie
as Self
James Brown: Soul Survivor
2003 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5
2003 · Movie
as Self
Crossroads
2002 · Movie
as Pete Wagner
Unconditional Love
2002 · Movie
as Max Beasley
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
as Captain Thurman
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
2001 · Movie
as Chris Magruder
Earth vs. the Spider
2001 · Movie
as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
Evolution
2001 · Movie
as Governor Lewis
On the Nose
2001 · Movie
as Dr. Barry Davis
According to Jim
2001 · TV Show
as Danny Michalski
The House of Mirth
2000 · Movie
as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Stardom
2000 · Movie
as Barry Levine
Loser
2000 · Movie
as Dad
Diamonds
1999 · Movie
as Lance Agensky
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999 · Movie
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
1999 · Movie
Ghostbusters 1999
1999 · Movie
as Self
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
1999 · Movie
as Captain Milligan
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
as Self
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
as Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Blues Brothers 2000
1998 · Movie
as Elwood Blues
Antz
1998 · Movie
as Chip (voice)
Susan's Plan
1998 · Movie
as Bob
Roswell Top Secret
1998 · Movie
as Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998 · Movie
as Self
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · Movie
as Grocer
Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997 · Movie
as Crawford Gordon
The Arrow
1997 · Movie
as Crawford Gordon Jr.
Soul Man
1997 · TV Show
as Rev. Mike Weber
The Arrow
1997 · TV Show
as Crawford Gordon
Celtic Pride
1996 · Movie
as Jimmy Flaherty
Getting Away with Murder
1996 · Movie
as Jack Lambert
Sgt. Bilko
1996 · Movie
as Colonel Hall
Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Movie
as Det. Ben Costikyan
My Fellow Americans
1996 · Movie
as President William Haney
Rainbow
1996 · Movie
as Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · TV Show
as Self - Host
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Canadian Bacon
1995 · Movie
as OPP Officer (uncredited)
Tommy Boy
1995 · Movie
as Ray Zalinsky
Casper
1995 · Movie
as Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
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The Random Factor
1995 · Movie
as Dexter (voice)
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Live from the House of Blues
1995 · TV Show
My Girl 2
1994 · Movie
as Harry Sultenfuss
North
1994 · Movie
as Pa Tex
Exit to Eden
1994 · Movie
as Fred Lavery
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Movie
as Self
Coneheads
1993 · Movie
as Beldar
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993 · Movie
as Elwood Blues / Self
The Nanny
1993 · TV Show
as Repairman (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Sneakers
1992 · Movie
as Mother
Chaplin
1992 · Movie
as Mack Sennett
This Is My Life
1992 · Movie
as Arnold Moss
Two-Fisted Tales
1992 · Movie
as Captain Miligan
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
No image
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992 · TV Show
as Self
My Girl
1991 · Movie
as Harry Sultenfuss
Nothing but Trouble
1991 · Movie
as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
Home Improvement
1991 · TV Show
as Mike Weber
Heritage Minutes
1991 · TV Show
as Crawford Gordon
Loose Cannons
1990 · Movie
as Ellis Fielding
Masters of Menace
1990 · Movie
as Johnny Lewis
Life of Python
1990 · Movie
as Self
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990 · Movie
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
as Vic's Buddy
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Movie
as Boolie Werthan
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Movie
as Self
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989 · Movie
as Self
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Captain Milligan
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)
The Great Outdoors
1988 · Movie
as Roman Craig
The Couch Trip
1988 · Movie
as John W. Burns, Jr.
My Stepmother Is an Alien
1988 · Movie
as Steven Mills
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Movie
as Roman (uncredited)
Caddyshack II
1988 · Movie
as Captain Tom Everett
Dragnet
1987 · Movie
as Sgt. Joe Friday
Citizen Steve
1987 · Movie
as Chial Dushane
American Masters
1986 · TV Show
as Julia Child (archive footage)
Into the Night
1985 · Movie
as Herb
Spies Like Us
1985 · Movie
as Austin Millbarge
The Best of John Belushi
1985 · Movie
as Various Characters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Movie
as Self
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985 · Movie
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984 · Movie
as Art Weber
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
as Dr. Raymond Stantz
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Movie
as Buck Heller
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Trading Places
1983 · Movie
as Louis Winthorpe III
Doctor Detroit
1983 · Movie
as Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Movie
as Passenger
The Coneheads
1983 · Movie
as Beldar (voice)
It Came from Hollywood
1982 · Movie
as Self
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982 · Movie
as Beldar Conehead
Neighbors
1981 · Movie
as Vic
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Movie
as Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Movie
as Elwood Blues
1941
1979 · Movie
as Sgt. Frank Tree
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979 · Movie
as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · Movie
as Brian Thigh
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978 · Movie
as Elwood Blues
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978 · Movie
as Self
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland
1978 · Movie
as Self
Love at First Sight
1977 · Movie
as Roy
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
as Cop #1
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
as Cop #1
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as 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)
The Gift of Winter
1974 · Movie
as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Dinah!
1974 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter
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That's Amore!
· Movie
Keeper of the Cup
· Movie
as The Keeper
Getting Lost
· Movie
as (voice)
Crew Credits
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
Original Film Writer, Executive Producer
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Movie
Original Film Writer, Executive Producer
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
Characters, Executive Producer
Born In Chicago
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer
Blues Brothers 2000
1998 · Movie
Producer, Writer
Soul Man
1997 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Coneheads
1993 · Movie
Screenplay
The Best of the Blues Brothers
1993 · Movie
Writer
Nothing but Trouble
1991 · Movie
Screenplay, Director
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
Screenplay, Characters
Dragnet
1987 · Movie
Screenplay
Citizen Steve
1987 · Movie
Director
One More Saturday Night
1986 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Real Ghostbusters
1986 · TV Show
Creator
Spies Like Us
1985 · Movie
Screenplay
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
Screenplay
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Movie
Writer
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Movie
Writer
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
Writer
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Movie
Writer
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Writer
No image
Belushi
· Movie
Executive Producer
Ghostbusters: Night Shift
· TV Show
Executive Producer
