Date of birth: 1952-07-01
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Elwood, Daniel Edward Aykroyd, Danny Aykroyd, 댄 애크로이드, 丹·艾克洛德, دن آیکروید

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.

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After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He

2003-07-29
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1989-12-13
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur,

1980-06-16
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe

1984-06-08
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into

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The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the

1983-06-07
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t

1987-06-26
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same

1995-06-08
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to s

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Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a qu

1992-09-09
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of

2007-07-12
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when wido

1988-06-17
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two

2001-08-10
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new em

1991-11-27
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. Sh

1992-12-17
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt

1989-06-16
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff

1982-10-29
Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad f

1985-02-22
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met

1979-12-14
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads

2001-10-07
A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When w

1995-03-31
To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously fun

1994-02-11
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires a

1998-02-06
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her lat

1983-05-06
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financi

1996-04-19
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the

1994-07-22
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't

1991-02-15
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to d

1988-01-15
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, sa

1990-02-09
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to

1988-12-09
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives

1995-05-26
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey

2000-09-23
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband

1998-10-02
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches

1997-04-11
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form

1996-04-12
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an

1985-12-06
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually

1996-03-29
The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nat

2008-04-28
In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlan

1996-09-13
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by

1993-07-23
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shap

1987-01-01
On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive r

2001-06-08
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms t

1988-02-05
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full re

2007-07-13
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels

2004-11-24
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an islan

1999-12-10
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds

2010-12-17
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yo

1992-02-21
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian.

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Who are the Men in Black? Many have reported their own Men in Black experiences and eye witness acco

2003-10-03
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravaga

1997-01-01
Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft

1978-03-22
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.

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Karen is on first visit to new boyfriend's parents when she discovers something odd about his eating

2000-10-13
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous wor

2002-02-15
After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship

1988-07-22
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he r

1979-09-20
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity

1996-12-20
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents

1990-09-06
When one of their own dies, members of a motorcycle gang travel the country to take home the body of

1994-10-14
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief

1981-12-18
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into th

1984-09-06
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds

1998-10-29
Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to

2005-07-15
A UFO enthusiast interviews Dan Aykroyd on the subject of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.

2001-10-23
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse ra

2024-03-20
When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must joi

2014-05-08
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends,

2012-08-09
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congression

1977-06-17
Roy, an accident-prone blind man, falls in love with a young woman named Shirley. When Shirley’s ove

2013-05-26
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (m
Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard t

2014-07-02
For Tammy, a burger-joint employee, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job

2020-01-07
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the

2014-08-01
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicia

2013-01-15
Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.

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This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of
1995-03-03
A doctor in Ottawa invents a miraculous machine that uses a record of a person's DNA to reverse inju

1982-12-24
Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide wit

1983-06-24
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the

1978-12-31
The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the

1985-08-03

1999-12-01
Join the epic "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast of Saturday Night Live regulars in a hilarious

1999-10-13
From 1986 to 1993 Dana Carvey dominated the stage at Saturday Night Live with dead-on impressions an

2004-05-16
Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with th

2023-09-01
Amy and Mike unearth a centuries-old curse when they decide to watch an exclusive film reel. The duo

1999-10-29
Documentary Interviews of the director and cast of the original Ghostbusters film

2005-08-30
A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music

2005-08-06
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2024-01-19
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This docume

1981-11-25
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2005-09-06
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.

2015-09-18
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a wh

2003-06-03
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).

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I am Chris Farley tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days
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Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.

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Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've att

1990-09-08
4 TV Executives attempt to make a television special to promote ...But Seriously. Mostly made of ske

2013-01-07
See Kenneth W. Rendell's collection of over 6,000 artifacts that range from the end of World War I a

1985-01-28
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written

1992-01-18
The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comi

1994-07-26
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2016-04-23
A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the wo

2000-07-21
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city lif

2016-07-14
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear

1983-06-28
In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon fi

1990-04-22
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April

2003-10-29
James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's

1996-07-26
Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the Rainbow.

1974-01-01
Long, long ago the world didn't have any snow and winter was a time of wind, darkness and cold. One

2005-06-07
On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour f

1989-09-24
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, m

2012-03-16
A documentary on the famous Los Angeles street.

2005-02-20
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.

2004-08-20
Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, this documentary tribute celebrates rock 'n' roll pioneer Ronnie Hawkins. P

1998-01-01
Something happened near the town of Rosewell. This event came to be known as the Rosewell incident.

1985-01-01
A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the N

2002-08-23
After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox,

2014-09-16
A retrospective on Ghostbusters 2.

2014-09-16
Entertainment Journalist Geoff Boucher sits down with Director Ivan Reitman and Co-Writer/Actor Dan

2010-11-01
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.

2019-07-25
Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect, pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd

2021-11-18
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begi

1976-08-05
A live performance from the Beach Boys, featuring their best known songs, including 'Help Me Rhonda'

2019-10-20
Bill Murray is considered by many of his fans to be "the coolest man in the world". But how is it th

1994-01-01
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.

1998-09-08
The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every par

1997-01-12
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the p

1976-08-05
Originally aired as an television special, this concert film includes interview segments, comedy ske

2019-05-27
Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in sever

1978-10-28
This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual sk

2006-06-27
Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.

2013-03-13
"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the to

1999-09-07
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series

2020-05-16
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutle

2016-09-22
GOOD FORTUNE is the rags to riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria. Born with

1999-09-25
A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, m

2010-03-02
In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents

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A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, wh

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1978-12-31
The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that ma

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Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-be

2021-03-08
As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, Th

2009-08-06
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though sep

2026-01-01
A bold and deeply human portrait of one of Hollywood’s great enigmas, Chevy Chase.

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Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a f