Acting credits
197
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dan Aykroyd
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 158Series: 42Crew credits: 23
TMDB ID: 707
IMDb ID: nm0000101
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1952
Age: 74
Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.34
Wikidata: Q105221
Also known as
Elwood • Daniel Edward Aykroyd • Danny Aykroyd • 댄 애크로이드 • 丹·艾克洛德 • دن آیکروید
Other jobs
Screenplay (6)Writer (6)Executive Producer (5)Original Film Writer (2)Characters (1)Creator (1)Director (1)Producer (1)
Biography
Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until his departure in 1979. Aykroyd's most famous roles are as Elwood J. Blues in The Blues Brothers (1980) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), and Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Dan Aykroyd.
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
2026 Movie
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self (archive footage)
2026 Movie
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
as Self
2025 Movie
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
2025 Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
2025 Movie
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Ray Stantz
2024 Movie
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
Zombie Town
as Len Carver
2023 Movie
Our Soho
as self
2023 Movie
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Self
2022 Movie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack
as Self
2022 Movie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ray Stantz
2021 Movie
Who Saw the Men in Black
as self
2021 Movie
The Go-Go's
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 Movie
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020 Movie
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Interviewee
2019 Movie
Defend, Conserve, Protect
as Narrator
2019 Movie
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
2019 Movie
Good Fortune
as Self
2016 Movie
Ghostbusters
as Cabbie
2016 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Dan Aykroyd.
The UnBelievable: Encounters with Dan Aykroyd
as Self - Host • 8 eps
2026 Series
The Tom Green Farm
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
A History of the World in Six Glasses
as Self • 6 eps
2024 Series
The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
as Self - Host • 54 eps
2023 Series
Hotel Paranormal
20 eps
2020 Series
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
The Movies That Made Us
as Ray Stantz (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Conners
as Buddy • 1 eps
2018 Series
Workin' Moms
as Kate's Dad • 1 eps
2017 Series
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Seventies
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2015 Series
Dino Hunt Canada
as Narrator • 4 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Inside Comedy
as Self • 1 eps
2012 Series
The Fran Drescher Show
1 eps
2010 Series
The Defenders
as Judge Max Hunter • 2 eps
2010 Series
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self • 3 eps
2006 Series
Living with Fran
1 eps
2005 Series
According to Jim
as Danny Michalski • 5 eps
2001 Series
Family Guy
as Dan Aykroyd (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
Mark Twain Prize
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Soul Man
as Rev. Mike Weber • 25 eps
1997 Series