Dan Aykroyd
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective
Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers
