Dan Aykroyd

Acting

Dan Aykroyd

Born July 1, 1952 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (age 74)

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 (1…

Known For

50 First Dates50 First Dates · 2004
50 First Dates
★ 6.92004
MovieComedyRomance
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Ghostbusters: Frozen EmpireGhostbusters: Frozen Empire · 2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
★ 6.42024
MovieFantasyAdventure
The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Ghostbusters: AfterlifeGhostbusters: Afterlife · 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
★ 7.32021
MovieFantasyComedy
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
PixelsPixels · 2015
Pixels
★ 5.82015
MovieActionComedy
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
GhostbustersGhostbusters · 1984
Ghostbusters
★ 7.51984
MovieComedyFantasy
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
Ghostbusters IIGhostbusters II · 1989
Ghostbusters II
★ 6.61989
MovieComedyFantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Trading PlacesTrading Places · 1983
Trading Places
★ 7.21983
MovieComedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Pearl HarborPearl Harbor · 2001
Pearl Harbor
★ 6.92001
MovieDramaWar
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Heritage MinutesHeritage Minutes · 1991
Heritage Minutes
★ 7.31991
SeriesDocumentary
Heritage Minutes, also known officially as Historica Minutes: History by the Minute, are a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. They appear frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before movies and are now also sold on DVD. The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991 as part of a one-off heavily-promoted history quiz show hosted by Rex Murphy. The thirteen original short films were broken up and run between shows on CBC Television and CTV Network. The continued broadcast of the Minutes and the production of new ones was pioneered by Charles Bronfman's CRB Foundation, Canada Post Power Broadcasting, and the National Film Board. They were devised, developed and largely narrated by noted Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, while the producer of the series was Robert Guy Scully. In 2009 Historica merged with The Dominion Institute to become The Historica-Dominion Institute. While the foundations have not paid networks to air Minutes, they have made them freely available, and in the early years paid to have them run in cinemas across the country. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ruled that Heritage Minutes are an "on-going dramatic series" thus each minute counts as ninety-seconds of a station's Canadian content requirements.

Crawford Gordon