Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM OOnt (July 1, 1952) is an actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He is best known for his roles in Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters, The Blues Brothers, My Girl, Tommy Boy, Spies Like Us, and 1941.
Early life[]
Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. His father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd (1922–2020), a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and his mother, Lorraine Hélène Marie (née Gougeon; 1918–2018), was a secretary. His mother was of French Canadian descent and his father was of English, Scottish, Irish, French, and Dutch ancestry. His paternal ancestor was Englishman Samuel Aykroyd from Halifax, Yorkshire, who emigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Upper Canada near Kingston, Ontario in 1810. His brother, Peter (1955–2021), was also an actor.
Character Roles[]
Significant Films[]
- 1941 (1979)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Neighbors (1981)
- Doctor Detroit (1983)
- Trading Places (1983)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- Dragnet (1987)
- Caddyshack II (1987)
- The Couch Trip (1988)
- The Great Outdoors (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Loose Cannons (1990)
- My Girl (1991)
- Nothing but Trouble (1991)
- Chaplin (1992)
- Sneakers (1992)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Exit to Eden (1994)
- My Girl 2 (1994)
- North (1994)
- Canadian Bacon (1995)
- Tommy Boy (1995)
- Celtic Pride (1996)
- Feeling Minnesota (1996)
- My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Sgt. Bilko (1996)
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- Antz (1998)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- The House of Mirth (2000)
- Loser (2000)
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
- Evolution (2001)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Crossroads (2002)
- Bright Young Things (2003)
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- 50 First Dates (2004)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
- War, Inc. (2008)
- Yogi Bear (2010)
- The Campaign (2012)
- Behind the Candelabra (2013)
- Tammy (2014)
- Get on Top (2014)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Significant Shows[]
- Saturday Night Live (1975-79)
- The Real Ghostbusters (1986-91)
- Tales from the Crypt (1991)
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996-00)
- Home Improvement (1997)
- Soul Man (1997)
- History's Mysteries (2001)
- According to Jim (2002)
- Family Guy (2009)
- The Defenders (2011)