Dan Aykroyd Add to My Celebs Age 59 Birthday Jul. 1st, 1952 Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Height 6' 1"

Dan Aykroyd's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Saturday Night Live Various Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Dan Aykroyd Soul Man Rev. Mike W… Final 24 Dan Aykroyd The Dave Thomas Comedy Show Dan Aykroyd

Main Movie Roles 2012 - Ghostbusters III 2008 - War, Inc. 2007 - I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 2004 - Christmas with the Kranks 2004 - 50 First Dates 2003 - Bright Young Things 2002 - Crossroads 2001 - Evolution 2001 - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 2001 - Pearl Harbor 2000 - Loser 2000 - The House of Mirth 2000 - Stardom 1998 - Antz 1998 - Blues Brothers 2000 1997 - Grosse Pointe Blank 1996 - My Fellow Americans 1996 - Sgt. Bilko 1996 - Feeling Minnesota 1996 - Celtic Pride 1995 - Tommy Boy 1995 - Canadian Bacon 1995 - Casper 1994 - North 1994 - My Girl 2 1993 - Coneheads 1992 - This Is My Life 1992 - Sneakers 1992 - Chaplin 1991 - My Girl 1991 - Nothing but Trouble 1990 - Loose Cannons 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy 1989 - Ghostbusters II 1988 - Caddyshack II 1988 - The Great Outdoors 1988 - The Couch Trip 1988 - She's Having a Baby 1988 - My Stepmother is an Alien 1987 - Dragnet 1985 - Spies Like Us 1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 - Ghostbusters 1983 - Doctor Detroit 1983 - Trading Places 1983 - Twilight Zone: The Movie 1982 - It Came From Hollywood 1981 - Neighbors 1980 - The Blues Brothers 1979 - 1941

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Dan Aykroyd attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (1969), where he majored in Criminology and Sociology. He dropped out to work with Second City Stage Troupe in Toronto and started his acting career at Carleton University with Sock'n'Buskin, the campus theater/drama club. Married to Donna Dixon (I), he has two daughters. His parents are named Peter and Lorraine and his brother Peter Aykroyd is a psychic researcher. Dan received an honorary Doctorate from Carleton University in 1994.


TRIVIA:

• Is a victim of syndactylism, a birth defect where several digits are fused together. In _Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)_ (qv), he takes his shoes and socks off on-screen, to reveal this anomaly.
• Has played harmonica since he was 17 years old.
• Is a big fan of 'The Beach Boys' (qv) and his first piece of writing was a sketch that appeared in the 1976 documentary _The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976) (TV)_ (qv).
• Aykroyd and 'John Belushi' (qv) were scheduled to present the first annual Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 1982 Academy Awards, but Belushi died weeks before the ceremony. Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the podium: "My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself."
• Received the Order of Canada in 1999.
• Is portrayed by 'Dan Di Julio' (qv) in _Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002) (TV)_ (qv).
• He and Bill Murray resumed their Ghostbusters roles to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
• He has such a fascination with both police officers and criminals, one of the writers from the original _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) said his ultimate fantasy was to commit a crime, then arrest himself for it.

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