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

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:

• Though he has made numerous appearances on _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) since leaving the show in 1979, he did not actually host it until the 2002-2003 season finale.
• On his passport, he lists his occupation as "Writer".
• After working together on three films, 'Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv) called him the best "screen kisser" who ever had a scene with her.
• His grandfather was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
• He is a huge fan of the TV Series "Dragnet" and the show's star, Jack Webb. So much so that many of his characters are able to rapidly spit out technical information just as Webb did reciting laws and regulations as Sgt. Joe Friday. Some examples of this are: 1. In "The Blues Brothers" when Elwood describes the specifications of the Bluesmobile. 2. In "Ghostbusters" when Dr. Raymond Stanz "orders" the demi-god Zuul to leave New York. 3. In "1941" when Sgt. Tree teaches the Ned Beatty character how to load and fire the anti-aircraft gun. 4. During the "SNL" Weekend Update whenever he would verbally spar with Jane Curtain.
• Was offered the role of "D-Day" in _Animal House (1978)_ (qv), but turned it down.
• He and 'M. Night Shyamalan' (qv), are the only two men to direct themselves in performances that "won" them a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Aykroyd "won" the award for, and also directed, the film _Nothing But Trouble (1991)_ (qv).
• Daughters with 'Donna Dixon (I)' (qv); Danielle (b. 1989) and Kingston Belle (b. 1993).