Dan Aykroyd

Biography: Dan Aykroyd was born 7/1/1952 in Ottawa, Ontario. He got his start in stand up, but was soon cast the classic sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live." After Aykroyd's long stint on the show, he went into film. Throughout the 80's he played roles in such films as "Doctor Detroit, Trading Places, Ghostbusters, Spies Like Us, Dragnet, Driving Miss Daisy". In the 90's he continued his work, taking roles in "Sneakers, & Coneheads. Dan's most noted for his role in "The Blues Brothers" with the late & great John Belushi.

Filmography:

Bright Young Things (2003)
Whitecoats (2003)
Unconditional Love (2002)
Saturday Night Live: TV Tales (2002)
SNL Remembers John Belushi (2002)
Crossroads (2002)
Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
On the Nose (2001)
Frank Truth, The (2001)
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001)
Evolution (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 (2000)
House of Mirth, The (2000)
Loser (2000)
Stardom (2000)
Ghostbusters' SFX Team Featurette (2000)
Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
Saturday Night Live Christmas (1999)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (1999)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1999)
Diamonds (1999)
Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (1998)
Susan's Plan (1998)
Antz (1998)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Arrow, The (1997)
Michael Jackson: History on Film - Volume II (1997)
"Soul Man" (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Making of '1941', The (1996)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
"Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" (1996)
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Celtic Pride (1996)
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Rainbow (1995)
Random Factor, The (1995)
Salute to Steven Spielberg, A (1995)
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Casper (1995)
Tommy Boy (1995)
Century of Cinema, A (1994)
Exit to Eden (1994)
My Girl 2 (1994)
North (1994)
Best of the Blues Brothers, The (1993)
Coneheads (1993)
Chaplin (1992)
Sneakers (1992)
This Is My Life (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991)
My Girl (1991)
Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Earth Day Special (1990)
Masters of Menace (1990)
Loose Cannons (1990)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Caddyshack II (1988)
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Great Outdoors, The (1988)
Couch Trip, The (1988)
Dragnet (1987)
We Are the World: The Video Event (1985)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Into the Night (1985)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Coneheads, The (1983)
Doctor Detroit (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
Neighbors (1981)
Blues Brothers, The (1980)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
1941 (1979)
Rutles, The (1978)
Things We Did Last Summer (1977)
Love at First Sight (1977/I)
"Coming Up Rosie" (1975)
"Saturday Night Live" (1975-79)
Gift of Winter, The (1974)

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Trivia: A police buff, he rides an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle, collects police badges, sometimes rides shotgun with detectives in squad cars, and owns in partnership with several Toronto police officers.

Is a victim of syndactylism, a birth defect where several digits are fused together. In the film Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, Mr. Aykroyd takes his shoes & socks off on-screen, to reveal this anomaly.