Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born
July 1,
1952,
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada) is a
comedian actor. He gained fame on the American TV show
Saturday Night Live from
1975 to
1979. Born with syndactylism (webbed toes).
A list of films includes:
- 1974:Gift of Winter
- 1977:Love at First Sight
- 1978:The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
- 1979:1941, Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
- 1980:The Blues Brothers
- 1981:Neighbors
- 1982:It Came from Hollywood, Neighbors
- 1983:Doctor Detroit, Trading Places, Twilight Zone: The Movie,
- 1984:Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (cameo), Nothing Lasts Forever
- 1985:Into the Night, Spies Like Us
- 1986:Comedy Music Videos, One More Saturday Night
- 1987:Dragnet
- 1988:Caddyshack II, The Couch Trip, My Stepmother Is an Alien, She's Having a Baby, The Great Outdoors
- 1989:Driving Miss Daisy, Ghostbusters II
- 1990:Loose Cannons, Masters of Menace
- 1991:My Girl, Nothing But Trouble
- 1992:Chaplin, Sneakers, This Is My Life
- 1993:Coneheads
- 1994:Canadian Bacon, Exit to Eden, My Girl 2, North
- 1995:Casper, Getting Away with Murder, Rainbow, Tommy Boy
- 1996:Celtic Pride, Feeling Minnesota, My Fellow Americans, Sgt. Bilko
- 1997:The Arrow, Blues Brothers 2000, Grosse Pointe Blank
- 1998:
- 2001:Pearl Harbor (movie)
He has been inducted into
Canada's Walk of Fame.