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Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician and producer.
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entertainment · Canadian and American actor and musician (born 1952) · actor · screenwriter · ufologist · comedian · singer · film producer · television producer · television actor · film actor · voice actor · also Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Edward Aykroyd, Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM, Aykroyd
Born 1 July 1952 · Q105221
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2026· 3 entries
Yahoo: Dan Aykroyd blasts California as ‘medieval’ mess while praising peaceful life in Canada
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Public attention spiked: 10,486 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 3,304, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Friendship with John Belushi Grammar
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2025· 2 entries
AOL: Dan Aykroyd Praises “SNL” 50th Anniversary Special as 'Triumphant' Following His Absence: 'Well Done as Usual'
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Deadline.com: Dan Aykroyd Praises ‘SNL50’ Special As “Triumphant” After Missing Taping
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2024· 2 entries
Deadline.com: Dan Aykroyd Doesn’t See Himself Or Bill Murray Returning To ‘Ghostbusters’ Franchise: “They’ve Got A Whole New Cast”
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New York Post: Dan Aykroyd reveals the future of ‘Ghostbusters’: ‘We knew it would be successful’
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2023· 1 entry
Began hosting the series The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd on the History Channel
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2022· 1 entry
The couple announced that they were separating but would remain legally married
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2021· 1 entry
Aykroyd provided the voice of the Postage Stamp Fellow in the episode The Dad-Feelings Limited in the TV series The Simpsons
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2018· 1 entry
Hosted the internationally syndicated radio show "Elwood's BluesMobile", formerly known as the House of Blues Radio Hour, under his Blues Brothers moniker Elwood Blues
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2017· 1 entry
Was made a member of the Order of Ontario in recognition for being "one of the world's most popular entertainers, well-known for his time on Saturday Night Live and the 1984 classic movie Ghostbusters
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2016· 1 entry
Aykroyd partnered with TV producers Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey and game developer Ike McFadden to release an online-casino game that features the Blues Brothers
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2015· 2 entries
Said in an interview on HuffPost with hosts Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill that he has Asperger syndrome which was "never diagnosed", but was "sort of a self-diagnosis" based on several of his own characteristics, co
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Aykroyd appeared in a State Farm insurance commercial along with Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman, as the Coneheads, talking to "Jake", a State Farm agent, and played the emcee of the video game championship in the science
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2014· 1 entry
Aykroyd voiced the role of Scarecrow in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, and had a supporting role in the comedy film Tammy
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2010· 1 entry
Played the voice of the title character, Yogi Bear, in the live-action/CGI-animated-film Yogi Bear
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2009· 2 entries
Aykroyd contributed a series of reminiscences about his upbringing in Canada for a charity album, Dan Aykroyd's Canada
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Aykroyd and Ramis wrote and appeared in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which also featured Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Brian Doyle-Murray
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2007).
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Aykroyd appeared as a crying fan of American Idol finalist Sanjaya Malakar (played by Andy Samberg) during "Weekend Update"
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Aykroyd and artist John Alexander founded Crystal Head Vodka, a brand of high-end vodka known for its skull-shaped bottle and for being filtered through Herkimer diamond crystals
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2005· 1 entry
Aykroyd produced the DVD Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs
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2004· 1 entry
"House of Blues" became the second-largest live music promoter in the world, with seven venues and 22 amphitheatres in the United States and Canada
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Have Love Will Travel”.
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2002).
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Was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame
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2001· 1 entry
Aykroyd starred in the Woody Allen film The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
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1999· 1 entry
Aykroyd was made a Member of the Order of Canada
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1998· 2 entries
With John Goodman as Belushi's replacement
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Voiced the role of Chip, a wasp, in the DreamWorks Animation film Antz
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1997· 2 entries
Starred as an Episcopal priest in the ABC sitcom Soul Man, which lasted two seasons
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The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry awarded Aykroyd in absentia the Snuffed Candle Award for hosting Psi Factor and being a "long-time promoter
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1995· 1 entry
Introduced a performance by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip
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1994· 2 entries
Received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Carleton University
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Aykroyd made a guest appearance in an episode of the sitcom The Nanny as a refrigerator repairman
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1992· 5 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award for Nothing but Trouble (1992).
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“You know, even when the material wasn't so good, I've gotten to work with the greats, and I've always given it my best shot. I'm satisfied with my work. I could stop tomorrow, and if Bright Young Things was my last role, I could say I tidied it up with dignity.”
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“You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules.”
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“I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years.”
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Aykroyd and Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Isaac Tigrett founded the House of Blues, a chain of music venues, with the mission to host all genres of musical performances with a primary theme focused on blues music and folk ar
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1990· 1 entry
Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Boolie Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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1989· 1 entry
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award for Caddyshack II (1989).
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1988· 2 entries
(The Couch Trip, She's Having a Baby, Caddyshack II, and My Stepmother Is an Alien), all of them critical and commercial failures
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Aykroyd co-starred with John Candy in the comedy film The Great Outdoors
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1984· 1 entry
And became a huge success for Aykroyd, who appeared as one of the lead actors
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1983· 1 entry
Aykroyd married actress Donna Dixon on a friend's rooftop in Martha's Vineyard
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1982· 1 entry
But Belushi died a few weeks before the ceremony
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1978· 1 entry
Released the hit album Briefcase Full of Blues (drawn from the fact that Aykroyd, as "Elwood Blues", carried his blues harmonicas in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist in the manner of a CIA courier; Belushi originally
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1977· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for Saturday Night Live (1977).
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Aykroyd received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series for his collaborative work on Saturday Night Live
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Received an Emmy Award for writing on SNL; he later received two more nominations for writing and one for acting
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1969· 1 entry
Studied at Carleton University (1969).
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1952· 2 entries
Born 1952-07-01.
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At Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario
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1941· 1 entry
(1979), Trading Places (1983), Spies Like Us (1985), Dragnet (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Nothing but Trouble (1991) and Coneheads (1993)
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