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Dan Aykroyd Biography

(1952–)

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1980 The Blues Brothers
1982 Doctor Detroit
1983 Trading Places

1984 Ghostbusters
1985 Spies Like Us
1987 Dragnet
1989 My Stepmother is an Alien
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
1992 Chaplin
1992 My Girl
1994 Exit to Eden
1996 Feeling Minnesota
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank
1998 Blues Brothers 2000
1999 Antz (voice)
1999 Diamonds
2003 Bright Young Things
2004 Christmas With the Kranks
Television
1975–9 Saturday Night Live
1997 Soul Man

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Actor, born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Canada. Dan Aykroyd studied at Carleton University, Ottawa, joined the Second City Comedy improvisation group in Toronto, made a name for himself as a stand-up comedian, then joined the cast of the anarchic television show Saturday Night Live (1975–9). He wrote the screenplay for and starred in The Blues Brothers (1980), appeared in Ghostbusters (1984), and earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his first dramatic role in Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Later films include Exit to Eden (1994), Feeling Minnesota (1996), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Antz (voice, 1999), and Christmas with the Kranks (2004). His albums include Briefcase Full of Blues, Made in America, The Blues Brothers, and Best of the Blues Brothers. Aykroyd married Donna Dixon in 1983 and they have three children.