Dan Aykroyd Biography

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NAME: Dan Aykroyd
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter
BIRTH DATE: July 01, 1952 (Age: 59)
EDUCATION: Carleton University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ottawa, Canada

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member and starred in the hit films, The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters.

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Dan Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Canada. He studied at Carleton University and joined the Second City group in Toronto. He was an original Saturday Night Live cast member, wrote the screenplay and starred in The Blues Brothers,

and starred in Ghostbusters. He earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Driving Miss Daisy. Aykroyd is married to Donna Dixon and has three children.

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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.

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