Dan Aykroyd

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actor businessperson comedian film actor film producer human musician screenwriter television actor

Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer best known as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live and co-creator and star of the Ghostbusters film franchise.

Aliases (2)

Aykroyd ×1
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → businessperson → comedian → film actor → film producer → human → musician → screenwriter → television actor →
activeYearsStart	1970s →
awardReceived	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series →
birthName	Daniel Edward Aykroyd →
characterPortrayed	Beldar Conehead → Elwood Blues → Ray Stantz →
citizenship	Canada →
coCreatorOf	Ghostbusters franchise →
countryOfBirth	Canada →
coWriterOf	Ghostbusters → Ghostbusters II → The Blues Brothers →
dateOfBirth	1952-07-01 →
educatedAt	Carleton University →
ethnicity	Canadian of English descent →
familyName	Aykroyd →
gender	male →
givenName	Daniel →
hasGenre	comedy → fantasy film → science fiction comedy → sketch comedy →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Saturday Night Live cast →
name	Dan Aykroyd →
nationality	Canadian →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
notableWork	Coneheads → Dragnet → Driving Miss Daisy → Ghostbusters → Ghostbusters II → Ghostbusters: Afterlife → My Girl → Saturday Night Live → Spies Like Us → The Blues Brothers → Trading Places →
occupation	actor → comedian → film producer → musician → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Ottawa →
positionHeld	original cast member of Saturday Night Live →
religion	Catholicism →
spouse	Donna Dixon →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Blues Brothers → The Coneheads →	creator
Ghostbusters → Ghostbusters II →	hasCastMember
Beldar Conehead → Elwood Blues →	portrayedBy
50 First Dates → Trading Places →	starring
Dan Aykroyd ("Daniel Edward Aykroyd") →	birthName
Behind the Candelabra →	castMember
Dan Aykroyd ("Aykroyd") →	familyName
Dan Aykroyd →	name
Saturday Night Live →	notableCastAlumni
Ghostbusters II →	screenwriter
Get on Up →	starredActor
Coneheads (1993 film) →	stars
Ghostbusters →	storyBy
We Are the World →	vocalPerformanceBy
Ghostbusters →	writer