Dan Aykroyd

Q: Did Dan Aykroyd win any major awards?

Dan Aykroyd has received several awards throughout his career, including an Emmy Award for his work on 'Saturday Night Live' and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Q: What was Dan Aykroyd's first film?

Dan Aykroyd's first film role was in the 1979 comedy 'Love at First Sight,' where he played a small part that helped launch his film career.

Q: How did Dan Aykroyd get into acting?

Dan Aykroyd began his acting career in Toronto, performing in comedy clubs and theater before joining the cast of 'Saturday Night Live,' which propelled him into mainstream success.

Q: What is Dan Aykroyd's background?

Dan Aykroyd was born in Ottawa, Canada, and grew up in a family with a strong interest in the arts. His father was a sketch comedian, which influenced his comedic style.

Q: Is Dan Aykroyd involved in music?

Yes, Dan Aykroyd is also known for his musical talents, especially in blues music. He has performed with various musicians and contributed to soundtracks for his films.

Q: How many children does Dan Aykroyd have?

Dan Aykroyd has three children with his wife, Donna Dixon: Danielle, Belle, and Stella Aykroyd, who have occasionally appeared in public events with him.

Q: What is Dan Aykroyd's estimated net worth?

Dan Aykroyd's estimated net worth is approximately 180 million USD, largely due to his successful career in film, television, and business ventures.

Known for

Ghostbusters (2016)

IMDb 6.9 / 10

2016 / Action, Adventure / 111mins

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together...

Trading Places (1983)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

1983 / Comedy / 116mins

Sporting billionaire brothers reverse the roles of a Wall Street commodities broker and a street hustler.

Ghostbusters II (1989)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

1989 / Action, Comedy / 108 min

Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out...

Name

Dan Aykroyd

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Born

1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spouses

Donna Dixon (1983–present)

Children

3 children: Danielle Aykroyd, Belle Aykroyd, and Stella Aykroyd

Parents

Samuel Aykroyd, Lorraine Aykroyd

Estimated Net Worth

180 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious...	Self	Not rated
2026	Movie Marty, Life Is Short Martin Short looks back on a life fueled by joy in this documentary with classic clips, fresh interviews and star-studded,...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2025	Movie On a Mission from God: The Story of the Blues Brothers A documentary that explores the turbulent, high-budget production of the 1980 musical-comedy classic The Blues Brothers, examining its chaotic shoot,...	Self	Not rated
2025	Movie I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not From his Saturday Night Live beginnings to a string of classic comedies, Chevy Chase has always had huge comedic range....	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2025	Movie John Candy: I Like Me Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery,...	Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2025	Movie Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2024	Movie Jim Henson Idea Man Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2024	Movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up...	Ray Stantz	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie The Greatest Night in Pop On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2024	TV A History of the World in Six Glasses Five very funny guys take a walk through history, talking about the drinks that shaped our world. Dan Aykroyd tends...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	TV The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd Each episode opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history, brought to life through...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Zombie Town Amy and Mike unearth a centuries-old curse when they decide to watch an exclusive film reel. The duo must track...	Len Carver	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2023	Movie Our Soho 'Our Soho' is a documentary film starring Soho. Toulouse and Kaylan are two 11 year old boys from Soho Parish...	self	Not rated
2022	Movie 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony The 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Microsoft...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2021	Movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to...	Ray Stantz	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	Movie Who Saw the Men in Black Who are the Men in Black? Many have reported their own Men in Black experiences and eye witness accounts since...	self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie The Go-Go's As the first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album, The Go-Go’s...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie Belushi Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	TV Hotel Paranormal First person testimony accounts of those who have dared to stay or work at hotels that are cursed and troubled...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2020	TV Reunited Apart Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in hilarious yet heartfelt...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2020	Movie Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters"...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	TV The Movies That Made Us These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders...	Ray Stantz (archive footage)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	Movie Fantastic Mr. Murray Bill Murray is considered by many of his fans to be "the coolest man in the world". But how is...	Self - Interviewee	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie Defend, Conserve, Protect Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, Defend, Conserve, Protect, pits the marine conservation group, Sea Shepherd, against the Japanese whaling fleet, in...	Narrator	Not rated
2019	TV Biography: Comedy Icons Part of the award-winning Biography series, A&E Network will premiere three new documentaries exploring the lives and careers of comedy...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in several iconic big-screen...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2018	TV The Conners This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in...	Buddy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV Workin' Moms Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws...	Kate's Dad	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	TV Workin' Moms Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws...	Kate's Dad (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie Good Fortune GOOD FORTUNE is the rags to riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria. Born with nothing, at times...	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2016	Movie Ghostbusters Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker...	Cabbie	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	Movie Ghostheads A documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the world meeting extreme...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2015	TV Jay Leno's Garage Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno shares his passion for motor vehicles. Jay and guests drive cars, motorbikes...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie Being Canadian What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2015	Movie I Am Chris Farley I am Chris Farley tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin,...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2015	Movie Pixels Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.	1982 Championship MC	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	TV The Seventies A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	TV Dino Hunt Canada Documentary narrated by Dan Akroyd of paleontologists searching for dinosaurs and the evidence they left behind.	Narrator	Not rated
2014	Movie Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond A retrospective on Ghostbusters 2.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	Movie Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective Entertainment Journalist Geoff Boucher sits down with Director Ivan Reitman and Co-Writer/Actor Dan Aykroyd, who recall shooting the original, discussing...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2014	Movie Get On Up A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.	Ben Bart	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	Movie Tammy For burger-joint employee Tammy, a bad day keeps getting worse. She wrecks her car, loses her job, and finds that...	Don	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2014	Movie Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the...	Scarecrow (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Karen is on first visit to new boyfriend's parents when she discovers something odd about his eating habits.	Rick Phillips	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Behind the Candelabra Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.	Seymour Heller	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	Movie Born In Chicago "Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story...	Narrator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie WWII: Saving the Reality See Kenneth W. Rendell's collection of over 6,000 artifacts that range from the end of World War I and the...	Self - Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2012	Movie The Campaign Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States...	Wade Motch	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2012	Movie Sunset Strip Home to the biggest sounds, iconic images and cultural movements experience the Strip from its origins in the 1920’s with...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2012	TV Inside Comedy Half hour comedy documentary series from veteran funny-man David Steinberg and Steve Carell reveals the inspirations, influences and idols of...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	Movie Yogi Bear A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick...	Yogi Bear (voice)	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2010	TV The Fran Drescher Show The Fran Drescher Show, also called The Fran Drescher Tawk Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by actress Fran...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2010	Movie The Women of SNL A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.	Various (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2010	TV The Defenders The Defenders is a drama about two colorful Las Vegas defense attorneys who go all-in when it comes to representing...	Judge Max Hunter	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie Presidential Reunion In this Funny or Die short, Barack Obama has the opportunity to meet all the former U.S. presidents from Gerald...	Jimmy Carter	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	Movie Julie & Julia Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2008	Movie War, Inc. In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the...	Mr. Vice President	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2007	Movie Shortcut to Happiness In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he...	Julius Jensen	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2007	Movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck...	Captain Tucker	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	Movie Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and crew as well as hosts....	Self	Not rated
2006	TV Second City: First Family of Comedy The series traces the evolution of one of the world's most successful comedy troupes from its humble beginnings as a...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Working with a Master: John Landis Short documentary about John Landis and his horror works.	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.	Various Characters (archive footage)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2005	Movie The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Just the Two of Us This featurette is included on the 2-disc "Holy Shnike Edition" DVD for Tommy Boy (1995), released in 2005.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2005	Movie Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi During his time at SNL, original cast member John Belushi created some of the most memorable characters in television history....	Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs A UFO enthusiast interviews Dan Aykroyd on the subject of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.	Self	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2005	Movie Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation On the road documentary with Prince and the New Power Generation during their 2004 Musicology tour from the west coast...	Self	Not rated
2005	TV Living with Fran Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2005	Movie Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Christmas with the Kranks When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to...	Vic Frohmeyer	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	Movie Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin Narrated by Dan Aykroyd, this documentary tribute celebrates rock 'n' roll pioneer Ronnie Hawkins. Packed with performance footage and celebrity...	Narrator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie White Coats Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school...	Dr. Cyrill Kipp	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2004	Movie 50 First Dates Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem...	Dr. Keats	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2003	Movie James Brown: Soul Survivor James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's a dark side...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	Movie Bright Young Things During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among...	Lord Monomark	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	Movie Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 Music includes: "Butterfly" Mariah Carey "Don't Speak" No Doubt "Hand in My Pocket" Alanis Morissette "Wannabe" Spice Girls "Special" Garbage...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Toronto Rocks Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	Movie The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of ‘Sneakers’ (1992).	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Unconditional Love After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's...	Max Beasley	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Crossroads After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip....	Pete Wagner	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2001	Movie On the Nose Robbie Coltrane stars as Delaney, a university janitor and reformed gambler whose past habits come back to haunt him. Having...	Dr. Barry Davis	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2001	Movie Earth vs. the Spider A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When web covered...	Det. Insp. Jack Grillo	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2001	TV According to Jim Jim is the typical all-American guy — a macho "everyman" — with a soft spot for his beautiful wife and...	Danny Michalski	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie The Curse of the Jade Scorpion CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company...	Chris Magruder	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	Movie Evolution A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give...	Governor Lewis	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	Movie Pearl Harbor The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter...	Captain Thurman	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2000	Movie Stardom A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.	Barry Levine	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2000	Movie The House of Mirth In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself...	Augustus 'Gus' Trenor	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2000	Movie Loser On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing...	Dad	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1999	Movie Diamonds Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds	Lance Agensky	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1999	Movie Saturday Night Live: Christmas Join the epic "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast of Saturday Night Live regulars in a hilarious compilation of...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	Movie Ghostbusters 1999 Documentary Interviews of the director and cast of the original Ghostbusters film	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1999	Movie Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey From 1986 to 1993 Dana Carvey dominated the stage at Saturday Night Live with dead-on impressions and some of the...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1999	Movie Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer...	Captain Milligan	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Dan Aykroyd (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	TV Mark Twain Prize Honoring the best in American comedy annually since 1998, the recipients of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie Susan's Plan Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.	Bob	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1998	Movie Antz A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a...	Chip (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	Movie The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every participant from the film....	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Blues Brothers 2000 Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise...	Elwood Blues	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1998	Movie Roswell Top Secret Something happened near the town of Rosewell. This event came to be known as the Rosewell incident. The town has...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1997	TV Soul Man Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired	Rev. Mike Weber	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	Movie Grosse Pointe Blank Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the...	Grocer	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	TV The Arrow The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during...	Crawford Gordon	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	Movie The Arrow The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was...	Crawford Gordon Jr.	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.	Crawford Gordon	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie My Fellow Americans They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States....	President William Haney	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	TV Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie Feeling Minnesota Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who...	Det. Ben Costikyan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1996	Movie Rainbow Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the...	Sheriff Wyatt Hampton	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	Movie Celtic Pride Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.	Jimmy Flaherty	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1996	Movie Getting Away with Murder When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp...	Jack Lambert	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1996	Movie Sgt. Bilko The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie...	Colonel Hall	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Canadian Bacon The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold...	OPP Officer (uncredited)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1995	Movie Casper Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate...	Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Tommy Boy To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.	Ray Zalinsky	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1995	Movie The Random Factor A doctor in Ottawa invents a miraculous machine that uses a record of a person's DNA to reverse injuries to...	Dexter (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1995	TV Live from the House of Blues Live from the House of Blues was a 26 part series on TBS that started airing in January 1995 at...	Unknown character	Not rated
1994	Movie Exit to Eden Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a...	Fred Lavery	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1994	Movie North Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the...	Pa Tex	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1994	Movie My Girl 2 Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has...	Harry Sultenfuss	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	Movie A Century of Cinema A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1993	TV Intimate Portrait Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1993	TV The Nanny That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel)....	Repairman (uncredited)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1993	TV Late Night with Conan O'Brien Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Best of the Blues Brothers Writer Tom Davis hosts a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary band's early days and...	Elwood Blues / Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Coneheads A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks...	Beldar	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Chaplin An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from...	Mack Sennett	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1992	TV Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1992	Movie Sneakers When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a...	Mother	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1992	TV The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1992	Movie This Is My Life Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store while dreaming of becoming a comedian. After she inherits some...	Arnold Moss	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1992	Movie Two-Fisted Tales The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of...	Captain Miligan	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1991	Movie My Girl Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also...	Harry Sultenfuss	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1991	TV Home Improvement The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his...	Mike Weber	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1991	Movie Nothing But Trouble While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J....	Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1990	Movie Seriously... Phil Collins 4 TV Executives attempt to make a television special to promote ...But Seriously. Mostly made of sketches this film includes...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1990	Movie Masters of Menace When one of their own dies, members of a motorcycle gang travel the country to take home the body of...	Johnny Lewis	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1990	Movie The Earth Day Special The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990....	Vic's Buddy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Life of Python This BBC documentary tells the history of the Python group, allowing a few glimpses at the works of its predecessors...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	Movie Loose Cannons Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with...	Ellis Fielding	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Postage Stamp Fellow (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie Driving Miss Daisy The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an...	Boolie Werthan	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	Movie Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1989	Movie Ghostbusters II The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to...	Ray Stantz	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1989	Movie Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary HBO behind the scenes special about the making of Lethal Weapon 2.	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Captain Milligan	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie My Stepmother Is an Alien Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific...	Steven Mills	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1988	Movie Caddyshack II When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the...	Captain Tom Everett	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1988	Movie The Great Outdoors It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and...	Roman Craig	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie She's Having a Baby Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage...	Roman (uncredited)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie The Couch Trip The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the...	John W. Burns, Jr.	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1987	Movie Dragnet LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is...	Sgt. Joe Friday	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie Citizen Steve On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive reporter Clip Maxwell attempts to...	Chial Dushane	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV American Masters American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers,...	Julia Child (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1985	Movie Spies Like Us Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.	Austin Millbarge	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1985	Movie The Best of John Belushi	Various Characters	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie Into the Night Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he...	Herb	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1985	Movie We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how...	Self	TMDB 8.4 / 10
1985	Movie B.B. King: Into the Night A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the Night"...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1984	Movie On the Scene with the Ghostbusters	Unknown character	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1984	TV MTV Video Music Awards An annual award ceremony presented by MTV to honor the best in the music video medium.	Self - Host	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1984	Movie Nothing Lasts Forever An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up...	Buck Heller	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1984	Movie Ghostbusters After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat...	Ray Stantz	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	Movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees –...	Art Weber	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1983	Movie The Coneheads In this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, The Coneheads come to conquer Earth but they soon find themselves...	Beldar (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1983	Movie Twilight Zone: The Movie An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life"...	Passenger	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1983	Movie Trading Places A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous...	Louis Winthorpe III	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1983	Movie Doctor Detroit A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College...	Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1982	Movie E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors Documentary hosted by Robin Williams about the history of aliens in the movies, made to coincide with the cinema release...	Beldar Conehead	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1982	Movie It Came from Hollywood Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's,...	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1981	Movie Neighbors One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted...	Vic	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1981	Movie Steve Martin's Best Show Ever Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast...	Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1980	Movie The Blues Brothers Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and...	Elwood Blues	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1979	Movie 1941 In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing...	Sgt. Frank Tree	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1979	Movie Mr. Mike's Mondo Video Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva...	Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1978	Movie Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that marked the end of the...	Self	Not rated
1978	Movie The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the Grateful Dead on the...	Elwood Blues	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1978	Movie The Things We Did Last Summer This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual skits that describe their summer...	Self	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1978	Movie The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.	Brian Thigh	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1977	Movie Love at First Sight Roy, an accident-prone blind man, falls in love with a young woman named Shirley. When Shirley’s overbearing father Frank lets...	Roy	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Beach Boys: It's OK Originally aired as an television special, this concert film includes interview segments, comedy sketches, and concert footage from Brian Wilson's...	Cop #1	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Beach Boys: It's OK A live performance from the Beach Boys, featuring their best known songs, including 'Help Me Rhonda' and 'Good Vibrations'.	Cop #1	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Sen. Bob Dole (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Various Characters	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Various Characters (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self / Various (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	Movie The Gift of Winter Long, long ago the world didn't have any snow and winter was a time of wind, darkness and cold. One...	Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie That's Amore! Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard the words...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Keeper of the Cup Three delayed Toronto Maple Leafs fans take matters into their own hands to ensure a win in what remains of...	The Keeper	Not rated
TBA	Movie Getting Lost The nephew of a legendary wilderness TV host decides to finish his uncle's final episode after he dies during a...	(voice)	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up...	Original Film Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	TV The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd Each episode opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history, brought to life through...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2021	Movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to...	Original Film Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	Movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2016	Movie Ghostbusters Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2016	Movie Ghostbusters Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker...	Characters Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2013	Movie Born In Chicago "Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie Blues Brothers 2000 Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1998	Movie Blues Brothers 2000 Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise...	Producer Production	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1997	TV Soul Man Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie The Best of the Blues Brothers Writer Tom Davis hosts a Blues Brothers retrospective that tells the whole truth about the legendary band's early days and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1993	Movie Coneheads A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1991	Movie Nothing But Trouble While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J....	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1991	Movie Nothing But Trouble While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J....	Director Directing	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1989	Movie Ghostbusters II The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1989	Movie Ghostbusters II The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to...	Characters Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1987	Movie Dragnet LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie Citizen Steve On the occasion of the 40th birthday of the almighty filmmaker Steven Allan Spielberg, inquisitive reporter Clip Maxwell attempts to...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV The Real Ghostbusters The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1986	Movie One More Saturday Night The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get dates for...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 4.2 / 10
1985	Movie Spies Like Us Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1984	Movie Ghostbusters After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1981	Movie Steve Martin's Best Show Ever Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1980	Movie The Blues Brothers Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1976	Movie The Beach Boys: It's OK Originally aired as an television special, this concert film includes interview segments, comedy sketches, and concert footage from Brian Wilson's...	Writer Writing	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1976	Movie The Beach Boys: It's OK A live performance from the Beach Boys, featuring their best known songs, including 'Help Me Rhonda' and 'Good Vibrations'.	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Belushi The story of comic singer John Belushi who rose to fame in 1970s died for a drug overdose in 1982...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated

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John Candy: I Like Me

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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

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Ghostbusters (2016)

Trading Places (1983)

Ghostbusters II (1989)

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