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Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. [1] His father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd (1922–2020), a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, [2] and his mother, Lorraine Hélène Marie (née Gougeon; 1918–2018), was a secretary.
Dan Aykroyd doesn’t see a future for himself in the Ghostbusters franchise.. While speaking to The New York Post about his History Channel series The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd, the actor ...
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of ...
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Pressman with writing by Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Gottlieb, and Robert Boris.The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown.
Aykroyd says the pacing is deliberate to keep the audience's attention, just like the TV show he's best known for: the actor was an original cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" from 1975-79.
Such is the case with Saturday Night Live icon Dan Aykroyd. In a recent Parade exclusive interview, the Ghostbusters actor revealed that while he and his wife, actress Donna Dixon, ...
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City.
Turns out, Dan Aykroyd, who starred on the late-night sketch series for its first four seasons, was a fan! “Cracking a Head to applaud Jason Reitman’s triumphant SNL film,” the actor posted ...