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Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM OOnt (/ ˈ æ k r ɔɪ d / AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until his departure in 1979.
The Blues Brothers. The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast members of Saturday Night Live. A common misconception [citation needed] is that the act also originated on SNL.
The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, written and produced by John Hughes, and starring Dan Aykroyd and John Candy with supporting roles by Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening (in her film debut), Chris Young, Lucy Deakins, and Robert Prosky. The film is about two families spending a vacation at a fictional ...
English. Budget. $22 million [2] Box office. $77.3 million [3] Spies Like Us is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Union. Originally written by Aykroyd and Dave ...
The documentary traces their appearances on “SNL” and their breakthrough album “Briefcase Full of Blues” to the 1980 movie and its hit soundtrack, the death of Belushi and Aykroyd’s ...
October 11, 2024 at 12:38 PM. An original SNL cast member is singing praises for Saturday Night, a new movie (now in theaters) that’s based on the true story of what happened prior to Saturday ...
Jillian Sederholm. October 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Breaking down what's real and what's made up in Jason Reitman's big screen "Saturday Night Live" origin story. Saturday Night tells the pulse ...
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 ...