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Acting

Dan Aykroyd

Career: Active from 1974 to 2024, busiest in 1996 and 1997 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 60
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Behind the Candelabra
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dan Aykroyd Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
3.8, average 5.5
Melancholy
3.2, average 4.7
Tension
4.6, average 6.0
Violence
3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 9
Pop Culture References 7
Satire 6
Coming-of-Age 5
Character Study 5
90s Nostalgia 5
Political Satire 4
Eccentric Characters 4
Situational Humor 4
Dark Comedy 4
Family-Friendly 3
Character-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

124

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Getting Lost

as (voice)

Keeper of the Cup

as The Keeper

Executive Producer

2020s

5 titles · average score 50

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

52

as Ray Stantz

An SNL Thanksgiving

as (archive footage)

Zombie Town

36

as Len Carver

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

63

as Ray Stantz

Hotel Paranormal

TV show

2010s

19 titles · average score 59

Defend, Conserve, Protect

as Narrator

The Conners

64

TV show · as Buddy

Ghostbusters

57

as Cabbie

Pixels

37

as 1982 Championship MC

Dino Hunt Canada

TV show · as Narrator

Get On Up

71

as Ben Bart

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

37

as Scarecrow (voice)

Tammy

38

as Don

Behind the Candelabra

81

as Seymour Heller

Born In Chicago

as Narrator

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

as Rick Phillips

Yogi Bear

34

as Yogi Bear (voice)

2000s

21 titles · average score 49

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

42

as Captain Tucker

Shortcut to Happiness

38

as Julius Jensen

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

76

as Various Characters (archive footage)

Christmas with the Kranks

33

as Vic Frohmeyer

50 First Dates

56

as Dr. Keats

Crossroads

36

as Pete Wagner

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

55

as Chris Magruder

Earth vs. the Spider

40

as Det. Insp. Jack Grillo

On the Nose

54

as Dr. Barry Davis

The House of Mirth

75

as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor

Stardom

41

as Barry Levine

Loser

40

as Dad

1990s

40 titles · average score 51

Antz

71

as Chip (voice)

Blues Brothers 2000

46

as Elwood Blues

Grosse Pointe Blank

77

as Grocer

Soul Man

63

TV show · as Rev. Mike Weber

Sgt. Bilko

47

as Colonel Hall

My Fellow Americans

56

as President William Haney

My Girl 2

40

as Harry Sultenfuss

Coneheads

48

as Beldar

Sneakers

72

as Mother

My Girl

65

as Harry Sultenfuss

Nothing but Trouble

32

as Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo

Loose Cannons

21

as Ellis Fielding

1980s

27 titles · average score 59

Ghostbusters II

61

as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Driving Miss Daisy

78

as Boolie Werthan

My Stepmother Is an Alien

42

as Steven Mills

The Great Outdoors

49

as Roman Craig

The Couch Trip

46

as John W. Burns, Jr.

Dragnet

55

as Sgt. Joe Friday

Spies Like Us

45

as Austin Millbarge

Into the Night

50

as Herb

Ghostbusters

81

as Dr. Raymond Stantz

Trading Places

77

as Louis Winthorpe III

Twilight Zone: The Movie

56

as Passenger

The Blues Brothers

74

as Elwood Blues

1970s

9 titles · average score 55

1941

45

as Sgt. Frank Tree

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

45

as Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

as Elwood Blues

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

83

as Brian Thigh

Love at First Sight

35

as Roy

The Beach Boys: It's OK

as Cop #1

The Beach Boys: It's OK

as Cop #1

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Yortuk Festrunk (uncredited) / Self - Host

The Gift of Winter

as Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)