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Dan Aykroyd

1952 - Today

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Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( 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. During his tenure on SNL, he appeared in a recurring series of sketches, particularly featuring the Coneheads and the Blues Brothers. For his work on the show, he received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Aykroyd is the 817th most popular actor (down from 506th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Canada (down from 35th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Canadian Actor.

Dan Aykroyd is most famous for his role as Dr. Raymond Stantz in the Ghostbusters movies, as well as for his role as Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers.

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Among actors, Dan Aykroyd ranks 817 out of 13,578. Before him are Tim Roth, Capucine, Horst Tappert, Anthony Head, Jeff Bennett, and Tom Holland. After him are Dwight Schultz, Dean Reed, Colin Baker, Lee Jung-jae, Loie Fuller, and Eva Marie Saint.

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Among people born in 1952, Dan Aykroyd ranks 77. Before him are Irina Bokova, Jeff Lindsay, Guillermo Vilas, Bert van Marwijk, Didier Pironi, and Lee Hsien Loong. After him are Umberto Tozzi, Reinhard Genzel, Ari Vatanen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Osvaldo Ardiles, and Danilo Türk.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 67 out of 1,622. Before him are Catherine O'Hara (1954), Oswald Avery (1877), Elliot Page (1987), Eugene Levy (1946), Oscar Peterson (1925), and Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879). After him are David H. Hubel (1926), John Ireland (1914), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), The Weeknd (1990), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), and Elizabeth Arden (1878).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 12. Before him are Michael J. Fox (1961), William Shatner (1931), Pamela Anderson (1967), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Elliot Page (1987), and Eugene Levy (1946). After him are John Ireland (1914), Glenn Ford (1916), John Candy (1950), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Geneviève Bujold (1942), and Mack Sennett (1880).

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