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Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.
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Ghostbusters (2016)
As: Frustrated Cabbie
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Paul Feig
Stars: Melissa McCarthy | Kristen Wiig | Kate McKinnon | Leslie Jones | Chris Hemsworth
Ghostheads (2016)
As: Himself
Ghostheads is a documentary that explores the extreme side of the Ghostbusters fandom. Join us as we travel the world meeting extreme Ghostbusters fans. Every Ghosthead is unique. Every Franchise is its own. Every pop culture fandom should learn how to give back to the community.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Brenden Mertens
Stars: Robin Shelby | Dan Aykroyd | Sigourney Weaver | Ivan Reitman | Paul Feig
I Am Chris Farley (2015)
As: Himself
I am Chris Farley tells his hilarious, touching and wildly entertaining story - from his early days in Madison, Wisconsin, to his time at Second City and Saturday Night Live, then finally his film career (which included hits like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep). The film showcases his most memorable characters and skits from film and television and also includes interviews and insights from his co-stars, family and friends - ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Brent Hodge | Derik Murray
Stars: Adam Sandler | Chris Farley | David Spade | Pat Finn | Bo Derek
Pixels (2015)
As: 1982 Championship MC
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Adam Sandler | Michelle Monaghan | Peter Dinklage | Josh Gad | Kevin James
Being Canadian (2015)
As: Himself
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the answer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Robert Cohen
Stars: Robert Cohen | Cobie Smulders | William Shatner | Nathan Fillion | Seth Rogen
Love at First Sight (2015)
As: Roy
Roy, an accident-prone blind man, falls in love with a young woman named Shirley. When Shirley’s overbearing father Frank lets his disapproval of their relationship be known, Roy and Shirley head off to Niagara Falls to open a restaurant as Frank plans to break them up.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Rex Bromfield
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Mary Ann McDonald
Get on Up (2014)
As: Ben Bart
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Tate Taylor
Stars: Chadwick Boseman | Nelsan Ellis | Dan Aykroyd | Viola Davis | Lennie James
Tammy (2014)
As: Don
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ben Falcone
Stars: Melissa McCarthy | Susan Sarandon | Kathy Bates | Allison Janney | Dan Aykroyd
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
As: Scarecrow (voice)
Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man and Glinda from a devious new villain, the Jester. Wiser the owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess and Tugg the tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Dan St. Pierre
Stars: Lea Michele | Dan Aykroyd | Patrick Stewart | Hugh Dancy | James Belushi
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2014)
As: Himself
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the Ghostbusters franchise.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Anthony Bueno
Stars: Sigourney Weaver | Annie Potts | Dan Aykroyd | Harold Ramis | Ernie Hudson
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
As: Seymour Heller
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Michael Douglas | Matt Damon | Rob Lowe | Dan Aykroyd | Scott Bakula
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
As: Himself
Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Gary Khammar
Stars: Clint Eastwood | Morgan Freeman | Martin Sheen | William Friedkin | Christopher Nolan
The Campaign (2012)
As: Wade Motch
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Will Ferrell | Zach Galifianakis | Dylan McDermott | Jason Sudeikis | Sarah Baker
Sunset Strip (2012)
As: Himself
A documentary on the famous Los Angeles street.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Hans Fjellestad
Stars: Slash | Alice Cooper | Paris Hilton | Mickey Rourke | Dan Aykroyd
Yogi Bear (2010)
As: Yogi Bear (voice)
A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his sidekick Boo-Boo, and Ranger Smith.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Eric Brevig
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Justin Timberlake | Anna Faris | Tom Cavanagh | Christine Taylor
War, Inc. (2008)
As: Mr. Vice President
War Inc. is set in the future, when the fictional desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after a private corporation, Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over the whole country. Brand Hauser, a hit man who suppresses his emotions by gobbling down hot sauce, is hired by the corporation's head to kill the CEO of their competitors.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Joshua Seftel
Stars: John Cusack | Hilary Duff | Marisa Tomei | Joan Cusack | Dan Aykroyd
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
As: Captain Phineas J. Tucker
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core – which is why, when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Adam Sandler | Kevin James | Jessica Biel | Dan Aykroyd | Ving Rhames
Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007)
As: Himself
A retrospective look back at the making of John Landis' 1983 film 'Trading Places'.
Runtime: 18 min.
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Jamie Lee Curtis | George Folsey Jr. | Timothy Harris | John Landis
Dan Aykroyd - Unplugged On UFO's (2006)
As: himself
A UFO enthusiast interviews Dan Aykroyd on the subject of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: David Sereda
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Ronald Reagan | David Sereda | Gordon Cooper | Paul Hellyer
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
As: Vic Frohmeyer
Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Joe Roth
Stars: Tim Allen | Jamie Lee Curtis | Dan Aykroyd | M. Emmet Walsh | Elizabeth Franz
Intern Academy (2004)
As: Dr. Cyrill Kipp
Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Dave Thomas
Stars: Christine Chatelain | Ingrid Kavelaars | Pat Kelly | Jane McLean | Viv Leacock
50 First Dates (2004)
As: Dr. Keats
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Peter Segal
Stars: Adam Sandler | Drew Barrymore | Rob Schneider | Sean Astin | Lusia Strus
Bright Young Things (2003)
As: Lord Monomark
in the 1930’s a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things.” are Adam and his friends who are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation. Amidst the madness, Adam, who is well connected but totally broke, is desperately trying to get enough money to marry the beautiful Nina. While his attempts to raise cash are constantly thwarted, their friends ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Stephen Fry
Stars: Stephen Campbell Moore | Emily Mortimer | Fenella Woolgar | Michael Sheen | James McAvoy
Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
As: Julius Jenson
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Alec Baldwin
Stars: Anthony Hopkins | Alec Baldwin | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Ken Murton | Dan Aykroyd
Crossroads (2002)
As: Pete Wagner
Three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation. In the little town in Georgia that they live in, things soon change. One is little miss perfect, one is an engaged prom queen, and the other is a pregnant outcast. The night of graduation, they open the box and they strike up a conversation. All of a sudden, one brings up the topic of her going ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Tamra Davis
Stars: Britney Spears | Zoe Saldana | Taryn Manning | Anson Mount | Dan Aykroyd
On the Nose (2001)
As: Dr. Barry Davis
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: David Caffrey
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Brenda Blethyn | Robbie Coltrane
Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
As: Det. Insp. Jack Grillo
A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When web covered bodies start appearing a policeman starts to investigate the strange case.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Scott Ziehl
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Devon Gummersall | Amelia Heinle | Theresa Russell | Christopher Cousins
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
As: Chris Magruder
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Helen Hunt | Woody Allen | Charlize Theron | David Ogden Stiers
Evolution (2001)
As: Governor Lewis
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Stars: David Duchovny | Julianne Moore | Orlando Jones | Seann William Scott | Ted Levine
Pearl Harbor (2001)
As: Capt. Thurman
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Runtime: 183 min.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Stars: Ben Affleck | Josh Hartnett | Kate Beckinsale | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Jon Voight
Stardom (2000)
As: Barry Levine
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Denys Arcand
Stars: Jessica Paré | Dan Aykroyd | Charles Berling | Robert Lepage | Camilla Rutherford
The House of Mirth (2000)
As: Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Terence Davies
Stars: Gillian Anderson | Dan Aykroyd | Eleanor Bron | Terry Kinney | Anthony LaPaglia
Loser (2000)
As: Dad
On a university scholarship, a good natured student from the midwest gets a crash course in city life while dealing with three evil roommates. He befriends a virtually homeless college student whom he falls for, but she's dating a nasty professor.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Stars: Jason Biggs | Mena Suvari | Zak Orth | Thomas Sadoski | Jimmi Simpson
Diamonds (2000)
As: Lance Agensky
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: John Asher
Stars: Kirk Douglas | Corbin Allred | Dan Aykroyd | Lauren Bacall | Kurt Fuller
Susan's Plan (1998)
As: Bob
Susan's Plan (also released as Dying to Get Rich on video) is a 1998 black comedy film directed by John Landis and starring Nastassja Kinski, Dan Aykroyd, Billy Zane, Rob Schneider, Lara Flynn Boyle and Michael Biehn. The plot revolves around Susan's (played by Kinski) plan to kill her former husband (with the help of a group of misfits) and collect his life insurance.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Nastassja Kinski | Dan Aykroyd | Michael Biehn | Billy Zane | Rob Schneider
Antz (1998)
As: Chip (voice)
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Eric Darnell | Tim Johnson
Stars: Woody Allen | Dan Aykroyd | Anne Bancroft | Danny Glover | Gene Hackman
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
As: Elwood Blues
Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops, led by Cabel the Curtis' son
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | John Goodman | Joe Morton | J. Evan Bonifant | B.B. King
Roswell Top Secret (1998)
As: Himself
Something happened near the town of Rosewell. This event came to be known as the Rosewell incident. The town has since become synonymous with flying saucers crashes, alien visitation, government cover up, or what many say, a jump to conclusions and a gross distortion of facts.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Dan Goldman
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Dan Aykroyd | Nicholas Lea | Will Smith | Patrick Macnee
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
As: Grocer
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to botch a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his 10 year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: George Armitage
Stars: John Cusack | Minnie Driver | Dan Aykroyd | Joan Cusack | Alan Arkin
The Arrow (1997)
As: Crawford Gordon
This series tells the story of the world's fastest fighter plane ever built, in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Don McBrearty
Stars: Sara Botsford | Aidan Devine | Nigel Bennett | Jonathan Whittaker | Ian D. Clark
My Fellow Americans (1996)
As: President William Haney
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Peter Segal
Stars: Jack Lemmon | James Garner | Dan Aykroyd | John Heard | Wilford Brimley
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
As: Det. Ben Costikyan
Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jiaks (Keanu Reeves), Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Steven Baigelman
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Cameron Diaz | Vincent D'Onofrio | Delroy Lindo | Dan Aykroyd
Rainbow (1996)
As: Sheriff Wyatt Hampton
Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the Rainbow. With the aid of computers and an irrepressible belief, they achieve the impossible, finding and riding the multicolored arc.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Bob Hoskins
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Willy Lavendel | Jacob Tierney | Jonathan Schuman | Eleanor Misrahi
Celtic Pride (1996)
As: Jimmy Flaherty
The National Basketball Association play-offs are taking place, and the Boston Celtics are facing the Utah Jazz in a crucial series. This is also the last year that any games will be played in the Boston Garden, which is going to be torn down after the end of the season. Mike and Jimmy, two die-hard sports fans who will risk anything for the Celtics to win, are really getting into the games...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Tom DeCerchio
Stars: Damon Wayans | Daniel Stern | Christopher McDonald | Gail O'Grady | Paul Guilfoyle
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Harvey Miller
Stars: Jack Lemmon | Dan Aykroyd | Bonnie Hunt | J.C. Quinn | Jerry Adler
Sgt. Bilko (1996)
As: Colonel John T. Hall
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
Stars: Steve Martin | Dan Aykroyd | Phil Hartman | Glenne Headly | Daryl Mitchell
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996)
Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.
Runtime: 300 min.
Directed by: Frank Martin
Stars: Raquel Welch | Jason Alexander | Dan Aykroyd | Lloyd Bridges | Robert Culp
Canadian Bacon (1995)
As: OPP Officer
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last film.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Michael Moore
Stars: John Candy | Alan Alda | Rhea Perlman | Kevin Pollak | Rip Torn
Tommy Boy (1995)
As: Ray Zalinsky
Party animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Peter Segal
Stars: Chris Farley | David Spade | Brian Dennehy | Bo Derek | Julie Warner
The Random Factor (1995)
As: Dexter (voice)
A doctor in Ottawa invents a miraculous machine that uses a record of a person's DNA to reverse injuries to his body. The victim of an accidental shooting, he becomes the first patient in his own machine... and awakens whole, but with his left and right reversed. Or has he, instead, slipped into a reversed parallel universe? On top of this, summer has mysteriously turned into winter, and a visiting American senator is ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Bryan Michael Stoller
Stars: Andrew Divoff | Dennis Hayden | Gloria Pryor | Victoria Morsell | Reeko Meserole
Exit to Eden (1994)
As: Fred Lavery
Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Stars: Dana Delany | Paul Mercurio | Rosie O'Donnell | Dan Aykroyd | Héctor Elizondo
North (1994)
As: Pa Tex
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Elijah Wood | Jason Alexander | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Jon Lovitz | Bruce Willis
My Girl 2 (1994)
As: Harry Sultenfuss
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Jamie Lee Curtis | Anna Chlumsky | Austin O'Brien | Richard Masur
Coneheads (1993)
As: Beldar Conehead
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France! As the odd "Saturday Night Live" characters settle into middle-class life in this feature-length comedy, a neighbor admires their daughter.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Steve Barron
Stars: Robert Knott | Dan Aykroyd | Jane Curtin | Sinbad | Phil Hartman
Chaplin (1992)
As: Mack Sennett
An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, while is depicted his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Stars: Robert Downey Jr. | Geraldine Chaplin | Paul Rhys | John Thaw | Moira Kelly
Sneakers (1992)
As: Darren 'Mother' Roskow
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Stars: Robert Redford | Sidney Poitier | Dan Aykroyd | David Strathairn | River Phoenix
This Is My Life (1992)
As: Arnold Moss
Single mom Dottie Ingels sells cosmetics in a department store, but she dreams of being a comedian. When she inherits some money, she takes the chance and moves with her two children Erica and Opel to New York to perform in small bars. Soon her agent Arnold Moss makes her famous, but while she travels all over USA, her children stay home lonely.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Stars: Julie Kavner | Samantha Mathis | Gaby Hoffmann | Carrie Fisher | Dan Aykroyd
Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
As: Captain Miligan
The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales based on the EC comics of the 1950's. A 1992 star-studded made-for-tv film which was an attempt to launch a second series in the mold of Tales From The Crypt. When this failed to launch, the three tales were re-edited and shown as Crypt episodes.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Richard Donner | Tom Holland | Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Brad Pitt | William Sadler | David Morse | Kirk Douglas | Dan Aykroyd
My Girl (1991)
As: Harry Sultenfuss
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Howard Zieff
Stars: Anna Chlumsky | Macaulay Culkin | Dan Aykroyd | Jamie Lee Curtis | Richard Masur
Nothing but Trouble (1991)
As: Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo
While attempting to seduce gorgeous lawyer Diane Lightson, wealthy gadabout Chris Thorne agrees to drive her to Atlantic City, N.J. But, when some reckless driving draws the attention of a deeply critical cop, they and the flamboyant "Brazillionaires" who tagged along end up in the court of a grotesque and vengeful judge, who has a special vendetta against the wealthy and erudite.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Dan Aykroyd
Stars: Chevy Chase | Dan Aykroyd | John Candy | Demi Moore | Daniel Baldwin
Masters of Menace (1990)
As: Johnny Lewis
The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the country to go bury him. With the coffin in the back of the pick-up truck and the tight-butt lawyer in the front, their craving for beer combined with lack of manners will disturb quite a few people wherever they go, including the police.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Daniel Raskov
Stars: David Rasche | Catherine Bach | Tino Insana | Lee Ving | David Bowe
Loose Cannons (1990)
As: Ellis Fielding
Mac, the two fisted savy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burn out, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is, Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning fast deductions. But, he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Bob Clark
Stars: Gene Hackman | Dan Aykroyd | Dom DeLuise | Ronny Cox | Nancy Travis
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
As: Boolie Werthan
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of relationships where shunned upon. Oscar winning tragic comedy with a star-studded cast and based on a play of the same name by Alfred Uhry.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Jessica Tandy | Dan Aykroyd | Patti LuPone | Esther Rolle
Ghostbusters II (1989)
As: Dr. Raymond Stantz
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Sigourney Weaver | Harold Ramis | Rick Moranis
My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)
As: Steven Mills
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long, Celeste finds herself in love with Steve and her new life on Earth, where she experiences true intimacy for the first time. But when she loses sight of her mission, she begins to ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Kim Basinger | Jon Lovitz | Alyson Hannigan | Seth Green
Caddyshack II (1988)
As: Capt. Tom Everett
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Allan Arkush
Stars: Jackie Mason | Robert Stack | Dyan Cannon | Chevy Chase | Randy Quaid
The Great Outdoors (1988)
As: Roman Craig
It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Stars: John Candy | Dan Aykroyd | Annette Bening | Stephanie Faracy | Chris Young
The Couch Trip (1988)
As: John W. Burns, Jr.
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Walter Matthau | Charles Grodin | Donna Dixon | Richard Romanus
Dragnet (1987)
As: Sgt. Joe Friday
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Tom Mankiewicz
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Tom Hanks | Christopher Plummer | Harry Morgan | Alexandra Paul
Spies Like Us (1985)
As: Austin Millbarge
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Chevy Chase | Dan Aykroyd | Steve Forrest | Donna Dixon | Bruce Davison
Into the Night (1985)
As: Herb
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Michelle Pfeiffer | Carmen Argenziano | Stacey Pickren | Dan Aykroyd
B.B. King: Into the Night (1985)
As: Himself
A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the Night" starring Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Runtime: 27 min.
Stars: B.B. King | Eddie Murphy | Steve Martin | John Landis | Michelle Pfeiffer
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
As: Buck Heller
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Tom Schiller
Stars: Zach Galligan | Apollonia van Ravenstein | Lauren Tom | Dan Aykroyd | Bill Murray
Ghostbusters (1984)
As: Dr. Raymond Stantz
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Stars: Bill Murray | Dan Aykroyd | Sigourney Weaver | Harold Ramis | Rick Moranis
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
As: Art Weber
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Harrison Ford | Kate Capshaw | Jonathan Ke Quan | Amrish Puri | Roshan Seth
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
As: Passenger / Ambulance Driver (Prologue / segment "Time Out")
Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control. "A Quality of Mercy", "Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life", and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: George Miller | John Landis | Steven Spielberg | Joe Dante
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Albert Brooks | Vic Morrow | John Lithgow | Kathleen Quinlan
Trading Places (1983)
As: Louis Winthorpe III
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Eddie Murphy | Dan Aykroyd | Jamie Lee Curtis | Ralph Bellamy | Don Ameche
Doctor Detroit (1983)
As: Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit
A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Michael Pressman
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Howard Hesseman | Donna Dixon | Lydia Lei | T. K. Carter
It Came From Hollywood (1982)
As: Himself
Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special features on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and a special tribute to the worst film maker of all-time, Ed Wood.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Malcolm Leo | Andrew Solt
Stars: Cheech Marin | Dan Aykroyd | John Candy | Tommy Chong | Gilda Radner
Neighbors (1981)
As: Vic
One man's quiet suburban life takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into the deserted house next door. From the word go it is obvious these are not the quiet professional types who *should* be living in such a nice street. As more and more unbelievable events unfold, our hero starts to question his own sanity... and those of his family.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Stars: John Belushi | Kathryn Walker | Cathy Moriarty | Dan Aykroyd | Tim Kazurinsky
The Blues Brothers (1980)
As: Elwood Blues (as Elwood)
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their old band together and they're on their way, while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | John Belushi | James Brown | Cab Calloway | Ray Charles
1941 (1979)
As: Sgt. Frank Tree
It's been six days since the attack on Pearl Harbor. Panic grips California, supposedly the next target of the Japanese forces. Everywhere in California, people are suffering from war nerves. Chaos erupts all over the state. An Army Air Corps Captain, a civilian with a deranged sense of Nationalism, civilian defenders, and a Motor Pool crew all end up chasing a Japanese sub planning to attack LA.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Ned Beatty | John Belushi | Lorraine Gary | Murray Hamilton
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
As: Church of Jack Lord leader / Himself
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Michael O'Donoghue
Stars: Michael O'Donoghue | Dan Aykroyd | Jane Curtin | Debbie Harry | Laraine Newman
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
As: Brian Thigh
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Eric Idle | Gary Weis
Stars: Eric Idle | Neil Innes | Ricky Fataar | John Halsey | Michael Palin
The Gift of Winter (1974)
As: Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)
Runtime: 24 min.
Directed by: John Leach | Isobel Jean Rankin
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Valri Bromfield | Gerry Salsberg | Gilda Radner