Dan Aykroyd attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada (1969), where he majored in Criminology and Sociology. He dropped out to work with Second City Stage Troupe in Toronto and started his acting career at Carleton University with Sock'n'Buskin, the campus theater/drama club. Married to Donna Dixon...See full bio »
1998Blues Brothers 2000
(performer: "Cheaper To Keep Her", "Lookin' For A Fox", "Riders In The Sky A Cowboy Legend", "Funky Nassau", "Turn On Your Love Light", "Please, Please, Please")
1990Loose Cannons
(performer: "Loose Cannons", "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", "Proud Mary", "The Theme from The Love Boat")
1987Dragnet
(writer: "City of Crime" / performer: "City of Crime")
1983Doctor Detroit
(performer: "Hold Him", "Working Girls", "Yo Skridlow")
1980The Blues Brothers
(performer: "SHE CAUGHT THE KATY" - uncredited, "I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE" - uncredited, "SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER" - uncredited, "GIMME SOME LOVIN'", "THEME FROM 'RAWHIDE'" - uncredited, "STAND BY YOUR MAN" - uncredited, "EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE" - uncredited, "SWEET HOME CHICAGO", "JAILHOUSE ROCK" - uncredited)
I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap. I'm really quite robotic.
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Trivia:
Came up with the character of Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute, when he lived with former
Saturday Night Live writer Rosie Shuster. He first did it to entertain Rosie at home.
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Trademark:
Often works with John Landis and Bill Murray
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