Dan Aykroyd was part of the Toronto comedy troupe Second City before he became a star as one of the original cast members of TV's Saturday Night Live in 1975. From there Aykroyd began a film career and had two huge successes: The Blues Brothers (1980, with his good friend John Belushi) and Ghostbusters (1984, with Bill Murray). Both movies launched franchises that still thrive. Aykroyd has appeared in dozens of films, in both comedic and dramatic roles, including Trading Places (1983, with Eddie Murphy), Driving Miss Daisy (1989, Oscar nomination as best supporting actor), Sneakers (1992, with Robert Redford), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and The House of Mirth (2000, with Gillian Anderson).

Aykroyd and Belushi were good friends and an unofficial comedy team until Belushi's death in 1982.

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