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Dan Aykroyd: Biography

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Birth Name: Daniel Edward Aykroyd
Birth Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/01/1952, Cancer
Profession: Actor; singer; writer

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Dan Aykroyd: TV Guide News

Tom Snyder: When Talk Wasn't Cheap | Roush Dispatch | 7/31/2007
I've been thinking a lot about Tom Snyder since his death from leukemia was made public, in part because my mind already had been preoccupied with the '70s, when this unforgettable talk-show icon was in his late-night NBC heyday.My own late-'70s time warp was prompted by a 30-year high-school reunion over the weekend in which I referenced That '70s Show more than once. (Did we really look like that? Dress like that? Have hair like that? Only our senior class pictures know the truth, and I'm not sharing.) During my high school and college years, Snyder was a blazing, sometimes hair-raisingly pioneering presence in what had been a late-night wasteland following Johnny Carson's legendary Tonight Show.Snyder's show, which aired from 1973 to 1982, was called Tomorrow, and to me, the title always underscored the fact that everything about it was a bit ahead of its time. The show's level of discourse, its idiosyncratic host with his brash intensity and eclectic range (historic interviews... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/24/2007
In the end, the only person who didn't know that Jordin Sparks was going to be crowned the newest American Idol was... J read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/29/2006
Not anxious to brave the roads this long holiday weekend? IFC has the perfect compromise: read more
The Blues Brothers Celebrates 25 Years | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/30/2005
Twenty-five years after fulfilling their mission from God, the gospel of Jake and Elwood is still being praised by legions of followers. The Blues Brothers director John Landis, star Dan Aykroyd and a host of other contributors to the film celebrated the anniversary by putting on a live-via-satellite Q&A and screening event for those devotees on Aug. 29, the day the collector's edition DVD hit stores. Since Mr. Landis has never been involved in an event like this before, TVGuide.com was kind ... read more
The Blues Brothers Celebrates 25 Years | TV Guide Interviews & Features | 8/29/2005
Twenty-five years after fulfilling their mission from God, the gospel of Jake and Elwood is still being praised by legions of followers. The Blues Brothers director John Landis, star Dan Aykroyd and a host of other contributors to the film are planning to celebrate this anniversary by putting on a live-via-satellite Q&A and screening event for those devotees on Aug. 29, the day the collector's edition DVD hits stores. Since Mr. Landis has never been involved in an event like this before, ... read more

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Dan Aykroyd: Photos

tom sizemore, Dan Aykroyd courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

john goodman, dan aykroyd courtesy Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

john goodman, dan aykroyd, j. evan bonifant courtesy Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Dan Aykroyd courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

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Dan Aykroyd: TV Listings

Dan Aykroyd: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (Actor - Captain Tucker)	2007	Movie	Available
Live 8 (Appearing)	2005	TV Show Series
Live From New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (Remarks by)	2005	TV Show Series
On Stage at the Kennedy Center (Remarks by)	2005	TV Show Series
50 First Dates (Actor - Dr. Keats)	2004	Movie