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Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952 in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a comedian, actor and
screenwriter. he attended Catholic high schools
(St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)|St Pius X and St.
Patrick's High School (Ottawa)|St. Patricks, He
was briefly expelled from St. Patricks. Aykroyd
studied criminology at Carleton University,leaving
before he completed a degree. He worked as a
comedian in various Canadian nightclubs.  Aykroyd
went on to gain experience in the Second City
comedy troupe and in the National Lampoon stage
shows.  He gained fame on the American TV show
Saturday Night Live from 1975 in television|1975
to 1979 in television|1979 where he was known for
his impersonations of celebrities like Julia Child
and Tom Snyder and for his recurring roles as a
huckster, a male prostitute, and high-bred but
low-brow critic Leonard Pinth-Garnell.  He was
born with syndactylism (webbed toes) and
Heterochromia Iridium - the condition of having
two-different colored eyes.

In 1977 in television|1977 he received an Emmy
Award for writing on SNL; he later received two
more nominations for writing, and one each for
acting and Outstanding Comedy-Variety series. He
received an Academy Award nomination as Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting
Actor for Driving Miss Daisy.

In 1992, Aykroyd, along with many other notable
music and Hollywood personalities, founded the
House of Blues.  Its mission is to promote
African-American cultural contributions of
blues|blues music and Art Brut|folk art.  As of
2004, it was the second-largest live music
promoter in the world, with seven venues and 22
amphitheaters in the United States and Canada. 

He has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame
and maintains his Canadian roots as a longtime
resident of Kingston, Ontario|Kingston, Ontario.
In 1994 Aykroyd received an honorary
degree|honorary Doctor of Literature degree from
Carleton University.


==Filmography==
*Love at First Sight (1977)
*1941 (1979)
*The Blues Brothers (1980) (also writer)
*Neighbors (1981)
*It Came from Hollywood (1982) (documentary)
*Doctor Detroit (1983)
*Trading Places (1983)
*Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
*Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
*Ghostbusters (1984) (also writer)
*Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
*Into the Night (1985)
*Spies Like Us (1985) (also writer)
*Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet (1987) (also writer)
*The Couch Trip (1988)
*She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
*The Great Outdoors (1988)
*Caddyshack II (1988)
*My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
*Ghostbusters II (1989) (also writer)
*Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
*Masters of Menace (1990)
*Loose Cannons (1990)
*Nothing But Trouble (1991) (also director and
writer)
*My Girl (1991)
*This Is My Life (1992)
*Sneakers (movie)|Sneakers (1992)
*Chaplin (1992)
*Coneheads (movie)|Coneheads (1993) (also writer)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*My Girl 2 (1994)
*North (1994)
*Exit to Eden (1994)
*The Random Factor (1995) (voice only)
*Tommy Boy (1995)
*Casper (1995) (Cameo)
*Canadian Bacon (1995) (Cameo)
*Sgt. Bilko (1996)
*Getting Away with Murder (1996)
*Celtic Pride (1996)
*Rainbow (1996)
*The Arrow (1996)
*Feeling Minnesota (1996)
*My Fellow Americans (1996)
*Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
*Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) (also producer and
writer)
*Antz (1998) (voice)
*Susan's Plan (1998)
*Diamonds (1999)
*Stardom (2000)
*Loser (2000)
*The House of Mirth (2000)
*The Devil and Daniel Webster (2001)
*Pearl Harbor (2001)
*Evolution (2001)
*The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
*The Frank Truth (2001) (documentary)
*On the Nose (2001)
*Crossroads (2002)
*Unconditional Love (2002)
*Bright Young Things (2003)
*50 First Dates (2004)
*Intern Academy (2004)
*Christmas with the Kranks (2004)