Dan Aykroyd

As an avid blues fan, he hosted a nationally syndicated radio show "House of Blues" as his The Blues Brothers character Elwood Blues.

A police buff, he rides an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle, collects police badges, sometimes rides shotgun with detectives in squad cars, and owns a business in partnership with several Toronto police officers.

Was good friends with John Belushi.

Is very interested in the supernatural and has an extensive collection of books on the subject.

His grandfather was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Was once engaged to Carrie Fisher.

Daughters with Donna Dixon : Danielle Alexandra (Danielle Aykroyd ) (born November 18, 1989), Belle Kingston (born June 9, 1993), and Stella Irene August (April 5, 1998, weighing 6 lb at birth).

Worked as a mail sorter for Canadas national postal service before he became an actor.

Older brother of Peter Aykroyd. Like Peter, an alumnus of the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto.

He is a Roman Catholic, and is of English, Irish/Scottish, Dutch, French, and French-Canadian ancestry. On his fathers side, he can trace his ancestry to the 15th century.

Is a victim of syndactylism, a birth defect where several digits are fused together. In Mr. Mikes Mondo Video , he takes his shoes and socks off on-screen, to reveal this anomaly.

Co-owns House of Blues with friend Isaac Tigrett

On his passport, he lists his occupation as "Writer".

Has played harmonica since he was 17 years old.

Holds an advisory commission with the Police Department in Payne City, Georgia.

Once helped to subdue a drunk and disorderly passenger on a Montreal-to-Los Angeles flight.

Was offered the role of "D-Day" in Animal House , but turned it down.

After working together on three films, Jamie Lee Curtis called him the best "screen kisser" who ever had a scene with her.

Though he has made numerous appearances on "Saturday Night Live" since leaving the show in 1979, he did not actually host it until the 2002-2003 season finale.

Has a "Blues Brothers" type band with John Belushi s brother, Jim Belushi.

Biography in: "Whos Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. pg. 32-33. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387

Proposed to Donna Dixon on Fran Drescher s porch. Drescher played a major role in getting them together from the start, after they all starred in Doctor Detroit together.

Received the Order of Canada in 1999.

He met John Belushi in a Chicago speakeasy that was a favorite night spot of his and put on a blues record to play in the background while he and Belushi discussed the possibility of Aykroyd joining "Saturday Night Live" . Not only did they hit it off and become good friends, Belushi became fascinated with the blues that was being played in the background because, to Aykroyds surprise, the Chicago-born Belushi was primarily a fan of heavy metal. Aykroyds familiarizing Belushi with blues music eventually led to them forming their popular "Blues Brothers" act, with a little input from then SNL music director Howard Shore.

Aykroyd and John Belushi were scheduled to present the first annual Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 1982 Academy Awards, but Belushi died weeks before the ceremony. Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the podium: "My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself."

Was born with complete heterochromia; one eye is blue and one eye is green.

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.

As a child in the early 1960s, he was diagnosed with Tourettes syndrome and Asperger syndrome. The symptoms had mostly subsided by the time he was 14.

He has owned or co-owned several bars and restaurants, including the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City and the House of Blues chain.

He has such a fascination with both police officers and criminals, one of the writers from the original "Saturday Night Live" said his ultimate fantasy was to commit a crime, then arrest himself for it.

Said that his original finished script for The Blues Brothers was over 300 pages long, roughly the size of a phone book. He even sent it to director John Landis in the guise of a phone book as a joke.

Ranked #14 on Tropopkins Top 25 Most Intriguing People [Issue #100]

His original idea for Ghostbusters was set in the future, where an army of Ghostbusters fought hordes of ghosts.

He used to refer to the green Slimer ghost from Ghostbusters as "the ghost of John Belushi ", as Slimers party animal personality reminded him very much of his friend.

A scene was deleted from Steven Spielberg s 1941 where his character, Sgt. Frank Tree, met John Belushi s character, Wild Bill Kelso. The scene took place right after the tank was dropped into the water by the Japanese sub: Wild Bill was swimming out in the subs direction just as Frank emerges from the top of the sinking tank, spots Wild Bill and they look at each other curiously, as if recognizing each other, a nod to their real life friendship. It was the only scene in the film where they interacted.

Supports MUFON, a UFO study group.

Hes the first male regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live" to be nominated for an Academy Award. (Joan Cusack was the very first regular cast member of the show to be Oscar-nominated.)

His parents are Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd (not to be confused with his younger brother Peter Aykroyd ). His father is best known as P.H. Aykroyd.

Many sources state that he was married in the 1970s to a woman named Maureen Lewis and had three sons (Mark, Lloyd and Oscar). However, the marriage never occurred and the three kids never existed. What happened was that before Aykroyd became famous, he filled out a questionnaire from the publishers of Whos Who and made up a phony biography complete with a wife and kids.

Is ambidextrous, as is evident by his writing left-handed during the examination scene in Spies Like Us .

He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on October 21, 1998 for his services to entertainment, scientific research, Carleton University, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Is a big fan of The Beach Boys and his first piece of writing was a sketch that appeared in the documentary The Beach Boys: Its OK .

Was very close with River Phoenix during the filming of Sneakers . Aykroyd can even been seen wearing the shirt of Phoenixs band, Alekas Attic, in the movie.

He and M. Night Shyamalan , are the only two men to direct themselves in performances that "won" them a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Aykroyd "won" the award for, and also directed, the film Nothing But Trouble .

He and Bill Murray resumed their "Ghostbusters" roles to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.

Owns Dan Aykroyds Wine, an Ontario-based distillery/vineyard and plans to open up for the market in 2008. He got the idea for the name from Paul Newman.

Is a huge fan of the television series "Dragnet" and the series star Jack Webb. So much so, that many of his characters are able to rapidly spit out technical information just as Webb did reciting laws and regulations as Sgt. Joe Friday. Some examples of this are: 1. In The Blues Brothers when Elwood Blues describes the specifications of the Bluesmobile. 2. In Ghostbusters when Dr. Raymond Stanz "orders" the demi-god Zuul to leave New York. 3. In 1941 when Sgt. Tree teaches the Ned Beatty character how to load and fire the anti-aircraft gun. 4. During the "SNL" Weekend Update whenever he would verbally spar with Jane Curtin.

Is portrayed by Danilo Di Julio in Gilda Radner: Its Always Something .

Spends every Canada Day (July 1, also his birthday) performing some sort of civic duty in Kingston, Ontario and one year was appointed a Citizenship Judge where he swore in some immigrants as Canadian citizens.

Is part owner of a company that owns the exclusive distribution rights to Patron tequila for the entire country of Canada. Is now also distilling a vodka called "Crystal Head" to be bottled in a skull-shaped glass bottle.

His name is the partial inspiration for, and foundation of, the sobriquet of Glasgow, Scotland post-hardcore/indie-pop rock band Dananananaykroyd, as is the SNL character of Roseanne Roseannadanna, portrayed by his late "Saturday Night Live" "Weekend Update" costar, Gilda Radner.

Is the only one of the four main Ghostbusters actors to play his role in anything other than the two "Ghostbusters" movies. He portrayed Dr. Raymond Stantz in a cameo in the film Casper .

Good friends with novelist Patricia Cornwell.

(June 2007) Kingston, Ontario, Canada

(July 2005) Attending the "Live 8" concert to raise money to end Poverty in Africa.

Hosts "House of Blues Radio Hour" - An hour of blues music and interviews as Elwood Blues of "The Blues Brothers"

Is a big fan of Paleontology and natural history, as is his wife, Donna Dixon , and their three daughters, Danielle Aykroyd , Belle Aykroyd, and Stella Aykroyd, who all appeared on the January 1, 2014 airing of "Born to Explore" with host and star Richard Weise , at the famous Alberta, Canada dig site of the Pipestone Creek pachyrhinosaur.

He appeared in two films concerning the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941: 1941 and Pearl Harbor .

[when asked if he ever gets recognized for anything] I have this young,female demographic that recognizes me as the dad from,My Girl (1991) and this older female demographic that recognizes,me as the son from Driving Miss Daisy (1989) .

[on Ghostbusters II (1989) ] There are some tremendous sequences.

And it was a hit.

Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.

Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America. .