Dan Aykroyd
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![Blues Brothers - stencil graffiti at Staromiejska Street in Szczecin, Poland](/Images/godic/202412/22/BluesBrothers2656.png")
![Aykroyd (right) on the set of The Great Outdoors, 1987](/Images/godic/202412/22/Greatoutdoors_aykroyd2656.jpg")
![Aykroyd in Santa Monica, California for a documentary about Ghostbusters](/Images/godic/202412/22/AykroydNY12656.jpg")
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician. He is known for being an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–79), as Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989).