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Actor, comedian, producer, musician, and writer Daniel Edward Aykroyd SNL’s “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” (1975–1979). He co-starred with John Belushi in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, based on their SNL musical routine. Ghostbusters (1984), starring Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz, produced a sequel and finally a full media brand.
Aykroyd co-founded the House of Blues music venue network and the Crystal Head Vodka brand.

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Dan Aykroyd Early Life

In 1952, Dan Aykroyd was born Daniel Edward Aykroyd in the Canadian city of Ottawa. When he was a child, Lorraine worked as a secretary. His father, Samuel, was an author and civil engineer who worked for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau administration.

Dan Aykroyd Net worth

As a child, Peter Aykroyd was an actor and a writer. Aykroyd has a younger brother named Peter. : Dan was born with webbed feet. At the age of 12, he was found to have Tourette’s syndrome and Asperger’s syndrome. He was born into a Catholic family and had planned to become a priest. When he was 17, he changed his mind.

Aykroyd went to high school at St. Pius X High School and St. Patrick’s High School before going to Carleton University to study sociology and criminology. It was before he finished college that he dropped out and did stand-up comedy at Canadian nightclubs. In 1973, he joined the Second City comedy troupe and ran a speakeasy called Club 505, which was called Club 505.

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Dan Aykroyd Career

In 1952, Dan Aykroyd was born Daniel Edward Aykroyd in the Canadian city of Ottawa. When he was a child, Lorraine worked as a secretary. His father, Samuel, was an author and civil engineer who worked for Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s administration.

As a child, Peter Aykroyd was an actor and a writer. Aykroyd has a younger brother named Peter. : Dan was born with webbed feet.

At the age of 12, he was found to have Tourette’s syndrome and Asperger’s syndrome. He was born into a Catholic family and had planned to become a priest.

When he was 17, he changed his mind. Aykroyd went to high school at St. Pius X High School and St. Patrick’s High School before going to Carleton University to study sociology and criminology. It was before he finished college that he dropped out and did stand-up comedy at Canadian nightclubs.

In 1973, he joined the Second City comedy troupe and ran a speakeasy called Club 505, which was called Club 505.

  • 1983 “Trading Places,”
  •  1987 “Spies Like Us”
  • 1987 “Dragnet”
  • 1989’s “Driving Miss Daisy,”
  • 1991’s “Nothing But Trouble” (which he also directed),
  • 1993’s “Coneheads,”
  • 1995’s “Tommy Boy.”
  • 1996,  “Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal,”
  • 1997  “Soul Man”
  • 1998, “playing a widowed priest”
  • 2000 “Evolution”
  • 2004 “50 First Dates”
  • 2007 “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”
  • 2014 “Tammy”

Dan Aykroyd Personal life

Dan was engaged to “Blues Brothers” co-star Carrie Fisher in 1980, but she dumped him for Paul Simon.

Their three children are

  • Danielle (born November 1989)
  • Belle (born June 1993)
  • Stella (born November 1995)

Dan Aykroyd Net worth

Dan considered John Belushi a brother and a kindred soul, and his death saddened him.

Dan has been a reserve commander in Harahan, Louisiana, and a reserve deputy in Hinds County, Mississippi.

Aykroyd is a Spiritualist who is interested in UFOlogy and is a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Hollywood consultant.

Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs Dan’s father released “A History of Ghosts” in 2009; Dan authored the preface and helped promote the book.

 

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Dan Aykroyd Net Worth Source of Income

One of Canada’s best-known comedians and actors, Dan Aykroyd has a fortune of $250 million dollars. When people think of Aykroyd, they think of him as a member of the original cast of “Saturday Night Live” and as Ray Stantz in the “Ghostbusters” movies. When Dan and John Belushi did a sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” it turned into a band. Their album “Briefcase Full of Blues” went double platinum, selling 3.5 million copies. With $600,000, Aykroyd helped start the House of Blues concert venue/restaurant chain in 1992. He also started Crystal Head Vodka in 2007 with that money. The vodka is sold in crystal skull-shaped bottles, and the company made more than $80 million by 2018.

Dan Aykroyd Awards and Honors

Dan won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series in 1977, and he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1990. A Snuffed Candle Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry for his role with “Psi Factor” and an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Carleton University in 1994. Aykroyd was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1999 and the Order of Ontario in 2017.

Dan Aykroyd Net worth

Dan Aykroyd Real Estate

In 1988, Dan and his brother paid $732,500 for a 4,176 square foot house in Los Angeles and sold it for $2.13 million in 2008.

In 2007, Aykroyd bought a 4-bedroom home in the Pacific Palisades for $14.5 million, and the following year, he sold his 4,828 square foot home in the Hollywood Hills for $3.8 million.

In 2014, Dan put the Pacific Palisades home on the rental market, asking $45,000 per month.

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Frequently Ask Questions

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What is Dan Aykroyd doing these days?

He still runs the House of Blues music venue network and the Crystal Head Vodka business he co-founded.