Dan AykroydAKA:
Daniel Edward Aykroyd
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Canadian Birthdate:
07/01/1952 Birthplace:
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biography
Arguably the most formidable talent to emerge from the original ensemble of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), Canadian Dan Aykroyd enjoyed sustained success as a writer, actor and director, decades after his crucial role establishing the groundbreaking late night comedy show. He was beloved for his classic characterizations of white toast-eating Elwood Blues in “The Blues Brothers” (1980), humbled stock trader Louis Winthorpe III in “Trading Places” (1983), and enthusiastic parapsychologist Ray Stantz in “Ghostbusters” (1984), as well as remaining a fixture in American cinema –
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milestones
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Milestone
1972
Produced, co-wrote, and acted in a series of 15-minute comedy shows entitled "A Change for a Quarter" for a private cable company
1972
Joined Second City comedy troupe; wrote and performed for the Toronto and Chicago companies
1973
Worked as a writer on "Everything Goes", a syndicated Canadian variety/talk show
Co-wrote and co-starred in "Coming Up Rosie", a children's program for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Worked as a pitchman on a Canadian cable TV station
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