Dan Aykroyd

Actor and writer. Born 1 July 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Titles on Fi1m17 acting · 1 other

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 17 titles

Emmy1 won · 1 nominated

Born

1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Active

1980–present

Frequently works with

Ivan Reitman, John Landis, Bill Murray, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Gil Kenan, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

62Fi1m

60Critics

We rate Dan’s work 2 points above the press, across 14 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 796

Under 607

Of 17 reviewed titles as actor.

In numbers

Lead roles: 7 of 14 billed first or second
Reviewed: 16 films, 1 series
Screen time: 30 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $2.4bn across 16 films with figures
Primetime Emmy Awards: 1 Emmy1 won · 1 nominated
Active: 1980–present

Genres

Comedy13
Fantasy7
Action5
Adventure5
Crime2
Drama2

Best and worst on Fi1m

81BestBehind the Candelabra2013

36WorstPixels2015

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

81970s

291980s

401990s

222000s

202010s

52020s

Dan Aykroyd

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