How Old Is Dan Aykroyd? Dan Aykroyd Birthday
Dan Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952 and is 71 years old now.
Birthday: July 1, 1952
How Old - Age: 71
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Is Dan Aykroyd's father, Peter Aykroyd, dead or alive?
Dan Aykroyd's father, Peter Aykroyd, is still alive and kicking. He is Canadian and has had a career as an actor, writer, producer.
Is Dan Aykroyd's mother, Lorraine Gougeon Aykroyd, dead or alive?
Lorraine Gougeon Aykroyd's information is not available now.
Dan Aykroyd's brother :
Dan Aykroyd's brother, Peter Aykroyd, is still alive and kicking. He is Canadian and has had a career as an actor, writer, producer.
Dan Aykroyd - Biography
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, musician and businessman. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live. A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, The Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then a highly successful 1980 film, also called The Blues Brothers.
He conceived and starred in Ghostbusters (1984), which spawned a sequel (Ghostbusters II) and eventually an entire media franchise. In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy. He starred in his own sitcom, Soul Man, from 1997-98. Aykroyd is also a successful businessman, having co-founded the House of Blues chain of music venues and the Crystal Head Vodka brand.
Aykroyd was briefly engaged to actress Carrie Fisher. He proposed to her on the set of The Blues Brothers (1980), in which she appeared as a spurned girlfriend of John Belushi's Jake Blues who was trying to kill both brothers. The engagement ended when she reconciled with her former boyfriend, musician Paul Simon. In 1983, he married actress Donna Dixon; they met on the set of Doctor Detroit released the same year. They went on to appear together in three additional films: Spies Like Us (1985); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); and The Couch Trip (1988). They have three daughters, Danielle, Stella, and Belle.
In a 2004 NPR interview with host Terry Gross, Aykroyd said that he had been diagnosed in childhood with Tourette syndrome (TS) as well as Asperger syndrome (AS). He stated that his TS was successfully treated with therapy. In 2015, he stated during a HuffPost Show interview with hosts Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill that his AS was "never diagnosed" but was "sort of a self-diagnosis" based on several of his own characteristics.
