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Dan Aykroyd’s Milestones
| Co-wrote and co-starred in "Coming Up Rosie", a children's program for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) | |
| Feature film acting and co-writing debut, "Love at First Sight", a Canadian production (released in 1977) | |
| Formed The Blues Brothers Band with "Saturday Night Live" co-star John Belushi | |
| Hosted the House of Blues Radio Hour | |
| Performed as the announcer in "Greed", a live variety show produced by Ivan Reitman for Canadian TV | |
| Ran an after-hours bistro, Club 505, with a couple of friends | |
| Received a co-creator credit on "The Real Ghostbusters", ABC's animated children's series | |
| Released "Made in America", a live Blues Brothers album | |
| Served on the Board of Directors for the House of Blues, a restaurant-nightclub-entertainment company he co-founded with Isaac Tigrett (co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe) | |
| Was an original member of the Not Ready for Prime-Time Players on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" | |
| Worked as a pitchman on a Canadian cable TV station | |
| 1972 - 1974 | Joined Second City comedy troupe; wrote and performed for the Toronto and Chicago companies |
| 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 |
| 1973 | Worked as a writer on "Everything Goes", a syndicated Canadian variety/talk show |
| 1976 | Wrote for and appeared on "The Beach Boys Special" |
| 1979 | Embarked on a live ten-city tour with Belushi and The Blues Brothers Band |
| 1979 | Recorded the album "Briefcase Full of Blues" with Belushi |
| 1979 | US film debut, Steven Spielberg's "1941" |
| 1980 | First Hollwood screenplay (shared credit with director John Landis), "The Blues Brothers" |
| 1983 | Provided the voice of Beldar Conehead on "The Coneheads", an unsold animated pilot |
| 1984 | Co-wrote and co-starred in the hugely popular comedy feature, "Ghostbusters" |
| 1986 | Debut as executive producer, "One More Saturday Night", a film for video and cable markets |
| 1989 | First largely dramatic supporting role, "Driving Miss Daisy"; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination |
| 1991 | Feature directing debut, "Nothing But Trouble" |
| 1991 | Rare TV guest spot, "Yellow", an episode of "Tales From the Crypt", directed by Robert Zemeckis |
| 1996 - 2000 | Hosted the syndicated TV program "PSI Factor", which chronicles paranormal activities; one of show's executive producers was Aykroyd's brother Peter |
| 1996 | Played US President William Haney in "My Fellow Americans", starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner |
| 1997 | Made primetime TV series debut as regular, lead role in the ABC sitcom "Soul Man" |
| 1997 | Sparkled as a hit man in "Grosse Pointe Blank" |
| 1998 | Co-wrote (with director John Landis) and starred in "Blues Brothers 2000"; John Goodman replaced the late John Belushi as his partner in blue; also produced |
| 1998 | Served as creative consultant on animated series "The Blues Brothers", a mid-season replacement on the UPN Network; John Belushi's widow Judith Belushi Pisano and husband Victor Pisano also received credit as creative consultants |
| 1999 | Portrayed the journalist son of a former boxer (Kirk Douglas) in "Diamonds" |
| 2000 | Co-starred in Denys Arcand's "Stardom" |
| 2000 | Offered villainous turn as Gus Trenor in "The House of Mirth" |
| 2001 | Co-starred in Woody Allen's "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" |
| 2001 | Had featured role in "Pearl Harbor" |
| 2002 | Cast as Britney Spears' father in "Crossroads" |
| 2002 | Played Kathy Bates' husband in "Unconditional Love" |
| 2003 | Cast in "Bright Young Things" an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" |
| 2004 | Cast as a neurologist opposite Drew Barrymore in "50 First Dates" |
| 2004 | Cast opposite Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis in the holiday comedy "Christmas with the Kranks" directed by Joe Roth |
| 2007 | Co-starred with Adam Sandler and Kevin James in the comedy, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" |
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