Q&A WITH THE LEGENDARY DAN AYKROYD - e411 - EP 12

Dan was born in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on July 1, 1952 (Canada Day) to parents of mixed heritage - a French Canadian Catholic mother and an English Canadian Anglican father. Both worked as public servants for the Canadian Federal Government. His maternal grandfather was a career Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sergeant. This stimulated in Dan a lifelong interest in law enforcement. He majored in sociology studying criminology and deviant psychology at Carleton University for four years.
Dan moved full time to Toronto in 1972 to work for Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters Director) at City-TV. In 1970 he had first performed on CBC network television as a writer/actor for producer Lorne Michaels in the Great Canadian Humor Test TV Special.
Dan was awarded a Doctorate in Literature (Honoris Causa) from Carleton University in 1997 for recognition of his Saturday Night Live writing and for the nine produced screenplays on which he shares co-writing credits - LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, BLUES BROTHERS, SPIES LIKE US, DRAGNET, GHOSTBUSTERS, GHOSTBUSTERS II, CONE HEADS, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE (VALKENVANIA), BLUES BROTHERS II.
Dan Aykroyd is also a Grammy and an Oscar nominee. The Grammy nomination was for Best New Artist 1979 for the triple platinum selling BRIEFCASE FULL OF BLUES record album which he recorded with his then partner John Belushi. The Oscar nomination was for his performance as Best Supporting Actor in the Best Picture of 1989 for Driving Miss Daisy. The films with which Mr. Aykroyd has had principal associations have grossed close to one billion dollars worldwide. He was awarded an Emmy for his writing on the Saturday Night Live show starring Sissy Spacek.
Dan was invested with the Order of Canada, which is given to prominent Canadians who desire to make a better country." He joined the pioneering Canadian Union of Postal Workers as an active member in 1969. He is a member of the Association of Canadian Television Radio Artists, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and is a subscribing benefactor to the American Society for Psychical Research and the Mutual U.F.O. Network.
In 1993 he co-ventured as an investor with the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe International, Mr. Isaac Tigrett to open U.S. outlets of the famous establishment House of Blues. As Elwood Blues, Dan hosted the 10 year running House of Blues Radio Hour which was syndicated on 180 radio stations through the United Stations Radio Networks. House of Blues was sold to Live Nation Entertainment in 2006.
Dan Aykroyd entered the spirits business in the US marketplace in 2008 with his Crystal Head Vodka which is produced in Newfoundland. Crystal Head Vodka won the Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirit Competition. The award winning vodka is renowned for being filtered through Herkimer Diamonds and contains no additives. The beautiful glass bottle was designed by famed artist John Alexander.
He can currently be seen in the Fox Nation series The History of the World in Six Glasses as well as The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd for The History Channel which he Executive Produced.
Aykroyd starred and was Executive Producer of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
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