Dan Aykroyd

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Summary

Dan Aykroyd is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer known for Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters. His work ranges from sketch comedy and musical comedy to supernatural stories, with a recurring interest in blues music and the paranormal. He has described himself as “left of centre” but “not very political.” In 2016, he publicly defended Leslie Jones against racist and sexist online abuse and criticized the racist hatred he said was feeding support for the Republican ticket; no sustained public record of identity or DEI advocacy is on record.