Dan Aykroyd

Co-starred with Adam Sandler and Kevin James in the comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Cast as a neurologist opposite Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates

Cast opposite Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis in the holiday comedy Christmas with the Kranks directed by Joe Roth

Cast in Bright Young Things an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh s novel Vile Bodies

Cast as Britney Spears father in Crossroads

Played Kathy Bates husband in Unconditional Love

Co-starred in Woody Allen s The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Had featured role in Pearl Harbor

Co-starred in Denys Arcand s Stardom

Offered villainous turn as Gus Trenor in The House of Mirth

Portrayed the journalist son of a former boxer (Kirk Douglas) in Diamonds

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

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

Made primetime TV series debut as regular, lead role in the ABC sitcom Soul Man

Sparkled as a hit man in Grosse Pointe Blank

Hosted the syndicated TV program PSI Factor , which chronicles paranormal activities; one of show s executive producers was Aykroyd s brother Peter

Played US President William Haney in My Fellow Americans , starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner

Feature directing debut, Nothing But Trouble

Rare TV guest spot, Yellow , an episode of Tales From the Crypt , directed by Robert Zemeckis

First largely dramatic supporting role, Driving Miss Daisy ; garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination

Debut as executive producer, One More Saturday Night , a film for video and cable markets

Co-wrote and co-starred in the hugely popular comedy feature, Ghostbusters

Provided the voice of Beldar Conehead on The Coneheads , an unsold animated pilot

First Hollwood screenplay (shared credit with director John Landis), The Blues Brothers

Embarked on a live ten-city tour with Belushi and The Blues Brothers Band

Recorded the album Briefcase Full of Blues with Belushi

US film debut, Steven Spielberg s 1941

Wrote for and appeared on The Beach Boys Special

Worked as a writer on Everything Goes , a syndicated Canadian variety/talk show

Joined Second City comedy troupe; wrote and performed for the Toronto and Chicago companies

Produced, co-wrote, and acted in a series of 15-minute comedy shows entitled A Change for a Quarter for a private cable company

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