Aykroyd

British  

/ ˈeɪkˌrɔɪd /

noun

1. Dan . born 1952, Canadian film actor and screenwriter, best known for the television show Saturday Night Live (1975–80) and the films The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

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Example Sentences

There’s a shot of Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin, who replaced Chevy Chase as anchors on the ever-popular “Weekend Update.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hanks pulls no shortage of favors, calling in a remarkable spate of talking heads, from Canadian comedy cohorts Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Dan Aykroyd, to Tom Hanks, Macaulay Culkin, Conan O’Brien and even some lively inclusions from the legendary Mel Brooks, who directed Candy in 1987’s “Spaceballs.”

From Salon

Nine months after giving birth and “starting to feel human again,” she returned to a studio in Los Feliz to finish it, while renting Dan Aykroyd’s house in the Hollywood Hills — “and punctuated by, you know, I have to go home and breastfeed.”

From Los Angeles Times

The plot is a lovable mishmash of spy nonsense — Dan Aykroyd does a lot of conspiracy babbling — but “Sneakers” works best if you just let it be the relaxed conversation movie it wants to be.

From Los Angeles Times

Caplan: Dan Aykroyd was on and that was huge for me.

From Los Angeles Times