In his long and storied career, Dan Aykroyd, 71, has been a Conehead, a Blues Brother, and, of course, a Ghostbuster—not to mention an Oscar-nominated actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, musician, and entrepreneur. A member of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, he partnered with John Belushi to create the Blues Brothers and cowrote the screenplay for the hit movie, then later cofounded the House of Blues concert venue and restaurant chain. More recently, he cofounded the Crystal Head Vodka brand. Aykroyd grew up in Canada and still spends much of the year at his home in Kingston, Ontario. The old farmhouse on his family property contains a psychic research library put together by his great-grandfather and grandfather. It was that family history that inspired him to write a ghost comedy but “base it in the real work that's being done by people who are trying to inquire as to what is behind paranormal and supernatural events.” Aykroyd is currently appearing in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the fifth film in the series he helped launch as a cowriter and costar of the 1984 original.
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