Dan Ackroyd Memorabilia & Collectibles

One of the industry’s well-known artists is Daniel Edward "Dan" Ackroyd, an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

Ackroyd also played the role of Purvis Bickle, lift operator at the fictitious office block 99 Sumach Street in the CBC Television series Coming Up Rosie. One of his best-received performances was as a blueblood-turned-wretch in the 1983 comic drama Trading Places. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1989's Driving Miss Daisy. Ackroyd even participated in the recording of "We are the...   more

One of the industry’s well-known artists is Daniel Edward "Dan" Ackroyd, an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

Ackroyd also played the role of Purvis Bickle, lift operator at the fictitious office block 99 Sumach Street in the CBC Television series Coming Up Rosie. One of his best-received performances was as a blueblood-turned-wretch in the 1983 comic drama Trading Places. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1989's Driving Miss Daisy. Ackroyd even participated in the recording of "We are the World" in 1985.

The name of the said artist is commonly misspelled as Dan Akroyd, Akcroyd, Dan Ackroid, Dan Akroid, or sometimes, Dan Acroid.