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Daniel Edward Aykroyd (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a comedian, actor and screenwriter. His father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, was the policy advisor to Pierre Trudeau's government; his mother, Lorraine Gougeon, was French-Canadian. He attended Catholic high schools (St Pius X and St. Patricks), He was briefly expelled from St. Patricks. Aykroyd exposed criminology at Carleton University, leaving prior to he completed the degree. He worked as a comedian around various American nightclubs. Aykroyd went in to benefit own household budget in the Second City comedy troupe & in the National Lampoon stage shows. He gained fame on the Our contries TV indicate Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1979 where he was known for his impersonations of celebrities like Julia Child and Tom Snyder & for his recurring roles as a huckster, a male fancy woman, and high-bred however sale-lowbrowed critic Leonard Pinth-Garnell. He was natural sustaining syndactyly (webbed toes) & Heterochromia Iridium - the problem of getting 2-different colorful eyes. Around an locate by owning Terry Gross, he described himself as getting Tourette syndrome that wwhen successfully treated sustaining therapy whilst he was the preteenager, also as Asperger's syndrome. the latter manifests itself within the fascination by using police force investigation, & Aykroyd carries a police badge in the least days. Around 1977 he received an Emmy Award for writing on SNL; he late received deuce extra nominations for writing, & 1 both for acting & Spectacular Comedy-Kind series. He received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Driving Miss Daisy. Within 1992, Aykroyd, along with several more leading light music & Hollywood personalities, founded a House of Blues. Its mission is to promote African-American cultural contributions of blues music and folk art. When of 2004, it was the 2nd-largest survive music promoter in the globe, sustaining 7 venues & Twenty-two amphitheaters in the United States and Canada. He has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame and maintains his Canadian roots as a longtime resident of Kingston, Ontario. Inside 1994 Aykroyd received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Carleton University. Around 1998, he was made the Member of the Order of Canada. Aykroyd married actress Donna Dixon in 1983. It keep around trinity tykes.
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