Peter Jonathan Aykroyd is a Canadian actor. Born to Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd in Canada, he is the younger brother of comedian Dan Aykroyd. Along with his older brother he was in the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto. The two were also on Saturday Night Live. He was a cast member and writer in the fifth season, 1979-80. He and Dan Aykroyd wrote the movie Nothing but Trouble in the early nineties, Peter writing the story and Dan the screenplay. In 1996, Peter Aykroyd co-created the Canadian sci-fi show Psi Factor with Christopher Chacon and Peter Ventrella; the show was hosted by his brother Dan.In 1997, Peter Aykroyd and James Belushi provided the voices of Elwood Blues and Jake Blues for the cartoon The Blues Brothers: Animated Series, reprising the roles made famous by their respective brothers Dan and John. Peter Aykroyd has appeared in such films as Doctor Detroit, Dragnet, Nothing but Trouble and Coneheads.
He was raised Roman Catholic. He has English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, and French ancestry on his father's side, and French-Canadian ancestry on his mother's side. He can trace his ancestry to the 15th century.
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His grandfather was a Mountie.
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His parents are Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd. His father is best known as P.H. Aykroyd.
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Is a psychic researcher.
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An alumni of the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.