Peter Hugh Aykroyd was 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, Ontario. The two were also on the popular NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live. Peter was a cast member and writer in the fifth season, 1979-1980. He is also a songwriter and performer.

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 Jim 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 appeared in such movies as Doctor Detroit, Dragnet, Nothing But Trouble, Coneheads and many others.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Film 1.2 Television 2 External links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Java Junkie	Joe
1981	Gas	Ed Marshal
1983	Doctor Detroit	Mr. Frankman
	The Funny Farm	Stephen Croft
1984	Nothing Last Forever	Musician
1987	Dragnet	Phoney Cop #2
1991	Nothing But Trouble	Mike the Doorman	Also writer Nominated 1992 Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay (with Dan Aykroyd)
1993	Coneheads	Highmaster Mentot
1997	Kids of the Round Table	Mr. Cole, Alex's Father

[edit] Television

Year	Title	Role	First Episode	Notes
1978	Second City TV	Saloon Patron	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"	1 episode
1979-1980	Saturday Night Live	Various	"Bea Arthur/ The Roches"	16 episodes, also writer Nominated 1980 Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
1985	From Here to Maternity	Jack		TV Movie
1986	Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills	Bunky	"Unaccustomed as I Am To Public Speaking"	2 episodes
1996-2000	PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal		"John Doe"	Writer, creator, executive producer
1999	Justice	George Norton		TV Movie

[edit] External links

• Peter Aykroyd at the Internet Movie Database

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