How old was Dan Aykroyd in the movie The Blues Brothers?

Dan Aykroyd was 26 in The Blues Brothers when he played the character 'Elwood Blues'.

That was over 44 years ago in 1980.

Today he is 71, and has starred in 130 movies in total, 119 of those since The Blues Brothers was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Blues Brothers, I think Dan Aykroyd looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Landis has worked with Dan Aykroyd a total of 8 times in his career.
  • Dan Aykroyd's first movie was as 'Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice)' in The Gift of Winter, released in 1974 when he was 20
  • The Blues Brothers scores 7.75 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Blues Brothers

Dan Aykroyd's other movies