Claim: Dan Aykroyd was in a movie.
Evidence: A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL , The Blues Brothers , turned into an actual performing band and then a highly successful 1980 film , also called The Blues Brothers.
The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime comedy film directed by John Landis.
It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as `` Joliet '' Jake and Elwood Blues , characters developed from `` The Blues Brothers '' musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live.