Dan Aykroyd was in a film.
Dan Aykroyd . He conceived and starred in Ghostbusters ( 1984 ) , which spawned a sequel ( Ghostbusters II ) and eventually an entire media franchise . In 1990 , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy . Ghostbusters . The film stars Bill Murray , Aykroyd and Ramis as three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City .