Daniel Edward Aykroyd, original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues Brothers, is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. After leaving Saturday Night Live, Aykroyd starred mostly in comedy films. When starting out in the film industry Aykroyd would star with Belushi in three films, The Blues Brothers, Neighbors and 1941. One of his best-received performances was in the 1983 comic drama Trading Places; a notable flop was in the earlier 1941. Aykroyd originally wrote the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) with John Belushi in mind, but rewrote the part for another famous SNL player, Bill Murray, after Belushi died. Aykroyd used to joke that the green ghoul (who would later come to be known as "Slimer" in the animated series) was "the ghost of John Belushi", based on the similar party animal personality. Ghostbusters became a huge success for Aykroyd as a co-creator, co-writer, and one of the lead actors. Aykroyd's acting career reached its peak when he received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for 1989's Driving Miss Daisy'. His directorial debut was 1991's Nothing But Trouble. It starred Demi Moore Chevy Chase John Candy and Aykroyd himself, sporting an oddly phallic prosthetic nose. The film was a critical and box office flop. Other efforts poorly received as well, in the 1990s, include Exit to Eden, Blues Brothers 2000, and Getting Away with Murder. In the 2000s, Aykroyd's film appearances have tended to be small character parts in big-budget productions, such as a signals analyst in Pearl Harbor and a neurologist in 50 First Dates.