In the early 1980s, when Dan was on the set of the comedy movie Doctor Detroit, he met the love of his life, Donna Dixon. Donna Dixon is a former actress and a beauty queen. They got married on the 29th of April 1983. As a loving wife and husband, they have been parents three times. His nationality is Canadian as well as American and he is of mixed ethnicity as he is of English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, French and Canadian descent.
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Dan was raised with a strong attachment to the Catholic Church. As a child, he was to be a priest and he continued dreaming of being a priest till the age of 17. He was enrolled at St. Pius X and St. Patrick's High Schools. After high school, he joined Carleton University with a major in criminology and sociology. Before he earned a degree there, he quit his education from there, and then he began pursuing his comical career. During the late 1960s, he performed in various Canadian nightclubs. In 1970, he appeared in a Canadian television variety show The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour. He continued his comedy career being a member of the Second City comedy troupe in 1973. In 1975, he became one of the performers in an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live. Initially, he served in this show as its writer and he earned a salary of $278 a week. Later on, he became on the cast of this show and he became well known as a comedian and performer in the late 1970s. In 1977, he made his feature film debut by starring in the Canadian romantic comedy film Love at First Sight. He played the role of Roy in this movie. He is also well acclaimed for portraying the role of Elwood J. Blues in an American musical crime comedy film The Blues Brothers. He is also known for his appearance in the movies like Doctor Detroit, She's Having a Baby, Coneheads, and so on. His net worth is $200 million dollars.
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