Dan Aykroyd

In Universe Gemini, an actor called Aykroyd played Stantz, Zed Hudson's favourite character in Ghostbusters, his favourite movie. However, when he decided to pick his new name by mashing up one Ghostbusters character's last name with that of his actor, Zed instead named himself after Winston Zeddemore/Ernie Hudson because he didn't much fancy the unwieldy moniker of “Stantz Aykroyd”. (COMIC: Zed Vs. Ghostbusters)

Behind the scenes

Ray Stantz was indeed played by Dan Aykroyd in the original Ghostbusters film, with Aykroyd co-created.

Concepts from Ghostbusters in Jenny Everywhere media
Characters Ray Stantz • Winston Zeddemore Actors Dan Aykroyd • Ernie Hudson Media Ghostbusters