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Ed Asner
Ed Asner

Ed Asner

ActingBorn November 15, 1929Died August 29, 2021 (age 91)Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Biography

Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.

Filmography

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as Edward Everett (voice)

Movie
2024
Altered Reality

as Mike Wilson

Movie
2023Movie
2023
Carl's Date

as Carl (voice)

Movie
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

Movie
2023
Commitment to Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

Movie
2021
Scarlett

as Lou

Movie
2021
Back Home Again

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

Movie
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Claude

Movie
2021
The Premise

as Mr. Holmes

TV
2021
Dug Days

as Carl (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2021
Captain Daddy

as Grampa (voice)

Movie
2021
Blood

as The Prophet

Movie
2020
Tiger Within

as Samuel

Movie
2020
Bury Me in Armor

as Dimitry George

Movie
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
Central Park

as Ambrose (voice)

TV
2020
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

as Dr. Howard Arden

Movie
2019
In Vino

as Charles

Movie
2019
Dead to Me

as Abe Rifkin

TV
2019
Faith, Hope & Love

as Harry Karetas

Movie
2019
Doom Patrol

as Hospital Patient

TV
2018
Olympia

as Self

Movie
2018
Honor Amongst Men

as Pop Halmo

Movie
2018
Angels on Tap

as Swifty

Movie
2018Movie
2018
Cobra Kai

as Sid Weinberg

TV
2018
Ed Asner's Oral History

as Self - Interviewee

Movie
2018
Ballmastrz: 9009

as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

TV
2018
Eva: A-7063

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018
LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

Movie
2017Movie
2017
Joe's War

as Harry

Movie
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

as Adult Walter (voice)

Movie
2016
MacGyver

as Saul

TV
2016
Titanic: Sinking the Myths

as Wilhelm Müller

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Super Sex

as George

Movie
2016
Getting Ed Laid

as Ed Randall

Movie
2016
Love Meet Hope

as Mr. James

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Behind the Fear

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

Movie
2015
The Nutcracker Sweet

as Owl (voice)

Movie
2015
Grace and Frankie

as Howard Jay

TV
2015Movie
2014Movie
2014
Frozen in Time

as Grandpa (voice)

Movie
2014
The Games Maker

as Nicholas Drago

Movie
2014
Chasing Life

as April's grandfather

TV
2014
Audrey

as Walt

Movie
2014Movie
2013Movie
2013
The Crazy Ones

as Mr. Finger

TV
2013
Mom

as Jack

TV
2013
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Bonta / Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
American Road

as Walt Whitman

Movie
2013
Second Chances

as Chief Buddy

Movie
2013
Teen Titans Go!

as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

TV
2012Movie
2012
Casting By

as Self

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Liberator

as President Whitlock

Movie
2012
Foodfight!

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

Movie
2012Movie
2012TV
2012Movie
2011
Identical

as Yaakov Washington

Movie
2011
Too Big to Fail

as Warren Buffett

Movie
2011
Let Go

as Artie

Movie
2011
Good Men

as Morty

Movie
2011TV
2011
Not Another B Movie

as Angry Investor

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Working Class

as Hank Greziak

TV
2011
All Star Superman

as Perry White (voice)

Movie
2010
Young Justice

as Kent Nelson (voice)

TV
2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

as Granny Goodness (voice)

Movie
2010
Hawaii Five-0

as August March

TV
2010
Regular Show

as Santa Claus (voice)

TV
2010TV
2009Movie
2009
Dug's Special Mission

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2009TV
2009
Modern Family

as Herschel

TV
2009
The Good Wife

as Guy Redmayne

TV
2009
Up

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Movie
2009
Up: Upisodes

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

TV
2008TV
2008
Generation Gap

as Bart Cahill

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Gigantic

as Kirby Weathersby

Movie
2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Ben Parker (voice)

TV
2008
Channels

as Ed Packard

Movie
2007
Hard Four

as Golden Hands Segal

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Andy Barker, P.I.

as Mickey Doyle

TV
2007
The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Commandant Von Reichenstein

TV
2006
The Christmas Card

as Luke Spelman

Movie
2006TV
2005
The Boondocks

as Ed Wuncler (voice)

TV
2005Movie
2005
Bones

as Rufus Tucker

TV
2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie
2005
Sir! No Sir!

as Col. Heinl

Movie
2005
Out of the Woods

as Jack Green

Movie
2005
Sleeping Dogs Lie

as Sheriff Delaney

Movie
2005
American Dad!

as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Mailbox #2 (voice)

TV
2005
American Dad!

as Grandpa Smith (voice)

TV
2004TV
2004
Missing Brendan

as George Calden

Movie
2004
CSI: NY

as Abraham Klein

TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Hephaestus (voice)

TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Granny Goodness (voice)

TV
2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as J Jonah Jameson

Movie
2003
Elf

as Santa

Movie
2003
The Commission

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

Movie
2003TV
2003Movie
2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Movie
2002
The Man Who Saved Christmas

as Charles Gilbert

Movie
2002
The Dead Zone

as Marty Bracknell

TV
2002Movie
2002Movie
2002
Pope John XXIII

as Angelo Roncalli

Movie
2002Movie
2001Movie
2001
In Search of Peace

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

Movie
2001
The Animal

as Chief Wilson

Movie
2001
Island Prey

as Jay Roth

Movie
2000TV
2000TV
2000
Becoming Dick

as Davis Aldrich

Movie
2000
Above Suspicion

as Thomas O'Claire

Movie
2000
Perfect Game

as Billy Hicks

Movie
2000
Max Steel

as Chuck Marshak (voice)

TV
2000Movie
2000Movie
1999
Snowden's Christmas

as Big Daddy (voice)

Movie
1999
Olive, the Other Reindeer

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie
1999
The Bachelor

as Gluckman

Movie
1999TV
1999Movie
1999
The Sissy Duckling

as Father Duck (voice)

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Steve Bellows (voice)

TV
1999
Our Friend, Martin

as Mr. Harris (voice)

Movie
1999
O' Christmas Tree

as Nutcracker (voice)

Movie
1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Frank Hunter (voice)

TV
1998
Hercules

as Mentor (voice)

TV
1998
More Tales of the City

as Jack Lederer

TV
1998
Hard Rain

as Uncle Charlie

Movie
1997
A Christmas Carol

as Marley (voice)

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Dharma & Greg

as Earl Tucker

TV
1997
The Long Way Home

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Movie
1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

Movie
1997
Dog's Best Friend

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

Movie
1997
The Practice

as Judge Matlin Pratt

TV
1997
The Practice

as Judge Marcus Winnaker

TV
1997
Payback

as Jack Patkanis

Movie
1997
King of the Hill

as Stinky (voice)

TV
1997
The Fumbleheads

as Charlie Atwater

Movie
1996
The Story of Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie
1996
Bruno the Kid

as The Engineer (voice)

TV
1996
Superman: The Animated Series

as Granny Goodness (voice)

TV
1996TV
1996
Arli$$

as Lenny Crowley

TV
1996Movie
1996
Gone in the Night

as Det. John Waters

Movie
1995
Dumb and Dumber

as General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)

TV
1995
Freakazoid!

as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

TV
1995Movie
1994
Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

TV
1994
Gargoyles

as Hudson (voice)

TV
1994
Gypsy

as Charles Thompson

Movie
1994
ER

as James McNulty

TV
1994
The Magic School Bus

as Gen. Aranius (voice)

TV
1994
Thunder Alley

as Gil Jones

TV
1994
Duckman

as Mort Sidelman (voice)

TV
1994
Heads

as Ab Abbot

Movie
1993TV
1993
Animaniacs

as Vern (voice)

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Maurice

TV
1992Movie
1992
Mad About You

as Zigmund Klarik

TV
1992
Hearts Afire

as George Lahti

TV
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Roland Daggett (voice)

TV
1992
Cruel Doubt

as Bill Osteen

TV
1992
Fish Police

as Chief Abalone (voice)

TV
1991
JFK

as Guy Bannister

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1991
Dinosaurs

as Evil Georgie (voice)

TV
1991Movie
1990TV
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Hoggish Greedly (voice)

TV
1990Movie
1990Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Editor (voice)

TV
1989
Happily Ever After

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

Movie
1988TV
1988Movie
1988
A Friendship in Vienna

as Opah Oskar Reikman

Movie
1987Movie
1987TV
1987
Cracked Up

as Rev. Vincent Owens

Movie
1986
The Christmas Star

as Horace McNickle

Movie
1986
Kate's Secret

as Dr. Resnick

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Vital Signs

as Matthew St James

Movie
1986
Darlin' Clementine

as Lucky Jake

Movie
1985TV
1985
Tender Is the Night

as Devereux Warren

TV
1985
Off the Rack

as Sam Waltman

TV
1985Movie
1984
Anatomy of an Illness

as Norman Cousins

Movie
1983
A Case of Libel

as Robert Sloane

Movie
1983
Daniel

as Jacob Ascher

Movie
1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1983
Koyaanisqatsi

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1982
O'Hara's Wife

as Bob O'Hara

Movie
1981
The Marva Collins Story

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1981
A Small Killing

as Simon Shaber

Movie
1981Movie
1979
The Family Man

as Eddie Madden

Movie
1978
The White Shadow

as Edward Asner (uncredited)

TV
1978Movie
1978
The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Lou Grant

as Lou Grant

TV
1977
Roots

as Thomas Davies

TV
1977
Roots

as Capt. Thomas Davies

TV
1976
Gus

as Hank Cooper

Movie
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man

as Axel Jordache

TV
1975
Hey, I'm Alive

as Ralph Flores

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1975
Death Scream

as Peter Singleton

Movie
1975Movie
1975Movie
1975
The Impostor

as Barney West

Movie
1975
Twigs

as Phil

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974TV
1974
The Wrestler

as Frank Bass

Movie
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...

as Det. Ralph Varone

Movie
1973
Match Game

as Self

TV
1972Movie
1972Movie
1971
They Call It Murder

as Chief Otto Larkin

Movie
1971
The Todd Killings

as Fred Reardon

Movie
1971
The Last Child

as Barstow

Movie
1971
Skin Game

as Plunkett

Movie
1970Movie
1970TV
1970Movie
1970
Halls of Anger

as Ernie McKay

Movie
1970
House on Greenapple Road

as Sheriff Muntz

Movie
1969
Daughter of the Mind

as Saul Wiener

Movie
1969
Change of Habit

as Lt. Moretti

Movie
1968
The Mod Squad

as Harry Loring

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as August March

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Cesare Marino

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Vince Leonard

TV
1967
Gunn

as Lt. Jacoby

Movie
1967
Ironside

as Marlon Davis

TV
1967
The Invaders

as Taugus

TV
1967
The Invaders

as Harry Ferguson

TV
1966
El Dorado

as Bart Jason

Movie
1966Movie
1966
CBS Playhouse

as Nat Congdon

TV
1966
The Venetian Affair

as Frank Rosenfeld

Movie
1966
Mission: Impossible

as George Simpson

TV
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as George Kramer

TV
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Captain Friedrich

TV
1965
The Slender Thread

as Det. Judd Ridley

Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as John Carl Brock

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Walter Gretzler

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Pete Zacharias

TV
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Furman Crotty

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Carl Cappi

TV
1965
The Satan Bug

as Henchman Veretti

Movie
1964
Profiles in Courage

as Oliver E. Wells

TV
1964
Profiles in Courage

as President Ulysses S. Grant

TV
1964
Slattery's People

as Frank Radcliff

TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Harmon Stern

TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Paul Berg

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Pablo Vasquez

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Roy Malinek

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mayhew

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Joe Bantam

TV
1963
The Outer Limits

as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

TV
1962
Kid Galahad

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

Movie
1962TV
1962TV
1962
The Virginian

as George Johnson

TV
1962
Sam Benedict

as Dr. Everett Colner

TV
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Frank Williams

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Dave Keller

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Tim Sellers

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Harry Obermayer

TV
1961
The Murder Men

as Dave Keller

Movie
1960TV
1960
Route 66

as Second Man

TV
1960TV
1960Movie
1960
The New Girl

as Kurt Harden

Movie
1959
The Untouchables

as Fedor Bartok

TV
1959TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Jimmy Canada

TV
1958
Naked City

as Lt. Vincent Busti

TV
1957
Decoy

as Sergeant

TV
1957
The Night America Trembled

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

Movie
1957
The Defender (Studio One)

as Juror (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Sgt. Wilks

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Redmond

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952TV
1949TV
1948
Studio One

as Actor #3

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
Unplugged

as Dr. Eaton (voice)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 15, 1929
Day of DeathAugust 29, 2021
Place of BirthKansas City, Missouri, USA
Popularity1.8