
Ed Asner
November 15, 1929 (95 years old) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice)
- 2024 · Altered Reality as Mike Wilson
- 2021 · Scarlett as
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
- 2021 · Senior Entourage as Ed
- 2020 · Tiger Within as Samuel
- 2020 · Rain Beau's End as Gunny
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary
- 2020 · M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden
- 2019 · In Vino as Charles
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Harry Karetas
- 2018 · Olympia as Himself
- 2018 · All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern
- 2018 · Angels on Tap as Swifty
- 2018 · The Parting Glass as Tommy
- 2018 · Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · LA DA Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · A StoryBots Christmas as Santa
- 2017 · Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! as Santa
- 2017 · Saving Christmas as Rick
- 2017 · All of My Heart: Inn Love as Vern
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez (voice)
- 2017 · CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! as Arthur (voice)
- 2017 · Joe's War as Harry
- 2016 · The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- 2016 · Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager
- 2016 · Super Sex as George
- 2016 · Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall
- 2016 · Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan
- 2016 · Behind the Fear as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · A Merry Murdoch Christmas as Kris Kringle
- 2015 · Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts as Self
- 2015 · Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
- 2015 · The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl (voice)
- 2015 · All of My Heart as Vern
- 2014 · Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice)
- 2014 · Frozen in Time as Grandpa (voice)
- 2014 · The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago
- 2014 · Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson
- 2014 · Audrey as Walt
- 2013 · Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel
- 2013 · Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Second Chances as Chief Buddy
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · Autism and Cake as Fred
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice)
- 2012 · Elephant Sighs as Leo
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Charlie
- 2012 · Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2011 · Let Go as Artie
- 2011 · Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor
- 2009 · Up: Upisodes as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- 2008 · Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union as Narrator (Voice)
- 2008 · Generation Gap as Bart Cahill
- 2008 · Christmas Cottage as Sidney
- 2008 · Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby
- 2008 · Channels as Ed Packard
- 2007 · Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal
- 2007 · Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice)
- 2006 · The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman
- 2005 · Crab Orchard as
- 2005 · Out of the Woods as Jack Green
- 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004 · Missing Brendan as George Calden
- 2004 · Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson
- 2003 · The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
- 2003 · Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Augie Sinclair
- 2003 · The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
- 2002 · The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert
- 2002 · The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- 2002 · Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2002 · Pope John XXIII as Angelo Roncalli
- 2001 · Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Dead Cat
- 2001 · Island Prey as Jay Roth
- 2000 · Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Perfect Game as Billy Hicks
- 2000 · Common Ground as Ira
- 1999 · Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
- 1999 · Olive, The Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1999 · Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor
- 1999 · The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice)
- 1999 · Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
- 1999 · O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (voice)
- 1997 · A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice)
- 1997 · Academy Boyz as
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
- 1997 · Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
- 1997 · Payback as Jack Patkanis
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Charlie Atwater
- 1996 · The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice)
- 1996 · Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters
- 1995 · Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno
- 1994 · Down on the Waterfront as
- 1994 · Heads as Ab Abbot
- 1993 · Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- 1991 · Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell
- 1991 · Silent Motive as Sam
- 1991 · Switched at Birth as Ted Marx
- 1991 · Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself
- 1991 · The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You as Charlie (voice)
- 1990 · The Cops Are Robbers as
- 1989 · Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice)
- 1988 · A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman
- 1987 · Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice)
- 1987 · Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens
- 1986 · The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle
- 1986 · Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick
- 1986 · Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Joshua (voice)
- 1986 · Vital Signs as Matthew St James
- 1986 · Darlin' Clementine as Lucky Jake
- 1984 · Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
- 1984 · Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins
- 1983 · Daniel as Jacob Ascher
- 1982 · O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · A Small Killing as Simon Shaber
- 1979 · The Family Man as Eddie Madden
- 1978 · Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978 · The Good Doctor as Various Roles
- 1978 · NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1978 · A Different Approach as
- 1977 · The Gathering as Adam
- 1976 · Gus as Hank Cooper
- 1975 · Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores
- 1975 · Death Scream as Peter Singleton
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1975 · The Impostor as Barney West
- 1975 · Twigs as Phil
- 1973 · The Girl Most Likely To... as Det. Ralph Varone
- 1972 · Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker
- 1972 · Sam Cade as
- 1971 · They Call It Murder as Chief Otto Larkin
- 1971 · The Todd Killings as Fred Reardon
- 1971 · The Last Child as Barstow
- 1971 · Skin Game as Plunkett
- 1970 · The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim
- 1970 · They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield
- 1970 · Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay
- 1970 · House on Greenapple Road as Sheriff Muntz
- 1969 · Daughter of the Mind as Saul Wiener
- 1969 · Change of Habit as Lt. Moretti
- 1967 · Gunn as Lt. Jacoby
- 1967 · The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld
- 1966 · The Doomsday Flight as Feldman
- 1964 · Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike
- 1962 · Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
- Future · Everbrook (The Home) as
- 2023 · A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud
- 2023 · Carl's Date as Carl (voice)
- 2023 · Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2022 · Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
- 2021 · Muppets Haunted Mansion as Ghost of Claude
- 2021 · The Premise as Mr. Holmes
- 2021 · Dug Days as Carl (voice)
- 2021 · Blood as The Prophet
- 2020 · Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George
- 2020 · SEVEN as
- 2020 · The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2020 · Central Park as Ambrose (voice)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Dead to Me as Abe Rifkin
- 2019 · Doom Patrol as Hospital Patient
- 2018 · Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo
- 2018 · Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson
- 2018 · Cobra Kai as Sid Weinberg
- 2018 · Ballmastrz: 9009 as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
- 2017 · Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Saul
- 2016 · Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller
- 2016 · Love Meet Hope as Mr. James
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Howard Jay
- 2015 · I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Himself
- 2014 · Chasing Life as April's grandfather
- 2014 · I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013 · Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Mr Wilson
- 2013 · The Crazy Ones as Mr. Finger
- 2013 · Mom as Jack
- 2013 · American Road as Walt Whitman
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
- 2012 · Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson
- 2012 · Liberator as President Whitlock
- 2012 · Men At Work as Bob
- 2011 · The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror as Narrator
- 2011 · Identical as Yaakov Washington
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett
- 2011 · Absolute Killers as
- 2011 · Good Men as Morty
- 2011 · Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays as Dr. Wasserman
- 2011 · Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 as Himself
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Rabbi
- 2011 · The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
- 2011 · Working Class as Hank Greziak
- 2011 · All Star Superman as Perry White (voice)
- 2010 · Young Justice as Kent Nelson (voice)
- 2010 · The Triumph of William Henry Harrison as
- 2010 · Superman/Batman: Apocalypse as Granny Goodness (voice)
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as August March
- 2010 · Regular Show as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Jameson
- 2009 · Dug's Special Mission as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009 · The Middle as Ben
- 2009 · The Cleveland Show as
- 2009 · Modern Family as Herschel
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Guy Redmayne
- 2009 · Up as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- 2009 · The Line as
- 2008 · Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
- 2008 · The Spectacular Spider-Man as Ben Parker (voice)
- 2007 · Andy Barker, P.I. as Mickey Doyle
- 2007 · From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks as
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Commandant Von Reichenstein
- 2007 · The Rich Have Their Own Photographers as
- 2006 · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Wilson White
- 2005 · The Boondocks as Ed Wuncler (voice)
- 2005 · Bones as Rufus Tucker
- 2005 · Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class as Narrator
- 2005 · The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror as Himself
- 2005 · Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2005 · Sir! No Sir! as Col. Heinl
- 2005 · Sleeping Dogs Lie as Sheriff Delaney
- 2005 · American Dad! as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mailbox #2 (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Grandpa Smith (voice)
- 2004 · Center of the Universe as Art Barnett
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Abraham Klein
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Hephaestus (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Granny Goodness (voice)
- 2003 · National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure as Uncle Nick
- 2003 · Elf as Santa
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Officer Barr (voice)
- 2003 · Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as Marty Bracknell
- 2002 · The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator
- 2002 · Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII
- 2001 · In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice)
- 2001 · The Animal as Chief Wilson
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mr. Weiner
- 2000 · Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich
- 2000 · Bring Him Home as Geza
- 1974 · The Wrestler as Frank Bass
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane
- Future · Ed Asner's Oral History as Self - Interviewee
- 2000 · Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom as Self
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Fixer (voice)
- 2000 · The Huntress as
- 2000 · Max Steel as Chuck Marshak (voice)
- 1999 · The Bachelor as Gluckman
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Schultz
- 1999 · Family Guy as Steve Bellows (voice)
- 1998 · Maggie Winters as
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Frank Hunter (voice)
- 1998 · Hercules as Mentor (voice)
- 1998 · More Tales of the City as Jack Lederer
- 1998 · The Closer as
- 1998 · Hard Rain as Uncle Charlie
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Earl Tucker
- 1997 · Johnny Bravo as
- 1997 · The Angry Beavers as
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Matlin Pratt
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Marcus Winnaker
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Stinky (voice)
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Granny Goodness (voice)
- 1996 · The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Von Romme (voice)
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator
- 1995 · Freakazoid! as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
- 1995 · Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger as
- 1994 · Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Hudson (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Bud
- 1994 · ER as Dr. James McNulty
- 1994 · The Magic School Bus as (voice)
- 1994 · Thunder Alley as Gil Jones
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1993 · Gypsy as Charles Thompson
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · The X-Files as Maurice
- 1993 · Politically Incorrect as
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Mad About You as Zigmund Klarik
- 1992 · Hearts Afire as George Lahti
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Roland Daggett (voice)
- 1992 · Cruel Doubt as Bill Osteen
- 1992 · Fish Police as
- 1991 · JFK as Guy Bannister
- 1991 · Dinosaurs as Evil Georgie (voice)
- 1990 · The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Walter Kovacs
- 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Editor (voice)
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1987 · The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood as Self - Presenter
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1987 · The Bronx Zoo as
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Lucky Jake
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Devereux Warren
- 1985 · Off the Rack as Sam Waltman
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Koyaanisqatsi as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Americas in Transition as Narrator
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Edward Asner (uncredited)
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Lou Grant
- 1977 · The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish as Huey P. Long
- 1977 · Roots as Thomas Davies
- 1977 · Roots as Capt. Thomas Davies
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Axel Jordache
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · The Impersonation Murder Case as Dt. Ed Ames
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1971 · Great Performances as
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as Harry Loring
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as August March
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Cesare Marino
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Vince Leonard
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · The Invaders as Taugus
- 1967 · The Invaders as Harry Ferguson
- 1966 · El Dorado as Bart Jason
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as George Simpson
- 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as Captain Friedrich
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1965 · The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as John Carl Brock
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Walter Gretzler
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Pete Zacharias
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Furman Crotty
- 1965 · Please Don't Eat the Daisies as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Carl Cappi
- 1965 · The Satan Bug as Henchman Veretti
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Oliver E. Wells
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as President Ulysses S. Grant
- 1964 · Slattery's People as Frank Radcliff
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Harmon Stern
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Paul Berg
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Pablo Vasquez
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Roy Malinek
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Sheriff Mayhew
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Joe Bantam
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as
- 1962 · The Eleventh Hour as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as Kapp
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jack Stander
- 1962 · The Virginian as George Johnson
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Frank Williams
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Dave Keller
- 1961 · The Defenders as Tim Sellers
- 1961 · The Defenders as Harry Obermayer
- 1961 · The Murder Men as Dave Keller
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Route 66 as Second Man
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · J-24 as
- 1960 · The New Girl as Kurt Harden
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Fedor Bartok
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Frank
- 1958 · Naked City as Lt. Vincent Busti
- 1957 · Decoy as Sergeant
- 1957 · The Night America Trembled as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
- 1957 · The Defender (Studio One) as Juror (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Warden Bragan
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Sgt. Wilks
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Redmond
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1948 · Studio One as Actor #3
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · A Man and His Prostate as