Ed Asner
November 15, 1929 (94 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
- 2024 · Altered Reality as Mike Wilson
- 2023 · Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2021 · Scarlett as
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
- 2021 · Senior Entourage as Ed
- 2020 · SEVEN as
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary
- 2018 · Olympia as Himself
- 2018 · Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez
- 2017 · Joe's War as Harry
- 2017 · Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice)
- 2016 · The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- 2015 · Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts as Self
- 2015 · Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
- 2015 · I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Himself
- 2014 · Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson
- 2012 · Autism and Cake as Fred
- 2012 · Liberator as President Whitlock
- 2011 · Absolute Killers as
- 2011 · Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor
- 2011 · Hopelessly in June as Rabbi
- 2011 · The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
- 2009 · Up: Upisodes as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- 2005 · Out of the Woods as Jack Green
- 2004 · Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson
- 2003 · The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Augie Sinclair
- 2003 · The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
- 2002 · Pope John XXIII as Angelo Roncalli
- 2001 · In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice)
- 1999 · Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor
- 1999 · The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice)
- 1999 · O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (voice)
- 1997 · Academy Boyz as
- 1997 · Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
- 1994 · Down on the Waterfront as
- 1987 · Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens
- 1986 · Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick
- 1986 · Darlin' Clementine as Lucky Jake
- 1983 · A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane
- 1982 · Americas in Transition as Narrator
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 · The Family Man as Eddie Madden
- 1977 · The Gathering as Adam
- 1975 · The Impostor as Barney West
- 1974 · The Wrestler as Frank Bass
- 1972 · Sam Cade as
- 1967 · The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld
- 1966 · The Doomsday Flight as Feldman
- 1964 · Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike
- 1960 · The New Girl as Kurt Harden
- 1957 · The Night America Trembled as
- Future · Blood as The Prophet
- 2023 · A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud
- 2023 · Carl's Date as Carl (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)
- 2020 · Tiger Within as Samuel
- 2020 · Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George
- 2020 · The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2020 · Rain Beau's End as Gunny
- 2020 · Central Park as Ambrose (voice)
- 2020 · M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden
- 2019 · In Vino as Charles
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Dead to Me as Abe Rifkin
- 2019 · Faith, Hope & Love as Harry Karetas
- 2019 · Doom Patrol as Hospital Patient
- 2018 · All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern
- 2018 · Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo
- 2018 · Angels on Tap as Swifty
- 2018 · The Parting Glass as Tommy
- 2018 · Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson
- 2018 · Cobra Kai as Sid Weinberg
- 2018 · Ballmastrz: 9009 as Rupert T. Digzfield (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 · CarGo as Arthur (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Saul
- 2016 · Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller
- 2016 · Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager
- 2016 · Super Sex as George
- 2016 · Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall
- 2016 · Love Meet Hope as Mr. James
- 2016 · Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan
- 2015 · A Merry Murdoch Christmas as Kris Kringle
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Howard Jay
- 2015 · All of My Heart as Vern
- 2015 · The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice)
- 2014 · Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice)
- 2014 · Frozen in Time as Grandpa (voice)
- 2014 · The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago
- 2014 · Chasing Life as April's grandfather
- 2014 · Audrey as Walt
- 2014 · I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013 · Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel
- 2013 · Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Mr Wilson
- 2013 · Mom as Jack
- 2013 · Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator
- 2013 · Second Chances as Chief Buddy
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
- 2012 · Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice)
- 2012 · Elephant Sighs as Leo
- 2012 · Men At Work as Bob
- 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 · Good Men as Morty
- 2011 · Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays as Dr. Wasserman
- 2011 · Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 as Himself
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett
- 2011 · All Star Superman as Perry White (voice)
- 2011 · Working Class as Hank Greziak
- 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 · Generation Gap as Bart Cahill
- 2008 · Christmas Cottage as Sidney
- 2008 · Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby
- 2008 · The Spectacular Spider-Man as Ben Parker (voice)
- 2008 · Channels as Ed Packard
- 2007 · Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal
- 2007 · Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice)
- 2007 · Andy Barker, P.I. as
- 2007 · The Rich Have Their Own Photographers as
- 2006 · The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman
- 2006 · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Wilson White
- 2005 · The Boondocks as Ed Wuncler (voice)
- 2005 · Crab Orchard as
- 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 Grandpa Smith (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Mailbox #2 (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004 · Center of the Universe as Art Barnett
- 2004 · Missing Brendan as George Calden
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Abraham Klein
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Hephaestus (voice)
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Granny Goodness (voice)
- 2003 · Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Uncle Nick
- 2003 · The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
- 2003 · Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Elf as Santa
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Officer Barr (voice)
- 2003 · World Poker Tour as
- 2003 · Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2002 · The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as
- 2002 · The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- 2002 · Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2002 · The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator
- 2002 · Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII
- 2001 · Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Dead Cat
- 2001 · The Animal as Chief Wilson
- 2001 · Island Prey as Jay Roth
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mr. Weiner
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Fixer (voice)
- 2000 · Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich
- 2000 · The Huntress as
- 2000 · Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Perfect Game as Billy Hicks
- 2000 · Max Steel as Chuck Marshak (voice)
- 2000 · Common Ground as Ira
- 2000 · Bring Him Home as Geza
- 1999 · Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
- 1999 · Olive, The Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1999 · The Bachelor as Gluckman
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Schultz
- 1999 · Family Guy as Steve Bellows (voice)
- 1999 · Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
- 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 · A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice)
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Earl Tucker
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
- 1997 · Johnny Bravo as
- 1997 · The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
- 1997 · The Angry Beavers as
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Matlin Pratt
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Marcus Winnaker
- 1997 · Payback as Jack Patkanis
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Stinky (voice)
- 1997 · The Fumbleheads as Charlie Atwater
- 1996 · The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (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 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice)
- 1996 · Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters
- 1996 · Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator
- 1995 · Freakazoid! as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
- 1995 · Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger as
- 1995 · Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno
- 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
- 1994 · Heads as Ab Abbot
- 1993 · Gypsy as Pop
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · The X-Files as Maurice
- 1993 · Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Mad About You as
- 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 · Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell
- 1991 · Silent Motive as Sam
- 1991 · Switched at Birth as Ted Marx
- 1991 · Dinosaurs as Evil Georgie (voice)
- 1991 · Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself
- 1990 · The Cops Are Robbers as
- 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
- 1989 · Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice)
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1988 · A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman
- 1987 · Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice)
- 1987 · The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood as Self - Presenter
- 1987 · The Bronx Zoo as
- 1986 · The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle
- 1986 · Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Joshua (voice)
- 1986 · Vital Signs as Matthew St James
- 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 · Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1984 · Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins
- 1983 · Daniel as Jacob Ascher
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara
- 1981 · A Small Killing as Simon Shaber
- 1981 · Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Edward Asner (uncredited)
- 1978 · The Good Doctor as Various Roles
- 1978 · A Different Approach as
- 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 · Gus as Hank Cooper
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Axel Jordache
- 1975 · Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Death Scream as Peter Singleton
- 1975 · The Impersonation Murder Case as Dt. Ed Ames
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1975 · Twigs as Phil
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1973 · The Girl Most Likely to... as Det. Ralph Varone
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker
- 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
- 1971 · Great Performances as
- 1970 · The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
- 1970 · The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- 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
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 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 · Gunn as Lt. Jacoby
- 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 · 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 Sheriff Mayhew
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Roy Malinek
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Joe Bantam
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as
- 1962 · Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Eleventh Hour as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 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
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Fedor Bartok
- 1958 · Naked City as Lt. Vincent Busti
- 1957 · Decoy as Sergeant
- 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
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1948 · Studio One as Actor #3
- Future · Everbrook (The Home) as
- Future · Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom as
- Future · A Man and His Prostate as
- Future · Ed Asner's Oral History as Self - Interviewee
- Future · The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror as Narrator