
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
- 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 · M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden
- 2018 · Olympia as Himself
- 2018 · All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern
- 2018 · Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo
- 2018 · The Parting Glass as Tommy
- 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 · The Gliksmans as Moshe
- 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)
- 2016 · The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- 2016 · Super Sex as George
- 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 · Audrey as Walt
- 2014 · I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013 · Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel
- 2013 · Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Casting By as Self
- 2012 · Elephant Sighs as Leo
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Charlie
- 2011 · Let Go as Artie
- 2011 · Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor
- 2009 · The Line as
- 2008 · Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby
- 2007 · Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice)
- 2006 · The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman
- 2003 · National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure as Uncle Nick
- 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 · 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 · In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice)
- 2001 · Island Prey as Jay Roth
- 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
- 2000 · Perfect Game as Billy Hicks
- 2000 · Common Ground as Ira
- 1999 · Olive, The Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1999 · Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
- 1998 · The Closer as
- 1997 · A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice)
- 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 · Payback as Jack Patkanis
- 1996 · Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice)
- 1996 · Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters
- 1993 · Gypsy as Charles Thompson
- 1993 · Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Cruel Doubt as Bill Osteen
- 1991 · Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell
- 1991 · Switched at Birth as Ted Marx
- 1990 · The Cops Are Robbers as
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1988 · Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1987 · Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice)
- 1987 · Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle
- 1985 · Off the Rack as Sam Waltman
- 1984 · Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins
- 1983 · A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly
- 1979 · The Family Man as Eddie Madden
- 1978 · A Different Approach as
- 1977 · The Gathering as Adam
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 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 · Skin Game as Plunkett
- 1970 · They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield
- 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
- 1965 · The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley
- 1965 · The Satan Bug as Henchman Veretti
- 1964 · Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike
- 1962 · Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
- Future · Ed Asner's Oral History as Self - Interviewee
- 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)
- 2021 · Captain Daddy as Grampa (voice)
- 2021 · Blood as The Prophet
- 2020 · Tiger Within as Samuel
- 2020 · Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George
- 2020 · SEVEN as
- 2020 · The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2020 · Rain Beau's End as Gunny
- 2020 · The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary
- 2020 · Central Park as Ambrose (voice)
- 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 · Angels on Tap as Swifty
- 2018 · Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson
- 2018 · Cobra Kai as Sid Weinberg
- 2018 · Ballmastrz: 9009 as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
- 2018 · Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Saving Christmas as Rick
- 2017 · Joe's War as Harry
- 2017 · Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice)
- 2016 · MacGyver as Saul
- 2016 · Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller
- 2016 · Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager
- 2016 · Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall
- 2016 · Love Meet Hope as Mr. James
- 2016 · Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan
- 2016 · Behind the Fear as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson
- 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 · Second Chances as Chief Buddy
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
- 2012 · Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson
- 2012 · Autism and Cake as Fred
- 2012 · Liberator as President Whitlock
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice)
- 2012 · Men At Work as Bob
- 2012 · Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 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 · Up: Upisodes as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- 2008 · Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
- 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 · The Spectacular Spider-Man as Ben Parker (voice)
- 2008 · Channels as Ed Packard
- 2007 · Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal
- 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 · 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 · Out of the Woods as Jack Green
- 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 · 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)
- 2004 · Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson
- 2003 · Elf as Santa
- 2003 · The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
- 2003 · Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice)
- 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 Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- 2002 · The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator
- 2002 · Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII
- 2001 · The Animal as Chief Wilson
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mr. Weiner
- 2000 · Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom as Self
- 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 · Max Steel as Chuck Marshak (voice)
- 2000 · Bring Him Home as Geza
- 1999 · Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
- 1999 · The Bachelor as Gluckman
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Schultz
- 1999 · Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor
- 1999 · The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Steve Bellows (voice)
- 1999 · O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (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 · Hard Rain as Uncle Charlie
- 1997 · Academy Boyz as
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Earl Tucker
- 1997 · Johnny Bravo as
- 1997 · The Angry Beavers as
- 1997 · Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Matlin Pratt
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge Marcus Winnaker
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Stinky (voice)
- 1996 · Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator
- 1995 · Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno
- 1991 · Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself
- 1988 · A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman
- Future · Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 · Gargoyles as Jack Danforth (voice)
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Bud
- 1994 · ER as Dr. James McNulty
- 1994 · The Magic School Bus as (voice)
- 1994 · Down on the Waterfront as
- 1994 · Thunder Alley as Gil Jones
- 1994 · Duckman as Mort Sidelman (voice)
- 1994 · Heads as Ab Abbot
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · The X-Files as Maurice
- 1993 · Politically Incorrect as
- 1992 · Mad About You as Zigmund Klarik
- 1992 · Hearts Afire as George Lahti
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Roland Daggett (voice)
- 1992 · Fish Police as
- 1991 · JFK as Guy Bannister
- 1991 · Silent Motive as Sam
- 1991 · Dinosaurs as Evil Georgie (voice)
- 1991 · The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You as Charlie (voice)
- 1990 · The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Walter Kovacs
- 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
- 1990 · Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Editor (voice)
- 1989 · Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice)
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1987 · The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood as Self - Presenter
- 1987 · The Bronx Zoo as
- 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
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Lucky Jake
- 1985 · Tender Is the Night as Devereux Warren
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1983 · Daniel as Jacob Ascher
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Americas in Transition as Narrator
- 1982 · O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara
- 1981 · A Small Killing as Simon Shaber
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Edward Asner (uncredited)
- 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
- 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 · The Impostor as Barney West
- 1975 · Twigs as Phil
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1974 · The Wrestler as Frank Bass
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1971 · The Last Child as Barstow
- 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 · Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay
- 1970 · House on Greenapple Road as Sheriff Muntz
- 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 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · The Rat Patrol as Captain Friedrich
- 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
- 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 · The New Girl as Kurt Harden
- 1957 · The Night America Trembled as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
- Future · A Man and His Prostate as
- Future · Everbrook (The Home) as
- 1960 · J-24 as
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Fedor Bartok
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Frank
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Jimmy Canada
- 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
- 1952 · Omnibus as
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1948 · Studio One as Actor #3
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter