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
| Birth Location | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929-11-15 |
| Died | 2021-08-29 |
Movies
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
2024
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
2023
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2022
2021
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
2021
Senior Entourage
as Ed
2021
Tiger Within
as Samuel
2020
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
2020
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
2020
In Vino
as Charles
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
2019
Olympia
as Himself
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
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
2018
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
2017
2017
Saving Christmas
as Rick
2017
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez
2017
CarGo
as Arthur (voice)
2017
Joe's War
as Harry
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
2017
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self
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
2016
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
2015
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
2015
All of My Heart
as Vern
2015
The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
2015
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
2014
I Know That Voice
as Self
2014
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
2013
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
2013
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator
2013
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
2013
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
as Mr. Carson
2012
Casting By
as Self
2012
Autism and Cake
as Fred
2012
Liberator
as President Whitlock
2012
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
Elephant Sighs
as Leo
2012
Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
2012
Let Go
as Artie
2011
2011
Good Men
as Morty
2011
Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor
2011
2011
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
2011
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
2011
All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
2011
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Up
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill
2008
Christmas Cottage
as Sidney
2008
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
2008
Channels
as Ed Packard
2008
Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
2007
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
2007
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
2006
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
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
2004
Missing Brendan
as George Calden
2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as J Jonah Jameson
2004
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
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
2003
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
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
as Narrator
2002
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
as Pape Jean XXIII
2002
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
as Jean XXIII
2002
Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
2002
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
as Dead Cat
2001
In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
2001
Island Prey
as Jay Roth
2001
Becoming Dick
as Davis Aldrich
2000
Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire
2000
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
2000
Common Ground
as Ira
2000
Bring Him Home
as Geza
2000
Snowden's Christmas
as (voice)
1999
Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
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)
1999
Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
1998
A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice)
1997
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
1997
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
1996
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
as Narrator
1996
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Bruno
1995
Heads
as Ab Abbot
1994
Gypsy
as Pop
1993
JFK: (Director's Cut)
as Guy Banister
1993
1993
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
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
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as Himself
1991
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
as Harvey Metcalfe
1990
Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
1989
Moon Over Parador
as Self
1988
A Friendship in Vienna
as Opah Oskar Reikman
1988
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Scalawag (voice)
1987
Cracked Up
as Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
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
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
1984
Anatomy of an Illness
as Norman Cousins
1984
A Case of Libel
as Robert Sloane
1983
Daniel
as Jacob Ascher
1983
Americas in Transition
as Narrator
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
O'Hara's Wife
as Bob O'Hara
1982
The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
1981
A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
1981
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
1981
The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
1979
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
1978
1978
The Gathering
as Adam
1977
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
1977
Gus
as Hank Cooper
1976
Hey, I'm Alive
as Ralph Flores
1975
Death Scream
as Peter Singleton
1975
The Impersonation Murder Case
as Dt. Ed Ames
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
The Impostor
as Barney West
1975
Twigs
as Phil
1975
The Wrestler
as Frank Bass
1974
The Girl Most Likely to...
as Det. Ralph Varone
1973
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Al Hunsicker
1972
1972
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
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
1970
Daughter of the Mind
as Saul Wiener
1969
Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti
1969
Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
1967
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
1967
El Dorado
as Bart Jason
1966
The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman
1966
The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley
1965
The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
1965
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Pike
1964
Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
The Murder Men
as Dave Keller
1961
1960
The New Girl
as Kurt Harden
1960
The Defender (Studio One)
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
-
Blood
as The Prophet
-
Movies
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
In Memory Of
2022
Back Home Again
In Memory Of
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
In Memory Of
2021
Let Go
Executive Producer
2011
