Ed Asner
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Asner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 15, 1929 In Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 157
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Defender (Studio One) 1957-02-25
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
| Movie | Altered Reality | Mike Wilson | 2024-02-16 |
| Movie | A Fargo Christmas Story | Popcorn Bud | 2023-12-02 |
| Movie | Senior Entourage | Ed | 2021-05-03 |
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary | 2020-08-28 |
| Movie | Rain Beau's End | Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
| Movie | Soul | 22 "I could sound like this if I wanted to" (voice) (uncredited) | 2020-12-25 |
| Series | Donald Duck's 50th Birthday | Himself | 2018 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl (voice) | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Audrey | Walt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Bonta / Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Elephant Sighs | Leo | 2012-06-12 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Liberator | President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Identical | Yaakov Washington | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman | 2006-12-02 |
| Movie | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror | Himself | 2005-07-15 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Elf | Santa | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-27 |
| Movie | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Uncle Nick | 2003-12-20 |
| Movie | Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Father Duck (voice) | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) | 1997-04-30 |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
| Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson (voice) | 1995-02-15 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | 1995-09-09 | |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Movie | Down on the Waterfront | 1994-04-26 | |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Charles Thompson | 1993-12-12 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| Movie | The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 | |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Self | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Matthew St James | 1986-02-11 |
| Movie | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Joshua (voice) | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Kate's Secret | Dr. Resnick | 1986-11-17 |
| Movie | The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle | 1986-12-14 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Tender is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | Koyaanisqatsi | Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-04-27 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | A Different Approach | 1978-01-01 | |
| Movie | Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-21 |
| Series | Roots | 1977-01-23 | |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
| Movie | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | The Wrestler | Frank Bass | 1974-04-28 |
| Movie | The Girl Most Likely To... | Det. Ralph Varone | 1973-11-06 |
| Movie | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | 1972-09-20 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | 1966-12-13 |
| Movie | El Dorado | Bart Jason | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
| Series | Slattery's People | 1964-09-21 | |
| Movie | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 1962-11-29 |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-02-25 |