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Ed Asner
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born November 15, 1929Died August 29, 2021 (91 years)
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.
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Filmography
2025 | The Gettysburg Address · as Edward Everett (voice) |
2025 | Corsi: The World's First Super Model · as The New York Times |
2024 | Altered Reality · as Mike Wilson |
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 (TV Series) · as Mr. Holmes |
2021 | Dug Days (TV Series) · as Carl (voice) |
2021 | Senior Entourage · as Ed |
2020 | Tiger Within · as Samuel |
2020 | |
2020 | |
2020 | Rain Beau's End · as Gunny |
2020 | Royalties (TV Series) · as Hal |
2020 | Central Park (TV Series) · as Ambrose (voice) |
2020 | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters · as Dr. Howard Arden |
2019 | The Garden Left Behind · as Dr. Cleary |
2019 | Miracle in the Valley · as Judge Mordecai Price |
2019 | The Tattooed Torah · as Narrator |
2019 | Briarpatch (TV Series) · as James Staghorne Sr. |
2019 | Dead to Me (TV Series) · as Abe Rifkin |
2019 | Faith, Hope & Love · as Harry Karetas |
2019 | Doom Patrol (TV Series) · 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 | Still Waiting in the Wings · as Jefferson |
2018 | Cobra Kai (TV Series) · as Sid Weinberg |
2018 | Ballmastrz: 9009 (TV Series) · as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice) |
2018 | Eva: A-7063 · as Narrator (voice) |
2017 | |
2017 | A StoryBots Christmas · as Santa |
2017 | Saving Christmas · as Rick |
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 | |
2017 | |
2017 | Joe's War · as Harry |
2017 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths · as Wilhelm Müller |
2016 | Stars in Shorts: No Ordinary Love · as George |
2016 | MacGyver (2016) (TV Series) · as Saul |
2016 | Behind the Fear · as Narrator |
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 | The Nutcracker Sweet · as Owl (voice) |
2015 | Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as Howard Jay |
2015 | All of My Heart · as Vern |
2015 | Pacific Edge · as Roy |
2014 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas · as Santa (voice) |
2014 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special · as Mr. Wilson |
2014 | Frozen in Time · as Grandpa (voice) |
2014 | The Games Maker · as Nicholas Drago |
2014 | Chasing Life (TV Series) · as April's Grandfather |
2014 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical · as Jefferson |
2014 | Audrey · as Walt |
2013 | Christmas on the Bayou · as Papa Noel |
2013 | The Crazy Ones (TV Series) · as Mr. Finger |
2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Jack |
2013 | Forgive Me (TV Series) · as Bishop |
2013 | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero · as Bonta / Narrator |
2013 | Maron (TV Series) · as Marc's Dad |
2013 | Teen Titans Go! (TV Series) · as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) |
2013 | HIV, a Whole Different Story · as Narrator |
2013 | Second Chances · as Chief Buddy |
2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist · as Mr. Carson |
2012 | Elephant Sighs · as Leo |
2012 | Men at Work (TV Series) · as Bob |
2012 | Foodfight! · as Mr. Leonard (voice) |
2012 | Should've Been Romeo · as Charlie |
2012 | |
2011 | |
2011 | Identical · as Yaakov Washington |
2011 | Let Go · as Artie |
2011 | |
2011 | Michael: Every Day (TV Series) · as Dr. Wasserman |
2011 | Hopelessly in June · as Rabbi |
2011 | Too Big to Fail · as Warren Buffett |
2011 | All-Star Superman · as Perry White (voice) |
2011 | Working Class (TV Series) · as Hank Greziak |
2010 | Not Another B Movie · as Angry Investor |
2010 | The Desert of Forbidden Art · as Voice |
2010 | Young Justice (TV Series) · as Kent Nelson (voice) |
2010 | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse · as Granny Goodness (voice) |
2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Chuck Kennedy |
2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (TV Series) · as August March |
2010 | Regular Show (TV Series) · as Santa Claus (voice) |
2010 | The Glades (TV Series) · as Dr. Ted Hardy |
2010 | Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Jameson |
2009 | Dug's Special Mission · as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) |
2009 | The Middle (TV Series) · as Ben |
2009 | The Cleveland Show (TV Series) |
2009 | Modern Family (TV Series) · as Herschel |
2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Guy Redmayne |
2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Ted Roth |
2009 | Up · as Carl Fredricksen (voice) |
2009 | The Line (TV Series) |
2009 | Star-ving (TV Series) · as Mr. Lipschitz And His Twin Mr. Lipschitz |
2008 | Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage · as Sidney |
2008 | Generation Gap · as Bart Cahill |
2008 | Gigantic · as Kirby Weathersby |
2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Series) · as Ben Parker (voice) |
2008 | |
2008 | Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series) · as Kris Kringle |
2007 | Hard Four · as Golden Hands Segal |
2007 | Christmas Is Here Again · as Krad (voice) |
2007 | WordGirl (TV Series) · as Kid Potato |
2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. (TV Series) · as Mickey Doyle |
2007 | |
2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program (TV Series) · as Commandant Von Reichenstein |
2007 | |
2006 | The Christmas Card · as Luke Spelman |
2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Wilson White |
2006 | The Heart Specialist · as Mr. Olson |
2005 | The Boondocks (TV Series) · as Ed Wuncler (voice) |
2005 | |
2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Roy Brooks |
2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Rufus Tucker |
2005 | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class · as Narrator |
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 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
2005 | All In · as Sweet Lou |
2004 | W.I.T.C.H. (TV Series) · as Napoleon |
2004 | Center of the Universe (TV Series) · as Art Barnett |
2004 | CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Abraham Klein |
2004 | Justice League Unlimited (TV Series) · as Granny Goodness (voice) |
2004 | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock · as J Jonah Jameson |
2004 | Happily Even After · as Judge Dreyfus |
2003 | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure · as Uncle Nick |
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 | Missing Brendan · as George Calden |
2003 | Duck Dodgers (TV Series) · as Guard Captain |
2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (TV Series) · as Officer Barr (voice) |
2003 | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay · as Augie Sinclair |
2003 | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man · as J. Jonah Jameson (voice) |
2003 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (TV Series) · as Mr. Voorhees |
2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas · as Charles Gilbert |
2002 | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown · as J. Jonah Jameson |
2002 | The Dead Zone (TV Series) · as Marty Bracknell |
2002 | Teamo Supremo (TV Series) · as Mr. Large |
2002 | Pope John XXIII · as Angelo Roncalli |
2002 | Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII · as Jean Xxiii |
2002 | Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad · as Thomas Garrett |
2002 | The Second Front · as Narrator |
2001 | The Kid · as Dead Cat |
2001 | The Ellen Show (TV Series) · as Santa Claus |
2001 | In Search of Peace · as David Ben Gurion (voice) |
2001 | The Animal · as Chief Wilson |
2001 | Island Prey · as Jay Roth |
2000 | The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It · as Narrator |
2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Mr. Weiner |
2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (TV Series) · as Fixer (voice) |
2000 | Becoming Dick · as Davis Aldrich |
2000 | Above Suspicion · as Thomas O'claire |
2000 | Perfect Game · as Billy Hicks |
2000 | The Huntress (TV Series) |
2000 | Max Steel (TV Series) · as Chuck Marshak (voice) |
2000 | Common Ground · as Ira |
2000 | Bring Him Home · as Geza |
1999 | Olive, the Other Reindeer · as Santa Claus (voice) |
1999 | O' Christmas Tree · as Nutcracker (voice) |
1999 | The Bachelor · as Gluckman |
1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Martin Schultz |
1999 | Love and Action in Chicago · as Taylor |
1999 | The Sissy Duckling · as Father Duck (voice) |
1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series) · as Harvey |
1999 | The Hoop Life (TV Series) · as Coach |
1999 | SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) · as Angry Old Timer |
1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Steve Bellows (voice) |
1999 | Our Friend, Martin · as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) |
1998 | Maggie Winters (TV Series) |
1998 | The Wild Thornberrys (TV Series) · as Frank Hunter (voice) |
1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Mentor (voice) |
1998 | More Tales of the City (TV Series) · as Jack Lederer |
1998 | The Closer (1998) (TV Series) |
1998 | Hard Rain · as Uncle Charlie |
1998 | Ask Harriet (TV Series) · as Old Man Russell |
1997 | A Christmas Carol · as Marley (voice) |
1997 | |
1997 | Men In Black: The Series (TV Series) · as Cast |
1997 | Dharma & Greg (TV Series) · as Earl Tucker |
1997 | Zorro (1997) (TV Series) · as Cast |
1997 | The Long Way Home · as George Patton / Immigrant To Usa / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) |
1997 | Recess (TV Series) · as Thaddeus T. Third V |
1997 | Johnny Bravo (TV Series) |
1997 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann · as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) |
1997 | The Angry Beavers (TV Series) |
1997 | Soul Man (TV Series) · as Frank Weber |
1997 | Dog's Best Friend · as Jeep, The Sheep Dog (voice) |
1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Judge Marcus Winnaker |
1997 | Dead Man's Gun (TV Series) · as Jebusi Mckinney |
1997 | Payback · as Jack Patkanis |
1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Stinky (voice) |
1997 | The Fanatics · as Charlie Atwater |
1997 | Basil · as Alonzo |
1996 | The Story of Santa Claus · as Santa Claus (voice) |
1996 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press · as Reader - Seldes' Writings |
1996 | Sex and the Silver Screen (TV Series) · as Quote Reader |
1996 | Jumanji (TV Series) · as The Judge |
1996 | Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Granny Goodness (voice) |
1996 | Bruno the Kid (TV Series) · as Engineer |
1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as Daniel |
1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV Series) · as Von Romme (voice) |
1996 | Arli$$ (TV Series) |
1996 | Hanged on a Twisted Cross · as Narrator |
1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
1996 | Gone in the Night · as Det. John Waters |
1996 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (TV Series) · as Cast |
1995 | Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken · as Hudson (voice) |
1995 | Dumb and Dumber (TV Series) · as General |
1995 | Freakazoid! (TV Series) · as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) |
1995 | Svengoolie (TV Series) · as Lou Grant |
1995 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears · as Bruno |
1994 | Life with Louie (TV Series) · as Mr. Applegate |
1994 | Spider-Man: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as J. Jonah Jameson (voice) |
1994 | Gargoyles (TV Series) · as Hudson (voice) |
1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Bud |
1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Dr. James Mcnulty |
1994 | The Magic School Bus (TV Series) · as (voice) |
1994 | Thunder Alley (TV Series) · as Gil Jones |
1994 | Heads · as Ab Abbot |
1994 | Duckman (TV Series) |
1993 | |
1993 | Animaniacs (TV Series) · as Vern |
1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Maurice |
1993 | Bonkers (TV Series) · as Grumps |
1993 | Politically Incorrect (TV Series) |
1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
1992 | Mad About You (TV Series) · as Zigmund Klarik |
1992 | Hearts Afire (TV Series) · as George Lahti |
1992 | Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Roland Daggett (voice) |
1992 | Cruel Doubt (TV Series) · as Bill Osteen |
1992 | Fish Police (TV Series) |
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 | Switched at Birth (TV Series) · as Ted Marx |
1991 | Dinosaurs (TV Series) · as Evil Georgie (voice) |
1990 | |
1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV Series) · as Walter Kovacs |
1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Hoggish Greedly (voice) |
1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less · as Harvey Metcalfe |
1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Editor (voice) |
1989 | Happily Ever After · as Scowl The Owl (voice) |
1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) |
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 |
1987 | The Bronx Zoo (TV Series) |
1986 | The Christmas Star · as Horace Mcnickle |
1986 | Kate's Secret · as Dr. Resnick |
1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series) · as Joshua |
1985 | Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as Lucky Jake |
1985 | Tender Is the Night (TV Series) · as Devereux Warren |
1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
1984 | Anatomy of an Illness · as Norman Cousins |
1983 | A Case of Libel · as Robert Sloane |
1983 | Daniel · as Jacob Ascher |
1982 | Americas in Transition · as Narrator |
1982 | O'Hara's Wife · as Bob O'hara |
1981 | The Marva Collins Story · as Narrator (voice) |
1981 | A Small Killing · as Simon Shaber |
1981 | Fort Apache the Bronx · as Connolly |
1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Robert Sloane, Attorney |
1979 | The Family Man · as Eddie Madden |
1978 | The White Shadow (TV Series) · as Edward Asner (uncredited) |
1977 | The Gathering · as Adam |
1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Lou Grant |
1977 | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish · as Huey P. Long |
1977 | Roots (TV Series) · as Capt. Thomas Davies |
1976 | Gus · as Hank Cooper |
1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Series) · as Axel Jordache |
1975 | Hey, I'm Alive · as Ralph Flores |
1975 | Streetkill · as Peter Singleton |
1974 | Rhoda (TV Series) |
1974 | The Wrestler · as Frank Bass |
1973 | The Girl Most Likely to... · as Det. Ralph Varone |
1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
1973 | Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Det. Ed Ames |
1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich · as Al Hunsicker |
1972 | |
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 | Cade's County (TV Series) · as Nick Grainger |
1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
1970 | Halls of Anger · as Ernie Mckay |
1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf · as Dr. Morheim |
1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Lou Grant |
1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! · as Woody Garfield |
1970 | House on Greenapple Road · as Sheriff Muntz |
1970 | Do Not Throw Cushions Into the Ring · as The Agent |
1969 | Daughter of the Mind · as Saul Wiener |
1969 | Change of Habit · as Lt. Moretti |
1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
1968 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) · as Matt Balter |
1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Harry Loring |
1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Vince Leonard |
1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as August March |
1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Capt. Paul Wyatt |
1967 | Gunn · as Lt. Jacoby |
1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Harry Ferguson |
1966 | El Dorado · as Bart Jason |
1966 | The Doomsday Flight · as Feldman |
1966 | The Venetian Affair · as Frank Rosenfeld |
1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as George Simpson |
1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) |
1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Ned Morley |
1966 | The Rat Patrol (TV Series) · as Captain Friedrich |
1965 | The Slender Thread · as Det. Judd Ridley |
1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Furman Crotty |
1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Pete Zacharias |
1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV Series) |
1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Carl Cappi |
1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Sam Chance |
1965 | The Satan Bug · as Henchman Veretti |
1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Oliver E. Wells |
1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as Frank Radcliff |
1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Brynov |
1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene · as Pike |
1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
1963 | Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Paul Berg |
1963 | The Richard Boone Show (TV Series) · as Harry Forman |
1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Pablo Vasquez |
1963 | The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) · as George Chase |
1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Roy Malinek |
1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo |
1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Humphries |
1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) |
1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) |
1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) · as Kapp |
1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Phil Granger |
1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Jack Stander |
1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as George Johnson |
1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) · as Dr. Everett Colner |
1962 | Kid Galahad · as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) |
1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Daniel Stryker |
1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) · as Jerome Lynch |
1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) |
1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Frank Williams |
1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Dave Keller |
1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Harry Obermayer |
1960 | |
1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Bernie |
1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as The Sheriff |
1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Fedor Bartok |
1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Lt. Vincent Busti |
1957 | Decoy (TV Series) · as Sergeant |
1957 | The Night America Trembled · as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner) |
1957 | The Defender (Studio One) · as Juror (uncredited) |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Warden Bragan |
1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Redmond |
1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Jonathan Swift |
1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Horace Mcnickle |
1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Actor #3 |
1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |