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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Dead Zone
  • Highway to Heaven
  • Gypsy
  • Route 66
  • Christmas on the Bayou
  • The Long Way Home
  • Faith, Hope & Love
  • Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
  • CarGo
  • Above Suspicion
  • In Vino
  • Hearts Afire
  • Bruno the Kid
  • Crab Orchard
  • Channels
  • Still Waiting in the Wings
  • Honor Amongst Men
  • Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure
  • Behind the Fear
  • A Man and His Prostate
  • Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

Known For

  • Up
  • Elf
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • The Animal
  • Hard Rain
  • Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
  • Gargoyles
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  • The Bachelor
  • Lou Grant
  • Freakazoid!
  • All-Star Superman
  • Carl's Date
  • Fort Apache the Bronx
  • El Dorado
  • Dug Days
  • The Christmas Card
  • Gigantic
  • Gus
  • Too Big to Fail
  • Dug's Special Mission
  • Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  • Rich Man, Poor Man
  • Foodfight!

Featured Videos

    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
    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
    2018
    2018
    Angels on Tap · as Swifty
    2018
    The Parting Glass · as Tommy
    2018
    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
    2017
    Saving Christmas · as Rick
    2017
    The Gliksmans · as Moshe
    2017
    2017
    Yamasong: March of the Hollows · as Elder Pyreez (voice)
    2017
    In Vino · as Charles
    2017
    CarGo · as Arthur (voice)
    2017
    Joe's War · as Harry
    2017
    Titanic: Sinking the Myths · as Wilhelm Müller
    2016
    2016
    MacGyver (2016) (TV Series) · as Saul
    2016
    2016
    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
    2014
    Frozen in Time · as Grandpa (voice)
    2014
    The Games Maker · as Nicholas Drago
    2014
    Chasing Life (TV Series) · as April's Grandfather
    2014
    2014
    Audrey · as Walt
    2013
    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
    2013
    Second Chances · as Chief Buddy
    2012
    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
    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
    2008
    Generation Gap · as Bart Cahill
    2008
    Gigantic · as Kirby Weathersby
    2008
    The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Series) · as Ben Parker (voice)
    2008
    Channels · as Ed Packard
    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
    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
    2003
    Elf · as Santa
    2003
    The Commission · as Capt. J.w. 'will' Fritz
    2003
    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
    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
    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
    2002
    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
    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
    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
    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
    1996
    1996
    Gone in the Night · as Det. John Waters
    1996
    1995
    1995
    Dumb and Dumber (TV Series) · as General
    1995
    Freakazoid! (TV Series) · as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
    1995
    Svengoolie (TV Series) · as Lou Grant
    1995
    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
    Gypsy · as Charles Thompson
    1993
    Animaniacs (TV Series) · as Vern
    1993
    The X-Files (TV Series) · as Maurice
    1993
    Bonkers (TV Series) · as Grumps
    1993
    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
    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
    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
    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
    1985
    Tall Tales and Legends (TV Series) · as Lucky Jake
    1985
    Tender Is the Night (TV Series) · as Devereux Warren
    1984
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    1963
    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
    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
    Route 66 (TV Series) · as Second Man
    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

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