Ed Asner
Born: 1929-11-15 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: 2021-08-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice)
2024
- Altered Reality as Mike Wilson
2023
- Carl's Date as Carl (voice)
- Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud
2022
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2021
- Blood as The Prophet
- Senior Entourage as Ed
- Muppets Haunted Mansion as Ghost of Claude
- Dug Days as Carl (voice)
- Back Home Again as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
- Captain Daddy as Grampa (voice)
- The Premise as Mr. Holmes
- Scarlett
2020
- Central Park as Ambrose (voice)
- M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden
- The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary
- Rain Beau's End as Gunny
- SEVEN
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self
- Tiger Within as Samuel
- Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Doom Patrol as Hospital Patient
- Dead to Me as Abe Rifkin
- In Vino as Charles
- Faith, Hope & Love as Harry Karetas
2018
- Cobra Kai as Sid Weinberg
- Olympia as Himself
- The Parting Glass as Tommy
- Angels on Tap as Swifty
- Ballmastrz: 9009 as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
- Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo
- All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern
- Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice)
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson
- LA DA Story as Self (archive footage)
- Ed Asner's Oral History as Self - Interviewee
2017
- Saving Christmas as Rick
- And the Winner Isn't as Self
- Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! as Santa
- Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice)
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez (voice)
- A StoryBots Christmas as Santa
- Joe's War as Harry
- All of My Heart: Inn Love as Vern
- CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! as Arthur (voice)
- The Gliksmans as Moshe
2016
- MacGyver as Saul
- Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan
- Love Meet Hope as Mr. James
- Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall
- Super Sex as George
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager
- Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller
- Behind the Fear as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Grace and Frankie as Howard Jay
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl (voice)
- A Merry Murdoch Christmas as Kris Kringle
- All of My Heart as Vern
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
- Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts as Self
- I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Himself
2014
- Chasing Life as April's grandfather
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice)
- Audrey as Walt
- Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson
- Frozen in Time as Grandpa (voice)
- I Know That Voice as Self
- The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago
2013
- Teen Titans Go! as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
- Mom as Jack
- Second Chances as Chief Buddy
- American Road as Walt Whitman
- The Crazy Ones as Mr. Finger
- Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel
- Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
- Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Mr Wilson
2012
- Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson
- Casting By as Self
- Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice)
- Liberator as President Whitlock
- Men At Work as Bob
- Autism and Cake as Fred
- Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- Should've Been Romeo as Charlie
- Elephant Sighs as Leo
2011
- Identical as Yaakov Washington
- Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett
- All Star Superman as Perry White (voice)
- Good Men as Morty
- Absolute Killers
- Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor
- Working Class as Hank Greziak
- Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays as Dr. Wasserman
- Let Go as Artie
- The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
- Hopelessly in June as Rabbi
- The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror as Narrator
- Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 as Himself
2010
- Regular Show as Santa Claus (voice)
- Hawaii Five-0 as August March
- Young Justice as Kent Nelson (voice)
- Hot in Cleveland as Jameson
- Superman/Batman: Apocalypse as Granny Goodness (voice)
- The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2009
- Modern Family as Herschel
- The Good Wife as Guy Redmayne
- The Middle as Ben
- Up as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- The Cleveland Show
- Christmas Dreams as Jerry
- Dug's Special Mission as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
- The Line
- Up: Upisodes as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2008
- The Spectacular Spider-Man as Ben Parker (voice)
- Generation Gap as Bart Cahill
- Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby
- Shatner's Raw Nerve as Self
- Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union as Narrator (Voice)
- Christmas Cottage as Sidney
- Channels as Ed Packard
- Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
2007
- The Sarah Silverman Program. as Commandant Von Reichenstein
- Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice)
- Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal
- From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
- Andy Barker, P.I. as Mickey Doyle
- The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2006
- The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Wilson White
2005
- Bones as Rufus Tucker
- American Dad! as Narrator (voice)
- The Boondocks as Ed Wuncler (voice)
- Crab Orchard
- Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as J. Jonah Jameson
- Out of the Woods as Jack Green
- Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class as Narrator
- Sir! No Sir! as Col. Heinl
- Sleeping Dogs Lie as Sheriff Delaney
- The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror as Himself
2004
- CSI: NY as Abraham Klein
- Justice League Unlimited as Hephaestus (voice)
- Missing Brendan as George Calden
- Center of the Universe as Art Barnett
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson
2003
- Elf as Santa
- The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Officer Barr (voice)
- Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Uncle Nick
- The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Augie Sinclair
- Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice)
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
2002
- The Dead Zone as Marty Bracknell
- The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert
- Pope John XXIII as Angelo Roncalli
- Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson
- Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII
- The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator
2001
- The Animal as Chief Wilson
- Island Prey as Jay Roth
- In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice)
- Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Dead Cat
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Mr. Weiner
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Fixer (voice)
- Common Ground as Ira
- Perfect Game as Billy Hicks
- The Huntress
- Max Steel as Chuck Marshak (voice)
- A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle ... (Executive Producer)
- Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom as Self
- Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich
- Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire
- Bring Him Home as Geza
- The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Schultz
- Family Guy as Steve Bellows (voice)
- The Bachelor as Gluckman
- Olive, the Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice)
- The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice)
- Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
- Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor
- Snowden's Christmas as (voice)
- O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (voice)
1998
- The Wild Thornberrys as Frank Hunter (voice)
- Hercules as Mentor (voice)
- Hard Rain as Uncle Charlie
- Maggie Winters
- More Tales of the City as Jack Lederer
- The Closer
1997
- King of the Hill as Stinky (voice)
- The Practice as Judge Matlin Pratt
- Johnny Bravo
- The Angry Beavers
- Dharma & Greg as Earl Tucker
- A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice)
- Payback as Jack Patkanis
- Academy Boyz
- The Fumbleheads as Charlie Atwater
- Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
- The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
- The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Granny Goodness (voice)
- Arli$$
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Von Romme (voice)
- Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters
- Bruno the Kid as The Engineer (voice)
- E! True Hollywood Story
- The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice)
- Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator
1995
- Freakazoid! as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
- Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice)
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno
- Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1994
- ER as Dr. James McNulty
- Touched by an Angel as Bud
- Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- Gargoyles as Hudson (voice)
- Duckman as Mort Sidelman (voice)
- The Magic School Bus as Gen. Aranius (voice)
- Heads as Ab Abbot
- Down on the Waterfront
- Thunder Alley as Gil Jones
1993
- The X-Files as Maurice
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- Gypsy as Charles Thompson
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- Politically Incorrect
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Roland Daggett (voice)
- Mad About You as Zigmund Klarik
- Hearts Afire as George Lahti
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- Fish Police
- Cruel Doubt as Bill Osteen
1991
- Dinosaurs as Evil Georgie (voice)
- JFK as Guy Bannister
- Silent Motive as Sam
- Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell
- Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier ... (Thanks)
- Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself
- The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You as Charlie (voice)
- Switched at Birth as Ted Marx
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
- Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- The Cops Are Robbers
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Walter Kovacs
1989
- The Simpsons as Editor (voice)
- Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice)
1988
- A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman
- Moon Over Parador as Self
- Roseanne
1987
- Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice)
- Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens
- The Bronx Zoo
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood as Self - Presenter
1986
- Vital Signs as Matthew St James
- The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle
- Darlin' Clementine as Lucky Jake
- Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Joshua (voice)
- Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick
1985
- Tall Tales & Legends as Lucky Jake
- Tender Is the Night as Devereux Warren
- Off the Rack as Sam Waltman
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- Highway to Heaven
- Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins
- Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Daniel as Jacob Ascher
- A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane
1982
- O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Americas in Transition as Narrator
1981
- Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly
- A Small Killing as Simon Shaber
- The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice)
1979
- The Family Man as Eddie Madden
1978
- The White Shadow as Edward Asner (uncredited)
- Mickey's 50 as Self
- A Different Approach
- NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- The Good Doctor as Various Roles
1977
- Lou Grant as Lou Grant
- Roots as Thomas Davies
- The Gathering as Adam
- The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish as Huey P. Long
1976
- Gus as Hank Cooper
- Rich Man, Poor Man as Axel Jordache
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- The Impostor as Barney West
- Death Scream as Peter Singleton
- The Impersonation Murder Case as Dt. Ed Ames
- Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores
- Twigs as Phil
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Rhoda
- The Wrestler as Frank Bass
1973
- Match Game as Self
- Police Story
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- The Girl Most Likely To... as Det. Ralph Varone
1972
- Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker
- Sam Cade
1971
- Great Performances
- Skin Game as Plunkett
- They Call It Murder as Chief Otto Larkin
- The Todd Killings as Fred Reardon
- The Last Child as Barstow
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- House on Greenapple Road as Sheriff Muntz
- Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay
- The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim
1969
- Medical Center
- Change of Habit as Lt. Moretti
- Daughter of the Mind as Saul Wiener
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as August March
- The Name of the Game as Cesare Marino
- The Mod Squad
1967
- Ironside
- The Invaders as Taugus
- Gunn as Lt. Jacoby
- The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld
1966
- Mission: Impossible as George Simpson
- Felony Squad
- El Dorado as Bart Jason
- The Rat Patrol as Captain Friedrich
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as George Kramer
- CBS Playhouse
- The Doomsday Flight as Feldman
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Furman Crotty
- The F.B.I. as John Carl Brock
- Run for Your Life as Carl Cappi
- The Satan Bug as Henchman Veretti
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies
- The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley
1964
- Profiles in Courage as Oliver E. Wells
- Slattery's People as Frank Radcliff
- Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike
1963
- The Fugitive as Roy Malinek
- Burke's Law as Pablo Vasquez
- The Outer Limits as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Mr. Novak as Harmon Stern
- The Lieutenant
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Virginian as George Johnson
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jack Stander
- Sam Benedict as Dr. Everett Colner
- Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
- Stoney Burke as Kapp
- The Eleventh Hour
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Frank Williams
- The Defenders as Tim Sellers
- Cain's Hundred as Dave Keller
- The Murder Men as Dave Keller
- Target: The Corruptors!
1960
- Route 66
- Outlaws
- The New Girl as Kurt Harden
- J-24
1959
- The Untouchables as Fedor Bartok
1958
- Naked City as Lt. Vincent Busti
1957
- The Night America Trembled as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
- Decoy as Sergeant
- The Defender (Studio One) as Juror (uncredited)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955
- Gunsmoke as Sgt. Wilks
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Warden Bragan
1952
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1948
- Studio One as Actor #3
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee