Ed Asner
Acting
Born: November 15, 1929 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: August 29, 2021 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Up
2009
The Simpsons
1989
Cobra Kai
2018
Family Guy
1999
Elf
2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The X-Files
1993
Bones
2005
Modern Family
2009
JFK
1991
American Dad!
2005
Regular Show
2010
Photos (5)
Movies (183)
Carl's Date
Carl (voice)
Up
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Grandpa (voice)
Hard Rain
Uncle Charlie
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Ghost of Claude
The Satan Bug
Henchman Veretti
Elf
Santa
The Animal
Chief Wilson
El Dorado
Bart Jason
Dug's Special Mission
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
JFK
Guy Bannister
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Vern
Too Big to Fail
Warren Buffett
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Mr. Carson
The Bachelor
Gluckman
Happily Ever After
Scowl the Owl (voice)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Santa (voice)
Altered Reality
Mike Wilson
Kid Galahad
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
Faith, Hope & Love
Harry Karetas
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Sir! No Sir!
Col. Heinl
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Woody Garfield
All Star Superman
Perry White (voice)
Foodfight!
Mr. Leonard (voice)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Granny Goodness (voice)
The Long Way Home
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Christmas Cottage
Sidney
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Elder Pyreez (voice)
The Christmas Card
Luke Spelman
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Vern
Haunts of the Very Rich
Al Hunsicker
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Connolly
Kate's Secret
Dr. Resnick
They Call It Murder
Chief Otto Larkin
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Uncle Nick
Death Scream
Peter Singleton
A Christmas Carol
Marley (voice)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Dr. Morheim
Payback
Jack Patkanis
The Parting Glass
Tommy
The Girl Most Likely To...
Det. Ralph Varone
Becoming Dick
Davis Aldrich
Skin Game
Plunkett
Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli
Gypsy
Charles Thompson
The Venetian Affair
Frank Rosenfeld
A StoryBots Christmas
Santa
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Arthur (voice)
Gigantic
Kirby Weathersby
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
Daniel
Jacob Ascher
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Santa Claus (voice)
Let Go
Artie
Absolute Killers
2011
Above Suspicion
Thomas O'Claire
Change of Habit
Lt. Moretti
Generation Gap
Bart Cahill
The Christmas Star
Horace McNickle
The Marva Collins Story
Narrator (voice)
Out of the Woods
Jack Green
Tiger Within
Samuel
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Augie Sinclair
Rain Beau's End
Gunny
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Charles Gilbert
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Edward P. Mitchell
Christmas on the Bayou
Papa Noel
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Scalawag (voice)
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Bonta / Narrator (voice)
Gus
Hank Cooper
The Murder Men
Dave Keller
The Slender Thread
Det. Judd Ridley
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
All of My Heart
Vern
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Super Sex
George
The Gathering
Adam
SEVEN
2020
The Todd Killings
Fred Reardon
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Hudson (voice)
Christmas Is Here Again
Krad (voice)
The Defender (Studio One)
Juror (uncredited)
Our Friend, Martin
Mr. Harris (voice)
The Games Maker
Nicholas Drago
Love Finds You in Valentine
Gabriel Morgan
Gone in the Night
Det. John Waters
Getting Ed Laid
Ed Randall
The Doomsday Flight
Feldman
The Sissy Duckling
Father Duck (voice)
Hopelessly in June
Rabbi
Eva: A-7063
Narrator (voice)
Dog's Best Friend
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
Back Home Again
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett (voice)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bruno
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
J Jonah Jameson (voice)
Daughter of the Mind
Saul Wiener
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Narrator (Voice)
The Nutcracker Sweet
Owl (voice)
Joe's War
Harry
O'Hara's Wife
Bob O'Hara
The Night America Trembled
3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
Heads
Ab Abbot
Common Ground
Ira
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Second Chances
Chief Buddy
The Story of Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
A Friendship in Vienna
Opah Oskar Reikman
Anatomy of an Illness
Norman Cousins
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Halls of Anger
Ernie McKay
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Not Another B Movie
Angry Investor
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Jefferson
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
Dr. Howard Arden
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Mr Wilson
O' Christmas Tree
Nutcracker (voice)
The Family Man
Eddie Madden
Christmas Dreams
Jerry
Channels
Ed Packard
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Dead Cat
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Kris Kringle
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Charlie (voice)
A Case of Libel
Robert Sloane
The Commission
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Love and Action in Chicago
Taylor
Island Prey
Jay Roth
Audrey
Walt
Frozen in Time
Grandpa (voice)
Twigs
Phil
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
Gunn
Lt. Jacoby
Hard Four
Golden Hands Segal
Good Men
Morty
Snowden's Christmas
Big Daddy (voice)
The Garden Left Behind
Dr. Cleary
A Different Approach
1978
Perfect Game
Billy Hicks
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Huey P. Long
The Gliksmans
Moshe
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Narrator
Honor Amongst Men
Pop Halmo
Should've Been Romeo
Charlie
The Last Child
Barstow
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Pike
Bury Me in Armor
Dimitry George
House on Greenapple Road
Sheriff Muntz
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Adult Walter (voice)
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Santa
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
A Man and His Prostate
2021
Bring Him Home
Geza
In Vino
Charles
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Narrator
Down on the Waterfront
1994
Angels on Tap
Swifty
Crab Orchard
2005
Hey, I'm Alive
Ralph Flores
A Fargo Christmas Story
Popcorn Bud
Love Meet Hope
Mr. James
Silent Motive
Sam
A Small Killing
Simon Shaber
Saving Christmas
Rick
The Fumbleheads
Charlie Atwater
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Narrator (voice)
Autism and Cake
Fred
The Wrestler
Frank Bass
Identical
Yaakov Washington
Senior Entourage
Ed
Sam Cade
1972
The Impersonation Murder Case
Dt. Ed Ames
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Corporate Manager
Missing Brendan
George Calden
In Search of Peace
David Ben Gurion (voice)
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Joshua (voice)
J-24
1960
Darlin' Clementine
Lucky Jake
The Impostor
Barney West
Elephant Sighs
Leo
Americas in Transition
Narrator
TV Shows (153)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Martin Schultz · 1 eps
The Simpsons
Editor (voice) · 1 eps
Family Guy
Steve Bellows (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Mailbox #2 (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Grandpa Smith (voice) · 1 eps
Bones
Rufus Tucker · 1 eps
Modern Family
Herschel · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
August March · 2 eps
Regular Show
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
Maurice · 1 eps
Teen Titans Go!
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Guy Redmayne · 2 eps
King of the Hill
Stinky (voice) · 2 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mr. Weiner · 1 eps
The Middle
Ben · 1 eps
ER
James McNulty · 3 eps
Ironside
Marlon Davis · 1 eps
CSI: NY
Abraham Klein · 1 eps
Batman: The Animated Series
Roland Daggett (voice) · 5 eps
Great Performances
1 eps
The Fugitive
Roy Malinek · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Sheriff Mayhew · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Joe Bantam · 1 eps
The Practice
Judge Matlin Pratt · 1 eps
The Practice
Marcus Winnaker · 3 eps
Young Justice
Kent Nelson (voice) · 1 eps
Mad About You
Zigmund Klarik · 3 eps
The Virginian
George Johnson · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
George Simpson · 1 eps
Cobra Kai
Sid Weinberg · 3 eps
Hawaii Five-O
August March · 1 eps
Mom
Jack · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Bud · 1 eps
Animaniacs
Vern (voice) · 1 eps
MacGyver
Saul · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jack Stander · 1 eps
Grace and Frankie
Howard Jay · 2 eps
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
Hot in Cleveland
Jameson · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
John Carl Brock · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Walter Gretzler · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Pete Zacharias · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Frank Williams · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Robert Sloane · 1 eps
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice) · 65 eps
The Boondocks
Ed Wuncler (voice) · 6 eps
The Dead Zone
Marty Bracknell · 1 eps
Dug Days
Carl (voice) · 5 eps
Studio One
Actor #3 · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Furman Crotty · 1 eps
Dinosaurs
Evil Georgie (voice) · 1 eps
Superman: The Animated Series
Granny Goodness (voice) · 4 eps
Johnny Bravo
1 eps
Doom Patrol
Hospital Patient · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Fedor Bartok · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Frank · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Jimmy Canada · 1 eps
Lou Grant
Lou Grant · 114 eps
Naked City
Lt. Vincent Busti · 2 eps
The Cleveland Show
4 eps
The Cleveland Show
Carl Fredricksen (voice) · 1 eps
The Cleveland Show
Walter (voice) · 1 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lou Grant · 168 eps
Route 66
5 eps
Route 66
Second Man · 1 eps
Gargoyles
Hudson (voice) · 78 eps
Arli$$
Lenny Crowley · 1 eps
The Defenders
Tim Sellers · 1 eps
The Defenders
Harry Obermayer · 1 eps
The Oscars
Carl Fredricksen (voice) · 1 eps
Hercules
Mentor (voice) · 1 eps
The Invaders
Taugus · 1 eps
The Invaders
Harry Ferguson · 1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Frank Hunter (voice) · 1 eps
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Fixer (voice) · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Pablo Vasquez · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
The Angry Beavers
1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Hephaestus (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Granny Goodness (voice) · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Cesare Marino · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Vince Leonard · 1 eps
Rhoda
2 eps
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Hoggish Greedly (voice) · 20 eps
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Von Romme (voice) · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Sgt. Wilks · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Redmond · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Carl Cappi · 1 eps
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Ben Parker (voice) · 1 eps
Duckman
Mort Sidelman (voice) · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Warden Bragan · 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
Earl Tucker · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
The Outer Limits
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo · 1 eps
Dead to Me
Abe Rifkin · 5 eps
Central Park
Ambrose (voice) · 2 eps
Felony Squad
2 eps
The Sarah Silverman Program
Commandant Von Reichenstein · 1 eps
Chasing Life
April's grandfather · 1 eps
The Magic School Bus
Gen. Aranius (voice) · 1 eps
Freakazoid!
Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) · 24 eps
Mr. Novak
Harmon Stern · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Paul Berg · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Hearts Afire
George Lahti · 12 eps
The Mod Squad
3 eps
The Mod Squad
Harry Loring · 1 eps
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Officer Barr (voice) · 5 eps
The Crazy Ones
Mr. Finger · 1 eps
The Rat Patrol
Captain Friedrich · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
1 eps
Sam Benedict
Dr. Everett Colner · 1 eps
Roots
Thomas Davies
Roots
Capt. Thomas Davies · 2 eps
Stoney Burke
Kapp · 1 eps
Men at Work
Bob · 1 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man
Axel Jordache · 12 eps
Decoy
Sergeant · 1 eps
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wilson White · 1 eps
The White Shadow
Edward Asner (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
George Kramer · 1 eps
Max Steel
Chuck Marshak (voice) · 13 eps
The Huntress
1 eps
Roseanne
1 eps
Dumb and Dumber
General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice) · 1 eps
The Lieutenant
1 eps
The Bronx Zoo
21 eps
The Eleventh Hour
1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Dave Keller · 1 eps
Ballmastrz: 9009
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice) · 1 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Lucky Jake · 1 eps
Center of the Universe
Art Barnett · 10 eps
Bruno the Kid
The Engineer (voice) · 1 eps
The Premise
Mr. Holmes · 1 eps
More Tales of the City
Jack Lederer · 1 eps
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Walter Kovacs · 16 eps
Thunder Alley
Gil Jones · 28 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
Andy Barker, P.I.
Mickey Doyle · 1 eps
Slattery's People
Frank Radcliff · 36 eps
Politically Incorrect
1 eps
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Wasserman · 12 eps
Fish Police
Chief Abalone (voice) · 6 eps
Working Class
Hank Greziak · 12 eps
Tender Is the Night
Devereux Warren · 2 eps
Cruel Doubt
Bill Osteen · 2 eps
Switched at Birth
Ted Marx · 2 eps
Off the Rack
Sam Waltman · 6 eps
Up: Upisodes
Carl Fredricksen (voice) · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (58)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Match Game
Self · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 2 eps
Celebrity Family Feud
Self · 1 eps
The Flip Wilson Show
Self · 1 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self · 1 eps
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self · 1 eps
Koyaanisqatsi
Self (archive footage)
Moon Over Parador
Self
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Self
Remembering Roots
Self
I Know That Voice
Self
Olympia
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
Casting By
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Himself
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Elf: Film School for Kids
Self
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Himself
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
Self
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Himself
