Ed Asner
Acting1929Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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
Acting History
2023
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
In Memory Of
Dead to Me
TVIn Memory Of• 1 eps
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
Blood
as The Prophet
Dug Days
TVas Carl (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
In Memory Of
2020
Soul
as 22 "I could sound like this if I wanted to" (voice) (uncredited)
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TVas Self
Ballmastrz: 9009
TVas Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)• 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Teen Titans Go!
TVas Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)• 1 eps
Modern Family
TVas Herschel• 1 eps
Central Park
TVas Ambrose (voice)• 2 eps
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
In Vino
as Charles
Doom Patrol
TVas Hospital Patient• 1 eps
Grace and Frankie
TVas Howard Jay• 2 eps
Dead to Me
TVas Abe Rifkin• 5 eps
2018
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
Olympia
as Himself
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
Cobra Kai
TVas Sid Weinberg• 3 eps
MacGyver
TVas Saul• 1 eps
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
Saving Christmas
as Rick
Joe's War
as Harry
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
Bones
TVas Rufus Tucker• 1 eps
2016
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
All of My Heart
as Vern
Celebrity Family Feud
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Guy Redmayne• 2 eps
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Jefferson
Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
I Know That Voice
as Self
Buddys Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
Audrey
as Walt
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
Chasing Life
TVas April's grandfather• 1 eps
Mom
TVas Jack• 1 eps
2013
American Road
as Walt Whitman
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Martin Schultz• 1 eps
The Crazy Ones
TVas Mr. Finger
2012
Home Alone 5: Alone in the Dark
as Mr. Carson
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
Liberator
as President Whitlock
Casting By
as Self
Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
Hot in Cleveland
TVas Jameson• 1 eps
The Middle
TVas Ben• 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas August March• 2 eps
Men at Work
TVas Bob
Regular Show
TVas Santa Claus (voice)• 1 eps
2011
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
Identical
as Yaakov Washington
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
Young Justice
TVas Kent Nelson (voice)• 1 eps
2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Granny Goodness (voice)
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TVas Commandant Von Reichenstein• 1 eps
The Oscars
TVas Carl Fredricksen (voice) / Self• 1 eps
American Dad!
TVas Narrator (voice) / TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) / Mailbox #2 (voice) / Grandpa Smith (voice)• 1 eps
Young Justice
TVIn Memory Of
2009
Up
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
CSI: NY
TVas Abraham Klein• 1 eps
2008
Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage
as Sidney
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
Channels
as Ed Packard
The Spectacular Spider-Man
TVas Ben Parker (voice)• 1 eps
Shatner's Raw Nerve
TVas Self
2007
Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
Andy Barker, P.I.
TVas Mickey Doyle
2006
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TVas Wilson White• 1 eps
2005
Sleeping Dogs Lie
as Sheriff Delaney
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
as Himself
Out of the Woods
as Jack Green
Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Boondocks
TVas Ed Wuncler (voice)• 3 eps
The Dead Zone
TVas Marty Bracknell• 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
TVas Granny Goodness (voice) / Hephaestus (voice)• 1 eps
2004
The Practice
TVas Judge Marcus Winnaker / Judge Matlin Pratt• 3 eps
2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Commission
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Elf
as Santa
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
TVas Officer Barr (voice)• 4 eps
ER
TVas Dr. James McNulty• 3 eps
2002
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Charles Gilbert
Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
2001
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys
TVas Frank Hunter (voice)• 1 eps
Dharma & Greg
TVas Earl Tucker• 1 eps
Family Guy
TVas Steve Bellows (voice)• 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TVas Mr. Weiner• 1 eps
King of the Hill
TVas Stinky (voice)• 2 eps
2000
Common Ground
as Ira
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
Touched by an Angel
TVas Bud• 1 eps
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TVas Fixer (voice)• 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
TVas Self• 2 eps
Max Steel
TVas Chuck Marshak (voice)
Arli$$
TVas Lenny Crowley• 1 eps
1999
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice)
The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (voice)
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
The Simpsons
TVas Editor (voice)• 1 eps
1998
Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
Superman: The Animated Series
TVas Granny Goodness (voice)• 4 eps
Hercules
TVas Mentor (voice)• 1 eps
More Tales of the City
TVas Jack Lederer
The X-Files
TVas Maurice• 1 eps
1997
A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice)
The Fumbleheads
as Charlie Atwater
The Long Way Home
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1996
The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
Mad About You
TVas Zigmund Klarik• 3 eps
The Magic School Bus
TVas Gen. Aranius (voice)• 1 eps
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TVas Von Romme (voice)• 1 eps
Bruno the Kid
TVas The Engineer (voice)
1995
Duckman
TVas Mort Sidelman (voice)• 1 eps
Freakazoid!
TVas Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)• 24 eps
Dinosaurs
TVas Evil Georgie (voice)• 1 eps
1994
1993
Gypsy
as Charles Thompson
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Roland Daggett (voice)• 5 eps
Hearts Afire
TVas George Lahti• 12 eps
Cruel Doubt
TVas Bill Osteen• 2 eps
1991
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TVas Hoggish Greedly (voice)• 20 eps
1989
Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
Reading Rainbow
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
1988
Moon Over Parador
as Self
1987
Cracked Up
as Rev. Vincent Owens
1986
Vital Signs
as Matthew St James
The Christmas Star
as Horace McNickle
Darlin' Clementine
as Lucky Jake
Tall Tales & Legends
TVas Lucky Jake• 1 eps
1985
Off the Rack
TVas Sam Waltman
1983
Daniel
as Jacob Ascher
1982
O'Hara's Wife
as Bob O'Hara
1981
A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
1980
The White Shadow
TVas Edward Asner (uncredited)• 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Winner• 1 eps
1979
The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
1977
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
The Gathering
as Adam
Roots
TVas Capt. Thomas Davies• 2 eps
Lou Grant
TVas Lou Grant• 114 eps
1976
Gus
as Hank Cooper
Rich Man, Poor Man
TVas Axel Jordache• 12 eps
1975
Hawaii Five-O
TVas August March• 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
1974
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Det. Ralph Varone
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TVas Self
Match Game
TVas Self
1972
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Al Hunsicker
1971
Skin Game
as Plunkett
1970
Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TVas Lou Grant• 168 eps
The Mod Squad
TVas Harry Loring• 1 eps
The Flip Wilson Show
TVas Self
1969
Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti
Daughter of the Mind
as Saul Wiener
The F.B.I.
TVas Pete Zacharias• 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas George Simpson• 1 eps
The Name of the Game
TVas Vince Leonard• 1 eps
1968
The Invaders
TVas Harry Ferguson• 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
TVas Furman Crotty• 1 eps
1967
Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
The Fugitive
TVas Joe Bantam• 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas George Kramer• 1 eps
1966
El Dorado
as Bart Jason
The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman
Gunsmoke
TVas Redmond• 1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Carl Cappi• 1 eps
The Rat Patrol
TVas Captain Friedrich• 1 eps
1965
The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley
Burke's Law
TVas Pablo Vasquez• 1 eps
Profiles in Courage
TVas President Ulysses S. Grant• 1 eps
Mr. Novak
TVas Paul Berg• 1 eps
1964
The Defenders
TVas Tim Sellers / Harry Obermayer• 1 eps
1963
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dr. Frank Williams• 1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo• 1 eps
Stoney Burke
TVas Kapp• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Jack Stander• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas George Johnson• 1 eps
1962
Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
Cain's Hundred
TVas Dave Keller• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
Sam Benedict
TVas Dr. Everett Colner• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Warden Bragan• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas Jimmy Canada / Fedor Bartok / Frank• 1 eps
1961
The Murder Men
as Dave Keller
Naked City
TVas Lt. Vincent Busti• 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self / Self - Co-Host
1960
Route 66
TVas Second Man• 1 eps
1958
1957
The Night America Trembled
as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
Studio One
TVas Actor #3• 1 eps
Decoy
TVas Sergeant