Ed Asner
Born
November 15, 1929
Died
August 29, 2021 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
Carl's Date
Carl (voice)
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2022
Scarlett
2021
Back Home Again
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Ghost of Claude
2021
Faith, Hope & Love
Harry Karetas
2019
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Arthur (voice)
2017
Joe's War
Harry
2017
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
Wilhelm Müller
2016
Super Sex
George
2016
Getting Ed Laid
Ed Randall
2016
Love Finds You in Valentine
Gabriel Morgan
2016
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
The Nutcracker Sweet
Owl (voice)
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Himself
2015
All of My Heart
Vern
2015
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Santa (voice)
2014
Christmas on the Bayou
Papa Noel
2013
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Mr Wilson
2013
American Road
Walt Whitman
2013
Autism and Cake
Fred
2012
Foodfight!
Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
Elephant Sighs
Leo
2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
2012
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
Narrator
2011
Identical
Yaakov Washington
2011
Too Big to Fail
Warren Buffett
2011
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Himself
2011
All Star Superman
Perry White (voice)
2011
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
Dug's Special Mission
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Up
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Narrator (Voice)
2008
Christmas Cottage
Sidney
2008
Gigantic
Kirby Weathersby
2008
Hard Four
Golden Hands Segal
2007
Christmas Is Here Again
Krad (voice)
2007
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007
The Christmas Card
Luke Spelman
2006
Crab Orchard
2005
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Himself
2005
Sir! No Sir!
Col. Heinl
2005
Out of the Woods
Jack Green
2005
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sheriff Delaney
2005
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
2004
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure
Uncle Nick
2003
Elf
Santa
2003
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Augie Sinclair
2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
2003
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Charles Gilbert
2002
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self
2002
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
Jean XXIII
2002
The Animal
Chief Wilson
2001
Above Suspicion
Thomas O'Claire
2000
Perfect Game
Billy Hicks
2000
Common Ground
Ira
2000
Bring Him Home
Geza
2000
Olive, The Other Reindeer
Santa Claus (voice)
1999
The Bachelor
Gluckman
1999
O' Christmas Tree
Nutcracker (voice)
1999
Hard Rain
Uncle Charlie
1998
A Christmas Carol
Marley (voice)
1997
Dog's Best Friend
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
1997
The Fumbleheads
Charlie Atwater
1997
The Story of Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
1996
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
Narrator
1996
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bruno
1995
Gypsy
Charles Thompson
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
JFK
Guy Bannister
1991
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Charlie (voice)
1991
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Moon Over Parador
Self
1988
The Christmas Star
Horace McNickle
1986
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Joshua (voice)
1986
Vital Signs
Matthew St James
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Daniel
Jacob Ascher
1983
The Marva Collins Story
Narrator (voice)
1981
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Connolly
1981
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
1978
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Huey P. Long
1977
Gus
Hank Cooper
1976
Hey, I'm Alive
Ralph Flores
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
1975
The Girl Most Likely To...
Det. Ralph Varone
1973
They Call It Murder
Chief Otto Larkin
1971
Skin Game
Plunkett
1971
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Dr. Morheim
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Woody Garfield
1970
Halls of Anger
Ernie McKay
1970
Daughter of the Mind
Saul Wiener
1969
Change of Habit
Lt. Moretti
1969
El Dorado
Bart Jason
1966
The Slender Thread
Det. Judd Ridley
1965
The Satan Bug
Henchman Veretti
1965
A Man and His Prostate
A Fargo Christmas Story
Popcorn Bud
2023
Tiger Within
Samuel
2020
The Games Maker
Nicholas Drago
2014
Audrey
Walt
2014
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Bonta / Narrator (voice)
2013
Second Chances
Chief Buddy
2013
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Mr. Carson
2012
Should've Been Romeo
Charlie
2012
Let Go
Artie
2011
Hopelessly in June
Rabbi
2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
2011
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010
Generation Gap
Bart Cahill
2008
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Narrator
2005
Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli
2002
Island Prey
Jay Roth
2001
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
Self
2000
Becoming Dick
Davis Aldrich
2000
Snowden's Christmas
(voice)
1999
Our Friend, Martin
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999
The Long Way Home
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997
Payback
Jack Patkanis
1997
Gone in the Night
Det. John Waters
1996
Down on the Waterfront
1994
Heads
Ab Abbot
1994
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Edward P. Mitchell
1991
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Harvey Metcalfe
1990
Happily Ever After
Scowl the Owl (voice)
1989
A Friendship in Vienna
Opah Oskar Reikman
1988
Darlin' Clementine
Lucky Jake
1986
Anatomy of an Illness
Norman Cousins
1984
Americas in Transition
Narrator
1982
A Different Approach
1978
The Gathering
Adam
1977
The Impersonation Murder Case
Dt. Ed Ames
1975
The Impostor
Barney West
1975
Twigs
Phil
1975
Haunts of the Very Rich
Al Hunsicker
1972
The Todd Killings
Fred Reardon
1971
The Last Child
Barstow
1971
Gunn
Lt. Jacoby
1967
The Venetian Affair
Frank Rosenfeld
1967
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Pike
1964
Ed Asner's Oral History
Self - Interviewee
House on Greenapple Road
Sheriff Muntz
1970
The Doomsday Flight
Feldman
1966
Kid Galahad
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
The Murder Men
Dave Keller
1961
J-24
1960
The Defender (Studio One)
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Everbrook (The Home)
The Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett (voice)
2025
Altered Reality
Mike Wilson
2024
Senior Entourage
Ed
2021
Blood
The Prophet
2021
Bury Me in Armor
Dimitry George
2020
SEVEN
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Rain Beau's End
Gunny
2020
Honor Amongst Men
Pop Halmo
2018
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Self
2016
MacGyver
Saul · (1 episode)
2016
Behind the Fear
Narrator (voice)
2016
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Kris Kringle
2015
Casting By
Self
2012
Men At Work
Bob · (1 episode)
2012
Absolute Killers
2011
Good Men
Morty
2011
The Cleveland Show
(5 episodes)
2009
Andy Barker, P.I.
Mickey Doyle · (1 episode)
2007
The Boondocks
Ed Wuncler (voice) · (3 episodes)
2005
Center of the Universe
Art Barnett · (15 episodes)
2004
CSI: NY
Abraham Klein · (1 episode)
2004
The Commission
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003
The Dead Zone
Marty Bracknell · (1 episode)
2002
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Narrator
2002
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Dead Cat
2001
In Search of Peace
David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mr. Weiner · (1 episode)
2000
The Huntress
(1 episode)
2000
Max Steel
Chuck Marshak (voice) · (13 episodes)
2000
Love and Action in Chicago
Taylor
1999
Family Guy
Steve Bellows (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
Frank Hunter (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
The Closer
(10 episodes)
1998
Dharma & Greg
Earl Tucker · (1 episode)
1997
Johnny Bravo
(1 episode)
1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1997
The Practice
Judge Matlin Pratt · (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill
Stinky (voice) · (2 episodes)
1997
Superman: The Animated Series
Granny Goodness (voice) · (4 episodes)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(2 episodes)
1996
Arliss
(1 episode)
1996
Freakazoid!
Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) · (24 episodes)
1995
Gargoyles
Hudson (voice) · (78 episodes)
1994
Touched by an Angel
Bud · (1 episode)
1994
ER
Dr. James McNulty · (3 episodes)
1994
Thunder Alley
Gil Jones · (29 episodes)
1994
Duckman
(1 episode)
1994
The X-Files
Maurice · (1 episode)
1993
Mad About You
Zigmund Klarik · (3 episodes)
1992
Fish Police
(6 episodes)
1992
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Walter Kovacs · (16 episodes)
1990
The Simpsons
Editor (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
Roseanne
(1 episode)
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
The Bronx Zoo
(21 episodes)
1987
Off the Rack
Sam Waltman · (6 episodes)
1985
Highway to Heaven
(1 episode)
1984
Koyaanisqatsi
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
A Small Killing
Simon Shaber
1981
The White Shadow
Edward Asner (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1978
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
1978
Lou Grant
Lou Grant · (114 episodes)
1977
Roots
Thomas Davies · (1 episode)
1977
Rich Man, Poor Man
Axel Jordache · (12 episodes)
1976
Rhoda
(2 episodes)
1974
Police Story
(2 episodes)
1973
Sam Cade
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
Self · (1 episode)
1970
Medical Center
(1 episode)
1969
The Mod Squad
(3 episodes)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
August March · (1 episode)
1968
Ironside
(1 episode)
1967
CBS Playhouse
(1 episode)
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(1 episode)
1966
Felony Squad
(2 episodes)
1966
The Rat Patrol
Captain Friedrich · (1 episode)
1966
The F.B.I.
John Carl Brock · (1 episode)
1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1 episode)
1965
Run for Your Life
Carl Cappi · (1 episode)
1965
Profiles in Courage
Oliver E. Wells · (1 episode)
1964
Slattery's People
Frank Radcliff · (36 episodes)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1 episode)
1963
Mr. Novak
Harmon Stern · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Pablo Vasquez · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
Roy Malinek · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
Sheriff Mayhew · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
Joe Bantam · (1 episode)
1963
The Lieutenant
(1 episode)
1963
The Eleventh Hour
(1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
George Johnson · (1 episode)
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
(1 episode)
1961
Cain's Hundred
Dave Keller · (1 episode)
1961
Route 66
(5 episodes)
1960
Outlaws
(1 episode)
1960
The Night America Trembled
3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
1957
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Self (archive footage)
The Premise
Mr. Holmes · (1 episode)
2021
Dug Days
Carl (voice) · (5 episodes)
2021
The Garden Left Behind
Dr. Cleary
2020
Central Park
Ambrose (voice) · (2 episodes)
2020
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
Dr. Howard Arden
2020
In Vino
Charles
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Dead to Me
Abe Rifkin · (5 episodes)
2019
Doom Patrol
Hospital Patient · (1 episode)
2019
Olympia
Himself
2018
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Vern
2018
Angels on Tap
Swifty
2018
The Parting Glass
Tommy
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Jefferson
2018
Cobra Kai
Sid Weinberg · (3 episodes)
2018
Ballmastrz: 9009
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice) · (1 episode)
2018
Eva: A-7063
Narrator (voice)
2018
LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
Santa
2017
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Santa
2017
Saving Christmas
Rick
2017
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Vern
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Adult Walter (voice)
2017
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Corporate Manager
2016
Love Meet Hope
Mr. James
2016
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Grace and Frankie
Howard Jay · (2 episodes)
2015
Frozen in Time
Grandpa (voice)
2014
Chasing Life
April's grandfather · (1 episode)
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Jefferson
2014
I Know That Voice
Self
2014
The Crazy Ones
Mr. Finger · (1 episode)
2013
Mom
Jack · (1 episode)
2013
Teen Titans Go!
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) · (1 episode)
2013
Liberator
President Whitlock
2012
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Wasserman · (12 episodes)
2011
Not Another B Movie
Angry Investor
2011
Working Class
Hank Greziak · (12 episodes)
2011
Young Justice
Kent Nelson (voice) · (1 episode)
2010
Hawaii Five-0
August March · (2 episodes)
2010
Regular Show
Santa Claus (voice) · (1 episode)
2010
Hot in Cleveland
Jameson · (1 episode)
2010
The Middle
Ben · (1 episode)
2009
Modern Family
Herschel · (1 episode)
2009
The Good Wife
Guy Redmayne · (2 episodes)
2009
Up: Upisodes
Carl Fredricksen (voice) · (3 episodes)
2009
The Line
(15 episodes)
2009
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self · (1 episode)
2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Ben Parker (voice) · (1 episode)
2008
Channels
Ed Packard
2008
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Commandant Von Reichenstein · (1 episode)
2007
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wilson White · (1 episode)
2006
Bones
Rufus Tucker · (1 episode)
2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
J. Jonah Jameson
2005
American Dad!
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
American Dad!
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
American Dad!
Mailbox #2 (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
American Dad!
Grandpa Smith (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Missing Brendan
George Calden
2004
Justice League Unlimited
Hephaestus (voice) · (1 episode)
2004
Justice League Unlimited
Granny Goodness (voice) · (1 episode)
2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
J Jonah Jameson
2004
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Narrator (voice)
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Officer Barr (voice) · (4 episodes)
2003
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
J. Jonah Jameson
2002
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Fixer (voice) · (1 episode)
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Martin Schultz · (1 episode)
1999
The Sissy Duckling
Father Duck (voice)
1999
Maggie Winters
(1 episode)
1998
Hercules
Mentor (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
More Tales of the City
Jack Lederer · (1 episode)
1998
Academy Boyz
1997
The Angry Beavers
(1 episode)
1997
The Practice
Judge Marcus Winnaker · (3 episodes)
1997
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Von Romme (voice) · (1 episode)
1996
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
Hudson (voice)
1996
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice) · (65 episodes)
1994
Gargoyles
Jack Danforth (voice) · (1 episode)
1994
The Magic School Bus
(voice) · (1 episode)
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self · (2 episodes)
1993
Politically Incorrect
(1 episode)
1993
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Hearts Afire
George Lahti · (12 episodes)
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
Roland Daggett (voice) · (5 episodes)
1992
Cruel Doubt
Bill Osteen · (2 episodes)
1992
Silent Motive
Sam
1991
Switched at Birth
Ted Marx
1991
Dinosaurs
Evil Georgie (voice) · (1 episode)
1991
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Himself
1991
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Hoggish Greedly (voice) · (20 episodes)
1990
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Scalawag (voice)
1987
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
1987
Cracked Up
Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
Kate's Secret
Dr. Resnick
1986
Tall Tales & Legends
Lucky Jake · (1 episode)
1985
Tender Is the Night
Devereux Warren · (6 episodes)
1985
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
1984
A Case of Libel
Robert Sloane
1983
Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983
O'Hara's Wife
Bob O'Hara
1982
The Family Man
Eddie Madden
1979
Roots
Capt. Thomas Davies · (1 episode)
1977
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Death Scream
Peter Singleton
1975
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
The Wrestler
Frank Bass
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self · (1 episode)
1973
Great Performances
(1 episode)
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lou Grant · (168 episodes)
1970
The Mod Squad
Harry Loring · (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game
Cesare Marino · (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game
Vince Leonard · (1 episode)
1968
The Invaders
Taugus · (1 episode)
1967
The Invaders
Harry Ferguson · (1 episode)
1967
Mission: Impossible
George Simpson · (1 episode)
1966
The F.B.I.
Walter Gretzler · (1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
Pete Zacharias · (1 episode)
1965
The Wild Wild West
Furman Crotty · (1 episode)
1965
Profiles in Courage
President Ulysses S. Grant · (1 episode)
1964
Mr. Novak
Paul Berg · (1 episode)
1963
The Outer Limits
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo · (1 episode)
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
Stoney Burke
Kapp · (1 episode)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jack Stander · (1 episode)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · (1 episode)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Frank Williams · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
Tim Sellers · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
Harry Obermayer · (1 episode)
1961
Route 66
Second Man · (1 episode)
1960
The New Girl
Kurt Harden
1960
The Untouchables
Fedor Bartok · (1 episode)
1959
The Untouchables
Frank · (1 episode)
1959
Naked City
Lt. Vincent Busti · (2 episodes)
1958
Decoy
Sergeant · (1 episode)
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Warden Bragan · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Sgt. Wilks · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Redmond · (1 episode)
1955
Omnibus
(1 episode)
1952
The Emmy Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1949
Studio One
Actor #3 · (1 episode)
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (4 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944