Ed Asner
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Asner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 15, 1929 In Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 198
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Defender (Studio One) 1957-02-25
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
| Movie | Altered Reality | Mike Wilson | 2024-02-16 |
| Movie | Being Mary Tyler Moore | Self (voice) | 2023-03-13 |
| Movie | A Fargo Christmas Story | Popcorn Bud | 2023-12-02 |
| Movie | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Grandpa Heffley (voice) | 2022-12-02 |
| Movie | Senior Entourage | Ed | 2021-05-03 |
| Movie | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Ghost of Claude | 2021-10-08 |
| Movie | Scarlett | 2021-12-31 | |
| Movie | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters | Dr. Howard Arden | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary | 2020-08-28 |
| Movie | Bury Me in Armor | Dimitry George | 2020-12-12 |
| Movie | Rain Beau's End | Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
| Movie | Faith, Hope & Love | Harry Karetas | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | In Vino | Charles | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | LA DA Story | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
| Movie | The Parting Glass | Tommy | 2018-06-24 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | 2018-09-29 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Saving Christmas | Rick | 2017-11-06 |
| Movie | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | Self | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Audrey | Walt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Bonta / Narrator | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Elephant Sighs | Leo | 2012-06-12 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Liberator | President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | Autism and Cake | Fred | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Series | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Identical | Yaakov Washington | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | Absolute Killers | 2011-10-01 | |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Movie | The Triumph of William Henry Harrison | 2010-10-04 | |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Movie | Channels | Ed Packard | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman | 2006-12-02 |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror | Himself | 2005-07-15 |
| Movie | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Series | Justice League Unlimited | Hephaestus / Granny Goodness | 2004-07-31 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Uncle Nick | 2003-12-20 |
| Movie | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-27 |
| Movie | Elf | Santa | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | The Commission | Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Perfect Game | Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Series | The Closer | 1998-02-23 | |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) | 1997-04-30 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Series | Recess | 1997-09-13 | |
| Movie | Hanged on a Twisted Cross | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Series | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994-03-09 |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Charles Thompson | 1993-12-12 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 1992-05-17 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 | |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Self | 1988-09-09 |
| Series | The Bronx Zoo | 1987-03-19 | |
| Movie | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Series | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Self - Presenter | 1987-07-03 |
| Movie | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Joshua (voice) | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Kate's Secret | Dr. Resnick | 1986-11-17 |
| Movie | The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle | 1986-12-14 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Series | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 1985-03-15 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Series | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | 1985-09-25 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | A Case of Libel | Robert Sloane | 1983-10-17 |
| Movie | Koyaanisqatsi | Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-04-27 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | 1979-12-19 |
| Series | Roots | 1977-01-23 | |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-21 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
| Movie | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | The Wrestler | Frank Bass | 1974-04-28 |
| Movie | The Girl Most Likely To... | Det. Ralph Varone | 1973-11-06 |
| Movie | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | 1972-09-20 |
| Movie | Sam Cade | 1972-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
| Movie | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
| Movie | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | 1966-12-13 |
| Movie | El Dorado | Bart Jason | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
| Series | Slattery's People | Frank Radcliff | 1964-09-21 |
| Movie | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 1962-11-29 |
| Movie | The Murder Men | Dave Keller | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | The New Girl | Kurt Harden | 1960-01-01 |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-02-25 |
| Movie | The Night America Trembled | 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner) | 1957-09-09 |