Edward 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:
- 164
- 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 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Ghost of Claude | 2021-10-08 |
| Movie | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters | Dr. Howard Arden | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | 2020-08-28 | |
| Movie | Rain Beau's End | Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
| Movie | Faith, Hope & Love | Harry Karetas | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | LA DA Story | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | 2018-09-29 |
| Movie | The Parting Glass | 2018-06-24 | |
| Movie | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Saving Christmas | Rick | 2017-11-06 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Himself | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Liberator | President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Absolute Killers | 2011-10-01 | |
| Series | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Movie | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Movie | Channels | Ed Packard | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| 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 | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
| Series | The Boondocks | Ed Wuncler | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Elf | Santa | 2003-10-09 |
| 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 | 2003-10-27 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| 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 | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | Perfect Game | Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
| Movie | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Series | The Closer | 1998-02-23 | |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
| Movie | Hanged on a Twisted Cross | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| 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 | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Himself | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Pop | 1993-12-12 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| Movie | The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 | |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
| Series | The Bronx Zoo | 1987-03-19 | |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| 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 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | 1985-09-25 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| 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 | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
| 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 | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
| 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 | The New Girl | 1960-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-02-25 |