Ed Asner

Ed Asner

  • Birthday: 1929-11-15
  • Deathday: 2021-08-29
  • Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Also know as: Eddie Asner

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.

Filmography

Gus

1976

As Hank Cooper

Americas in Transition

1982

As Narrator

The Christmas Star

1986

As Horace McNickle

Up

2009

As Carl Fredricksen (voice)

O' Christmas Tree

1999

As Nutcracker (voice)

Out of the Woods

2005

As Jack Green

Pope John XXIII

2002

As Angelo Roncalli

The Gathering

1977

As Adam

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

As Norman Cousins

Generation Gap

2008

As Bart Cahill

The Games Maker

2014

As Nicholas Drago

Our Friend, Martin

1999

As Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)

The Story of Santa Claus

1996

As Santa Claus (voice)

Vital Signs

1986

As Matthew St James

Crab Orchard

2005

As

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

2003

As J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986

As Joshua (voice)

Hey, I'm Alive

1975

As Ralph Flores

The Fumbleheads

1997

As Charlie Atwater

CarGo

2017

As Arthur (voice)

A StoryBots Christmas

2017

As Santa

Frozen in Time

2014

As Grandpa (voice)

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

2017

As Adult Walter (voice)

O'Hara's Wife

1982

As Bob O'Hara

Saving Christmas

2017

As Rick

The Family Man

1979

As Eddie Madden

Channels

2008

As Ed Packard

Academy Boyz

1997

As

Angels on Tap

2018

As Swifty

The Wrestler

1974

As Frank Bass

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

As Dead Cat

Good Men

2011

As Morty

Senior Entourage

2021

As Ed

A Small Killing

1981

As Simon Shaber

Blood

0000

As The Prophet

Getting Ed Laid

2016

As Ed Randall

Tiger Within

2020

As Samuel

The Impersonation Murder Case

1975

As Dt. Ed Ames

J-24

1960

As

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

As Jean XXIII

Carl's Date

2023

As Carl (voice)

Ed Asner's Oral History

0000

As Self - Interviewee

Elephant Sighs

2012

As Leo

Autism and Cake

2012

As Fred

Perfect Game

2000

As Billy Hicks

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

As Connolly

Christmas Is Here Again

2007

As Krad (voice)

Olive, The Other Reindeer

1999

As Santa Claus (voice)

The Christmas Card

2006

As Luke Spelman

The Girl Most Likely to...

1973

As Det. Ralph Varone

The Long Way Home

1997

As George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Should've Been Romeo

2012

As Charlie

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

As Opah Oskar Reikman

Super Sex

2016

As George

Payback

1997

As Jack Patkanis

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

As Wilhelm Müller

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

1996

As Narrator

Bring Him Home

2000

As Geza

A Case of Libel

1983

As Robert Sloane

Cracked Up

1987

As Rev. Vincent Owens

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

2016

As Corporate Manager

The New Girl

1960

As Kurt Harden

In Vino

2019

As Charles

Eva: A-7063

2018

As Narrator (voice)

Bury Me in Armor

2020

As Dimitry George

The Good Doctor

1978

As Various Roles

Darlin' Clementine

1986

As Lucky Jake

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

As Self (voice)

Audrey

2014

As Walt

The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

As Charles Gilbert

Sleeping Dogs Lie

2005

As Sheriff Delaney

Gunn

1967

As Lt. Jacoby

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972

As Al Hunsicker

Second Chances

2013

As Chief Buddy

Gone in the Night

1996

As Det. John Waters

All of My Heart

2015

As Vern

Love Finds You in Valentine

2016

As Gabriel Morgan

Love Meet Hope

2016

As Mr. James

The Garden Left Behind

2020

As Dr. Cleary

Silent Motive

1991

As Sam

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

1996

As Hudson (voice)

The Sissy Duckling

1999

As Father Duck (voice)

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

2020

As Dr. Howard Arden

SEVEN

2020

As

Rain Beau's End

2020

As Gunny

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

As Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

Twigs

1975

As Phil

The Bachelor

1999

As Gluckman

Elf

2003

As Santa

The Animal

2001

As Chief Wilson

Dug's Special Mission

2009

As Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

Gigantic

2008

As Kirby Weathersby

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

As Santa (voice)

Sir! No Sir!

2005

As Col. Heinl

A Christmas Carol

1997

As Marley (voice)

Gypsy

1993

As Pop

Daniel

1983

As Jacob Ascher

All Star Superman

2011

As Perry White (voice)

Let Go

2011

As Artie

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

As Edward P. Mitchell

The Todd Killings

1971

As Fred Reardon

Island Prey

2001

As Jay Roth

Heads

1994

As Ab Abbot

Above Suspicion

2000

As Thomas O'Claire

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

As Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

Joe's War

2017

As Harry

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

As Granny Goodness (voice)

Liberator

2012

As President Whitlock

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005

As J. Jonah Jameson

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

2004

As J Jonah Jameson

Altered Reality

2024

As Mike Wilson

Honor Amongst Men

2018

As Pop Halmo

The Commission

2003

As Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

2013

As Bonta / Narrator

Skin Game

1971

As Plunkett

Hard Rain

1998

As Uncle Charlie

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970

As Woody Garfield

Daughter of the Mind

1969

As Saul Wiener

The Slender Thread

1965

As Det. Judd Ridley

Hard Four

2007

As Golden Hands Segal

The Last Child

1971

As Barstow

Christmas on the Bayou

2013

As Papa Noel

They Call It Murder

1971

As Chief Otto Larkin

I Know That Voice

2014

As Self

The Parting Glass

2018

As Tommy

Olympia

2018

As Himself

Death Scream

1975

As Peter Singleton

A Fargo Christmas Story

2023

As Popcorn Bud

Snowden's Christmas

1999

As (voice)

Dog's Best Friend

1997

As Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

As Pape Jean XXIII

Christmas Cottage

2008

As Sidney

Change of Habit

1969

As Lt. Moretti

Halls of Anger

1970

As Ernie McKay

Hopelessly in June

2011

As Rabbi

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

1990

As Harvey Metcalfe

Missing Brendan

2004

As George Calden

The Murder Men

1961

As Dave Keller

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

As Grandpa Heffley (voice)

The Venetian Affair

1967

As Frank Rosenfeld

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

As Elder Pyreez

Kate's Secret

1986

As Dr. Resnick

Sam Cade

1972

As

The Impostor

1975

As Barney West

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

As Dr. Morheim

The Satan Bug

1965

As Henchman Veretti

The Doomsday Flight

1966

As Feldman

Happily Ever After

1989

As Scowl the Owl (voice)

Foodfight!

2012

As Mr. Leonard (voice)

Common Ground

2000

As Ira

Becoming Dick

2000

As Davis Aldrich

El Dorado

1966

As Bart Jason

Back Home Again

2021

As Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

As Harry Karetas

Too Big to Fail

2011

As Warren Buffett

Night of 100 Stars

1982

As Self

LA DA Story

2018

As Himself (archive footage)

Scarlett

2021

As

Not Another B Movie

2011

As Angry Investor

Switched at Birth

1991

As Ted Marx

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015

As Kris Kringle

House on Greenapple Road

1970

As Sheriff Muntz

The Gettysburg Address

2015

As Edward Everett (voice)

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975

As Self

JFK

1991

As Guy Bannister

Kid Galahad

1962

As Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

Moon Over Parador

1988

As Self

In Search of Peace

2001

As David Ben Gurion (voice)

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021

As Ghost of Claude

The Marva Collins Story

1981

As Narrator (voice)

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

As Juror (uncredited)

Casting By

2012

As Self

Earth and the American Dream

1992

As Reader (voice)

Production

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021

As In Memory Of

Back Home Again

2021

As In Memory Of

Let Go

2011

As Executive Producer

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