Ed Asner
Known for Acting · 391 credits
- Born
- 1929-11-15
- Died
- 2021-08-29
- Place of birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Eddie Asner · 愛德華·阿斯納 · エド・アズナー · 에드 애스너 · Edward 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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Martin Schultz
The Simpsons
1989
as Editor (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Steve Bellows (voice)
Bones
2005
as Rufus Tucker
American Dad!
2005
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Mailbox #2 (voice) / Grandpa Smith (voice)
TV Shows (154)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Martin Schultz
The Simpsons
1989
as Editor (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Family Guy
1999
as Steve Bellows (voice)
Bones
2005
as Rufus Tucker
American Dad!
2005
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Mailbox #2 (voice) / Grandpa Smith (voice)
Modern Family
2009
as Herschel
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as August March
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
The X-Files
1993
as Maurice
Regular Show
2010
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Good Wife
2009
as Guy Redmayne
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self / Self - Co-Host
ER
1994
as James McNulty
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Mr. Weiner
King of the Hill
1997
as Stinky (voice)
CSI: NY
2004
as Abraham Klein
The Middle
2009
as Ben
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Winner
Young Justice
2010
as Kent Nelson (voice)
The Fugitive
1963
as Roy Malinek / Sheriff Mayhew / Joe Bantam
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as August March
Ironside
1967
as Marlon Davis
Mom
2013
as Jack
The Practice
1997
as Judge Matlin Pratt / Judge Marcus Winnaker
Cobra Kai
2018
as Sid Weinberg
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Roland Daggett (voice)
Great Performances
1971
Mission: Impossible
1966
as George Simpson
Mad About You
1992
as Zigmund Klarik
MacGyver
2016
as Saul
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jack Stander
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Bud
The Virginian
1962
as George Johnson
Animaniacs
1993
as Vern (voice)
Johnny Bravo
1997
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Jameson
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Frank Williams
Arli$$
1996
as Lenny Crowley
The Untouchables
1959
as Fedor Bartok / Frank / Jimmy Canada
Naked City
1958
as Lt. Vincent Busti
Dinosaurs
1991
as Evil Georgie (voice)
The F.B.I.
1965
as John Carl Brock / Walter Gretzler / Pete Zacharias
Studio One
1948
as Actor #3
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Furman Crotty
The Dead Zone
2002
as Marty Bracknell
Doom Patrol
2019
as Hospital Patient
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Howard Jay
Run for Your Life
1965
as Carl Cappi
Highway to Heaven
1984
Match Game
1973
as Self
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Frank Hunter (voice)
Medical Center
1969
The Invaders
1967
as Taugus / Harry Ferguson
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Lou Grant
Movies (237)
Up
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Elf
2003
as Santa
Carl's Date
2023
as Carl (voice)
JFK
1991
as Guy Bannister
El Dorado
1966
as Bart Jason
The Animal
2001
as Chief Wilson
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
as Mr. Carson
Hard Rain
1998
as Uncle Charlie
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
The Bachelor
1999
as Gluckman
Skin Game
1971
as Plunkett
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010
as Granny Goodness (voice)
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Warren Buffett
All Star Superman
2011
as Perry White (voice)
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Dug's Special Mission
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
Olympia
2018
as Self
Kid Galahad
1962
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
Let Go
2011
as Artie
Super Sex
2016
as George
Happily Ever After
1989
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Woody Garfield
Generation Gap
2008
as Bart Cahill
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as Ghost of Claude
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Gigantic
2008
as Kirby Weathersby
The Satan Bug
1965
as Henchman Veretti
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
as Uncle Nick
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Sidney
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Commission
2003
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Edward Everett (voice)
Foodfight!
2012
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mr. Harris (voice)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
as Santa (voice)
Casting By
2012
as Self
I Know That Voice
2014
as Self
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
as Gabriel Morgan
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
Second Chances
2013
as Chief Buddy
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
as Connolly
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
as Vern
Audrey
2014
as Walt
Scarlett
2021
as Lou
Daniel
1983
as Jacob Ascher
Gus
1976
as Hank Cooper
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
Gypsy
1994
as Charles Thompson
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
as Hudson (voice)
The Marva Collins Story
1981
as Narrator (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Det. Ralph Varone
The Sissy Duckling
1999
as Father Duck (voice)
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Self
Common Ground
2000
as Ira
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
as Krad (voice)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
as J. Jonah Jameson
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Hard Four
2007
as Golden Hands Segal
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
as Charles Gilbert
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
as Vern
Saving Christmas
2017
as Rick
Death Scream
1975
as Peter Singleton
The Slender Thread
1965
as Det. Judd Ridley
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017
as Arthur (voice)
Above Suspicion
2000
as Thomas O'Claire
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
as Juror (uncredited)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Scalawag (voice)
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
The Long Way Home
1997
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
as Self
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
as Kris Kringle
SEVEN
2020
Kate's Secret
1986
as Dr. Resnick
All of My Heart
2015
as Vern
Payback
1997
as Jack Patkanis
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
as Augie Sinclair
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
A Different Approach
1978
The Parting Glass
2018
as Tommy
Christmas on the Bayou
2013
as Papa Noel
Pope John XXIII
2002
as Angelo Roncalli
O'Hara's Wife
1982
as Bob O'Hara
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Feldman
Joe's War
2017
as Harry
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
as J. Jonah Jameson
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990
as Harvey Metcalfe
In Vino
2019
as Charles
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
as Self
The Venetian Affair
1966
as Frank Rosenfeld
The Story of Santa Claus
1996
as Santa Claus (voice)
Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Saul Wiener
In Search of Peace
2001
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
The Gathering
1977
as Adam
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
as Al Hunsicker
Snowden's Christmas
1999
as Big Daddy (voice)
Change of Habit
1969
as Lt. Moretti
Perfect Game
2000
as Billy Hicks
The Garden Left Behind
2020
as Dr. Cleary
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020
as Dr. Howard Arden
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Opah Oskar Reikman
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Marley (voice)
The Fumbleheads
1997
as Charlie Atwater
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
as Mr Wilson
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
as Edward P. Mitchell
The Christmas Star
1986
as Horace McNickle
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
as Self
Hey, I'm Alive
1975
as Ralph Flores
About Ed Asner
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. With 391 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Ed Asner has appeared in 237 films and 154 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ed Asner Movies
- Up (2009) — as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- Elf (2003) — as Santa
- Carl's Date (2023) — as Carl (voice)
- JFK (1991) — as Guy Bannister
- El Dorado (1966) — as Bart Jason
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