Ed Asner

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1929-11-15

Deathday 2021-08-29 (91 years old)

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

Ed 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

Actor

Ed Asner's Oral History

as Self - Interviewee

Blood

as The Prophet

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

The Fall of 2008

as Carl Fredricksen (Up promo)

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as Edward Everett (voice)

2024
Altered Reality

as Mike Wilson

2023
2023
Carl's Date

as Carl (voice)

2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

2021
Back Home Again

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Claude

2021
The Premise

as Mr. Holmes

2021
Dug Days

as Carl (voice)

2020
Tiger Within

as Samuel

2020
Bury Me in Armor

as Dimitry George

2020
2020
2020
2020
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

as Dr. Howard Arden

2020
Central Park

as Ambrose (voice)

2019
In Vino

as Charles

2019
Faith, Hope & Love

as Harry Karetas

2019
Dead to Me

as Abe Rifkin

2019
Doom Patrol

as Hospital Patient

2018
Olympia

as Himself

2018
Honor Amongst Men

as Pop Halmo

2018
Angels on Tap

as Swifty

2018
2018
Eva: A-7063

as Narrator (voice)

2018
LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Cobra Kai

as Sid Weinberg

2018
Ballmastrz: 9009

as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

2017
2017
2017
2017
Joe's War

as Harry

2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

as Adult Walter (voice)

2016
Titanic: Sinking the Myths

as Wilhelm Müller

2016
2016
Super Sex

as George

2016
Getting Ed Laid

as Ed Randall

2016
Love Meet Hope

as Mr. James

2016
Love Finds You in Valentine

as Gabriel Morgan

2016
MacGyver

as Saul

2015
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

2015
2015
Grace and Frankie

as Howard Jay

2014
2014
Frozen in Time

as Grandpa (voice)

2014
The Games Maker

as Nicholas Drago

2014
Audrey

as Walt

2014
2014
Chasing Life

as April's grandfather

2013
2013
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Bonta / Narrator

2013
American Road

as Walt Whitman

2013
Second Chances

as Chief Buddy

2013
The Crazy Ones

as Mr. Finger

2013
Mom

as Jack

2013
Teen Titans Go!

as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

2012
Casting By

as Self

2012
2012
Liberator

as President Whitlock

2012
Foodfight!

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

2012
2012
2012
2011
Identical

as Yaakov Washington

2011
Too Big to Fail

as Warren Buffett

2011
Let Go

as Artie

2011
Good Men

as Morty

2011
Not Another B Movie

as Angry Investor

2011
2011
All Star Superman

as Perry White (voice)

2011
2011
Working Class

as Hank Greziak

2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

as Granny Goodness (voice)

2010
Young Justice

as Kent Nelson (voice)

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as August March

2010
Regular Show

as Santa Claus (voice)

2010
Hot in Cleveland

as Jameson

2009
Dug's Special Mission

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

2009
Up

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

2009
The Middle

as Ben

2009
Modern Family

as Herschel

2009
The Good Wife

as Guy Redmayne

2009
Up: Upisodes

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

2008
Generation Gap

as Bart Cahill

2008
2008
Gigantic

as Kirby Weathersby

2008
Channels

as Ed Packard

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Ben Parker (voice)

2007
Hard Four

as Golden Hands Segal

2007
Christmas Is Here Again

as Krad (voice)

2007
Andy Barker, P.I.

as Mickey Doyle

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Commandant Von Reichenstein

2006
The Christmas Card

as Luke Spelman

2006
2005
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

as J. Jonah Jameson

2005
Sir! No Sir!

as Col. Heinl

2005
Out of the Woods

as Jack Green

2005
Sleeping Dogs Lie

as Sheriff Delaney

2005
The Boondocks

as Ed Wuncler (voice)

2005
Bones

as Rufus Tucker

2005
American Dad!

as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Narrator (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Mailbox #2 (voice)

2005
American Dad!

as Grandpa Smith (voice)

2004
Missing Brendan

as George Calden

2004
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as J Jonah Jameson

2004
Center of the Universe

as Art Barnett

2004
CSI: NY

as Abraham Klein

2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Hephaestus (voice)

2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Granny Goodness (voice)

2003
The Commission

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

2003
Elf

as Santa

2003
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Officer Barr (voice)

2002
The Man Who Saved Christmas

as Charles Gilbert

2002
Pope John XXIII

as Angelo Roncalli

2002
2001
2001
In Search of Peace

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

2001
The Animal

as Chief Wilson

2001
Island Prey

as Jay Roth

2000
Becoming Dick

as Davis Aldrich

2000
Above Suspicion

as Thomas O'Claire

2000
Perfect Game

as Billy Hicks

2000
2000
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Mr. Weiner

2000
2000
Max Steel

as Chuck Marshak (voice)

1999
1999
Olive, The Other Reindeer

as Santa Claus (voice)

1999
The Bachelor

as Gluckman

1999
The Sissy Duckling

as Father Duck (voice)

1999
Our Friend, Martin

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

1999
O' Christmas Tree

as Nutcracker (voice)

1999
1999
Family Guy

as Steve Bellows (voice)

1998
Hard Rain

as Uncle Charlie

1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Frank Hunter (voice)

1998
Hercules

as Mentor (voice)

1998
More Tales of the City

as Jack Lederer

1997
A Christmas Carol

as Marley (voice)

1997
The Long Way Home

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

1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

1997
Dog's Best Friend

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

1997
Payback

as Jack Patkanis

1997
The Fumbleheads

as Charlie Atwater

1997
Dharma & Greg

as Earl Tucker

1997
The Practice

as Judge Matlin Pratt

1997
The Practice

as Judge Marcus Winnaker

1997
King of the Hill

as Stinky (voice)

1996
The Story of Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

1996
1996
Gone in the Night

as Det. John Waters

1996
Superman: The Animated Series

as Granny Goodness (voice)

1996
1996
1995
Freakazoid!

as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

1994
Heads

as Ab Abbot

1994
Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

1994
Gargoyles

as Hudson (voice)

1994
ER

as Dr. James McNulty

1994
1994
Thunder Alley

as Gil Jones

1993
Gypsy

as Charles Thompson

1993
1993
The X-Files

as Maurice

1992
1992
Mad About You

as Zigmund Klarik

1992
Hearts Afire

as George Lahti

1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Roland Daggett (voice)

1992
Cruel Doubt

as Bill Osteen

1991
JFK

as Guy Bannister

1991
1991
1991
Switched at Birth

as Ted Marx

1991
Dinosaurs

as Evil Georgie (voice)

1990
1990
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Hoggish Greedly (voice)

1989
Happily Ever After

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

1989
The Simpsons

as Editor (voice)

1988
1988
A Friendship in Vienna

as Opah Oskar Reikman

1987
Cracked Up

as Rev. Vincent Owens

1987
1986
The Christmas Star

as Horace McNickle

1986
Kate's Secret

as Dr. Resnick

1986
1986
Vital Signs

as Matthew St James

1986
Darlin' Clementine

as Lucky Jake

1985
Tall Tales & Legends

as Lucky Jake

1985
Tender Is the Night

as Devereux Warren

1985
Off the Rack

as Sam Waltman

1984
Anatomy of an Illness

as Norman Cousins

1983
A Case of Libel

as Robert Sloane

1983
Daniel

as Jacob Ascher

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1982
1982
1982
O'Hara's Wife

as Bob O'Hara

1981
The Marva Collins Story

as Narrator (voice)

1981
A Small Killing

as Simon Shaber

1981
1979
The Family Man

as Eddie Madden

1978
The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

1978
The White Shadow

as Edward Asner (uncredited)

1977
1977
Lou Grant

as Lou Grant

1977
Roots

as Thomas Davies

1977
Roots

as Capt. Thomas Davies

1976
Gus

as Hank Cooper

1976
Rich Man, Poor Man

as Axel Jordache

1975
Hey, I'm Alive

as Ralph Flores

1975
Death Scream

as Peter Singleton

1975
1975
The Impostor

as Barney West

1975
Twigs

as Phil

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1974
The Wrestler

as Frank Bass

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1974
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...

as Det. Ralph Varone

1972
Haunts of the Very Rich

as Al Hunsicker

1971
They Call It Murder

as Chief Otto Larkin

1971
The Todd Killings

as Fred Reardon

1971
The Last Child

as Barstow

1971
Skin Game

as Plunkett

1970
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Woody Garfield

1970
Halls of Anger

as Ernie McKay

1970
House on Greenapple Road

as Sheriff Muntz

1970
1969
Daughter of the Mind

as Saul Wiener

1969
Change of Habit

as Lt. Moretti

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as August March

1968
The Name of the Game

as Cesare Marino

1968
The Name of the Game

as Vince Leonard

1967
Gunn

as Lt. Jacoby

1967
The Venetian Affair

as Frank Rosenfeld

1967
The Invaders

as Taugus

1967
The Invaders

as Harry Ferguson

1966
El Dorado

as Bart Jason

1966
1966
Mission: Impossible

as George Simpson

1966
The Rat Patrol

as Captain Friedrich

1965
The Slender Thread

as Det. Judd Ridley

1965
The Satan Bug

as Henchman Veretti

1965
The F.B.I.

as John Carl Brock

1965
The F.B.I.

as Walter Gretzler

1965
The F.B.I.

as Pete Zacharias

1965
The Wild Wild West

as Furman Crotty

1965
Run for Your Life

as Carl Cappi

1964
Profiles in Courage

as Oliver E. Wells

1964
Profiles in Courage

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1964
Slattery's People

as Frank Radcliff

1963
Mr. Novak

as Harmon Stern

1963
Mr. Novak

as Paul Berg

1963
Burke's Law

as Pablo Vasquez

1963
The Fugitive

as Roy Malinek

1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mayhew

1963
The Fugitive

as Joe Bantam

1963
The Outer Limits

as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

1962
Kid Galahad

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

1962
Stoney Burke

as Kapp

1962
1962
The Virginian

as George Johnson

1961
The Murder Men

as Dave Keller

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Frank Williams

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Dave Keller

1961
The Defenders

as Tim Sellers

1961
The Defenders

as Harry Obermayer

1960
1960
The New Girl

as Kurt Harden

1960
Route 66

as Second Man

1959
The Untouchables

as Fedor Bartok

1959
1958
Naked City

as Lt. Vincent Busti

1957
The Defender (Studio One)

as Juror (uncredited)

1957
Decoy

as Sergeant

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Warden Bragan

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sgt. Wilks

1955
Gunsmoke

as Redmond

1949
1948
Studio One

as Actor #3

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew

2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion

as In Memory Of

2021
Back Home Again

as In Memory Of

2019
Dead to Me

as In Memory Of

2010
Young Justice

as In Memory Of

Producer

2011
Let Go

as Executive Producer