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:
- 154
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Kid Galahad 1962-11-29
- 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 | A Fargo Christmas Story | Popcorn Bud | 2023-12-02 |
| Movie | Senior Entourage | Ed | 2021-05-03 |
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary | 2020-08-28 |
| Movie | Rain Beau's End | Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
| Series | Donald Duck's 50th Birthday | Himself | 2018 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl (voice) | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Audrey | Walt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Bonta / Narrator (voice) | 2013-08-02 |
| 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 | Self | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Elephant Sighs | Leo | 2012-06-12 |
| 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 | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Identical | Yaakov Washington | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| 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 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Movie | The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror | Himself | 2005-07-15 |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Uncle Nick | 2003-12-20 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-27 |
| Movie | Elf | Santa | 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 | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Father Duck (voice) | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) | 1997-04-30 |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| 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! | 1995-09-09 | |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Movie | Down on the Waterfront | 1994-04-26 | |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Charles Thompson | 1993-12-12 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Matthew St James | 1986-02-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tender is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| 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 | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | A Different Approach | 1978-01-01 | |
| Movie | Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-21 |
| Series | Roots | 1977-01-23 | |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
| 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 | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| 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 Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
| Series | Slattery's People | 1964-09-21 | |
| Movie | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 1962-11-29 |