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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:
169
First Appeared:
In the movie The Night America Trembled 1957-09-09
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 2024-02-16
Movie A Fargo Christmas Story Popcorn Bud 2023-12-02
Movie Scarlett 2021-12-31
Movie The Garden Left Behind 2020-08-28
Movie In Vino Charles 2019-11-01
Movie The Parting Glass 2018-06-24
Movie LA DA Story Self (archive footage) 2018-01-01
Movie All of My Heart: The Wedding Vern 2018-09-29
Movie Olympia Himself 2018-11-11
Movie CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! Arthur (voice) 2017-09-07
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 Joe's War Harry 2017-03-17
Movie Saving Christmas Rick 2017-11-06
Movie And the Winner Isn't Self 2017-12-08
Movie All of My Heart: Inn Love Vern 2017-10-07
Movie A StoryBots Christmas Santa 2017-12-01
Movie Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! Santa 2017-11-21
Movie Super Sex George 2016-04-15
Movie Love Finds You in Valentine Gabriel Morgan 2016-02-14
Movie Titanic: Sinking the Myths Wilhelm Müller 2016-09-01
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 2015-06-03
Movie Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration Himself / Lou Grant (archive footage) 2015-10-13
Movie Audrey Walt 2014-02-14
Movie I Know That Voice Himself 2014-01-07
Movie Waiting in the Wings: The Musical Jefferson 2014-04-01
Movie Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas Santa (voice) 2014-12-16
Movie The Games Maker Nicholas Drago 2014-07-03
Movie Frozen in Time Grandpa (voice) 2014-11-12
Movie Second Chances Chief Buddy 2013-05-20
Movie Christmas on the Bayou Papa Noel 2013-12-14
Movie Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Mr. Carson 2012-12-03
Movie Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl Himself 2012-01-16
Movie Foodfight! Mr. Leonard (voice) 2012-06-15
Movie Should've Been Romeo Charlie 2012-04-28
Movie Liberator President Whitlock 2012-09-15
Movie Casting By Himself 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 Not Another B Movie Angry Investor 2011-07-12
Movie Let Go Artie 2011-10-25
Series Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays Dr. Wasserman 2011-09-14
Movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Granny Goodness (voice) 2010-09-28
Series The Line 2009-03-16
Movie Dug's Special Mission Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) 2009-11-10
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 Sleeping Dogs Lie Sheriff Delaney 2005-02-28
Movie Out of the Woods Jack Green 2005-04-02
Movie Spider-Man: The Venom Saga J. Jonah Jameson 2005-06-07
Movie Crab Orchard 2005-09-23
Movie Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class Narrator 2005-08-31
Movie Missing Brendan George Calden 2004-10-26
Series Center of the Universe Art Barnett 2004-10-27
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 The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Self 2003-01-01
Movie The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay Augie Sinclair 2003-06-15
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 Gahan Wilson's The Kid Dead Cat 2001-10-30
Movie Common Ground Ira 2000-01-29
Movie Perfect Game Billy Hicks 2000-04-18
Movie Bring Him Home Geza 2000-01-01
Movie The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story 2000-05-31
Movie Above Suspicion Thomas O'Claire 2000-06-07
Movie O' Christmas Tree Nutcracker 1999-01-01
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 Sid Gluckman 1999-11-05
Movie Hard Rain Uncle Charlie 1998-01-16
Series The Closer 1998-02-23
Movie The Fumbleheads Charlie Atwater 1997-01-01
Movie Payback Jack Patkanis 1997-02-10
Movie Academy Boyz 1997-12-02
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 Hanged on a Twisted Cross Narrator 1996-01-01
Movie Gone in the Night Det. John Waters 1996-02-24
Movie The Story of Santa Claus Santa Claus (voice) 1996-12-07
Movie Goldilocks and the Three Bears Bruno 1995-01-01
Series Freakazoid! Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) 1995-09-09
Movie Down on the Waterfront 1994-04-26
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 Self 1993-01-20
Movie Gypsy Charles Thompson 1993-12-12
Series Cruel Doubt Bill Osteen 1992-05-17
Series Fish Police 1992-02-28
Movie Earth and the American Dream Reader (voice) 1992-10-01
Movie Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show Himself 1991-02-18
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 Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Harvey Metcalfe 1990-03-25
Movie Night of 100 Stars III Self 1990-05-21
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
Movie Moon Over Parador Self 1988-09-09
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
Series The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood Himself - Presenter 1987-07-03
Movie Vital Signs Matthew St James 1986-02-11
Movie Joshua and the Battle of Jericho Joshua 1986-04-25
Movie The Christmas Star Horace McNickle 1986-12-14
Movie Kate's Secret Dr. Resnick 1986-11-17
Series Off the Rack Sam Waltman 1985-03-15
Series Tender Is the Night Devereux Warren 1985-09-23
Series Tall Tales & Legends Lucky Jake 1985-09-25
Movie Anatomy of an Illness Norman Cousins 1984-05-15
Movie Donald Duck's 50th Birthday Himself 1984-11-13
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 Fort Apache, the Bronx Connolly 1981-02-06
Movie The Marva Collins Story Narrator (voice) 1981-12-01
Movie The Family Man Eddie Madden 1979-12-19
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 Mitzi & 100 Guys Self 1975-03-24
Movie Death Scream Peter Singleton 1975-09-26
Movie Hey, I'm Alive Ralph Flores 1975-11-07
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 Mr. 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 1964-09-21
Movie The New Girl 1960-01-01
Movie The Night America Trembled 1957-09-09