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:
- 205
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Everbrook (The Home)
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
| Movie | Everbrook (The Home) | 2025 | |
| 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 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Ghost of Claude | 2021-10-08 |
| Movie | Scarlett | 2021-12-31 | |
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | Dr. Cleary | 2020-08-28 |
| Movie | Rain Beau's End | Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
| Movie | Bury Me in Armor | Dimitry George | 2020-12-12 |
| Movie | Faith, Hope & Love | Harry Karetas | 2019-03-15 |
| Series | Dead to Me | Abe | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | In Vino | Charles | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | Olympia | Himself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
| Movie | LA DA Story | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | The Parting Glass | Tommy | 2018-06-24 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | 2018-09-29 |
| 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 | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | Saving Christmas | Rick | 2017-11-06 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | Self | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | Audrey | Walt | 2014-02-14 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Bonta / Narrator | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Elephant Sighs | Leo | 2012-06-12 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Autism and Cake | Fred | 2012-09-30 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| 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 | Absolute Killers | 2011-10-01 | |
| Movie | Identical | Yaakov Washington | 2011-12-01 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie | 2011-10-25 |
| Series | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman | 2011-09-14 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Channels | Ed Packard | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
| 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 | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock | J Jonah Jameson | 2004-06-29 |
| Series | Justice League Unlimited | Hephaestus / Granny Goodness | 2004-07-31 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Missing Brendan | George Calden | 2004-10-26 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| 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 | The Commission | Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-27 |
| 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 | Gahan Wilson's The Kid | Dead Cat | 2001-10-30 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Perfect Game | Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 | |
| Movie | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Father Duck (voice) | 1999-09-14 |
| 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 | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | 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 | 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 | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
| 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 | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Series | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994-03-09 |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Down on the Waterfront | 1994-04-26 | |
| Series | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Charles Thompson | 1993-12-12 |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self | 1993-01-20 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You | Charlie (voice) | 1991-01-01 |
| 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 | The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 | |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | Moon Over Parador | Self | 1988-09-09 |
| Movie | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
| Series | The Bronx Zoo | 1987-03-19 | |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Series | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Self - Presenter | 1987-07-03 |
| Movie | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Joshua (voice) | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Matthew St James | 1986-02-11 |
| 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 |
| Series | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 1985-03-15 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Donald Duck's 50th Birthday | Self | 1984-11-13 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | A Case of Libel | Robert Sloane | 1983-10-17 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | 1979-12-19 |
| Movie | A Different Approach | 1978-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-21 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | The Impostor | Barney West | 1975-03-18 |
| Movie | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
| 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 | Sam Cade | 1972-01-01 | |
| Movie | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
| 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 | Frank Radcliff | 1964-09-21 |
| Movie | Kid Galahad | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 1962-11-29 |
| Movie | The Murder Men | Dave Keller | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | The New Girl | Kurt Harden | 1960-01-01 |
| Movie | The Night America Trembled | 1957-09-09 | |
| Movie | The Defender (Studio One) | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-02-25 |