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