Ed Asner
Acting
🎂 1929-11-15
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.
Cast credits(402)
Self
2019
Self
1962
Stinky (voice)
1997
Editor (voice)
1989
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2013
Steve Bellows (voice)
1999
Martin Schultz
1999
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
2005
Narrator (voice)
2005
Mailbox #2 (voice)
2005
Grandpa Smith (voice)
2005
Mr. Weiner
2000
Guy Redmayne
2009
Rufus Tucker
2005
1971
Bud
1994
1997
August March
2010
Judge Matlin Pratt
1997
Judge Marcus Winnaker
1997
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Santa Claus (voice)
2010
Maurice
1993
Abe Rifkin
2019
August March
1968
Carl Cappi
1965
Sid Weinberg
2018
Lou Grant
1970
Pablo Vasquez
1963
Furman Crotty
1965
Jameson
2010
Granny Goodness (voice)
1996
Herschel
2009
2009
Dr. Frank Williams
1961
Abraham Klein
2004
Ben
2009
Hoggish Greedly (voice)
1990
Jack Stander
1962
Jack
2013
Cesare Marino
1968
Vince Leonard
1968
Hospital Patient
2019
1962
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Marty Bracknell
2002
1965
Kent Nelson (voice)
2010
Saul
2016
Actor #3
1948
Zigmund Klarik
1992
Hephaestus (voice)
2004
Granny Goodness (voice)
2004
John Carl Brock
1965
Walter Gretzler
1965
Pete Zacharias
1965
Roland Daggett (voice)
1992
Fixer (voice)
2000
1960
Second Man
1960
1969
Dr. James McNulty
1994
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1994
Commandant Von Reichenstein
2007
Tim Sellers
1961
Harry Obermayer
1961
1952
Thomas Davies
1977
Capt. Thomas Davies
1977
Lou Grant
1977
Captain Friedrich
1966
1961
1963
1973
Self
1970
1968
Harry Loring
1968
Taugus
1967
Harry Ferguson
1967
Von Romme (voice)
1996
Bob
2012
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
1963
Self - Host
1975
Ben Parker (voice)
2008
Self
1993
(voice)
1994
Self - Presenter
1956
Edward Asner (uncredited)
1978
Howard Jay
2015
Hudson (voice)
1994
Jack Danforth (voice)
1994
Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005
1997
Evil Georgie (voice)
1991
Kapp
1962
1963
1960
Self
2015
Oliver E. Wells
1964
President Ulysses S. Grant
1964
Dave Keller
1961
Roy Malinek
1963
Sheriff Mayhew
1963
Joe Bantam
1963
1966
Earl Tucker
1997
Self
1973
Mentor (voice)
1998
Officer Barr (voice)
2003
1974
Harmon Stern
1963
Paul Berg
1963
Dr. Wasserman
2011
1967
Ambrose (voice)
2020
1984
Mr. Finger
2013
Frank Radcliff
1964
Self
1949
Wilson White
2006
Lt. Vincent Busti
1958
George Johnson
1962
George Simpson
1966
Carl (voice)
2021
Sergeant
1957
Walter Kovacs
1990
Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
1995
Jack Lederer
1998
Self
2008
Fedor Bartok
1959
Frank
1959
George Lahti
1992
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1983
April's grandfather
2014
Warden Bragan
1955
Self - Presenter
1987
1988
1998
Chuck Marshak (voice)
2000
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Devereux Warren
1985
Axel Jordache
1976
Mr. Holmes
2021
Frank Hunter (voice)
1998
Sgt. Wilks
1955
Redmond
1955
1996
2009
Gil Jones
1994
Hank Greziak
2011
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
Self
1974
1994
1966
Self
2020
Mickey Doyle
2007
1996
Carl (voice)
2023
Guy Bannister
1991
1966
Lucky Jake
1985
2000
Santa
2003
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Art Barnett
2004
1993
1992
Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2022
Uncle Charlie
1998
Bart Jason
1966
Chief Wilson
2001
1987
Pop Halmo
2018
Mr. Carson
2012
Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
Ghost of Claude
2021
Perry White (voice)
2011
Warren Buffett
2011
Bill Osteen
1992
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Narrator
2005
Dr. Howard Arden
2020
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
Scowl the Owl (voice)
1989
Hank Cooper
1976
Gluckman
1999
Self
1987
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997
J. Jonah Jameson
2005
Connolly
1981
Woody Garfield
1970
Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
Edward Everett (voice)
2025
Self
2014
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Sam Waltman
1985
1998
Jefferson
2018
Det. Ralph Varone
1973
Uncle Nick
2003
Jefferson
2014
Marley (voice)
1997
Self
1985
Harry Karetas
2019
Self (voice)
2023
Jacob Ascher
1983
Gabriel Morgan
2016
J. Jonah Jameson
2002
Scalawag (voice)
1987
Henchman Veretti
1965
Santa (voice)
2014
Kirby Weathersby
2008
Self
2017
Santa Claus (voice)
1999
Papa Noel
2013
2011
Ted Marx
1991
Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
Krad (voice)
2007
Self
1988
Adam
1977
Self
1982
Santa
2017
Rick
2017
Horace McNickle
1986
Lt. Moretti
1969
Charles
2019
2020
1972
Thomas O'Claire
2000
Bonta / Narrator (voice)
2013
Artie
2011
Charles Thompson
1993
Dead Cat
2001
Sidney
2008
Self
1990
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999
Self
1975
Father Duck (voice)
1999
Fred Reardon
1971
2000
Ed
2021
J Jonah Jameson
2004
Det. Judd Ridley
1965
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1997
Corporate Manager
2016
Chief Buddy
2013
Frank Rosenfeld
1967
Self
1984
Plunkett
1971
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator (voice)
2003
Voice
2011
Santa
2017
Ernie McKay
1970
Peter Singleton
1975
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Self
2012
Kris Kringle
2015
Harvey Metcalfe
1990
Hudson (voice)
1996
Narrator (voice)
1981
Bruno
1995
Feldman
1966
Dr. Morheim
1970
Vern
2015
Eddie Madden
1979
1990
Luke Spelman
2006
Nicholas Drago
2014
Edward P. Mitchell
1991
Vern
2017
Ira
2000
Owl (voice)
2015
Ralph Flores
1975
Jack Green
2005
Lt. Jacoby
1967
Sheriff Muntz
1970
Dr. Resnick
1986
Reader (voice)
1992
Mike Wilson
2024
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
Angelo Roncalli
2002
Himself
2005
Arthur (voice)
2017
Angry Investor
2011
Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
George
2016
Himself
2015
Jack Patkanis
1997
Charlie
2012
Al Hunsicker
1972
Self (archive footage)
2018
Joshua (voice)
1986
Bob O'Hara
1982
Saul Wiener
1969
Rabbi
2011
Charles Gilbert
2002
Taylor
1999
Ed Packard
2008
Self
1978
Barstow
1971
Det. John Waters
1996
David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
Yaakov Washington
2011
Pike
1964
Self
1993
Himself
2018
Matthew St James
1986
Dr. Cleary
2020
Norman Cousins
1984
Sam
1991
2010
Chief Otto Larkin
1971
Lucky Jake
1986
Samuel
2020
Billy Hicks
2000
Dave Keller
1961
Self
2004
Golden Hands Segal
2007
Vern
2018
Charlie Atwater
1997
Frank Bass
1974
Tommy
2018
Walt
2014
Self
2003
Self
2012
Adult Walter (voice)
2017
Ab Abbot
1994
Self
1978
Bart Cahill
2008
George Calden
2004
Leo
2012
Augie Sinclair
2003
Nutcracker (voice)
1999
Self
2015
Jay Roth
2001
Self
2016
Harry
2017
2021
Grandpa (voice)
2014
Mr. James
2016
(voice)
1999
2005
Dt. Ed Ames
1975
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003
Narrator (Voice)
2008
Barney West
1975
3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
1957
Ed Randall
2016
2007
Kurt Harden
1960
Gunny
2020
Opah Oskar Reikman
1988
Self
2002
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
1997
Narrator
1982
1995
Huey P. Long
1977
Mr Wilson
2013
1997
Self
2000
Santa Claus (voice)
1996
Himself
1991
Various Roles
1978
Charlie (voice)
1991
Narrator (voice)
2018
Jean XXIII
2002
Sheriff Delaney
2005
1978
Narrator
1996
Col. Heinl
2005
Davis Aldrich
2000
Wilhelm Müller
2016
Phil
1975
1994
Himself
2011
Simon Shaber
1981
Popcorn Bud
2023
Swifty
2018
President Whitlock
2012
Self - Interviewee
Self (archive footage)
Narrator
2011
Morty
2011
Geza
2000
Dimitry George
2020
Robert Sloane
1983
The Prophet
2021
Narrator
2002
Fred
2012
2007
Walt Whitman
2013
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