Ed Asner
- Acting
- November 15, 1929 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- August 29, 2021
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
Filmography
- The Gettysburg Address · Edward Everett (Voice)
- An SNL Thanksgiving · (archive footage)
- Altered Reality · Mike Wilson
- A Fargo Christmas Story · Popcorn Bud
- Carl's Date · Carl (Voice)
- Being Mary Tyler Moore · Self
- Commitment to Life · Self
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules · Grandpa (Voice), In Memory Of
- Scarlett · Lou
- Back Home Again · Peter Lionsbridge (Voice), In Memory Of
- Muppets Haunted Mansion · Ghost of Claude, In Memory Of
- The Premise · Mr. Holmes
- Dug Days · Carl (Voice)
- Senior Entourage · Ed
- A Man and His Prostate
- Captain Daddy · Grampa (Voice)
- Blood · The Prophet
- Tiger Within · Samuel
- Bury Me in Armor · Dimitry George
- SEVEN
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- Rain Beau's End · Gunny
- The Garden Left Behind · Dr. Cleary
- Central Park · Ambrose (Voice)
- M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters · Dr. Howard Arden
- In Vino · Charles
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Dead to Me · Abe Rifkin, In Memory Of
- Faith, Hope & Love · Harry Karetas
- Doom Patrol · Hospital Patient
- Olympia · Self
- All of My Heart: The Wedding · Vern
- Honor Amongst Men · Pop Halmo
- Angels on Tap · Swifty
- The Parting Glass · Tommy
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting · Jefferson
- Cobra Kai · Sid Weinberg
- Ed Asner's Oral History · Self
- Ballmastrz: 9009 · Rupert T. Digzfield (Voice)
- Eva: A-7063 · Narrator (Voice)
- LA DA Story · Self
- And the Winner Isn't · Self
- A StoryBots Christmas · Santa
- Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! · Santa
- Saving Christmas · Rick
- The Gliksmans · Moshe
- All of My Heart: Inn Love · Vern
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows · Elder Pyreez (Voice)
- CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! · Arthur (Voice)
- Joe's War · Harry
- Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man · Adult Walter (Voice)
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy · Self
- MacGyver · Saul
- Titanic: Sinking the Myths · Wilhelm Müller
- Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary · Corporate Manager
- Super Sex · George
- Getting Ed Laid · Ed Randall
- Love Meet Hope · Mr. James
- Love Finds You in Valentine · Gabriel Morgan
- Behind the Fear · Narrator (Voice)
- A Merry Murdoch Christmas · Kris Kringle
- Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts · Self
- Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration · Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
- Celebrity Family Feud · Self
- The Nutcracker Sweet · Owl (Voice)
- Grace and Frankie · Howard Jay
- I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! · Self
- All of My Heart · Vern
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas · Santa (Voice)
- Frozen in Time · Grandpa (Voice)
- The Games Maker · Nicholas Drago
- Chasing Life · April's grandfather
- Audrey · Walt
- I Know That Voice · Self
- Christmas on the Bayou · Papa Noel
- Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving · Mr Wilson
- The Crazy Ones · Mr. Finger
- Mom · Jack
- Axel: The Biggest Little Hero · Bonta / Narrator (Voice)
- American Road · Walt Whitman