Person

Ed Asner

Acting · 1929–2021 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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.

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  Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  Martin Schultz

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  Family Guy

  Steve Bellows (voice)

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  The Simpsons

  Editor (voice)

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  American Dad!

  Narrator (voice)

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  Bones

  Rufus Tucker

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  Modern Family

  Herschel

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  Hawaii Five-0

  August March

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  The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  Self

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  Regular Show

  Santa Claus (voice)

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  The X-Files

  Maurice

• 2025The Gettysburg AddressEdward Everett (voice)
• 2024Altered RealityMike Wilson
• 2023A Fargo Christmas StoryPopcorn Bud
• 2023Carl's DateCarl (voice)
• 2023Being Mary Tyler MooreSelf (voice)
• 2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)
• 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesGrandpa Heffley (voice)
• 2021ScarlettLou
• 2021Back Home AgainPeter Lionsbridge (voice)
• 2021Muppets Haunted MansionGhost of Claude
• 2021The PremiseMr. Holmes
• 2021Dug DaysCarl (voice)
• 2021Senior EntourageEd
• 2021Captain DaddyGrampa (voice)
• 2021BloodThe Prophet
• 2020Tiger WithinSamuel
• 2020Bury Me in ArmorDimitry George
• 2020SEVEN
• 2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelf
• 2020Rain Beau's EndGunny
• 2020The Garden Left BehindDr. Cleary
• 2020Central ParkAmbrose (voice)
• 2020M.O.M. Mothers of MonstersDr. Howard Arden
• 2019In VinoCharles
• 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
• 2019Dead to MeAbe Rifkin
• 2019Faith, Hope & LoveHarry Karetas
• 2019Doom PatrolHospital Patient
• 2018OlympiaSelf
• 2018All of My Heart: The WeddingVern
• 2018Honor Amongst MenPop Halmo
• 2018Angels on TapSwifty
• 2018The Parting GlassTommy
• 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still WaitingJefferson
• 2018Cobra KaiSid Weinberg
• 2018Ed Asner's Oral HistorySelf - Interviewee
• 2018Ballmastrz: 9009Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
• 2018Eva: A-7063Narrator (voice)
• 2018LA DA StorySelf (archive footage)
• 2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf
• 2017A StoryBots ChristmasSanta
• 2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!Santa
• 2017Saving ChristmasRick
• 2017The GliksmansMoshe
• 2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveVern
• 2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsElder Pyreez (voice)
• 2017CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!Arthur (voice)
• 2017Joe's WarHarry
• 2017Framed: The Adventures of Zion ManAdult Walter (voice)
• 2016The Best Democracy Money Can BuySelf
• 2016MacGyverSaul
• 2016Titanic: Sinking the MythsWilhelm Müller
• 2016Mary Jane: A Musical PotumentaryCorporate Manager
• 2016Super SexGeorge
• 2016Getting Ed LaidEd Randall
• 2016Love Meet HopeMr. James
• 2016Love Finds You in ValentineGabriel Morgan
• 2016Behind the FearNarrator (voice)
• 2015A Merry Murdoch ChristmasKris Kringle
• 2015Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the ArtsSelf
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationSelf / Lou Grant (archive footage)
• 2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
• 2015The Nutcracker SweetOwl (voice)
• 2015Grace and FrankieHoward Jay
• 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Himself
• 2015All of My HeartVern
• 2014Elf: Buddy's Musical ChristmasSanta (voice)
• 2014Frozen in TimeGrandpa (voice)
• 2014The Games MakerNicholas Drago
• 2014Chasing LifeApril's grandfather
• 2014AudreyWalt
• 2014I Know That VoiceSelf
• 2013Christmas on the BayouPapa Noel
• 2013Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingMr Wilson
• 2013The Crazy OnesMr. Finger
• 2013MomJack
• 2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroBonta / Narrator (voice)
• 2013American RoadWalt Whitman
• 2013Second ChancesChief Buddy
• 2013Teen Titans Go!Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
• 2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistMr. Carson
• 2012Casting BySelf
• 2012Autism and CakeFred
• 2012LiberatorPresident Whitlock
• 2012Foodfight!Mr. Leonard (voice)
• 2012Elephant SighsLeo
• 2012Men at WorkBob
• 2012Should've Been RomeoCharlie
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf
• 2011The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to HorrorNarrator
• 2011IdenticalYaakov Washington
• 2011Too Big to FailWarren Buffett
• 2011Let GoArtie
• 2011Absolute Killers
• 2011Good MenMorty
• 2011Michael: Tuesdays and ThursdaysDr. Wasserman
• 2011Not Another B MovieAngry Investor
• 2011Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7Himself
• 2011Hopelessly in JuneRabbi
• 2011The Desert of Forbidden ArtVoice
• 2011Working ClassHank Greziak
• 2011All Star SupermanPerry White (voice)
• 2010Young JusticeKent Nelson (voice)
• 2010The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
• 2010Superman/Batman: ApocalypseGranny Goodness (voice)
• 2010Hawaii Five-0August March
• 2010Regular ShowSanta Claus (voice)
• 2010Hot in ClevelandJameson
• 2009Christmas DreamsJerry
• 2009Dug's Special MissionCarl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
• 2009The MiddleBen
• 2009The Cleveland Show
• 2009Modern FamilyHerschel
• 2009The Good WifeGuy Redmayne
• 2009UpCarl Fredricksen (voice)
• 2009Up: UpisodesCarl Fredricksen (voice)
• 2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical HumanistSelf
• 2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelf
• 2008Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet UnionNarrator (Voice)
• 2008Generation GapBart Cahill
• 2008Christmas CottageSidney
• 2008GiganticKirby Weathersby
• 2008Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American CampaignsSelf
• 2008The Spectacular Spider-ManBen Parker (voice)
• 2008ChannelsEd Packard
• 2007Hard FourGolden Hands Segal
• 2007Christmas Is Here AgainKrad (voice)
• 2007Andy Barker, P.I.Mickey Doyle
• 2007From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
• 2007The Sarah Silverman Program.Commandant Von Reichenstein
• 2007The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
• 2006The Christmas CardLuke Spelman
• 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripWilson White
• 2005The BoondocksEd Wuncler (voice)
• 2005Crab Orchard
• 2005BonesRufus Tucker
• 2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working ClassNarrator
• 2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on TerrorHimself
• 2005Spider-Man: The Venom SagaJ. Jonah Jameson
• 2005Sir! No Sir!Col. Heinl
• 2005Out of the WoodsJack Green
• 2005Sleeping Dogs LieSheriff Delaney
• 2005American Dad!Narrator (voice)
• 2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelf
• 2004Elf: Film School for KidsSelf
• 2004Elf: Tag Along with Will FerrellSelf
• 2004Elf: How they Made the North PoleSelf
• 2004Elf: That's a WrapSelf
• 2004Center of the UniverseArt Barnett
• 2004Missing BrendanGeorge Calden
• 2004CSI: NYAbraham Klein
• 2004Justice League UnlimitedHephaestus (voice)
• 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckJ Jonah Jameson
• 2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureUncle Nick
• 2003ElfSanta
• 2003The CommissionCapt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
• 2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War FailureNarrator (voice)
• 2003Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesOfficer Barr (voice)
• 2003The King and Queen of Moonlight BayAugie Sinclair
• 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelf
• 2002The Man Who Saved ChristmasCharles Gilbert
• 2002The Dead ZoneMarty Bracknell
• 2002The Mary Tyler Moore ReunionSelf
• 2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain ShowdownJ. Jonah Jameson
• 2002Remembering RootsSelf
• 2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight ItNarrator
• 2002Pope John XXIIIAngelo Roncalli
• 2002Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIIIJean XXIII
• 2001Gahan Wilson's The KidDead Cat
• 2001In Search of PeaceDavid Ben Gurion (voice)
• 2001The AnimalChief Wilson
• 2001Island PreyJay Roth
• 2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMr. Weiner
• 2000Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts BlossomSelf
• 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandFixer (voice)
• 2000Becoming DickDavis Aldrich
• 2000The Huntress
• 2000Above SuspicionThomas O'Claire
• 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
• 2000Perfect GameBilly Hicks
• 2000Max SteelChuck Marshak (voice)
• 2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleExecutive Producer
• 2000Common GroundIra
• 2000Bring Him HomeGeza
• 1999Snowden's ChristmasBig Daddy (voice)
• 1999Olive, the Other ReindeerSanta Claus (voice)
• 1999The BachelorGluckman
• 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMartin Schultz
• 1999Love and Action in ChicagoTaylor
• 1999The Sissy DucklingFather Duck (voice)
• 1999Family GuySteve Bellows (voice)
• 1999Our Friend, MartinMr. Harris (voice)
• 1999O' Christmas TreeNutcracker (voice)
• 1998Maggie Winters
• 1998The Wild ThornberrysFrank Hunter (voice)
• 1998HerculesMentor (voice)
• 1998More Tales of the CityJack Lederer
• 1998The Closer
• 1998Hard RainUncle Charlie
• 1997A Christmas CarolMarley (voice)
• 1997Academy Boyz
• 1997Dharma & GregEarl Tucker
• 1997The Long Way HomeGeorge Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
• 1997Johnny Bravo
• 1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannDr. Robert Servatius (voice)
• 1997The Angry Beavers
• 1997Dog's Best FriendJeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
• 1997The PracticeJudge Matlin Pratt
• 1997PaybackJack Patkanis
• 1997King of the HillStinky (voice)
• 1997The FumbleheadsCharlie Atwater
• 1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas ParadeSelf
• 1996The Story of Santa ClausSanta Claus (voice)
• 1996Bruno the KidThe Engineer (voice)
• 1996Superman: The Animated SeriesGranny Goodness (voice)
• 1996The Real Adventures of Jonny QuestVon Romme (voice)
• 1996E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Arli$$Lenny Crowley
• 1996Hanged on a Twisted CrossNarrator
• 1996Gone in the NightDet. John Waters
• 1995Dumb and DumberGeneral / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)
• 1995Freakazoid!Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
• 1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
• 1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes AwakenHudson (voice)
• 1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsBruno
• 1994Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 1994GargoylesHudson (voice)
• 1994GypsyCharles Thompson
• 1994Touched by an AngelBud
• 1994ERJames McNulty
• 1994The Magic School BusGen. Aranius (voice)
• 1994Down on the Waterfront
• 1994Thunder AlleyGil Jones
• 1994DuckmanMort Sidelman (voice)
• 1994HeadsAb Abbot
• 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
• 1993AnimaniacsVern (voice)
• 1993The X-FilesMaurice
• 1993Politically Incorrect
• 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf
• 1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)
• 1992Mad About YouZigmund Klarik
• 1992Hearts AfireGeorge Lahti
• 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesRoland Daggett (voice)
• 1992Cruel DoubtBill Osteen
• 1992Fish PoliceChief Abalone (voice)
• 1991JFKGuy Bannister
• 1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa ClausEdward P. Mitchell
• 1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierThanks
• 1991Silent MotiveSam
• 1991Switched at BirthTed Marx
• 1991DinosaursEvil Georgie (voice)
• 1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary ShowHimself
• 1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To YouCharlie (voice)
• 1990Good Cops, Bad Cops
• 1990The Trials of Rosie O'NeillWalter Kovacs
• 1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersHoggish Greedly (voice)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
• 1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny LessHarvey Metcalfe
• 1989The SimpsonsEditor (voice)
• 1989Happily Ever AfterScowl the Owl (voice)
• 1988Roseanne
• 1988Moon Over ParadorSelf
• 1988A Friendship in ViennaOpah Oskar Reikman
• 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightScalawag (voice)
• 1987The RKO Story: Tales From HollywoodSelf - Presenter
• 1987Cracked UpRev. Vincent Owens
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
• 1987The Bronx Zoo
• 1986The Christmas StarHorace McNickle
• 1986Kate's SecretDr. Resnick
• 1986Joshua and the Battle of JerichoJoshua (voice)
• 1986Vital SignsMatthew St James
• 1986Darlin' ClementineLucky Jake
• 1985Tall Tales & LegendsLucky Jake
• 1985Tender Is the NightDevereux Warren
• 1985Off the RackSam Waltman
• 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
• 1984Donald Duck's 50th BirthdaySelf
• 1984Highway to Heaven
• 1984Anatomy of an IllnessNorman Cousins
• 1983A Case of LibelRobert Sloane
• 1983DanielJacob Ascher
• 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
• 1983KoyaanisqatsiSelf (archive footage)
• 1982Americas in TransitionNarrator
• 1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
• 1982American PlayhouseRobert Sloane
• 1982O'Hara's WifeBob O'Hara
• 1981The Marva Collins StoryNarrator (voice)
• 1981A Small KillingSimon Shaber
• 1981Fort Apache, the BronxConnolly
• 1979The Family ManEddie Madden
• 1978The White ShadowEdward Asner (uncredited)
• 1978Mickey's 50Self
• 1978The Good DoctorVarious Roles
• 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf
• 1978A Different Approach
• 1977The GatheringAdam
• 1977Lou GrantLou Grant
• 1977The Life and Assassination of the KingfishHuey P. Long
• 1977RootsThomas Davies
• 1976GusHank Cooper
• 1976Rich Man, Poor ManAxel Jordache
• 1975Hey, I'm AliveRalph Flores
• 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
• 1975Death ScreamPeter Singleton
• 1975The Impersonation Murder CaseDt. Ed Ames
• 1975Mitzi & 100 GuysSelf
• 1975The ImpostorBarney West
• 1975TwigsPhil
• 1974Dinah!Self
• 1974Rhoda
• 1974The WrestlerFrank Bass
• 1973The Girl Most Likely To...Det. Ralph Varone
• 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
• 1973Match GameSelf
• 1973Police Story
• 1972Haunts of the Very RichAl Hunsicker
• 1972Sam Cade
• 1971They Call It MurderChief Otto Larkin
• 1971The Todd KillingsFred Reardon
• 1971The Last ChildBarstow
• 1971Skin GamePlunkett
• 1971Great Performances
• 1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfDr. Morheim
• 1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowLou Grant
• 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf
• 1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Woody Garfield
• 1970Halls of AngerErnie McKay
• 1970House on Greenapple RoadSheriff Muntz
• 1969Daughter of the MindSaul Wiener
• 1969Change of HabitLt. Moretti
• 1969Medical Center
• 1968The Mod Squad
• 1968Hawaii Five-OAugust March
• 1968The Name of the GameCesare Marino
• 1967GunnLt. Jacoby
• 1967IronsideMarlon Davis
• 1967The InvadersTaugus
• 1966El DoradoBart Jason
• 1966The Doomsday FlightFeldman
• 1966CBS PlayhouseNat Congdon
• 1966The Venetian AffairFrank Rosenfeld
• 1966Mission: ImpossibleGeorge Simpson
• 1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.George Kramer
• 1966Felony Squad
• 1966The Rat PatrolCaptain Friedrich
• 1965The Slender ThreadDet. Judd Ridley
• 1965The F.B.I.John Carl Brock
• 1965The Wild Wild WestFurman Crotty
• 1965Please Don't Eat the Daisies
• 1965Run for Your LifeCarl Cappi
• 1965The Satan BugHenchman Veretti
• 1964Profiles in CourageOliver E. Wells
• 1964Slattery's PeopleFrank Radcliff
• 1964Fanfare for a Death ScenePike
• 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• 1963Mr. NovakHarmon Stern
• 1963Burke's LawPablo Vasquez
• 1963The FugitiveRoy Malinek
• 1963The Outer LimitsDetective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
• 1963The Lieutenant
• 1962Kid GalahadAssistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
• 1962The Eleventh Hour
• 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
• 1962Stoney BurkeKapp
• 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
• 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourJack Stander
• 1962The VirginianGeorge Johnson
• 1962Sam BenedictDr. Everett Colner
• 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
• 1961Target: The Corruptors!
• 1961Dr. KildareDr. Frank Williams
• 1961Cain's HundredDave Keller
• 1961The DefendersTim Sellers
• 1961The Murder MenDave Keller
• 1960Route 66
• 1960Outlaws
• 1960J-24
• 1960The New GirlKurt Harden
• 1959The UntouchablesFedor Bartok
• 1958Naked CityLt. Vincent Busti
• 1957DecoySergeant
• 1957The Night America Trembled3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
• 1957The Defender (Studio One)Juror (uncredited)
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
• 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWarden Bragan
• 1955GunsmokeSgt. Wilks
• 1953The OscarsCarl Fredricksen (voice)
• 1952Omnibus
• 1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
• 1948Studio OneActor #3
• 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
• —A Man and His Prostate
• —Untitled SAG-AFTRA DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
• —UnpluggedDr. Eaton (voice)