Ed Asner
Known for Acting · 392 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Martin Schultz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Editor (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Steve Bellows (voice)
Bones
2005
as Rufus Tucker
American Dad!
2005
as Narrator (voice) / TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) / Mailbox #2 (voice) / Grandpa Smith (voice)
TV Shows (155)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Martin Schultz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Editor (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Steve Bellows (voice)
Bones
2005
as Rufus Tucker
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
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as August March
The X-Files
1993
as Maurice
Regular Show
2010
as Santa Claus (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
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
CSI: NY
2004
as Abraham Klein
King of the Hill
1997
as Stinky (voice)
The Middle
2009
as Ben
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Winner
Young Justice
2010
as Kent Nelson (voice)
The Fugitive
1963
as Roy Malinek / Sheriff Mayhew / Joe Bantam
Ironside
1967
as Marlon Davis
Mom
2013
as Jack
Cobra Kai
2018
as Sid Weinberg
The Practice
1997
as Judge Matlin Pratt / Judge Marcus Winnaker
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as August March
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Roland Daggett (voice)
Mission: Impossible
1966
as George Simpson
Great Performances
1971
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Jack Stander
Mad About You
1992
as Zigmund Klarik
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Bud
MacGyver
2016
as Saul
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as George Johnson
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Frank Williams
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Johnny Bravo
1997
Dinosaurs
1991
as Evil Georgie (voice)
Animaniacs
1993
as Vern (voice)
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Furman Crotty
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Studio One
1948
as Actor #3
The Untouchables
1959
as Fedor Bartok / Frank / Jimmy Canada
The F.B.I.
1965
as John Carl Brock / Walter Gretzler / Pete Zacharias
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Howard Jay
Naked City
1958
as Lt. Vincent Busti
Match Game
1973
as Self
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Jameson
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Lou Grant
The Dead Zone
2002
as Marty Bracknell
Lou Grant
1977
as Lou Grant
Burke's Law
1963
as Pablo Vasquez
Highway to Heaven
1984
Spider-Man
1994
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Medical Center
1969
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Frank Hunter (voice)
Doom Patrol
2019
as Hospital Patient
Movies (237)
Up
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Elf
2003
as Santa
Carl's Date
2023
as Carl (voice)
El Dorado
1966
as Bart Jason
JFK
1991
as Guy Bannister
Hard Rain
1998
as Uncle Charlie
The Animal
2001
as Chief Wilson
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
as Mr. Carson
Dug's Special Mission
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
The Bachelor
1999
as Gluckman
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Warren Buffett
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010
as Granny Goodness (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
All Star Superman
2011
as Perry White (voice)
Skin Game
1971
as Plunkett
Let Go
2011
as Artie
Kid Galahad
1962
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Happily Ever After
1989
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
Super Sex
2016
as George
Gigantic
2008
as Kirby Weathersby
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
as Uncle Nick
Olympia
2018
as Self
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Edward Everett (voice)
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
as Connolly
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as Ghost of Claude
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
as Santa (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
as Gabriel Morgan
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Woody Garfield
Foodfight!
2012
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
Generation Gap
2008
as Bart Cahill
Our Friend, Martin
1999
as Mr. Harris (voice)
The Satan Bug
1965
as Henchman Veretti
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self
Gypsy
1994
as Charles Thompson
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Sidney
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
as Vern
Common Ground
2000
as Ira
Casting By
2012
as Self
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
as Det. Ralph Varone
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
I Know That Voice
2014
as Self
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Self
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Daniel
1983
as Jacob Ascher
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
as Vern
Payback
1997
as Jack Patkanis
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
as Self
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
as Kris Kringle
The Slender Thread
1965
as Det. Judd Ridley
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
as Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
as Self
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
as Harry Karetas
Gus
1976
as Hank Cooper
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
as Charles Gilbert
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
as Augie Sinclair
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
as Hudson (voice)
All of My Heart
2015
as Vern
Death Scream
1975
as Peter Singleton
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
as J. Jonah Jameson
Second Chances
2013
as Chief Buddy
Pope John XXIII
2002
as Angelo Roncalli
The Christmas Star
1986
as Horace McNickle
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
The Long Way Home
1997
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
The Sissy Duckling
1999
as Father Duck (voice)
The Commission
2003
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Scarlett
2021
as Lou
Perfect Game
2000
as Billy Hicks
The Garden Left Behind
2020
as Dr. Cleary
Rain Beau's End
2020
as Gunny
Gunn
1967
as Lt. Jacoby
Above Suspicion
2000
as Thomas O'Claire
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
as J. Jonah Jameson
A Different Approach
1978
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
In Vino
2019
as Charles
Hard Four
2007
as Golden Hands Segal
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
as Krad (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)
The Parting Glass
2018
as Tommy
Cracked Up
1987
as Rev. Vincent Owens
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Sheriff Muntz
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
as Edward P. Mitchell
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Marley (voice)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
as Self
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Venetian Affair
1966
as Frank Rosenfeld
Christmas on the Bayou
2013
as Papa Noel
Hopelessly in June
2011
as Rabbi
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
as Self
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
as Scalawag (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
as Self
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Feldman
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
2002
as Jean XXIII
The Todd Killings
1971
as Fred Reardon
LA DA Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
O'Hara's Wife
1982
as Bob O'Hara
Becoming Dick
2000
as Davis Aldrich
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
Change of Habit
1969
as Lt. Moretti
Hey, I'm Alive
1975
as Ralph Flores
Daughter of the Mind
1969
as Saul Wiener
Joe's War
2017
as Harry
Gone in the Night
1996
as Det. John Waters
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017
as Santa
Senior Entourage
2021
as Ed
Blood
2021
as The Prophet
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017
as Arthur (voice)
In Search of Peace
2001
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
as Himself
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 392 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Ed Asner has appeared in 237 films and 155 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)
- El Dorado (1966) — as Bart Jason
- JFK (1991) — as Guy Bannister
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