Acting

Ed Asner

Born 1929-11-15 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died 2021-08-29

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.

Credits

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The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
2025
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2024
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
2024
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
2023
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa (voice)
2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
In Memory Of
2022
Scarlett
as Lou
2021
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Back Home Again
In Memory Of
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
In Memory Of
2021
The Premise
as Mr. Holmes
2021
Dug Days
as Carl (voice)
2021
Senior Entourage
as Ed
2021
A Man and His Prostate
2021
Captain Daddy
as Grampa (voice)
2021
Blood
as The Prophet
2021
Tiger Within
as Samuel
2020
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
2020
SEVEN
2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
2020
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
2020
Central Park
as Ambrose (voice)
2020
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
2020
In Vino
as Charles
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Dead to Me
as Abe Rifkin
2019
Dead to Me
In Memory Of
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
2019
Doom Patrol
as Hospital Patient
2019
Olympia
as Self
2018
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
2018
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
2018
Angels on Tap
as Swifty
2018
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
2018
Cobra Kai
as Sid Weinberg
2018
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
2018
Ballmastrz: 9009
as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
2018
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
2017
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
as Santa
2017
Saving Christmas
as Rick
2017
The Gliksmans
as Moshe
2017
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
2017
Joe's War
as Harry
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
2017
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self
2016
MacGyver
as Saul
2016
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as Wilhelm Müller
2016
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
as Corporate Manager
2016
Super Sex
as George
2016
Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
2016
Love Meet Hope
as Mr. James
2016
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
2016
Behind the Fear
as Narrator (voice)
2016
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
2015
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
as Self
2015
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl (voice)
2015
Grace and Frankie
as Howard Jay
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
2015
All of My Heart
as Vern
2015
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
2014
Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
2014
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
2014
Chasing Life
as April's grandfather
2014
Audrey
as Walt
2014
I Know That Voice
as Self
2014
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
2013
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
2013