Ed Asner
Known for acting · Born 15 November 1929 · Died 29 August 2021 · aged 91 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
407 credits
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
Up
2009
Spider-Man
1994
Gargoyles
1994
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Lou Grant
1977
Elf
2003
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Carl's Date
2023
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
The Animal
2001
Freakazoid!
1995
Hard Rain
1998
Acting (398)
2025The Gettysburg AddressEdward Everett (voice)Film
2024Altered RealityMike WilsonFilm
2024An SNL Thanksgiving(archive footage)Film
2023Carl's DateCarl (voice)Film
2023Being Mary Tyler MooreSelf (voice)Film
2023A Fargo Christmas StoryPopcorn BudFilm
2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)Film
2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesGrandpa (voice)Film
2021Dug DaysCarl (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2021Muppets Haunted MansionGhost of ClaudeFilm
2021The PremiseMr. HolmesSeries
2021Back Home AgainPeter Lionsbridge (voice)Film
2021Senior EntourageEdFilm
2021A Man and His ProstateFilm
2021ScarlettLouFilm
2021BloodThe ProphetFilm
2021Captain DaddyGrampa (voice)Film
2020Central ParkAmbrose (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2020M.O.M. Mothers of MonstersDr. Howard ArdenFilm
2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelfSeries
2020The Garden Left BehindDr. ClearyFilm
2020Rain Beau's EndGunnyFilm
2020SEVENFilm
2020Tiger WithinSamuelFilm
2020Bury Me in ArmorDimitry GeorgeFilm
2019Doom PatrolHospital PatientSeries
2019Dead to MeAbe Rifkin · 5 episodesSeries
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019Faith, Hope & LoveHarry KaretasFilm
2019In VinoCharlesFilm
2018Cobra KaiSid Weinberg · 3 episodesSeries
2018All of My Heart: The WeddingVernFilm
2018Ballmastrz: 9009Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)Series
2018The Parting GlassTommyFilm
2018OlympiaSelfFilm
2018LA DA StorySelf (archive footage)Film
2018Waiting in the Wings: Still WaitingJeffersonFilm
2018Angels on TapSwiftyFilm
2018Ed Asner's Oral HistorySelf - IntervieweeFilm
2018Eva: A-7063Narrator (voice)Film
2018Honor Amongst MenPop HalmoFilm
2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveVernFilm
2017CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!Arthur (voice)Film
2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsElder Pyreez (voice)Film
2017A StoryBots ChristmasSantaFilm
2017Saving ChristmasRickFilm
2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!SantaFilm
2017And the Winner Isn'tSelfFilm
2017Joe's WarHarryFilm
2017Framed: The Adventures of Zion ManAdult Walter (voice)Film
2017The GliksmansMosheFilm
2016MacGyverSaulSeries
2016Love Finds You in ValentineGabriel MorganFilm
2016The Best Democracy Money Can BuySelfFilm
2016Getting Ed LaidEd RandallFilm
2016Super SexGeorgeFilm
2016Love Meet HopeMr. JamesFilm
2016Titanic: Sinking the MythsWilhelm MüllerFilm
2016Mary Jane: A Musical PotumentaryCorporate ManagerFilm
2016Behind the FearNarrator (voice)Film
2015Grace and FrankieHoward Jay · 2 episodesSeries
2015All of My HeartVernFilm
2015Celebrity Family FeudSelfSeries
2015The Nutcracker SweetOwl (voice)Film
2015A Merry Murdoch ChristmasKris KringleFilm
2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!HimselfFilm
2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationSelf / Lou Grant (archive footage)Film
2015Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the ArtsSelfFilm
2014I Know That VoiceSelfFilm
2014The Games MakerNicholas DragoFilm
2014Chasing LifeApril's grandfatherSeries
2014Elf: Buddy's Musical ChristmasSanta (voice)Film
2014Frozen in TimeGrandpa (voice)Film
2014AudreyWaltFilm
2013Teen Titans Go!Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)Series
2013MomJackSeries
2013The Crazy OnesMr. FingerSeries
2013Second ChancesChief BuddyFilm
2013Christmas on the BayouPapa NoelFilm
2013Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingMr WilsonFilm
2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroBonta / Narrator (voice)Film
2013American RoadWalt WhitmanFilm
2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistMr. CarsonFilm
2012Foodfight!Mr. Leonard (voice)Film
2012Men at WorkBobSeries
2012Casting BySelfFilm
2012Should've Been RomeoCharlieFilm
2012Elephant SighsLeoFilm
2012LiberatorPresident WhitlockFilm
2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelfFilm
2012Autism and CakeFredFilm
2011All Star SupermanPerry White (voice)Film
2011Too Big to FailWarren BuffettFilm
2011Let GoArtieFilm
2011IdenticalYaakov WashingtonFilm
2011The Desert of Forbidden ArtVoiceFilm
2011Not Another B MovieAngry InvestorFilm
2011Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7HimselfFilm
2011Hopelessly in JuneRabbiFilm
2011Absolute KillersFilm
2011Working ClassHank Greziak · 12 episodesSeries
2011Michael: Tuesdays and ThursdaysDr. Wasserman · 12 episodesSeries
2011The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to HorrorNarratorFilm
2011Good MenMortyFilm
2010Regular ShowSanta Claus (voice)Series
2010Hawaii Five-0August March · 2 episodesSeries
2010Young JusticeKent Nelson (voice)Series
2010Superman/Batman: ApocalypseGranny Goodness (voice)Film
2010Hot in ClevelandJamesonSeries
2010The Triumph of William Henry HarrisonFilm
2009UpCarl Fredricksen (voice)Film
2009Modern FamilyHerschelSeries
2009The MiddleBenSeries
2009The Good WifeGuy Redmayne · 2 episodesSeries
2009The Cleveland Show · 4 episodes, Carl Fredricksen (voice), Walter (voice)Series
2009Dug's Special MissionCarl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)Film
2009Christmas DreamsJerryFilm
2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical HumanistSelfFilm
2009Up: UpisodesCarl Fredricksen (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2008The Spectacular Spider-ManBen Parker (voice)Series
2008GiganticKirby WeathersbyFilm
2008Christmas CottageSidneyFilm
2008Generation GapBart CahillFilm
2008ChannelsEd PackardFilm
2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelfSeries
2008Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet UnionNarrator (Voice)Film
2008Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American CampaignsSelfFilm
2007The Sarah Silverman ProgramCommandant Von ReichensteinSeries
2007Andy Barker, P.I.Mickey DoyleSeries
2007Christmas Is Here AgainKrad (voice)Film
2007Hard FourGolden Hands SegalFilm
2007From Wharf Rats to Lords of the DocksFilm
2007The Rich Have Their Own PhotographersFilm
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripWilson WhiteSeries
2006The Christmas CardLuke SpelmanFilm
2005BonesRufus TuckerSeries
2005American Dad!Narrator (voice), TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice), Mailbox #2 (voice), Grandpa Smith (voice)Series
2005The BoondocksEd Wuncler (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2005Spider-Man: The Venom SagaJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)Film
2005Sir! No Sir!Col. HeinlFilm
2005Out of the WoodsJack GreenFilm
2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working ClassNarratorFilm
2005Sleeping Dogs LieSheriff DelaneyFilm
2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on TerrorHimselfFilm
2005Crab OrchardFilm
2004Justice League UnlimitedHephaestus (voice), Granny Goodness (voice)Series
2004CSI: NYAbraham KleinSeries
2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckJ Jonah Jameson (voice)Film
2004Missing BrendanGeorge CaldenFilm
2004Center of the UniverseArt Barnett · 10 episodesSeries
2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelfFilm
2004Elf: Film School for KidsSelfFilm
2004Elf: Tag Along with Will FerrellSelfFilm
2004Elf: How they Made the North PoleSelfFilm
2004Elf: That's a WrapSelfFilm
2003ElfSantaFilm
2003Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesOfficer Barr (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
2003Daredevil vs. Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)Film
2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureUncle NickFilm
2003The King and Queen of Moonlight BayAugie SinclairFilm
2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelfFilm
2003The CommissionCapt. J.W. 'Will' FritzFilm
2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War FailureNarrator (voice)Film
2002The Dead ZoneMarty BracknellSeries
2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green GoblinJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)Film
2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain ShowdownJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)Film
2002Pope John XXIIIAngelo RoncalliFilm
2002The Man Who Saved ChristmasCharles GilbertFilm
2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight ItNarratorFilm
2002The Mary Tyler Moore ReunionSelfFilm
2002Remembering RootsSelfFilm
2002John XXIII: The Pope of PeaceAngelo Roncalli · 2 episodesSeries
2001The AnimalChief WilsonFilm
2001Island PreyJay RothFilm
2001In Search of PeaceDavid Ben Gurion (voice)Film
2001Gahan Wilson's The KidDead CatFilm
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMr. WeinerSeries
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandFixer (voice)Series
2000Max SteelChuck Marshak (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2000Common GroundIraFilm
2000Above SuspicionThomas O'ClaireFilm
2000Perfect GameBilly HicksFilm
2000The HuntressSeries
2000Becoming DickDavis AldrichFilm
2000Bring Him HomeGezaFilm
2000Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts BlossomSelfFilm
2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryFilm
1999Family GuySteve Bellows (voice)Series
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMartin SchultzSeries
1999The BachelorGluckmanFilm
1999Olive, the Other ReindeerSanta Claus (voice)Film
1999O' Christmas TreeNutcracker (voice)Film
1999Our Friend, MartinMr. Harris (voice)Film
1999The Sissy DucklingFather Duck (voice)Film
1999Love and Action in ChicagoTaylorFilm
1999Snowden's ChristmasBig Daddy (voice)Film
1998Hard RainUncle CharlieFilm
1998HerculesMentor (voice)Series
1998The Wild ThornberrysFrank Hunter (voice)Series
1998More Tales of the CityJack LedererSeries
1998The Closer · 10 episodesSeries
1998Maggie WintersSeries
1997King of the HillStinky (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1997Johnny BravoSeries
1997Dharma & GregEarl TuckerSeries
1997The Angry BeaversSeries
1997The PracticeJudge Matlin Pratt, Judge Marcus Winnaker · 3 episodesSeries
1997A Christmas CarolMarley (voice)Film
1997The Long Way HomeGeorge Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)Film
1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannDr. Robert Servatius (voice)Film
1997PaybackJack PatkanisFilm
1997Dog's Best FriendJeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)Film
1997Academy BoyzFilm
1997The FumbleheadsCharlie AtwaterFilm
1996Superman: The Animated SeriesGranny Goodness (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
1996E! True Hollywood Story · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Real Adventures of Jonny QuestVon Romme (voice)Series
1996Arli$$Lenny CrowleySeries
1996The Story of Santa ClausSanta Claus (voice)Film
1996Gone in the NightDet. John WatersFilm
1996Bruno the KidThe Engineer (voice)Series
1996Hanged on a Twisted CrossNarratorFilm
1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas ParadeSelfFilm
1995Freakazoid!Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) · 24 episodesSeries
1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes AwakenHudson (voice)Film
1995Dumb and DumberGeneral / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)Series
1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in DangerFilm
1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsBrunoFilm
1994Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) · 65 episodesSeries
1994ERJames McNulty · 3 episodesSeries
1994GargoylesHudson (voice) · 78 episodesSeries
1994Touched by an AngelBudSeries
1994The Magic School BusGen. Aranius (voice)Series
1994DuckmanMort Sidelman (voice)Series
1994GypsyCharles ThompsonFilm
1994HeadsAb AbbotFilm
1994Down on the WaterfrontFilm
1994Thunder AlleyGil Jones · 28 episodesSeries
1993The X-FilesMauriceSeries
1993AnimaniacsVern (voice)Series
1993Politically IncorrectSeries
1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelfFilm
1993Intimate PortraitSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1992Batman: The Animated SeriesRoland Daggett (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
1992Mad About YouZigmund Klarik · 3 episodesSeries
1992Fish PoliceChief Abalone (voice) · 6 episodesSeries
1992Cruel DoubtBill Osteen · 2 episodesSeries
1992Hearts AfireGeorge Lahti · 12 episodesSeries
1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)Film
1991JFKGuy BannisterFilm
1991DinosaursEvil Georgie (voice)Series
1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa ClausEdward P. MitchellFilm
1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary ShowHimselfFilm
1991Silent MotiveSamFilm
1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To YouCharlie (voice)Film
1991Switched at BirthTed Marx · 2 episodesSeries
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersHoggish Greedly (voice) · 20 episodesSeries
1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny LessHarvey MetcalfeFilm
1990The Trials of Rosie O'NeillWalter Kovacs · 16 episodesSeries
1990Good Cops, Bad CopsFilm
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1989The SimpsonsEditor (voice)Series
1989Happily Ever AfterScowl the Owl (voice)Film
1988RoseanneSeries
1988Moon Over ParadorSelfFilm
1988A Friendship in ViennaOpah Oskar ReikmanFilm
1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightScalawag (voice)Film
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelfFilm
1987The Bronx Zoo · 21 episodesSeries
1987The RKO Story: Tales From HollywoodSelf - Presenter · 6 episodesSeries
1987Cracked UpRev. Vincent OwensFilm
1986The Christmas StarHorace McNickleFilm
1986Kate's SecretDr. ResnickFilm
1986Joshua and the Battle of JerichoJoshua (voice)Film
1986Vital SignsMatthew St JamesFilm
1986Darlin' ClementineLucky JakeFilm
1985Tender Is the NightDevereux Warren · 2 episodesSeries
1985Tall Tales & LegendsLucky JakeSeries
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1985Off the RackSam Waltman · 6 episodesSeries
1984Highway to HeavenSeries
1984Donald Duck's 50th BirthdaySelfFilm
1984Anatomy of an IllnessNorman CousinsFilm
1983KoyaanisqatsiSelf (archive footage)Film
1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)Series
1983DanielJacob AscherFilm
1983A Case of LibelRobert SloaneFilm
1982American PlayhouseRobert SloaneSeries
1982Night of 100 StarsSelfFilm
1982Americas in TransitionNarratorFilm
1982O'Hara's WifeBob O'HaraFilm
1981Fort Apache, the BronxConnollyFilm
1981The Marva Collins StoryNarrator (voice)Film
1981A Small KillingSimon ShaberFilm
1979The Family ManEddie MaddenFilm
1978The White ShadowEdward Asner (uncredited)Series
1978A Different ApproachFilm
1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelfFilm
1978The Good DoctorVarious RolesFilm
1978Mickey's 50SelfFilm
1977RootsThomas Davies, Capt. Thomas Davies · 2 episodesSeries
1977Lou GrantLou Grant · 114 episodesSeries
1977The GatheringAdamFilm
1977The Life and Assassination of the KingfishHuey P. LongFilm
1976GusHank CooperFilm
1976Rich Man, Poor ManAxel Jordache · 12 episodesSeries
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host, Self (uncredited)Series
1975Death ScreamPeter SingletonFilm
1975Hey, I'm AliveRalph FloresFilm
1975The ImpostorBarney WestFilm
1975Mitzi & 100 GuysSelfFilm
1975The Impersonation Murder CaseDt. Ed AmesFilm
1975TwigsPhilFilm
1974Rhoda · 2 episodesSeries
1974The WrestlerFrank BassFilm
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1973The Girl Most Likely To...Det. Ralph VaroneFilm
1973Match GameSelf · 5 episodesSeries
1973Police Story · 2 episodesSeries
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelfSeries
1972Haunts of the Very RichAl HunsickerFilm
1972Sam CadeFilm
1971Skin GamePlunkettFilm
1971Great PerformancesSeries
1971The Todd KillingsFred ReardonFilm
1971The Last ChildBarstowFilm
1971They Call It MurderChief Otto LarkinFilm
1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Woody GarfieldFilm
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowLou Grant · 168 episodesSeries
1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelfSeries
1970Halls of AngerErnie McKayFilm
1970House on Greenapple RoadSheriff MuntzFilm
1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfDr. MorheimFilm
1969Hawaii Five-OAugust MarchSeries
1969Change of HabitLt. MorettiFilm
1969Medical CenterSeries
1969Daughter of the MindSaul WienerFilm
1968The Mod Squad · 3 episodes, Harry LoringSeries
1968The Name of the GameCesare Marino, Vince LeonardSeries
1967IronsideMarlon DavisSeries
1967The InvadersTaugus, Harry FergusonSeries
1967GunnLt. JacobyFilm
1966El DoradoBart JasonFilm
1966Mission: ImpossibleGeorge SimpsonSeries
1966The Rat PatrolCaptain FriedrichSeries
1966The Venetian AffairFrank RosenfeldFilm
1966The Doomsday FlightFeldmanFilm
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.George KramerSeries
1966Felony Squad · 2 episodesSeries
1966CBS PlayhouseNat CongdonSeries
1965The Wild Wild WestFurman CrottySeries
1965The Satan BugHenchman VerettiFilm
1965The Slender ThreadDet. Judd RidleyFilm
1965The F.B.I.John Carl Brock, Walter Gretzler, Pete ZachariasSeries
1965Please Don't Eat the DaisiesSeries
1965Run for Your LifeCarl CappiSeries
1964Fanfare for a Death ScenePikeFilm
1964Slattery's PeopleFrank Radcliff · 36 episodesSeries
1964Profiles in CourageOliver E. Wells, President Ulysses S. GrantSeries
1963The Outer LimitsDetective Sgt. Thomas SiroleoSeries
1963The FugitiveRoy Malinek, Sheriff Mayhew, Joe BantamSeries
1963Burke's LawPablo VasquezSeries
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries
1963The LieutenantSeries
1963Mr. NovakHarmon Stern, Paul BergSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourJack StanderSeries
1962Kid GalahadAssistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)Film
1962The VirginianGeorge JohnsonSeries
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelfSeries
1962Stoney BurkeKappSeries
1962The Eleventh HourSeries
1962Sam BenedictDr. Everett ColnerSeries
1961Dr. KildareDr. Frank WilliamsSeries
1961The DefendersTim Sellers, Harry ObermayerSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 episodes, Self - Co-HostSeries
1961Cain's HundredDave KellerSeries
1961Target: The Corruptors!Series
1961The Murder MenDave KellerFilm
1960Route 66 · 5 episodes, Second ManSeries
1960OutlawsSeries
1960J-24Film
1960The New GirlKurt HardenFilm
1959The UntouchablesFedor Bartok, Frank, Jimmy CanadaSeries
1958Naked CityLt. Vincent Busti · 2 episodesSeries
1957DecoySergeantSeries
1957The Defender (Studio One)Juror (uncredited)Film
1957The Night America Trembled3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)Film
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWarden BraganSeries
1955GunsmokeSgt. Wilks, RedmondSeries
1953The OscarsCarl Fredricksen (voice), SelfSeries
1952OmnibusSeries
1949The Emmy AwardsSelfSeries
1948Studio OneActor #3Series
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 5 episodes, Self - Presenter, Self - WinnerSeries
—Untitled SAG-AFTRA DocumentarySelf (archive footage)Film
—UnpluggedDr. Eaton (voice)Film
Crew (6)
2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesIn Memory OfFilm
2021Muppets Haunted MansionIn Memory OfFilm
2021Back Home AgainIn Memory OfFilm
2019Dead to MeIn Memory OfSeries
2010Young JusticeIn Memory OfSeries
1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierThanksFilm
Production (3)
2011Let GoExecutive ProducerFilm
2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleExecutive ProducerFilm
1997PaybackExecutive ProducerFilm