Ed Asner
Born November 15, 1929 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Up
Elf
Carl's Date
JFK
Hard Rain
El Dorado
The Animal
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
The Bachelor
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Unreleased
Unplugged
Foodfight!
Muppets Haunted Mansion
All Star Superman
Too Big to Fail
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Dug's Special Mission
Koyaanisqatsi
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Kid Galahad
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
SEVEN
The Gettysburg Address
Happily Ever After
Being Mary Tyler Moore
O'Hara's Wife
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Commitment to Life
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
The Satan Bug
Daniel
Night of 100 Stars II
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Christmas Cottage
Love Finds You in Valentine
Moon Over Parador
Earth and the American Dream
Let Go
Twigs
Olympia
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Olive, the Other Reindeer
The Games Maker
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Skin Game
Gypsy
Super Sex
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Our Friend, Martin
Mickey's 50
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars
The Girl Most Likely To...
I Know That Voice
Gus
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Island Prey
The Slender Thread
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
And the Winner Isn't
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Love and Action in Chicago
Gigantic
A Christmas Carol
Christmas Is Here Again
A Different Approach
Faith, Hope & Love
The Venetian Affair
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Elf: Film School for Kids
Change of Habit
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Remembering Roots
The Desert of Forbidden Art
The Parting Glass
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Casting By
A StoryBots Christmas
The Nutcracker Sweet
The Man Who Saved Christmas
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Christmas on the Bayou
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Sir! No Sir!
Elf: That's a Wrap
The Defender (Studio One)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
House on Greenapple Road
Altered Reality
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Above Suspicion
All of My Heart
Good Cops, Bad Cops
The Commission
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Should've Been Romeo
Absolute Killers
Hopelessly in June
Snowden's Christmas
The Doomsday Flight
Senior Entourage
The Story of Santa Claus
Generation Gap
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Joe's War
Second Chances
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Christmas Star
Kate's Secret
Angels on Tap
Gone in the Night
Bring Him Home
Pope John XXIII
The Christmas Card
Halls of Anger
The Sissy Duckling
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
A Friendship in Vienna
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Crab Orchard
Saving Christmas
The Night America Trembled
Death Scream
Dog's Best Friend
Gunn
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Christmas Dreams
Common Ground
The Last Child
Sam Cade
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
The Long Way Home
TV Shows
Modern Family
American Dad!
Hawaii Five-0
Teen Titans Go!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
King of the Hill
Regular Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The X-Files
Saturday Night Live
The Good Wife
The Middle
The Mike Douglas Show
ER
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Young Justice
Cobra Kai
CSI: NY
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Golden Globe Awards
Ironside
Hawaii Five-O
Tony Awards
The Fugitive
Batman: The Animated Series
Mom
The Practice
Spider-Man
Great Performances
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mission: Impossible
The Merv Griffin Show
The Wild Wild West
MacGyver
The Virginian
Mad About You
Hot in Cleveland
Doom Patrol
Animaniacs
Touched by an Angel
Dr. Kildare
Grace and Frankie
The Boondocks
The Spectacular Spider-Man
The Wild Thornberrys
The Untouchables
The Cleveland Show
Johnny Bravo
Gunsmoke
Superman: The Animated Series
Highway to Heaven
Dinosaurs
Naked City
The Defenders
Celebrity Family Feud
The Dead Zone
Intimate Portrait
Route 66
The F.B.I.
Gargoyles
Studio One
Justice League Unlimited
Arli$$
Dead to Me
American Playhouse
The Oscars
Medical Center
Burke's Law
The Invaders
Hercules
The Outer Limits
Run for Your Life
Lou Grant
The Name of the Game
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Duckman
Match Game
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Dinah!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Rhoda
The Angry Beavers
Dharma & Greg
Omnibus
Reading Rainbow
Felony Squad
Police Story
The Magic School Bus
The Sarah Silverman Program
Stoney Burke
Freakazoid!
Roots
Chasing Life
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
The Mod Squad
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Central Park
Mr. Novak
Sam Benedict
Cain's Hundred
Outlaws
The Rat Patrol
Men at Work
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Crazy Ones
The Flip Wilson Show
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The White Shadow
Hearts Afire
The Lieutenant
The Huntress
Target: The Corruptors!
Rich Man, Poor Man
Dug Days
The Eleventh Hour
Tall Tales & Legends
Decoy
Shatner's Raw Nerve
The Bronx Zoo
Dumb and Dumber
The Premise
Bruno the Kid
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Max Steel
Andy Barker, P.I.
Thunder Alley
Center of the Universe
Roseanne
Politically Incorrect
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
More Tales of the City
Slattery's People
The Emmy Awards
E! True Hollywood Story
Tender Is the Night
Fish Police
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Ballmastrz: 9009
Working Class
Cruel Doubt
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Switched at Birth
Off the Rack
Up: Upisodes
More Movies
Hey, I'm Alive
Channels
The Marva Collins Story
Haunts of the Very Rich
Anatomy of an Illness
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Hard Four
The Gathering
Payback
Out of the Woods
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Back Home Again
Becoming Dick
The Impostor
Rain Beau's End
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Perfect Game
Silent Motive
J-24
Good Men
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
In Vino
The Todd Killings
They Call It Murder
The Good Doctor
The Impersonation Murder Case
Audrey
The Gliksmans
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
O' Christmas Tree
Eva: A-7063
Darlin' Clementine
The Family Man
A Case of Libel
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Honor Amongst Men
Missing Brendan
A Small Killing
Frozen in Time
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
Heads
Love Meet Hope
In Search of Peace
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
LA DA Story
Daughter of the Mind
The Garden Left Behind
The Wrestler
The Murder Men
Not Another B Movie
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Identical
The Fumbleheads
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Bury Me in Armor
Elephant Sighs
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Getting Ed Laid
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Down on the Waterfront
A Fargo Christmas Story
Tiger Within
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Autism and Cake
Unreleased
A Man and His Prostate
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Americas in Transition
