Ed Asner

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.
Name Ed Asner
Also Known As Eddie Asner, Edward Asner
Birthday 1929-11-15
Deathday 2021-08-29
Gender Male
IMDB Ed Asner profile on IMDB
Place of Birth Kansas City, Missouri, USA
As: Guy Bannister
1991-12-20
JFK...
As: Gluckman
1999-11-05
The Bachelor...
As: Santa
2003-10-09
Elf...
As: Plunkett
1971-09-30
Skin Game...
As: Hank Cooper
1976-07-07
Gus...
As: Chief Wilson
2001-06-01
The Animal...
As: Uncle Charlie
1998-01-16
Hard Rain...
As: Narrator
1982-10-01
Americas in Transiti...
As: Bart Jason
1966-12-17
El Dorado...
As: Connolly
1981-02-06
Fort Apache, the Bro...
As: Krad (voice)
2007-10-20
Christmas Is Here Ag...
As: Carl Fredricksen (vo
2009-11-10
Dug's Special Missio...
As: Santa Claus (voice)
1999-12-17
Olive, The Other Rei...
As: Henchman Veretti
1965-03-26
The Satan Bug...
As: Woody Garfield
1970-07-10
They Call Me Mister ...
As: Sidney
2008-10-15
Christmas Cottage...
As: Horace McNickle
1986-12-14
The Christmas Star...
As: Carl Fredricksen (vo
2009-05-28
Up...
As: Saul Wiener
1969-12-09
Daughter of the Mind...
As: Kirby Weathersby
2008-09-09
Gigantic...
As: Charles Gilbert
2002-12-15
The Man Who Saved Ch...
As: Santa (voice)
2014-12-16
Elf: Buddy's Musical...
As: Warren Buffett
2011-05-22
Too Big to Fail...
As: Luke Spelman
2006-12-02
The Christmas Card...
As: Col. Heinl
2005-05-19
Sir! No Sir!...
As: Marley (voice)
1997-12-20
A Christmas Carol...
As: Pop
1993-12-12
Gypsy...
As: Lt. Moretti
1969-11-10
Change of Habit...
As: Sheriff Delaney
2005-02-28
Sleeping Dogs Lie...
As: Nutcracker (voice)
1999-01-01
O' Christmas Tree...
As: Det. Judd Ridley
1965-12-15
The Slender Thread...
As: Jack Green
2005-04-02
Out of the Woods...
As: Augie Sinclair
2003-06-15
The King and Queen o...
As: Ernie McKay
1970-04-29
Halls of Anger...
As: Jacob Ascher
1983-08-26
Daniel...
As: Himself
2005-07-15
The Oil Factor: Behi...
As: Perry White (voice)
2011-02-22
All Star Superman...
As: Det. Ralph Varone
1973-11-06
The Girl Most Likely...
As: Golden Hands Segal
2007-11-01
Hard Four...
As: Lt. Jacoby
1967-06-28
Gunn...
As: Frank Rosenfeld
1967-01-18
The Venetian Affair...
As: Angelo Roncalli
2002-01-01
Pope John XXIII...
As: Pike
1964-09-01
Fanfare for a Death ...
As: Rabbi
2011-06-06
Hopelessly in June...
As: Al Hunsicker
1972-09-20
Haunts of the Very R...
As: George Patton / Immi
1997-09-19
The Long Way Home...
As: Charlie
2012-04-28
Should've Been Romeo...
As: Adam
1977-12-04
The Gathering...
As: Uncle Nick
2003-12-20
Christmas Vacation 2...
As: Mr. Carson
2012-12-03
Home Alone: The Holi...
As: Artie
2011-10-25
Let Go...
As: Edward P. Mitchell
1991-12-08
Yes Virginia, There ...
As: Harvey Metcalfe
1990-03-25
Not a Penny More, No...
As: Fred Reardon
1971-10-20
The Todd Killings...
As: Opah Oskar Reikman
1988-08-27
A Friendship in Vien...
As: Barstow
1971-10-05
The Last Child...
As: Unknown
1994-04-26
Down on the Waterfro...
As: Narrator
2005-08-31
Class Dismissed: How...
As: Norman Cousins
1984-05-15
Anatomy of an Illnes...
As: Chief Buddy
2013-05-20
Second Chances...
As: Feldman
1966-12-13
The Doomsday Flight...
As: Det. John Waters
1996-02-24
Gone in the Night...
As: Jay Roth
2001-01-01
Island Prey...
As: Bart Cahill
2008-11-01
Generation Gap...
As: Nicholas Drago
2014-07-03
The Games Maker...
As: Scowl the Owl (voice
1989-06-30
Happily Ever After...
As: Ab Abbot
1994-01-29
Heads...
As: Sheriff Muntz
1970-01-11
House on Greenapple ...
As: Voice
2011-03-18
The Desert of Forbid...
As: Mr. Harris (voice) (
1999-01-12
Our Friend, Martin...
As: Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012-06-15
Foodfight!...
As: Vern
2015-02-14
All of My Heart...
As: Santa Claus (voice)
1996-12-07
The Story of Santa C...
As: Thomas O'Claire
2000-06-07
Above Suspicion...
As: Matthew St James
1986-02-11
Vital Signs...
As: Papa Noel
2013-12-14
Christmas on the Bay...
As: Elder Pyreez
2017-09-10
Yamasong: March of t...
As: Chief Otto Larkin
1971-12-17
They Call It Murder...
As: Huey P. Long
1977-03-20
The Life and Assassi...
As: Unknown
2005-09-23
Crab Orchard...
As: Owl
2015-06-03
The Nutcracker Sweet...
As: Himself
2015-04-25
I Thought I Told You...
As: Ira
2000-01-29
Common Ground...
As: Gabriel Morgan
2016-02-14
Love Finds You in Va...
As: George
2016-04-15
Super Sex...
As: Self
2012-01-16
Betty White's 90th B...
As: Jack Patkanis
1997-02-10
Payback...
As: Himself
2011-07-01
Architects & Enginee...
As: J. Jonah Jameson (vo
2003-02-11
Daredevil vs. Spider...
As: Narrator (voice)
1981-12-01
The Marva Collins St...
As: Wilhelm Müller
2016-09-01
Titanic: Sinking the...
As: Self
2003-01-01
The Golden Girls: Li...
As: Narrator
1996-01-01
Hanged on a Twisted ...
As: Bruno
1995-01-01
Goldilocks and the T...
As: Self / Lou Grant (ar
2015-10-13
Mary Tyler Moore: A ...
As: Joshua (voice)
1986-04-25
Joshua and the Battl...
As: Ralph Flores
1975-11-07
Hey, I'm Alive...
As: Charlie Atwater
1997-01-01
The Fumbleheads...
As: Self
1993-01-20
Beyond JFK: The Ques...
As: Harry
2017-03-17
Joe's War...
As: Granny Goodness (voi
2010-09-28
Superman/Batman: Apo...
As: Arthur (voice)
2017-09-07
CarGo...
As: Geza
2000-01-01
Bring Him Home...
As: Himself
1991-02-18
Mary Tyler Moore: Th...
As: Vern
2017-10-07
All of My Heart: Inn...
As: Unknown
1990-12-09
The Cops Are Robbers...
As: George Calden
2004-10-26
Missing Brendan...
As: Santa
2017-11-21
Santa Stole Our Dog:...
As: Jefferson
2014-04-01
Waiting in the Wings...
As: Santa
2017-12-01
A StoryBots Christma...
As: Self
2017-12-08
And the Winner Isn't...
As: Narrator (voice)
2003-10-27
Plan Colombia: Cashi...
As: Grandpa (voice)
2014-11-12
Frozen in Time...
As: Dr. Resnick
1986-11-17
Kate's Secret...
As: President Whitlock
2012-09-15
Liberator...
As: Self
2014-01-07
I Know That Voice...
As: Adult Walter (voice)
2017-01-28
Framed: The Adventur...
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2002-04-30
Spider-Man: The Ulti...
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2005-06-07
Spider-Man: The Veno...
As: Tommy
2018-06-24
The Parting Glass...
As: Bob O'Hara
1982-01-01
O'Hara's Wife...
As: Vern
2018-09-29
All of My Heart: The...
As: Rick
2017-11-06
Saving Christmas...
As: Himself
2018-11-11
Olympia...
As: Mr. James
2016-02-20
Love Meet Hope...
As: Eddie Madden
1979-12-19
The Family Man...
As: Dr. Cleary
2020-08-28
The Garden Left Behi...
As: J Jonah Jameson
2004-06-29
Spider-Man vs. Doc O...
As: Angry Investor
2011-07-12
Not Another B Movie...
As: Ed Packard
2008-01-01
Channels...
As: Unknown
1997-12-02
Academy Boyz...
As: Self (archive footag
2018-01-01
LA DA Story...
As: Swifty
2018-07-12
Angels on Tap...
As: Sam
1991-10-16
Silent Motive...
As: Edward Everett (voic
2015-01-01
The Gettysburg Addre...
As: Unknown
2000-05-31
The Tulsa Lynching o...
As: Self
1984-11-13
Donald Duck's 50th B...
As: Robert Sloane
1983-10-17
A Case of Libel...
As: Rev. Vincent Owens
1987-05-26
Cracked Up...
As: Hudson (voice)
1996-05-02
Gargoyles: The Heroe...
As: Frank Bass
1974-04-28
The Wrestler...
As: Ted Marx
1991-04-28
Switched at Birth...
As: Corporate Manager
2016-06-10
Mary Jane: A Musical...
As: Kurt Harden
1960-01-01
The New Girl...
As: Mike Wilson
2024-02-16
Altered Reality...
As: Reader (voice)
1992-10-01
Earth and the Americ...
As: Father Duck (voice)
1999-09-14
The Sissy Duckling...
As: Dr. Howard Arden
2020-03-13
M.O.M. Mothers of Mo...
As: Charles
2019-11-01
In Vino...
As: Peter Singleton
1975-09-26
Death Scream...
As: Jefferson
2018-06-09
Waiting in the Wings...
As: Scalawag (voice)
1987-08-06
Pinocchio and the Em...
As: Self
2015-11-06
Generation A: Portra...
As: Narrator (voice)
2018-04-05
Eva: A-7063...
As: Dead Cat
2001-10-30
Gahan Wilson's The K...
As: Pop Halmo
2018-07-14
Honor Amongst Men...
As: David Ben Gurion (vo
2001-09-21
In Search of Peace...
As: Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fr
2003-11-07
The Commission...
As: Unknown
2020-12-08
SEVEN...
As: Unknown
1972-01-01
Sam Cade...
As: Morty
2011-09-23
Good Men...
As: Dimitry George
2020-12-12
Bury Me in Armor...
As: Kris Kringle
2015-12-21
A Merry Murdoch Chri...
As: Gunny
2020-11-17
Rain Beau's End...
As: Various Roles
1978-11-08
The Good Doctor...
As: Ed
2021-05-03
Senior Entourage...
As: Unknown
1957-09-09
The Night America Tr...
As: Narrator
2002-01-13
The Good War and Tho...
As: Simon Shaber
1981-11-24
A Small Killing...
As: Self
2012-11-01
Casting By...
As: Self
1982-03-08
Night of 100 Stars...
As: Taylor
1999-09-15
Love and Action in C...
As: Unknown
2011-10-01
Absolute Killers...
As: The Prophet

Blood...
As: Self
2016-09-23
The Best Democracy M...
As: Dr. Robert Servatius
1997-04-30
The Trial of Adolf E...
As: Self
1975-03-24
Mitzi & 100 Guys...
As: Ghost of Claude
2021-10-08
Muppets Haunted Mans...
As: Ed Randall
2016-04-02
Getting Ed Laid...
As: Peter Lionsbridge (v
2021-10-28
Back Home Again...
As: Mr Wilson
2013-11-27
Saturday Night Live:...
As: Self
1988-09-09
Moon Over Parador...
As: Unknown
2021-12-31
Scarlett...
As: Samuel
2020-12-18
Tiger Within...
As: Popcorn Bud
2023-12-02
A Fargo Christmas St...
As: Juror (uncredited)
1957-02-25
The Defender (Studio...
As: Lucky Jake
1986-02-08
Darlin' Clementine...
As: Bonta / Narrator
2013-08-02
Axel: The Biggest Li...
As: Assistant District A
1962-11-29
Kid Galahad...
As: Dt. Ed Ames
1975-04-15
The Impersonation Mu...
As: Unknown
2010-10-04
The Triumph of Willi...
As: Unknown
2007-01-26
The Rich Have Their ...
As: Barney West
1975-03-18
The Impostor...
As: Dave Keller
1961-01-01
The Murder Men...
As: Phil
1975-03-06
Twigs...
As: Unknown
1960-08-24
J-24...
As: (voice)
1999-12-25
Snowden's Christmas...
As: Davis Aldrich
2000-08-31
Becoming Dick...
As: Self
1990-05-21
Night of 100 Stars I...
As: Grandpa Heffley (voi
2022-12-02
Diary of a Wimpy Kid...
As: Self
1985-03-10
Night of 100 Stars I...
As: Dr. Morheim
1970-10-13
The Old Man Who Crie...
As: Jeep, the Sheep Dog
1997-03-23
Dog's Best Friend...
As: Jean XXIII
2002-01-01
Papa Giovanni Joanne...
As: Pape Jean XXIII
2002-01-01
Papa Giovanni Joanne...
As: Carl (voice)
2023-06-15
Carl's Date...
As: Self
2004-12-27
Happy Birthday Oscar...
As: Self (voice)
2023-03-13
Being Mary Tyler Moo...
As: Self
2002-05-13
The Mary Tyler Moore...
As: Unknown
1995-04-01
Going, Going, Almost...
As: Unknown
1978-01-01
A Different Approach...
As: Self - Interviewee

Ed Asner's Oral Hist...
As: Walt
2014-02-14
Audrey...
As: Leo
2012-06-12
Elephant Sighs...
As: Fred
2012-09-30
Autism and Cake...
As: Harry Karetas
2019-03-15
Faith, Hope & Love...
As: Billy Hicks
2000-04-18
Perfect Game...
As: Unknown
1992-09-23
Mad About You...
As: Unknown
1974-09-09
Rhoda...
As: Unknown
1989-12-17
The Simpsons...
As: Steve Bellows (voice
1999-01-31
Family Guy...
As: Stinky (voice)
1997-01-12
King of the Hill...
As: Unknown
1960-10-07
Route 66...
As: Dr. Wasserman
2011-09-14
Michael: Tuesdays an...
As: John Carl Brock
1965-09-19
The F.B.I....
As: Bud
1994-09-21
Touched by an Angel...
As: Unknown
1997-07-07
Johnny Bravo...
As: Unknown
1988-10-18
Roseanne...
As: Judge Matlin Pratt
1997-03-04
The Practice...
As: Sgt. Wilks
1955-09-10
Gunsmoke...
As: Unknown
1996-08-21
E! True Hollywood St...
As: Lt. Vincent Busti
1958-09-30
Naked City...
As: Maurice
1993-09-10
The X-Files...
As: Actor #3
1948-11-07
Studio One...
As: Unknown
1967-03-28
Ironside...
As: Chuck Marshak (voice
2000-02-25
Max Steel...
As: Warden Bragan
1955-10-02
Alfred Hitchcock Pre...
As: Unknown
1973-03-20
Police Story...
As: Art Barnett
2004-10-27
Center of the Univer...
As: Unknown
1966-09-12
Felony Squad...
As: Frank Radcliff
1964-09-21
Slattery's People...
As: Unknown
1987-03-19
The Bronx Zoo...
As: Oliver E. Wells
1964-11-08
Profiles in Courage...
As: Thomas Davies
1977-01-23
Roots...
As: Harmon Stern
1963-09-24
Mr. Novak...
As: Gil Jones
1994-03-09
Thunder Alley...
As: Sam Waltman
1985-03-15
Off the Rack...
As: Unknown
2009-09-27
The Cleveland Show...
As: Self
1949-01-25
The Emmy Awards...
As: Unknown
1996-08-10
Arliss...
As: Dave Keller
1961-09-19
Cain's Hundred...
As: Lou Grant
1977-09-20
Lou Grant...
As: Pablo Vasquez
1963-09-20
Burke's Law...
As: Unknown
1966-09-13
The Girl from U.N.C....
As: Unknown
1994-03-05
Duckman...
As: Unknown
2002-06-16
The Dead Zone...
As: August March
1968-09-20
Hawaii Five-O...
As: Frank Hunter (voice)
1998-09-01
The Wild Thornberrys...
As: Unknown
1984-09-19
Highway to Heaven...
As: Abraham Klein
2004-09-22
CSI: NY...
As: Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005-11-06
The Boondocks...
As: Earl Tucker
1997-09-24
Dharma & Greg...
As: Unknown
1968-09-24
The Mod Squad...
As: Unknown
1969-09-24
Medical Center...
As: Granny Goodness (voi
1996-09-06
Superman: The Animat...
As: Sgt. Cosgrove (voice
1995-09-09
Freakazoid!...
As: Unknown
2000-07-26
The Huntress...
As: Mr. Weiner
2000-10-15
Curb Your Enthusiasm...
As: Dr. James McNulty
1994-09-19
ER...
As: Lou Grant
1970-09-19
The Mary Tyler Moore...
As: Unknown
2007-03-15
Andy Barker, P.I....
As: Unknown
1998-02-23
The Closer...
As: April's grandfather
2014-06-10
Chasing Life...
As: Unknown
1961-09-29
Target: The Corrupto...
As: Unknown
1960-09-26
Outlaws...
As: Unknown
1962-10-03
The Eleventh Hour...
As: Edward Asner (uncred
1978-11-27
The White Shadow...
As: Sheriff Mayhew
1963-09-17
The Fugitive...
As: George Johnson
1962-09-19
The Virginian...
As: Self
1970-09-17
The Flip Wilson Show...
As: Unknown
1963-10-04
Bob Hope Presents th...
As: Carl Cappi
1965-09-13
Run for Your Life...
As: Unknown
2003-03-30
World Poker Tour...
As: Sergeant
1957-10-14
Decoy...
As: Unknown
1992-02-28
Fish Police...
As: Captain Friedrich
1966-09-12
The Rat Patrol...
As: Unknown
1963-09-14
The Lieutenant...
As: Unknown
1962-10-01
Stoney Burke...
As: Axel Jordache
1976-02-01
Rich Man, Poor Man...
As: Unknown
1965-09-14
Please Don't Eat the...
As: Dr. Frank Williams
1961-09-27
Dr. Kildare...
As: Unknown
1966-12-08
CBS Playhouse...
As: Detective Sgt. Thoma
1963-09-16
The Outer Limits...
As: Unknown
2009-03-16
The Line...
As: Kent Nelson (voice)
2010-11-26
Young Justice...
As: Unknown
1998-09-30
Maggie Winters...
As: Hank Greziak
2011-01-28
Working Class...
As: Self
1973-09-14
The Dean Martin Cele...
As: Self - Presenter
1987-07-03
The RKO Story: Tales...
As: Self - Host
1975-10-11
Saturday Night Live...
As: Jack
2013-09-23
Mom...
As: Roland Daggett (voic
1992-09-05
Batman: The Animated...
As: Martin Schultz
1999-09-20
Law & Order: Special...
As: Hudson (voice)
1994-10-24
Gargoyles...
As: J. Jonah Jameson (vo
1994-11-19
Spider-Man...
As: Walter Kovacs
1990-09-17
The Trials of Rosie ...
As: Bill Osteen
1992-05-17
Cruel Doubt...
As: Devereux Warren
1985-09-23
Tender Is the Night...
As: Sid Weinberg
2018-05-02
Cobra Kai...
As: Taugus
1967-01-10
The Invaders...
As: Harry Ferguson
1967-01-10
The Invaders...
As: Rufus Tucker
2005-09-13
Bones...
As: Jameson
2010-06-16
Hot in Cleveland...
As: Grandpa Smith (voice
2005-02-06
American Dad!...
As: Herschel
2009-09-23
Modern Family...
As: Abe Rifkin
2019-05-03
Dead to Me...
As: Hospital Patient
2019-02-15
Doom Patrol...
As: Jack Stander
1962-09-20
The Alfred Hitchcock...
As: Unknown
1971-01-28
Great Performances...
As: Saul
2016-09-23
MacGyver...
As: Self
2020-12-01
The Holiday Movies T...
As: Roy Malinek
1963-09-17
The Fugitive...
As: Bob
2012-05-24
Men At Work...
As: Joe Bantam
1963-09-17
The Fugitive...
As: Ambrose (voice)
2020-05-29
Central Park...
As: Wilson White
2006-09-18
Studio 60 on the Sun...
As: Tim Sellers
1961-09-16
The Defenders...
As: Harry Obermayer
1961-09-16
The Defenders...
As: Mr. Holmes
2021-09-16
The Premise...
As: Hephaestus (voice)
2004-07-31
Justice League Unlim...
As: Granny Goodness (voi
2004-07-31
Justice League Unlim...
As: Carl (voice)
2021-09-01
Dug Days...
As: Zigmund Klarik
1992-09-23
Mad About You...
As: Mailbox #2 (voice)
2005-02-06
American Dad!...
As: TV Guide Editor-in-C
2005-02-06
American Dad!...
As: Narrator (voice)
2005-02-06
American Dad!...
As: Walter Gretzler
1965-09-19
The F.B.I....
As: Pete Zacharias
1965-09-19
The F.B.I....
As: Redmond
1955-09-10
Gunsmoke...
As: Mentor (voice)
1998-08-31
Hercules...
As: President Ulysses S.
1964-11-08
Profiles in Courage...
As: Paul Berg
1963-09-24
Mr. Novak...
As: Cesare Marino
1968-09-20
The Name of the Game...
As: Vince Leonard
1968-09-20
The Name of the Game...
As: Rupert T. Digzfield
2018-04-09
Ballmastrz: 9009...
As: Ben Parker (voice)
2008-03-08
The Spectacular Spid...
As: Von Romme (voice)
1996-08-26
The Real Adventures ...
As: Officer Barr (voice)
2003-07-11
Spider-Man: The New ...
As: Howard Jay
2015-05-08
Grace and Frankie...
As: Evil Georgie (voice)
1991-04-26
Dinosaurs...
As: Unknown
1997-04-19
The Angry Beavers...
As: Santa Claus (voice)
2010-09-06
Regular Show...
As: Jack Lederer
1998-06-07
More Tales of the Ci...
As: Self - Presenter
1956-04-01
Tony Awards...
As: Fedor Bartok
1959-10-15
The Untouchables...
As: Self
1993-11-14
Intimate Portrait...
As: Judge Marcus Winnake
1997-03-04
The Practice...
As: Second Man
1960-10-07
Route 66...
As: (voice)
1994-09-10
The Magic School Bus...
As: Self
1961-12-11
The Mike Douglas Sho...
As: George Lahti
1992-09-14
Hearts Afire...
As: Furman Crotty
1965-09-17
The Wild Wild West...
As: Self
1962-10-01
The Tonight Show Sta...
As: Self - Co-Host
1961-12-11
The Mike Douglas Sho...
As: Himself - Narrator (
1983-06-06
Reading Rainbow...
As: Self
2015-06-21
Celebrity Family Feu...
As: Guy Redmayne
2009-09-22
The Good Wife...
As: August March
2010-09-20
Hawaii Five-0...
As: Self
2019-09-09
The Kelly Clarkson S...
As: Hoggish Greedly (voi
1990-09-15
Captain Planet and t...
As: Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (
2013-04-23
Teen Titans Go!...
As: Self
2008-12-02
Shatner's Raw Nerve...
As: Fixer (voice)
2000-10-02
Buzz Lightyear of St...
As: Carl Fredricksen (vo
2009-05-14
Up: Upisodes...
As: Lucky Jake
1985-09-25
Tall Tales & Legends...
As: Capt. Thomas Davies
1977-01-23
Roots...
As: Ben
2009-09-30
The Middle...