Ed Asner
Acting
🎂 1929-11-15
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.
Cast credits(403)
Martin Schultz
1999
Editor (voice)
1989
Steve Bellows (voice)
1999
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
2005
Narrator (voice)
2005
Mailbox #2 (voice)
2005
Grandpa Smith (voice)
2005
Rufus Tucker
2005
Herschel
2009
August March
2010
Stinky (voice)
1997
Santa Claus (voice)
2010
Self
1962
Sid Weinberg
2018
Maurice
1993
Guy Redmayne
2009
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2013
Mr. Weiner
2000
Jack
2013
Self
2019
Ben
2009
Self - Host
1975
Self
1961
Self - Co-Host
1961
Abraham Klein
2004
Kent Nelson (voice)
2010
Saul
2016
August March
1968
Dr. James McNulty
1994
Self - Presenter
1956
George Johnson
1962
Roy Malinek
1963
Sheriff Mayhew
1963
Joe Bantam
1963
1967
Judge Matlin Pratt
1997
Judge Marcus Winnaker
1997
Self - Nominee
1944
Self
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Roland Daggett (voice)
1992
George Simpson
1966
1997
1971
Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005
Actor #3
1948
1996
Lt. Vincent Busti
1958
1960
Second Man
1960
1984
John Carl Brock
1965
Walter Gretzler
1965
Pete Zacharias
1965
Zigmund Klarik
1992
Sgt. Wilks
1955
Redmond
1955
Jameson
2010
Hospital Patient
2019
Evil Georgie (voice)
1991
Fedor Bartok
1959
Frank
1959
Jimmy Canada
1959
Cesare Marino
1968
Vince Leonard
1968
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1994
1963
Dr. Frank Williams
1961
Pablo Vasquez
1963
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
1963
Jack Stander
1962
Furman Crotty
1965
1969
1952
Mentor (voice)
1998
Granny Goodness (voice)
1996
Bud
1994
2009
Hephaestus (voice)
2004
Granny Goodness (voice)
2004
Hudson (voice)
1994
Jack Danforth (voice)
1994
Carl Cappi
1965
Marty Bracknell
2002
Lou Grant
1977
Howard Jay
2015
1997
1974
Self
2015
Ben Parker (voice)
2008
Lou Grant
1970
Self
1993
1966
Frank Hunter (voice)
1998
Mort Sidelman (voice)
1994
Tim Sellers
1961
Harry Obermayer
1961
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Harmon Stern
1963
Paul Berg
1963
Warden Bragan
1955
Taugus
1967
Harry Ferguson
1967
Commandant Von Reichenstein
2007
Earl Tucker
1997
Hoggish Greedly (voice)
1990
Self
1974
(voice)
1994
Fixer (voice)
2000
Captain Friedrich
1966
Abe Rifkin
2019
Santa
2003
1973
Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
1995
Officer Barr (voice)
2003
Guy Bannister
1991
Self
1970
Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
Thomas Davies
1977
Capt. Thomas Davies
1977
Carl (voice)
2023
Von Romme (voice)
1996
Ambrose (voice)
2020
1968
Harry Loring
1968
Narrator (voice)
1981
George Kramer
1966
2000
1960
George Lahti
1992
1961
Kapp
1962
Chief Wilson
2001
Self
1988
Self
1973
April's grandfather
2014
Reader (voice)
1992
1995
Uncle Charlie
1998
Bob
2012
Dave Keller
1961
Edward Asner (uncredited)
1978
Gluckman
1999
Wilson White
2006
Bart Jason
1966
Moshe
2017
Chuck Marshak (voice)
2000
Mr. Carson
2012
1988
Sergeant
1957
1966
Axel Jordache
1976
Yaakov Washington
2011
Sam
1991
Mr. Finger
2013
Lucky Jake
1985
1965
1963
Art Barnett
2004
Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2022
Carl (voice)
2021
Oliver E. Wells
1964
President Ulysses S. Grant
1964
Ted Marx
1991
Self
2012
Warren Buffett
2011
Frank Radcliff
1964
1962
Perry White (voice)
2011
Jack Patkanis
1997
Self
2014
Lt. Moretti
1969
Charles
2019
Gil Jones
1994
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Self (voice)
2023
Adult Walter (voice)
2017
Father Duck (voice)
1999
Simon Shaber
1981
Self
2012
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999
Henchman Veretti
1965
Gabriel Morgan
2016
Papa Noel
2013
Bill Osteen
1992
Vern
2017
1987
Walt
2014
Scowl the Owl (voice)
1989
Rabbi
2011
Santa
2017
Hank Cooper
1976
Himself
2015
Kris Kringle
2015
2009
Self
1993
Self
2020
Ernie McKay
1970
Ghost of Claude
2021
Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
Scalawag (voice)
1987
Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
Vern
2018
Sidney
2008
Artie
2011
Kirby Weathersby
2008
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
Hank Greziak
2011
Self
1990
Rick
2017
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003
Chief Buddy
2013
Jack Lederer
1998
Det. John Waters
1996
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
Self
2008
Mr. Holmes
2021
Horace McNickle
1986
Santa (voice)
2014
J Jonah Jameson
2004
Phil
1975
Self
1975
Augie Sinclair
2003
Pike
1964
Dr. Resnick
1986
Tommy
2018
Edward Everett (voice)
2025
Mickey Doyle
2007
Matthew St James
1986
Himself
1991
1992
1998
Harvey Metcalfe
1990
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1997
Walter Kovacs
1990
Marley (voice)
1997
Joshua (voice)
1986
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Owl (voice)
2015
Jefferson
2018
Det. Ralph Varone
1973
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
Fred Reardon
1971
Taylor
1999
Self - Presenter
1987
Col. Heinl
2005
Sheriff Muntz
1970
Ira
2000
Samuel
2020
2000
Devereux Warren
1985
Self
1982
1978
Chief Otto Larkin
1971
J. Jonah Jameson
2002
Gunny
2020
Self
1987
1993
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997
Nutcracker (voice)
1999
Adam
1977
Connolly
1981
Self
2015
Dimitry George
2020
Vern
2015
Det. Judd Ridley
1965
Charles Thompson
1993
Self
2003
Feldman
1966
Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
Self
1978
Self
2017
Arthur (voice)
2017
Krad (voice)
2007
Nicholas Drago
2014
Angelo Roncalli
2002
Uncle Nick
2003
Charlie
2012
Dave Keller
1961
Peter Singleton
1975
Norman Cousins
1984
Luke Spelman
2006
3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
1957
Harry Karetas
2019
Santa
2017
Jefferson
2014
Self
1985
Popcorn Bud
2023
Charles Gilbert
2002
Charlie Atwater
1997
Jay Roth
2001
J. Jonah Jameson
2005
Billy Hicks
2000
Jacob Ascher
1983
2011
Self
1949
Self
2016
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
1997
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Plunkett
1971
Dr. Morheim
1970
Edward P. Mitchell
1991
Self
1984
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
Woody Garfield
1970
Jack Green
2005
Dr. Cleary
2020
Dead Cat
2001
Frank Rosenfeld
1967
Bob O'Hara
1982
Robert Sloane
1983
Santa Claus (voice)
1999
Self
1978
Dr. Wasserman
2011
1998
Harry
2017
1994
Ralph Flores
1975
Self
2002
1996
George Calden
2004
Huey P. Long
1977
Al Hunsicker
1972
George
2016
Wilhelm Müller
2016
Leo
2012
Kurt Harden
1960
Bart Cahill
2008
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Dr. Howard Arden
2020
Self
2004
Mike Wilson
2024
Charlie (voice)
1991
Voice
2011
1997
Ab Abbot
1994
(voice)
1999
Hudson (voice)
1996
Narrator
2011
Golden Hands Segal
2007
Various Roles
1978
Bonta / Narrator (voice)
2013
Bruno
1995
Eddie Madden
1979
Geza
2000
Ed Randall
2016
Swifty
2018
Thomas O'Claire
2000
2020
Davis Aldrich
2000
Sam Waltman
1985
Ed
2021
Sheriff Delaney
2005
Frank Bass
1974
Lt. Jacoby
1967
2021
Self (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
2018
The Prophet
2021
Walt Whitman
2013
1990
Saul Wiener
1969
Lucky Jake
1986
Self (archive footage)
2018
1960
Ed Packard
2008
Narrator (voice)
2016
2010
Angry Investor
2011
Santa Claus (voice)
1996
Opah Oskar Reikman
1988
1972
Grandpa (voice)
2014
Morty
2011
Fred
2012
Mr. James
2016
Barney West
1975
Narrator (voice)
2003
Dt. Ed Ames
1975
Narrator
1982
Pop Halmo
2018
Grampa (voice)
2021
President Whitlock
2012
Corporate Manager
2016
Barstow
1971
Narrator
2005
Narrator
2002
Himself
2018
2007
2005
Narrator
1996
Narrator (Voice)
2008
Himself
2005
Self
2000
Mr Wilson
2013
Jean XXIII
2002
Himself
2011
David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
2007
Self - Interviewee
