Ed Asner
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
JFK
1991
Carl's Date
2023
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
Getting Ed Laid
2016
The Bachelor
1999
Elf
2003
Skin Game
1971
Gus
1976
The Animal
2001
Hard Rain
1998
El Dorado
1966
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
Back Home Again
2021
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
The Satan Bug
1965
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
Christmas Cottage
2008
The Christmas Star
1986
Up
2009
A Man and His Prostate
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The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Daughter of the Mind
1969
Gigantic
2008
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010
Too Big to Fail
2011
Sir! No Sir!
2005
The Christmas Card
2006
A Christmas Carol
1997
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
Moon Over Parador
1988
Gypsy
1993
Change of Habit
1969
Sleeping Dogs Lie
2005
Scarlett
2021
O' Christmas Tree
1999
Out of the Woods
2005
The Slender Thread
1965
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
Halls of Anger
1970
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
2005
Daniel
1983
All Star Superman
2011
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Hard Four
2007
Gunn
1967
The Venetian Affair
1967
Tiger Within
2020
Pope John XXIII
2002
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
A Different Approach
1978
Hopelessly in June
2011
The Long Way Home
1997
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
Should've Been Romeo
2012
The Gathering
1977
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
Let Go
2011
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
The Todd Killings
1971
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
Island Prey
2001
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023
The Last Child
1971
Down on the Waterfront
1994
Ed Asner's Oral History
2018
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005
The Games Maker
2014
Darlin' Clementine
1986
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
Second Chances
2013
The Doomsday Flight
1966
Kid Galahad
1962
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975
Audrey
2014
Payback
1997
Generation Gap
2008
Gone in the Night
1996
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010
The Murder Men
1961
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007
Twigs
1975
The Impostor
1975
Heads
1994
J-24
1960
Snowden's Christmas
1999
Becoming Dick
2000
Happily Ever After
1989
House on Greenapple Road
1970
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011
Americas in Transition
1982
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
All of My Heart
2015
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Foodfight!
2012
Elephant Sighs
2012
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
Autism and Cake
2012
The Story of Santa Claus
1996
Above Suspicion
2000
Vital Signs
1986
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
Christmas on the Bayou
2013
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
Dog's Best Friend
1997
Perfect Game
2000
They Call It Murder
1971
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
2011
Dug's Special Mission
2009
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
2002
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977
Crab Orchard
2005
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
Common Ground
2000
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
Super Sex
2016
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
2011
The Marva Collins Story
1981
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
2016
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
Identical
2011
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
1996
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
American Road
2013
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986
Hey, I'm Alive
1975
The Fumbleheads
1997
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
Joe's War
2017
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017
Bring Him Home
2000
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
Missing Brendan
2004
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
2017
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Kate's Secret
1986
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
2003
Liberator
2012
Frozen in Time
2014
I Know That Voice
2014
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
2017
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
The Parting Glass
2018
O'Hara's Wife
1982
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
Saving Christmas
2017
Olympia
2018
Love Meet Hope
2016
The Family Man
1979
The Garden Left Behind
2020
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
Not Another B Movie
2011
Channels
2008
Academy Boyz
1997
LA DA Story
2018
Angels on Tap
2018
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Silent Motive
1991
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
A Case of Libel
1983
Cracked Up
1987
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
The Wrestler
1974
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
2016
The New Girl
1960
Altered Reality
2024
Earth and the American Dream
1992
The Sissy Duckling
1999
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020
In Vino
2019
Death Scream
1975
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
2015
Eva: A-7063
2018
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001
Honor Amongst Men
2018
In Search of Peace
2001
The Commission
2003
SEVEN
2020
Sam Cade
1972
Good Men
2011
Bury Me in Armor
2020
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
Rain Beau's End
2020
The Good Doctor
1978
Senior Entourage
2021
The Night America Trembled
1957
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
2002
A Small Killing
1981
Casting By
2012
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Absolute Killers
2011
Blood
2021
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
—
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Mickey's 50
1978
Behind the Fear
2016
The Gliksmans
2017
Captain Daddy
2021
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
2008
Christmas Dreams
2009
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
Soul
2020
Unplugged
—
Remembering Roots
2002
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Lou Grant
1977
Duckman
1994
Mad About You
1992
Arli$$
1996
The Simpsons
1989
Burke's Law
1963
Cain's Hundred
1961
Family Guy
1999
Rhoda
1974
The Dead Zone
2002
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
Touched by an Angel
1994
Gargoyles
1994
Hawaii Five-O
1968
King of the Hill
1997
Route 66
1960
Johnny Bravo
1997
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Highway to Heaven
1984
CSI: NY
2004
Roseanne
1988
MacGyver
2016
Naked City
1958
Dharma & Greg
1997
The Boondocks
2005
The Mod Squad
1968
The Practice
1997
Medical Center
1969
Gunsmoke
1955
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The X-Files
1993
Studio One
1948
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The Fugitive
1963
Freakazoid!
1995
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007
The Huntress
2000
The Closer
1998
ER
1994
Max Steel
2000
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Outlaws
1960
Men at Work
2012
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Felony Squad
1966
Run for Your Life
1965
The White Shadow
1978
Police Story
1973
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
Center of the Universe
2004
The Bronx Zoo
1987
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Slattery's People
1964
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Fugitive
1963
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Roots
1977
Decoy
1957
Fish Police
1992
The Rat Patrol
1966
Mr. Novak
1963
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
Off the Rack
1985
CBS Playhouse
1966
Thunder Alley
1994
The Lieutenant
1963
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
The Cleveland Show
2009
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Outer Limits
1963
The Defenders
1961
Central Park
2020
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Line
2009
Working Class
2011
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
The Premise
2021
Young Justice
2010
Maggie Winters
1998
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Dug Days
2021
The Untouchables
1959
Chasing Life
2014
Mom
2013
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Spider-Man
1994
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
The Practice
1997
American Dad!
2005
Intimate Portrait
1993
Route 66
1960
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Magic School Bus
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Gunsmoke
1955
Hercules
1998
Hearts Afire
1992
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Reading Rainbow
1983
Cruel Doubt
1992
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
The Good Wife
2009
Profiles in Courage
1964
Mr. Novak
1963
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The Name of the Game
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Ballmastrz: 9009
2018
Teen Titans Go!
2013
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Up: Upisodes
2009
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Grace and Frankie
2015
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
Dinosaurs
1991
Cobra Kai
2018
The Angry Beavers
1997
Regular Show
2010
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Roots
1977
The Invaders
1967
The Invaders
1967
More Tales of the City
1998
The Middle
2009
Bones
2005
Modern Family
2009
Hot in Cleveland
2010
American Dad!
2005
The Crazy Ones
2013
Stoney Burke
1962
Doom Patrol
2019
Dead to Me
2019
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
Dinah!
1974
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Politically Incorrect
1993
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Great Performances
1971
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Untouchables
1959
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Omnibus
1952
The Mod Squad
1968
The Untouchables
1959
Match Game
1973
Bruno the Kid
1996
Sam Benedict
1962
Tender Is the Night
1985
Switched at Birth
1991
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Oscars
1953
The Oscars
1953
Ironside
1967
Dumb and Dumber
1995
Tony Awards
1956
Animaniacs
1993