Ed Asner
Acting
- Born:
- 1929-11-15
- Died:
- 2021-08-29
- Place of birth:
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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
Filmography
The Gettysburg Address
An SNL Thanksgiving
Altered Reality
A Fargo Christmas Story
Carl's Date
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Commitment to Life
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Scarlett
Back Home Again
Muppets Haunted Mansion
The Premise
Dug Days
Senior Entourage
A Man and His Prostate
Captain Daddy
Blood
Tiger Within
Bury Me in Armor
SEVEN
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Rain Beau's End
The Garden Left Behind
Central Park
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
In Vino
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Dead to Me
Faith, Hope & Love
Doom Patrol
Olympia
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Honor Amongst Men
Angels on Tap
The Parting Glass
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Cobra Kai
Ed Asner's Oral History
Ballmastrz: 9009
Eva: A-7063
LA DA Story
And the Winner Isn't
A StoryBots Christmas
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Saving Christmas
The Gliksmans
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Joe's War
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
MacGyver
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Super Sex
Getting Ed Laid
Love Meet Hope
Love Finds You in Valentine
Behind the Fear
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Celebrity Family Feud
The Nutcracker Sweet
Grace and Frankie
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
All of My Heart
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Frozen in Time
The Games Maker
Chasing Life
Audrey
I Know That Voice
Christmas on the Bayou
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
The Crazy Ones
Mom
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
American Road
Second Chances
Teen Titans Go!
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Casting By
Autism and Cake
Liberator
Foodfight!
Elephant Sighs
Men at Work
Should've Been Romeo
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
Identical
Too Big to Fail
Let Go
Absolute Killers
Good Men
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Not Another B Movie
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Hopelessly in June
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Working Class
All Star Superman
Young Justice
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Hawaii Five-0
Regular Show
Hot in Cleveland
Christmas Dreams
Dug's Special Mission
The Middle
The Cleveland Show
Modern Family
The Good Wife
Up
Up: Upisodes
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Generation Gap
Christmas Cottage
Gigantic
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Channels
Hard Four
Christmas Is Here Again
Andy Barker, P.I.
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
The Sarah Silverman Program
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
The Christmas Card
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The Boondocks
Crab Orchard
Bones
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Sir! No Sir!
Out of the Woods
Sleeping Dogs Lie
American Dad!
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
W.I.T.C.H.
Elf: Film School for Kids
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Elf: That's a Wrap
Center of the Universe
Missing Brendan
CSI: NY
Justice League Unlimited
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Elf
The Commission
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
The Dead Zone
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
Remembering Roots
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Pope John XXIII
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
In Search of Peace
The Animal
Island Prey
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Becoming Dick
The Huntress
Above Suspicion
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Perfect Game
Max Steel
Common Ground
Bring Him Home
Snowden's Christmas
Olive, the Other Reindeer
The Bachelor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Love and Action in Chicago
The Sissy Duckling
Family Guy
Our Friend, Martin
O' Christmas Tree
Maggie Winters
The Wild Thornberrys
Hercules
More Tales of the City
The Closer
Hard Rain
Academy Boyz
A Christmas Carol
Dharma & Greg
The Long Way Home
Johnny Bravo
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Angry Beavers
Dog's Best Friend
The Practice
Payback
King of the Hill
The Fumbleheads
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
The Story of Santa Claus
Bruno the Kid
Superman: The Animated Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
E! True Hollywood Story
Arli$$
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
Gone in the Night
Dumb and Dumber
Freakazoid!
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Spider-Man
Gargoyles
Gypsy
Touched by an Angel
ER
The Magic School Bus
Down on the Waterfront
Thunder Alley
Duckman
Heads
Intimate Portrait
Animaniacs
The X-Files
Politically Incorrect
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Earth and the American Dream
Mad About You
Hearts Afire
Batman: The Animated Series
Cruel Doubt
Fish Police
JFK
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Silent Motive
Switched at Birth
Dinosaurs
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Good Cops, Bad Cops
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Night of 100 Stars III
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
The Simpsons
Happily Ever After
Roseanne
Moon Over Parador
A Friendship in Vienna
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Cracked Up
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
The Bronx Zoo
The Christmas Star
Kate's Secret
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Vital Signs
Darlin' Clementine
Tall Tales & Legends
Tender Is the Night
Off the Rack
Night of 100 Stars II
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Highway to Heaven
Anatomy of an Illness
A Case of Libel
Daniel
Reading Rainbow
Koyaanisqatsi
Americas in Transition
Night of 100 Stars
American Playhouse
O'Hara's Wife
The Marva Collins Story
A Small Killing
Fort Apache, the Bronx
The Family Man
The White Shadow
Mickey's 50
The Good Doctor
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
A Different Approach
The Gathering
Lou Grant
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Roots
Gus
Rich Man, Poor Man
Hey, I'm Alive
Saturday Night Live
Death Scream
The Impersonation Murder Case
Mitzi & 100 Guys
The Impostor
Twigs
Dinah!
Rhoda
The Wrestler
The Girl Most Likely To...
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Match Game
Police Story
Haunts of the Very Rich
Sam Cade
They Call It Murder
The Todd Killings
The Last Child
Skin Game
Great Performances
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Flip Wilson Show
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Halls of Anger
House on Greenapple Road
Daughter of the Mind
Change of Habit
Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O
The Mod Squad
The Name of the Game
Gunn
Ironside
The Invaders
El Dorado
The Doomsday Flight
CBS Playhouse
The Venetian Affair
Mission: Impossible
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Felony Squad
The Rat Patrol
The Slender Thread
The F.B.I.
The Wild Wild West
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Run for Your Life
The Satan Bug
Profiles in Courage
Slattery's People
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
The Lieutenant
Kid Galahad
The Eleventh Hour
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Stoney Burke
The Merv Griffin Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Sam Benedict
The Mike Douglas Show
Target: The Corruptors!
Dr. Kildare
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Murder Men
Route 66
Outlaws
J-24
The New Girl
The Untouchables
Naked City
Decoy
The Night America Trembled
The Defender (Studio One)
Tony Awards
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
The Oscars
Omnibus
The Emmy Awards
Studio One
Golden Globe Awards
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Unplugged