People
Ed Asner
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.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice) | 2025-11-19 |
Altered Reality as Mike Wilson | 2024-02-16 |
A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud | 2023-12-02 |
Carl's Date as Carl (voice) | 2023-06-15 |
Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice) | 2023-03-13 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa Heffley (voice) | 2022-12-02 |
Scarlett | 2021-12-31 |
Back Home Again as Peter Lionsbridge (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
Muppets Haunted Mansion as Ghost of Claude | 2021-10-08 |
Senior Entourage as Ed | 2021-05-03 |
Tiger Within as Samuel | 2020-12-18 |
Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George | 2020-12-12 |
SEVEN | 2020-12-08 |
Rain Beau's End as Gunny | 2020-11-17 |
The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary | 2020-08-28 |
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden | 2020-03-13 |
In Vino as Charles | 2019-11-01 |
Faith, Hope & Love as Harry Karetas | 2019-03-15 |
Olympia as Himself | 2018-11-11 |
All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern | 2018-09-29 |
Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo | 2018-07-14 |
Angels on Tap as Swifty | 2018-07-12 |
The Parting Glass as Tommy | 2018-06-24 |
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson | 2018-06-09 |
Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice) | 2018-04-05 |
LA DA Story as Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
And the Winner Isn't as Self | 2017-12-08 |
A StoryBots Christmas as Santa | 2017-12-01 |
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! as Santa | 2017-11-21 |
Saving Christmas as Rick | 2017-11-06 |
All of My Heart: Inn Love as Vern | 2017-10-07 |
Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez (voice) | 2017-09-10 |
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! as Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
Joe's War as Harry | 2017-03-17 |
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self | 2016-09-23 |
Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager | 2016-06-10 |
Super Sex as George | 2016-04-15 |
Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall | 2016-04-02 |
Love Meet Hope as Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
A Merry Murdoch Christmas as Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts as Self | 2015-11-06 |
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl | 2015-06-03 |
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Himself | 2015-04-25 |
All of My Heart as Vern | 2015-02-14 |
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
Frozen in Time as Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
Audrey as Walt | 2014-02-14 |
I Know That Voice as Self | 2014-01-07 |
Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Mr Wilson | 2013-11-27 |
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator | 2013-08-02 |
American Road as Walt Whitman | 2013-06-25 |
Second Chances as Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
Casting By as Self | 2012-11-01 |
Autism and Cake as Fred | 2012-09-30 |
Liberator as President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
Elephant Sighs as Leo | 2012-06-12 |
Should've Been Romeo as Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self | 2012-01-16 |
Identical as Yaakov Washington | 2011-12-01 |
Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett | 2011-11-25 |
Let Go as Artie | 2011-10-25 |
Absolute Killers | 2011-10-01 |
Good Men as Morty | 2011-09-23 |
Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 as Himself | 2011-07-01 |
Hopelessly in June as Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice | 2011-03-18 |
All Star Superman as Perry White (voice) | 2011-01-01 |
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison | 2010-10-04 |
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse as Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
Dug's Special Mission as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
Up as Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union as Narrator (Voice) | 2008-11-09 |
Generation Gap as Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
Christmas Cottage as Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
Channels as Ed Packard | 2008-01-01 |
Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks | 2007-03-01 |
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers | 2007-01-26 |
The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman | 2006-12-02 |
Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 |
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class as Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror as Himself | 2005-07-15 |
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
Sir! No Sir! as Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
Out of the Woods as Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
Sleeping Dogs Lie as Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self | 2004-12-27 |
Missing Brendan as George Calden | 2004-10-26 |
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson | 2004-06-29 |
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Uncle Nick | 2003-12-20 |
Elf as Santa | 2003-11-07 |
The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz | 2003-11-07 |
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice) | 2003-10-27 |
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Augie Sinclair | 2003-06-15 |
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self | 2003-01-01 |
The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert | 2002-12-15 |
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self | 2002-05-13 |
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-04-30 |
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator | 2002-01-13 |
Pope John XXIII as Angelo Roncalli | 2002-01-01 |
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII | 2002-01-01 |
Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Dead Cat | 2001-10-30 |
In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
The Animal as Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
Island Prey as Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich | 2000-08-31 |
Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 |
Perfect Game as Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
Common Ground as Ira | 2000-01-29 |
Bring Him Home as Geza | 2000-01-01 |
Snowden's Christmas as (voice) | 1999-12-25 |
Olive, The Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
The Bachelor as Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice) | 1999-09-14 |
Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (voice) | 1999-01-01 |
Hard Rain as Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 |
The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) | 1997-04-30 |
Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 1997-03-23 |
Payback as Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
The Fumbleheads as Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice) | 1996-12-07 |
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger | 1995-04-01 |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
Down on the Waterfront | 1994-04-26 |
Heads as Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
Gypsy as Charles Thompson | 1993-12-12 |
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self | 1993-01-20 |
Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
JFK as Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
Silent Motive as Sam | 1991-10-16 |
Switched at Birth as Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself | 1991-02-18 |
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You as Charlie (voice) | 1991-01-01 |
The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 |
Night of 100 Stars III as Self | 1990-05-21 |
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
Moon Over Parador as Self | 1988-09-09 |
A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle | 1986-12-14 |
Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick | 1986-11-17 |
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Joshua (voice) | 1986-04-25 |
Vital Signs as Matthew St James | 1986-02-11 |
Darlin' Clementine as Lucky Jake | 1986-02-08 |
Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self | 1984-11-13 |
Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane | 1983-10-17 |
Daniel as Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
Koyaanisqatsi as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-04-27 |
Americas in Transition as Narrator | 1982-10-01 |
Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
A Small Killing as Simon Shaber | 1981-11-24 |
Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
The Family Man as Eddie Madden | 1979-12-19 |
The Good Doctor as Various Roles | 1978-11-08 |
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self | 1978-09-13 |
A Different Approach | 1978-01-01 |
The Gathering as Adam | 1977-12-04 |
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish as Huey P. Long | 1977-03-21 |
Gus as Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
Death Scream as Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
The Impersonation Murder Case as Dt. Ed Ames | 1975-04-15 |
Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self | 1975-03-24 |
The Impostor as Barney West | 1975-03-18 |
Twigs as Phil | 1975-03-06 |
The Wrestler as Frank Bass | 1974-04-28 |
The Girl Most Likely To... as Det. Ralph Varone | 1973-11-06 |
Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker | 1972-09-20 |
Sam Cade | 1972-01-01 |
They Call It Murder as Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
The Todd Killings as Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
The Last Child as Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
Skin Game as Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
House on Greenapple Road as Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
Daughter of the Mind as Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
Change of Habit as Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
Gunn as Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
El Dorado as Bart Jason | 1966-12-17 |
The Doomsday Flight as Feldman | 1966-12-13 |
The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
The Satan Bug as Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike | 1964-09-01 |
Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 1962-11-29 |
The Murder Men as Dave Keller | 1961-01-01 |
J-24 | 1960-08-24 |
The New Girl as Kurt Harden | 1960-01-01 |
The Night America Trembled as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner) | 1957-09-09 |
The Defender (Studio One) as Juror (uncredited) | 1957-02-25 |