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.
Known For
Acting
1975
asSelf
1991
asGuy Bannister
2023
asCarl (voice)
2021
asGhost of Claude
2016
asEd Randall
1999
asGluckman
2003
asSanta
1971
asPlunkett
1976
asHank Cooper
2001
asChief Wilson
1998
asUncle Charlie
1966
asBart Jason
1981
asConnolly
2004
asSelf
2007
asKrad (voice)
2021
asPeter Lionsbridge (voice)
2023
asSelf (voice)
1965
asHenchman Veretti
1999
asSanta Claus (voice)
1970
asWoody Garfield
2008
asSidney
1986
asHorace McNickle
2009
asCarl Fredricksen (voice)
as
2002
asSelf
1995
as
1969
asSaul Wiener
2008
asKirby Weathersby
2002
asCharles Gilbert
2010
asGranny Goodness (voice)
2011
asWarren Buffett
2005
asCol. Heinl
2006
asLuke Spelman
1997
asMarley (voice)
2013
asMr Wilson
1988
asSelf
1993
asCharles Thompson
1969
asLt. Moretti
2005
asSheriff Delaney
2021
as
1999
asNutcracker (voice)
2005
asJack Green
1965
asDet. Judd Ridley
2003
asAugie Sinclair
1970
asErnie McKay
2005
asHimself
1983
asJacob Ascher
2011
asPerry White (voice)
2012
asSelf
1973
asDet. Ralph Varone
2007
asGolden Hands Segal
1967
asLt. Jacoby
1967
asFrank Rosenfeld
2020
asSamuel
2002
asAngelo Roncalli
1964
asPike
1978
as
2011
asRabbi
1997
asGeorge Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1972
asAl Hunsicker
2012
asCharlie
1977
asAdam
2012
asMr. Carson
2011
asArtie
1991
asEdward P. Mitchell
1971
asFred Reardon
1999
asMr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1990
asHarvey Metcalfe
1988
asOpah Oskar Reikman
2001
asJay Roth
2000
asSelf
1971
asBarstow
2023
asPopcorn Bud
1994
asasSelf - Interviewee
2005
asNarrator
2014
asNicholas Drago
1986
asLucky Jake
1984
asNorman Cousins
2013
asBonta / Narrator
1957
asJuror (uncredited)
2013
asChief Buddy
1966
asFeldman
1962
asAssistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1975
asDt. Ed Ames
2014
asWalt
1997
asJack Patkanis
2008
asBart Cahill
1996
asDet. John Waters
2010
as
1961
asDave Keller
2007
as
1975
asPhil
1975
asBarney West
1994
asAb Abbot
1960
as
1999
as(voice)
2000
asDavis Aldrich
1989
asScowl the Owl (voice)
1970
asSheriff Muntz
1982
asNarrator
2011
asVoice
2003
asUncle Nick
1990
asSelf
2014
asSanta (voice)
2015
asVern
2022
asGrandpa Heffley (voice)
2012
asMr. Leonard (voice)
2012
asLeo
1985
asSelf
1970
asDr. Morheim
2012
asFred
1996
asSanta Claus (voice)
2000
asThomas O'Claire
1986
asMatthew St James
2019
asHarry Karetas
2013
asPapa Noel
2017
asElder Pyreez (voice)
as
1997
asJeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
2000
asBilly Hicks
1971
asChief Otto Larkin
2011
asNarrator
2009
asCarl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2002
asJean XXIII
1977
asHuey P. Long
2005
as
2015
asOwl (voice)
2015
asHimself
2000
asIra
2016
asGabriel Morgan
2016
asGeorge
1991
asCharlie (voice)
2008
asNarrator (Voice)
2003
asJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2011
asHimself
1981
asNarrator (voice)
2016
asWilhelm Müller
2003
asSelf
1978
asSelf
2011
asYaakov Washington
1996
asNarrator
1995
asBruno
2007
as
2015
asSelf / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2013
asWalt Whitman
1986
asJoshua (voice)
1975
asRalph Flores
1997
asCharlie Atwater
1993
asSelf
2017
asHarry
2017
asArthur (voice)
2000
asGeza
1991
asHimself
2017
asVern
1990
as
2004
asGeorge Calden
2014
asJefferson
2017
asSanta
2017
asSanta
2017
asSelf
1986
asDr. Resnick
2003
asNarrator (voice)
2012
asPresident Whitlock
2014
asGrandpa (voice)
2014
asSelf
2017
asAdult Walter (voice)
2002
asJ. Jonah Jameson
2005
asJ. Jonah Jameson
2018
asTommy
1982
asBob O'Hara
2018
asVern
2017
asRick
2018
asHimself
2016
asMr. James
1979
asEddie Madden
2020
asDr. Cleary
2004
asJ Jonah Jameson
2011
asAngry Investor
2008
asEd Packard
1997
as
2018
asSelf (archive footage)
2018
asSwifty
2025
asEdward Everett (voice)
1991
asSam
2000
as
1984
asSelf
1983
asRobert Sloane
1987
asRev. Vincent Owens
1996
asHudson (voice)
1974
asFrank Bass
1991
asTed Marx
2016
asCorporate Manager
1960
asKurt Harden
2024
asMike Wilson
1992
asReader (voice)
1999
asFather Duck (voice)
2020
asDr. Howard Arden
2019
asCharles
1975
asPeter Singleton
2018
asJefferson
1987
asScalawag (voice)
2015
asSelf
2018
asNarrator (voice)
2001
asDead Cat
2018
asPop Halmo
2001
asDavid Ben Gurion (voice)
2003
asCapt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2020
as
1972
as
2011
asMorty
2020
asDimitry George
2015
asKris Kringle
2020
asGunny
1978
asVarious Roles
2021
asEd
1957
as3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
2002
asNarrator
1981
asSimon Shaber
2012
asSelf
1999
asTaylor
1982
asSelf
2011
as2021
asThe Prophet
2016
asSelf
1997
asDr. Robert Servatius (voice)
asSelf (archive footage)
1983
asSelf - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
asSelf
1978
asSelf
asLou Grant
as
asZigmund Klarik
as
asEditor (voice)
asPablo Vasquez
asDave Keller
asSteve Bellows (voice)
as
asMarty Bracknell
as
asJohn Carl Brock
asBud
asHudson (voice)
asAugust March
asStinky (voice)
as
as
asFrank Hunter (voice)
as
asAbraham Klein
as
asSaul
asLt. Vincent Busti
asEarl Tucker
asEd Wuncler (voice)
as
asJudge Matlin Pratt
as
asSgt. Wilks
as
asMaurice
asActor #3
asGranny Goodness (voice)
asRoy Malinek
asSgt. Cosgrove (voice)
asSelf
asMr. Weiner
asMickey Doyle
asas 
as
asDr. James McNulty
asChuck Marshak (voice)
asWarden Bragan
as
as
asBob
as
as
asCarl Cappi
asEdward Asner (uncredited)
asasSheriff Mayhew
asGeorge Johnson
asArt Barnett
asas 
asFrank Radcliff
asJoe Bantam
asOliver E. Wells
asSelf
asWalter Kovacs
asThomas Davies
asSergeant
as
asCaptain Friedrich
asHarmon Stern
asAxel Jordache
asSam Waltman
as 
asGil Jones
as
as
as
asWilson White
asDr. Frank Williams
asDetective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
asTim Sellers
asHarry Obermayer
asAmbrose (voice)
asSelf
as
asHank Greziak
asSelf - Presenter
asMr. Holmes
asKent Nelson (voice)
as 
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asDr. Wasserman
asLou Grant
asHephaestus (voice)
asGranny Goodness (voice)
asCarl (voice)
asFedor Bartok
asApril's grandfather
asJack
asRoland Daggett (voice)
asMartin Schultz
asJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)
asNarrator (voice)
asTV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
asJudge Marcus Winnaker
asMailbox #2 (voice)
asSelf
asSecond Man
asWalter Gretzler
asPete Zacharias
as(voice)
asSelf
asRedmond
asMentor (voice)
asGeorge Lahti
asFurman Crotty
asSelf - Co-Host
asSelf
asHimself - Narrator (voice)
asBill Osteen
asSelf
asGuy Redmayne
asPresident Ulysses S. Grant
asDevereux Warren
asPaul Berg
asAugust March
asCesare Marino
asVince Leonard
asSelf
asHoggish Greedly (voice)
asRupert T. Digzfield (voice)
asSgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
asSelf
asCarl Fredricksen (voice)
asBen Parker (voice)
asFixer (voice)
asVon Romme (voice)
asHoward Jay
asOfficer Barr (voice)
asEvil Georgie (voice)
asSid Weinberg
as
asSanta Claus (voice)
asLucky Jake
asCapt. Thomas Davies
asTaugus
asHarry Ferguson
asJack Lederer
asBen
asRufus Tucker
asHerschel
asJameson
asGrandpa Smith (voice)
asSelf - Presenter
asMr. Finger
asKapp
asHospital Patient
asAbe Rifkin
asCommandant Von Reichenstein
asSelf
asSelf - Winner
asSelf - Nominee
as
asGeorge Simpson
asJack Stander
asasSelf
asFrank
asSelf - Presenter
asasHarry Loring
Production
2011
as1997
asCrew
2021
as2022
as
1991
as2021
asas as Directing
