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
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
JFK
Guy Bannister
Carl's Date
Carl (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Ghost of Claude
Getting Ed Laid
Ed Randall
The Bachelor
Gluckman
Elf
Santa
Skin Game
Plunkett
Gus
Hank Cooper
The Animal
Chief Wilson
Hard Rain
Uncle Charlie
El Dorado
Bart Jason
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Connolly
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
Christmas Is Here Again
Krad (voice)
Back Home Again
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
Olive, The Other Reindeer
Santa Claus (voice)
The Satan Bug
Henchman Veretti
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Woody Garfield
Christmas Cottage
Sidney
The Christmas Star
Horace McNickle
Up
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
A Man and His Prostate
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
Self
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Daughter of the Mind
Saul Wiener
Gigantic
Kirby Weathersby
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Charles Gilbert
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Granny Goodness (voice)
Too Big to Fail
Warren Buffett
Sir! No Sir!
Col. Heinl
The Christmas Card
Luke Spelman
A Christmas Carol
Marley (voice)
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Mr Wilson
Moon Over Parador
Self
Gypsy
Charles Thompson
Change of Habit
Lt. Moretti
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Sheriff Delaney
Scarlett
O' Christmas Tree
Nutcracker (voice)
Out of the Woods
Jack Green
The Slender Thread
Det. Judd Ridley
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Augie Sinclair
Halls of Anger
Ernie McKay
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Himself
Daniel
Jacob Ascher
All Star Superman
Perry White (voice)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
The Girl Most Likely To...
Det. Ralph Varone
Hard Four
Golden Hands Segal
Gunn
Lt. Jacoby
The Venetian Affair
Frank Rosenfeld
Tiger Within
Samuel
Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Pike
A Different Approach
Hopelessly in June
Rabbi
The Long Way Home
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Haunts of the Very Rich
Al Hunsicker
Should've Been Romeo
Charlie
The Gathering
Adam
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Mr. Carson
Let Go
Artie
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Edward P. Mitchell
The Todd Killings
Fred Reardon
Our Friend, Martin
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
Harvey Metcalfe
A Friendship in Vienna
Opah Oskar Reikman
Island Prey
Jay Roth
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
The Last Child
Barstow
A Fargo Christmas Story
Popcorn Bud
Down on the Waterfront
Ed Asner's Oral History
Self - Interviewee
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Narrator
The Games Maker
Nicholas Drago
Darlin' Clementine
Lucky Jake
Anatomy of an Illness
Norman Cousins
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Bonta / Narrator
The Defender (Studio One)
Juror (uncredited)
Second Chances
Chief Buddy
The Doomsday Flight
Feldman
Kid Galahad
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
The Impersonation Murder Case
Dt. Ed Ames
Audrey
Walt
Payback
Jack Patkanis
Generation Gap
Bart Cahill
Gone in the Night
Det. John Waters
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
The Murder Men
Dave Keller
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
Twigs
Phil
The Impostor
Barney West
Heads
Ab Abbot
J-24
Snowden's Christmas
(voice)
Becoming Dick
Davis Aldrich
Happily Ever After
Scowl the Owl (voice)
House on Greenapple Road
Sheriff Muntz
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Uncle Nick
Americas in Transition
Narrator
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Santa (voice)
All of My Heart
Vern
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Grandpa Heffley (voice)
Foodfight!
Mr. Leonard (voice)
Elephant Sighs
Leo
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Dr. Morheim
Autism and Cake
Fred
The Story of Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
Above Suspicion
Thomas O'Claire
Vital Signs
Matthew St James
Faith, Hope & Love
Harry Karetas
Christmas on the Bayou
Papa Noel
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Elder Pyreez
Everbrook (The Home)
Dog's Best Friend
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
Perfect Game
Billy Hicks
They Call It Murder
Chief Otto Larkin
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
Narrator
Dug's Special Mission
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
Jean XXIII
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Huey P. Long
Crab Orchard
The Nutcracker Sweet
Owl
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Himself
Common Ground
Ira
Love Finds You in Valentine
Gabriel Morgan
Super Sex
George
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Charlie (voice)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Narrator (Voice)
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Himself
The Marva Collins Story
Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
Wilhelm Müller
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Identical
Yaakov Washington
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
Narrator
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bruno
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
American Road
Walt Whitman
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Joshua (voice)
Hey, I'm Alive
Ralph Flores
The Fumbleheads
Charlie Atwater
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
Joe's War
Harry
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Arthur (voice)
Bring Him Home
Geza
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Himself
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Vern
The Cops Are Robbers
Missing Brendan
George Calden
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Jefferson
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Santa
A StoryBots Christmas
Santa
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Kate's Secret
Dr. Resnick
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Narrator (voice)
Liberator
President Whitlock
Frozen in Time
Grandpa (voice)
I Know That Voice
Self
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Adult Walter (voice)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
J. Jonah Jameson
The Parting Glass
Tommy
O'Hara's Wife
Bob O'Hara
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Vern
Saving Christmas
Rick
Olympia
Himself
Love Meet Hope
Mr. James
The Family Man
Eddie Madden
The Garden Left Behind
Dr. Cleary
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
J Jonah Jameson
Not Another B Movie
Angry Investor
Channels
Ed Packard
Academy Boyz
LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)
Angels on Tap
Swifty
The Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett (voice)
Silent Motive
Sam
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
A Case of Libel
Robert Sloane
Cracked Up
Rev. Vincent Owens
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
Hudson (voice)
The Wrestler
Frank Bass
Switched at Birth
Ted Marx
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Corporate Manager
The New Girl
Kurt Harden
Altered Reality
Mike Wilson
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Sissy Duckling
Father Duck (voice)
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
Dr. Howard Arden
In Vino
Charles
Death Scream
Peter Singleton
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Jefferson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Scalawag (voice)
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
Eva: A-7063
Narrator (voice)
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Dead Cat
Honor Amongst Men
Pop Halmo
In Search of Peace
David Ben Gurion (voice)
The Commission
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
SEVEN
Sam Cade
Good Men
Morty
Bury Me in Armor
Dimitry George
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Kris Kringle
Rain Beau's End
Gunny
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
Senior Entourage
Ed
The Night America Trembled
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Narrator
A Small Killing
Simon Shaber
Casting By
Self
Love and Action in Chicago
Taylor
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Absolute Killers
Blood
The Prophet
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Self
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Self (archive footage)
The Fall of 2008
Carl Fredricksen (Up promo)
Shows
Lou Grant
Lou Grant
Duckman
Mad About You
Zigmund Klarik
Arliss
The Simpsons
Editor (voice)
Burke's Law
Pablo Vasquez
Cain's Hundred
Dave Keller
Family Guy
Steve Bellows (voice)
Rhoda
The Dead Zone
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The F.B.I.
John Carl Brock
Touched by an Angel
Bud
Gargoyles
Hudson (voice)
Hawaii Five-O
August March
King of the Hill
Stinky (voice)
Route 66
Johnny Bravo
The Wild Thornberrys
Frank Hunter (voice)
Highway to Heaven
CSI: NY
Abraham Klein
Roseanne
MacGyver
Saul
Naked City
Lt. Vincent Busti
Dharma & Greg
Earl Tucker
The Boondocks
Ed Wuncler (voice)
The Mod Squad
The Practice
Judge Matlin Pratt
Medical Center
Gunsmoke
Sgt. Wilks
E! True Hollywood Story
The X-Files
Maurice
Studio One
Actor #3
Superman: The Animated Series
Granny Goodness (voice)
The Fugitive
Roy Malinek
Freakazoid!
Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Mr. Weiner
Andy Barker, P.I.
Mickey Doyle
The Huntress
The Closer
Ironside
ER
Dr. James McNulty
Max Steel
Chuck Marshak (voice)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Warden Bragan
Target: The Corruptors!
Outlaws
Men At Work
Bob
The Eleventh Hour
Felony Squad
Run for Your Life
Carl Cappi
The White Shadow
Edward Asner (uncredited)
Police Story
The Fugitive
Sheriff Mayhew
The Virginian
George Johnson
Center of the Universe
Art Barnett
The Bronx Zoo
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Slattery's People
Frank Radcliff
The Fugitive
Joe Bantam
Profiles in Courage
Oliver E. Wells
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Walter Kovacs
Roots
Thomas Davies
Decoy
Sergeant
Fish Police
The Rat Patrol
Captain Friedrich
Mr. Novak
Harmon Stern
Rich Man, Poor Man
Axel Jordache
Off the Rack
Sam Waltman
CBS Playhouse
Thunder Alley
Gil Jones
The Lieutenant
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Cleveland Show
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Wilson White
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Frank Williams
The Outer Limits
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
The Defenders
Tim Sellers
The Defenders
Harry Obermayer
Central Park
Ambrose (voice)
The Emmy Awards
Self
The Line
Working Class
Hank Greziak
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self - Presenter
The Premise
Mr. Holmes
Young Justice
Kent Nelson (voice)
Maggie Winters
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr. Wasserman
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Lou Grant
Justice League Unlimited
Hephaestus (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
Granny Goodness (voice)
Dug Days
Carl (voice)
The Untouchables
Fedor Bartok
Chasing Life
April's grandfather
Mom
Jack
Batman: The Animated Series
Roland Daggett (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Martin Schultz
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
American Dad!
Narrator (voice)
American Dad!
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
The Practice
Judge Marcus Winnaker
American Dad!
Mailbox #2 (voice)
Intimate Portrait
Self
Route 66
Second Man
The F.B.I.
Walter Gretzler
The F.B.I.
Pete Zacharias
The Magic School Bus
(voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Gunsmoke
Redmond
Hercules
Mentor (voice)
Hearts Afire
George Lahti
The Wild Wild West
Furman Crotty
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Cruel Doubt
Bill Osteen
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
The Good Wife
Guy Redmayne
Profiles in Courage
President Ulysses S. Grant
Tender Is the Night
Devereux Warren
Mr. Novak
Paul Berg
Hawaii Five-0
August March
The Name of the Game
Cesare Marino
The Name of the Game
Vince Leonard
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Hoggish Greedly (voice)
Ballmastrz: 9009
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
Teen Titans Go!
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
Up: Upisodes
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Ben Parker (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Fixer (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Von Romme (voice)
Grace and Frankie
Howard Jay
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Officer Barr (voice)
Dinosaurs
Evil Georgie (voice)
Cobra Kai
Sid Weinberg
The Angry Beavers
Regular Show
Santa Claus (voice)
Tall Tales & Legends
Lucky Jake
Roots
Capt. Thomas Davies
The Invaders
Taugus
The Invaders
Harry Ferguson
More Tales of the City
Jack Lederer
The Middle
Ben
Bones
Rufus Tucker
Modern Family
Herschel
Hot in Cleveland
Jameson
American Dad!
Grandpa Smith (voice)
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Crazy Ones
Mr. Finger
Stoney Burke
Kapp
Doom Patrol
Hospital Patient
Dead to Me
Abe Rifkin
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Commandant Von Reichenstein
Dinah!
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Politically Incorrect
Mission: Impossible
George Simpson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Jack Stander
Great Performances
Golden Globe Awards
Self
The Untouchables
Frank
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter