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.
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Movies (40)
The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
2025
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
2024
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
2023
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2022
Scarlett
2021
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
2021
Senior Entourage
as Ed
2021
Captain Daddy
as Grampa (voice)
2021
Blood
as The Prophet
2021
Tiger Within
as Samuel
2020
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
2020
SEVEN
2020
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
2020
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
2020
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
2020
In Vino
as Charles
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
2019
Olympia
as Himself
2018
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
2018
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
2018
Angels on Tap
as Swifty
2018
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
2018
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
2018
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
2018
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
2017
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
as Santa
2017
Saving Christmas
as Rick
2017
The Gliksmans
as Moshe
2017
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
2017
Joe's War
as Harry
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
2017
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self
2016
TV Shows (10)
The Premise
as Mr. Holmes
2021
Dug Days
as Carl (voice)
2021
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
Central Park
as Ambrose (voice)
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Dead to Me
as Abe Rifkin
2019
Doom Patrol
as Hospital Patient
2019
Cobra Kai
as Sid Weinberg
2018
Ballmastrz: 9009
as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
MacGyver
as Saul
2016