Ed Asner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-11-15
Day of Death
2021-08-29 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
Acting
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
(2024)
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
(2023)
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
(2023)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
(2023)
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
(2022)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
(2021)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
(2021)
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
(2021)
Senior Entourage
as Ed
(2021)
(2021)
Blood
as The Prophet
(2020)
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
(2020)
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
(2020)
(2020)
Tiger Within
as Samuel
(2020)
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
(2020)
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
(2019)
In Vino
as Charles
(2019)
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
(2018)
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
(2018)
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Angels on Tap
as Swifty
(2018)
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
(2018)
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
(2018)
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
(2018)
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Olympia
as Himself
(2017)
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(2017)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
(2017)
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
(2017)
Saving Christmas
as Rick
(2017)
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
(2017)
Joe's War
as Harry
(2017)
(2017)
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
(2016)
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
as Corporate Manager
(2016)
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
(2016)
Super Sex
as George
(2016)
(2016)
Love Meet Hope
as Mr. James
(2016)
Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
(2016)
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as Wilhelm Müller
(2015)
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl (voice)
(2015)
All of My Heart
as Vern
(2015)
(2015)
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
(2015)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
(2015)
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
(2014)
I Know That Voice
as Self
(2014)
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Jefferson
(2014)
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
(2014)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
(2014)
Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
(2014)
Audrey
as Walt
(2013)
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
(2013)
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
(2013)
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator
(2013)
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
(2013)
American Road
as Walt Whitman
(2012)
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
as Mr. Carson
(2012)
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
(2012)
Casting By
as Self
(2012)
Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
(2012)
Liberator
as President Whitlock
(2012)
(2012)
Autism and Cake
as Fred
(2012)
Elephant Sighs
as Leo
(2011)
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
(2011)
All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
(2011)
Let Go
as Artie
(2011)
(2011)
Identical
as Yaakov Washington
(2011)
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
(2011)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
(2011)
Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor
(2011)
(2011)
Good Men
as Morty
(2011)
(2010)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Granny Goodness (voice)
(2010)
(2009)
Up
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
(2009)
Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
(2008)
Christmas Cottage
as Sidney
(2008)
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
(2008)
Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill
(2008)
Channels
as Ed Packard
(2008)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
as Narrator (Voice)
(2007)
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
(2007)
Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
(2005)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2005)
Out of the Woods
as Jack Green
(2005)
Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
(2005)
(2005)
Sleeping Dogs Lie
as Sheriff Delaney
(2005)
(2005)
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
as Himself
(2004)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as J Jonah Jameson
(2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
(2004)
Missing Brendan
as George Calden
(2003)
Elf
as Santa
(2003)
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
(2003)
(2003)
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
(2003)
The Commission
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
(2003)
(2002)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2002)
Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
(2002)
The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Charles Gilbert
(2002)
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
as Jean XXIII
(2002)
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
(2001)
Island Prey
as Jay Roth
(2001)
In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
(2001)
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
as Dead Cat
(2000)
Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire
(2000)
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
(2000)
Common Ground
as Ira
(2000)
(2000)
Becoming Dick
as Davis Aldrich
(2000)
Bring Him Home
as Geza
(2000)
(1999)
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
(1999)
Our Friend, Martin
as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
(1999)
Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1999)
The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (voice)
(1999)
O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice)
(1999)
Love and Action in Chicago
as Taylor
(1999)
Snowden's Christmas
as (voice)
(1998)
Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
(1997)
A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice)
(1997)
The Long Way Home
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
(1997)
Dog's Best Friend
as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
(1997)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
(1997)
Payback
as Jack Patkanis
(1997)
The Fumbleheads
as Charlie Atwater
(1997)
(1996)
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
as Hudson (voice)
(1996)
Gone in the Night
as Det. John Waters
(1996)
The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1996)
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
as Narrator
(1995)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Bruno
(1995)
(1994)
Heads
as Ab Abbot
(1994)
(1993)
Gypsy
as Charles Thompson
(1993)
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1991)
JFK
as Guy Bannister
(1991)
Switched at Birth
as Ted Marx
(1991)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Edward P. Mitchell
(1991)
Silent Motive
as Sam
(1991)
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
as Charlie (voice)
(1991)
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
(1990)
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
as Harvey Metcalfe
(1989)
Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
(1988)
Moon Over Parador
as Self
(1988)
A Friendship in Vienna
as Opah Oskar Reikman
(1987)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Scalawag (voice)
(1987)
(1987)
Cracked Up
as Rev. Vincent Owens
(1986)
Kate's Secret
as Dr. Resnick
(1986)
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Joshua (voice)
(1986)
The Christmas Star
as Horace McNickle
(1986)
Darlin' Clementine
as Lucky Jake
(1986)
Vital Signs
as Matthew St James
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1984)
Anatomy of an Illness
as Norman Cousins
(1984)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
(1983)
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1983)
Daniel
as Jacob Ascher
(1983)
A Case of Libel
as Robert Sloane
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
O'Hara's Wife
as Bob O'Hara
(1982)
Americas in Transition
as Narrator
(1981)
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
(1981)
The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
(1981)
A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
(1979)
The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
(1977)
The Gathering
as Adam
(1977)
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
(1976)
Gus
as Hank Cooper
(1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(1975)
Death Scream
as Peter Singleton
(1975)
The Impersonation Murder Case
as Dt. Ed Ames
(1975)
Hey, I'm Alive
as Ralph Flores
(1975)
The Impostor
as Barney West
(1975)
Twigs
as Phil
(1974)
The Wrestler
as Frank Bass
(1973)
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Det. Ralph Varone
(1972)
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Al Hunsicker
(1972)
(1971)
Skin Game
as Plunkett
(1971)
They Call It Murder
as Chief Otto Larkin
(1971)
The Todd Killings
as Fred Reardon
(1971)
The Last Child
as Barstow
(1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
(1970)
Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay
(1970)
House on Greenapple Road
as Sheriff Muntz
(1970)
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Dr. Morheim
(1969)
Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti
(1969)
Daughter of the Mind
as Saul Wiener
(1967)
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
(1967)
Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
(1966)
El Dorado
as Bart Jason
(1966)
The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman
(1965)
The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
(1965)
The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley
(1964)
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Pike
(1962)
Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
(1961)
The Murder Men
as Dave Keller
(1960)
The New Girl
as Kurt Harden
(1960)
(1957)
The Night America Trembled
as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
(1957)
The Defender (Studio One)
as Juror (uncredited)
Crew
(2022)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
In Memory Of
(2021)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
In Memory Of
(2021)
Back Home Again
In Memory Of
(2011)
Let Go
Executive Producer
(1997)
Payback
Executive Producer
(1991)