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.
Known For
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)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
(2023)
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
(2023)
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
(2022)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
(2021)
Blood
as The Prophet
(2021)
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
(2021)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
(2021)
Senior Entourage
as Ed
(2021)
(2021)
Captain Daddy
as Grampa (voice)
(2020)
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
(2020)
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
(2020)
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
(2020)
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
(2020)
(2020)
Tiger Within
as Samuel
(2019)
In Vino
as Charles
(2019)
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
(2018)
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
(2018)
Olympia
as Himself
(2018)
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
(2018)
Angels on Tap
as Swifty
(2018)
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
(2018)
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
(2017)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
(2017)
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
(2017)
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
(2017)
(2017)
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
(2017)
Saving Christmas
as Rick
(2017)
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(2017)
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
(2017)
Joe's War
as Harry
(2017)
The Gliksmans
as Moshe
(2016)
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
(2016)
Love Meet Hope
as Mr. James
(2016)
Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
(2016)
(2016)
Super Sex
as George
(2016)
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
as Corporate Manager
(2016)
Behind the Fear
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as Wilhelm Müller
(2015)
(2015)
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
(2015)
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
(2015)
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl (voice)
(2015)
All of My Heart
as Vern
(2015)
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
(2014)
Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
(2014)
Audrey
as Walt
(2014)
I Know That Voice
as Self
(2014)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
(2014)
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Jefferson
(2014)
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
(2013)
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
(2013)
American Road
as Walt Whitman
(2013)
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
(2013)
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
(2012)
Liberator
as President Whitlock
(2012)
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
as Mr. Carson
(2012)
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
(2012)
Casting By
as Self
(2012)
Elephant Sighs
as Leo
(2012)
(2012)
Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
(2012)
Autism and Cake
as Fred
(2011)
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
(2011)
All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
(2011)
Identical
as Yaakov Washington
(2011)
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
(2011)
Good Men
as Morty
(2011)
(2011)
Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor
(2011)
Let Go
as Artie
(2011)
(2011)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
(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)
Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill
(2008)
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
(2008)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
as Narrator (Voice)
(2008)
Channels
as Ed Packard
(2007)
(2007)
Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
(2007)
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
(2007)
(2006)
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
(2005)
Sleeping Dogs Lie
as Sheriff Delaney
(2005)
Out of the Woods
as Jack Green
(2005)
Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
(2005)
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2005)
(2005)
(2005)
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
as Himself
(2004)
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as J Jonah Jameson
(2004)
Missing Brendan
as George Calden
(2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
(2003)
Elf
as Santa
(2003)
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
(2003)
The Commission
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
(2003)
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
(2002)
Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
(2002)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
as J. Jonah Jameson
(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
(2001)
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
(2001)
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
as Dead Cat
(2001)
Island Prey
as Jay Roth
(2001)
In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
(2000)
(2000)
(2000)
Common Ground
as Ira
(2000)
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
(2000)
Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire
(2000)
Bring Him Home
as Geza
(2000)
Becoming Dick
as Davis Aldrich
(1999)
O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice)
(1999)
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
(1999)
Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1999)
Our Friend, Martin
as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
(1999)
The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (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)
Payback
as Jack Patkanis
(1997)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
(1997)
The Long Way Home
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
(1997)
The Fumbleheads
as Charlie Atwater
(1997)
Dog's Best Friend
as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
(1997)
(1996)
Gone in the Night
as Det. John Waters
(1996)
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
as Hudson (voice)
(1996)
The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1996)
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
as Narrator
(1995)
(1995)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Bruno
(1994)
Heads
as Ab Abbot
(1994)
(1993)
(1993)
Gypsy
as Charles Thompson
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1991)
JFK
as Guy Bannister
(1991)
Silent Motive
as Sam
(1991)
Switched at Birth
as Ted Marx
(1991)
(1991)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Edward P. Mitchell
(1991)
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
as Charlie (voice)
(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)
The Christmas Star
as Horace McNickle
(1986)
Kate's Secret
as Dr. Resnick
(1986)
Vital Signs
as Matthew St James
(1986)
Darlin' Clementine
as Lucky Jake
(1986)
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Joshua (voice)
(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)
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)
A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
(1981)
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
(1981)
The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
(1979)
The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
(1978)
(1978)
Mickey's 50
as Self
(1978)
(1978)
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
(1977)
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
(1977)
The Gathering
as Adam
(1976)
Gus
as Hank Cooper
(1975)
Death Scream
as Peter Singleton
(1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(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)
The Todd Killings
as Fred Reardon
(1971)
They Call It Murder
as Chief Otto Larkin
(1971)
The Last Child
as Barstow
(1970)
House on Greenapple Road
as Sheriff Muntz
(1970)
Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay
(1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
(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)
Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
(1967)
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
(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)