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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Bones

American Dad!

American Dad!

American Dad!

American Dad!

All Movies (237)

• The Gettysburg Address2025 · as Edward Everett (voice)
• Altered Reality2024 · as Mike Wilson
• A Fargo Christmas Story2023 · as Popcorn Bud
• Carl's Date2023 · as Carl (voice)
• Being Mary Tyler Moore2023 · as Self (voice)
• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules2022 · as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
• Scarlett2021 · as Lou
• Back Home Again2021 · as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
• Muppets Haunted Mansion2021 · as Ghost of Claude
• Senior Entourage2021 · as Ed
• Captain Daddy2021 · as Grampa (voice)
• Blood2021 · as The Prophet
• Tiger Within2020 · as Samuel
• Bury Me in Armor2020 · as Dimitry George
• SEVEN2020
• Rain Beau's End2020 · as Gunny
• The Garden Left Behind2020 · as Dr. Cleary
• M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters2020 · as Dr. Howard Arden
• In Vino2019 · as Charles
• Faith, Hope & Love2019 · as Harry Karetas
• Olympia2018 · as Self
• All of My Heart: The Wedding2018 · as Vern
• Honor Amongst Men2018 · as Pop Halmo
• Angels on Tap2018 · as Swifty
• The Parting Glass2018 · as Tommy
• Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting2018 · as Jefferson
• Ed Asner's Oral History2018 · as Self - Interviewee
• Eva: A-70632018 · as Narrator (voice)
• LA DA Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• And the Winner Isn't2017 · as Self
• A StoryBots Christmas2017 · as Santa
• Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!2017 · as Santa
• Saving Christmas2017 · as Rick
• The Gliksmans2017 · as Moshe
• All of My Heart: Inn Love2017 · as Vern
• Yamasong: March of the Hollows2017 · as Elder Pyreez (voice)
• CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!2017 · as Arthur (voice)
• Joe's War2017 · as Harry
• Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man2017 · as Adult Walter (voice)
• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy2016 · as Self
• Titanic: Sinking the Myths2016 · as Wilhelm Müller
• Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary2016 · as Corporate Manager
• Super Sex2016 · as George
• Getting Ed Laid2016 · as Ed Randall
• Love Meet Hope2016 · as Mr. James
• Love Finds You in Valentine2016 · as Gabriel Morgan
• Behind the Fear2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Merry Murdoch Christmas2015 · as Kris Kringle
• Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts2015 · as Self
• Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015 · as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
• The Nutcracker Sweet2015 · as Owl (voice)
• I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!2015 · as Himself
• All of My Heart2015 · as Vern
• Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas2014 · as Santa (voice)
• Frozen in Time2014 · as Grandpa (voice)
• The Games Maker2014 · as Nicholas Drago
• Audrey2014 · as Walt
• I Know That Voice2014 · as Self
• Christmas on the Bayou2013 · as Papa Noel
• Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving2013 · as Mr Wilson
• Axel: The Biggest Little Hero2013 · as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
• American Road2013 · as Walt Whitman
• Second Chances2013 · as Chief Buddy
• Home Alone: The Holiday Heist2012 · as Mr. Carson
• Casting By2012 · as Self
• Autism and Cake2012 · as Fred
• Liberator2012 · as President Whitlock
• Foodfight!2012 · as Mr. Leonard (voice)
• Elephant Sighs2012 · as Leo
• Should've Been Romeo2012 · as Charlie
• Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl2012 · as Self
• The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror2011 · as Narrator
• Identical2011 · as Yaakov Washington
• Too Big to Fail2011 · as Warren Buffett
• Let Go2011 · as Artie
• Absolute Killers2011
• Good Men2011 · as Morty
• Not Another B Movie2011 · as Angry Investor
• Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 72011 · as Himself
• Hopelessly in June2011 · as Rabbi
• The Desert of Forbidden Art2011 · as Voice
• All Star Superman2011 · as Perry White (voice)
• The Triumph of William Henry Harrison2010
• Superman/Batman: Apocalypse2010 · as Granny Goodness (voice)
• Christmas Dreams2009 · as Jerry
• Dug's Special Mission2009 · as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
• Up2009 · as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
• American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist2009 · as Self
• Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union2008 · as Narrator (Voice)
• Generation Gap2008 · as Bart Cahill
• Christmas Cottage2008 · as Sidney
• Gigantic2008 · as Kirby Weathersby
• Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns2008 · as Self
• Channels2008 · as Ed Packard
• Hard Four2007 · as Golden Hands Segal
• Christmas Is Here Again2007 · as Krad (voice)
• From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks2007
• The Rich Have Their Own Photographers2007
• The Christmas Card2006 · as Luke Spelman
• Crab Orchard2005
• Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class2005 · as Narrator
• The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror2005 · as Himself
• Spider-Man: The Venom Saga2005 · as J. Jonah Jameson
• Sir! No Sir!2005 · as Col. Heinl
• Out of the Woods2005 · as Jack Green
• Sleeping Dogs Lie2005 · as Sheriff Delaney
• Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004 · as Self
• Missing Brendan2004 · as George Calden
• Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock2004 · as J Jonah Jameson
• Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure2003 · as Uncle Nick
• Elf2003 · as Santa
• The Commission2003 · as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
• Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay2003 · as Augie Sinclair
• Daredevil vs. Spider-Man2003 · as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series2003 · as Self
• The Man Who Saved Christmas2002 · as Charles Gilbert
• The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion2002 · as Self
• Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown2002 · as J. Jonah Jameson
• Remembering Roots2002 · as Self
• The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It2002 · as Narrator
• Pope John XXIII2002 · as Angelo Roncalli
• Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII2002 · as Jean XXIII
• Gahan Wilson's The Kid2001 · as Dead Cat
• In Search of Peace2001 · as David Ben Gurion (voice)
• The Animal2001 · as Chief Wilson
• Island Prey2001 · as Jay Roth
• Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom2000 · as Self
• Becoming Dick2000 · as Davis Aldrich
• Above Suspicion2000 · as Thomas O'Claire
• The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000
• Perfect Game2000 · as Billy Hicks
• Common Ground2000 · as Ira
• Bring Him Home2000 · as Geza
• Snowden's Christmas1999 · as Big Daddy (voice)
• Olive, the Other Reindeer1999 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• The Bachelor1999 · as Gluckman
• Love and Action in Chicago1999 · as Taylor
• The Sissy Duckling1999 · as Father Duck (voice)
• Our Friend, Martin1999 · as Mr. Harris (voice)
• O' Christmas Tree1999 · as Nutcracker (voice)
• Hard Rain1998 · as Uncle Charlie
• A Christmas Carol1997 · as Marley (voice)
• Academy Boyz1997
• The Long Way Home1997 · as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
• The Trial of Adolf Eichmann1997 · as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
• Dog's Best Friend1997 · as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
• Payback1997 · as Jack Patkanis
• The Fumbleheads1997 · as Charlie Atwater
• Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade1996 · as Self
• The Story of Santa Claus1996 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• Hanged on a Twisted Cross1996 · as Narrator
• Gone in the Night1996 · as Det. John Waters
• Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger1995
• Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken1995 · as Hudson (voice)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears1995 · as Bruno
• Gypsy1994 · as Charles Thompson
• Down on the Waterfront1994
• Heads1994 · as Ab Abbot
• Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · as Self
• Earth and the American Dream1992 · as Reader (voice)
• JFK1991 · as Guy Bannister
• Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1991 · as Edward P. Mitchell
• Silent Motive1991 · as Sam
• Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show1991 · as Himself
• The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You1991 · as Charlie (voice)
• Good Cops, Bad Cops1990
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less1990 · as Harvey Metcalfe
• Happily Ever After1989 · as Scowl the Owl (voice)
• Moon Over Parador1988 · as Self
• A Friendship in Vienna1988 · as Opah Oskar Reikman
• Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night1987 · as Scalawag (voice)
• Cracked Up1987 · as Rev. Vincent Owens
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• The Christmas Star1986 · as Horace McNickle
• Kate's Secret1986 · as Dr. Resnick
• Joshua and the Battle of Jericho1986 · as Joshua (voice)
• Vital Signs1986 · as Matthew St James
• Darlin' Clementine1986 · as Lucky Jake
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Donald Duck's 50th Birthday1984 · as Self
• Anatomy of an Illness1984 · as Norman Cousins
• A Case of Libel1983 · as Robert Sloane
• Daniel1983 · as Jacob Ascher
• Koyaanisqatsi1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• Americas in Transition1982 · as Narrator
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• O'Hara's Wife1982 · as Bob O'Hara
• The Marva Collins Story1981 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Small Killing1981 · as Simon Shaber
• Fort Apache, the Bronx1981 · as Connolly
• The Family Man1979 · as Eddie Madden
• Mickey's 501978 · as Self
• The Good Doctor1978 · as Various Roles
• NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney1978 · as Self
• A Different Approach1978
• The Gathering1977 · as Adam
• The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish1977 · as Huey P. Long
• Gus1976 · as Hank Cooper
• Hey, I'm Alive1975 · as Ralph Flores
• Death Scream1975 · as Peter Singleton
• The Impersonation Murder Case1975 · as Dt. Ed Ames
• Mitzi & 100 Guys1975 · as Self
• The Impostor1975 · as Barney West
• Twigs1975 · as Phil
• The Wrestler1974 · as Frank Bass
• The Girl Most Likely To...1973 · as Det. Ralph Varone
• Haunts of the Very Rich1972 · as Al Hunsicker
• Sam Cade1972
• They Call It Murder1971 · as Chief Otto Larkin
• The Todd Killings1971 · as Fred Reardon
• The Last Child1971 · as Barstow
• Skin Game1971 · as Plunkett
• The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1970 · as Dr. Morheim
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970 · as Woody Garfield
• Halls of Anger1970 · as Ernie McKay
• House on Greenapple Road1970 · as Sheriff Muntz
• Daughter of the Mind1969 · as Saul Wiener
• Change of Habit1969 · as Lt. Moretti
• Gunn1967 · as Lt. Jacoby
• El Dorado1966 · as Bart Jason
• The Doomsday Flight1966 · as Feldman
• The Venetian Affair1966 · as Frank Rosenfeld
• The Slender Thread1965 · as Det. Judd Ridley
• The Satan Bug1965 · as Henchman Veretti
• Fanfare for a Death Scene1964 · as Pike
• Kid Galahad1962 · as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
• The Murder Men1961 · as Dave Keller
• J-241960
• The New Girl1960 · as Kurt Harden
• The Night America Trembled1957 · as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
• The Defender (Studio One)1957 · as Juror (uncredited)
• A Man and His Prostate—
• Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary— · as Self (archive footage)
• Unplugged— · as Dr. Eaton (voice)

All TV Shows (180)

• The Premise2021 · as Mr. Holmes
• Dug Days2021 · as Carl (voice)
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us2020 · as Self
• Central Park2020 · as Ambrose (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Dead to Me2019 · as Abe Rifkin
• Doom Patrol2019 · as Hospital Patient
• Cobra Kai2018 · as Sid Weinberg
• Ballmastrz: 90092018 · as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
• MacGyver2016 · as Saul
• Celebrity Family Feud2015 · as Self
• Grace and Frankie2015 · as Howard Jay
• Chasing Life2014 · as April's grandfather
• The Crazy Ones2013 · as Mr. Finger
• Mom2013 · as Jack
• Teen Titans Go!2013 · as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
• Men at Work2012 · as Bob
• Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays2011 · as Dr. Wasserman
• Working Class2011 · as Hank Greziak
• Young Justice2010 · as Kent Nelson (voice)
• Hawaii Five-02010 · as August March
• Regular Show2010 · as Santa Claus (voice)
• Hot in Cleveland2010 · as Jameson
• The Middle2009 · as Ben
• The Cleveland Show2009
• Modern Family2009 · as Herschel
• The Good Wife2009 · as Guy Redmayne
• Up: Upisodes2009 · as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
• Shatner's Raw Nerve2008 · as Self
• The Spectacular Spider-Man2008 · as Ben Parker (voice)
• Andy Barker, P.I.2007 · as Mickey Doyle
• The Sarah Silverman Program.2007 · as Commandant Von Reichenstein
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip2006 · as Wilson White
• The Boondocks2005 · as Ed Wuncler (voice)
• Bones2005 · as Rufus Tucker
• American Dad!2005 · as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Mailbox #2 (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Grandpa Smith (voice)
• Center of the Universe2004 · as Art Barnett
• CSI: NY2004 · as Abraham Klein
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Hephaestus (voice)
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Granny Goodness (voice)
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series2003 · as Officer Barr (voice)
• The Dead Zone2002 · as Marty Bracknell
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Mr. Weiner
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command2000 · as Fixer (voice)
• The Huntress2000
• Max Steel2000 · as Chuck Marshak (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Martin Schultz
• Family Guy1999 · as Steve Bellows (voice)
• Maggie Winters1998
• The Wild Thornberrys1998 · as Frank Hunter (voice)
• Hercules1998 · as Mentor (voice)
• More Tales of the City1998 · as Jack Lederer
• The Closer1998
• Dharma & Greg1997 · as Earl Tucker
• Johnny Bravo1997
• The Angry Beavers1997
• The Practice1997 · as Judge Matlin Pratt
• The Practice1997 · as Judge Marcus Winnaker
• King of the Hill1997 · as Stinky (voice)
• Bruno the Kid1996 · as The Engineer (voice)
• Superman: The Animated Series1996 · as Granny Goodness (voice)
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest1996 · as Von Romme (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Arli$$1996 · as Lenny Crowley
• Dumb and Dumber1995 · as General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)
• Freakazoid!1995 · as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
• Spider-Man1994 · as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Gargoyles1994 · as Hudson (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Bud
• ER1994 · as James McNulty
• The Magic School Bus1994 · as Gen. Aranius (voice)
• Thunder Alley1994 · as Gil Jones
• Duckman1994 · as Mort Sidelman (voice)
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Animaniacs1993 · as Vern (voice)
• The X-Files1993 · as Maurice
• Politically Incorrect1993
• Mad About You1992 · as Zigmund Klarik
• Hearts Afire1992 · as George Lahti
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Roland Daggett (voice)
• Cruel Doubt1992 · as Bill Osteen
• Fish Police1992 · as Chief Abalone (voice)
• Switched at Birth1991 · as Ted Marx
• Dinosaurs1991 · as Evil Georgie (voice)
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill1990 · as Walter Kovacs
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers1990 · as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
• The Simpsons1989 · as Editor (voice)
• Roseanne1988
• The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood1987 · as Self - Presenter
• The Bronx Zoo1987
• Tall Tales & Legends1985 · as Lucky Jake
• Tender Is the Night1985 · as Devereux Warren
• Off the Rack1985 · as Sam Waltman
• Highway to Heaven1984
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The White Shadow1978 · as Edward Asner (uncredited)
• Lou Grant1977 · as Lou Grant
• Roots1977 · as Thomas Davies
• Roots1977 · as Capt. Thomas Davies
• Rich Man, Poor Man1976 · as Axel Jordache
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Rhoda1974
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• Match Game1973 · as Self
• Police Story1973
• Great Performances1971
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Lou Grant
• The Flip Wilson Show1970 · as Self
• Medical Center1969
• The Mod Squad1968
• The Mod Squad1968 · as Harry Loring
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as August March
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Cesare Marino
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Vince Leonard
• Ironside1967 · as Marlon Davis
• The Invaders1967 · as Taugus
• The Invaders1967 · as Harry Ferguson
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Nat Congdon
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as George Simpson
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966 · as George Kramer
• Felony Squad1966
• The Rat Patrol1966 · as Captain Friedrich
• The F.B.I.1965 · as John Carl Brock
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Walter Gretzler
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Pete Zacharias
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Furman Crotty
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies1965
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Carl Cappi
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Oliver E. Wells
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as President Ulysses S. Grant
• Slattery's People1964 · as Frank Radcliff
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Harmon Stern
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Paul Berg
• Burke's Law1963 · as Pablo Vasquez
• The Fugitive1963 · as Roy Malinek
• The Fugitive1963 · as Sheriff Mayhew
• The Fugitive1963 · as Joe Bantam
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
• The Lieutenant1963
• The Eleventh Hour1962
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Stoney Burke1962 · as Kapp
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Jack Stander
• The Virginian1962 · as George Johnson
• Sam Benedict1962 · as Dr. Everett Colner
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• Target: The Corruptors!1961
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Frank Williams
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Dave Keller
• The Defenders1961 · as Tim Sellers
• The Defenders1961 · as Harry Obermayer
• Route 661960
• Route 661960 · as Second Man
• Outlaws1960
• The Untouchables1959 · as Fedor Bartok
• The Untouchables1959 · as Frank
• The Untouchables1959 · as Jimmy Canada
• Naked City1958 · as Lt. Vincent Busti
• Decoy1957 · as Sergeant
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Warden Bragan
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sgt. Wilks
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Redmond
• The Oscars1953 · as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Omnibus1952
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Studio One1948 · as Actor #3
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Winner