Edward Asner
Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Asner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 15, 1929 In Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 163
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The New Girl 1960-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Garden Left Behind 2020-08-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Garden Left Behind | 2020-08-28 | |
| Movie | In Vino | Charles | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | The Parting Glass | 2018-06-24 | |
| Movie | LA DA Story | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | 2018-09-29 |
| Movie | CarGo | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | Saving Christmas | Rick | 2017-11-06 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Himself / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Himself | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Santa (voice) | 2014-12-16 |
| Movie | Frozen in Time | Grandpa (voice) | 2014-11-12 |
| Movie | The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014-07-03 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Himself | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Liberator | President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-02-22 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-05-22 |
| Series | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie Satz | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| Movie | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Movie | Channels | Ed Packard | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Christmas Cottage | Sidney | 2008-10-15 |
| Movie | Generation Gap | Bart Cahill | 2008-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman | 2006-12-02 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Movie | The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror | Himself | 2005-07-15 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Movie | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Missing Brendan | George Calden | 2004-10-26 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | 2003-01-01 | |
| Movie | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay | Augie Sinclair | 2003-06-15 |
| Movie | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Uncle Nick | 2003-12-20 |
| Movie | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Narrator | 2003-10-27 |
| Movie | Elf | Santa | 2003-10-09 |
| Movie | Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-04-30 |
| Movie | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | 2002-12-15 |
| Movie | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Perfect Game | Coach Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer's Dad | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Sid Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Series | The Closer | 1998-02-23 | |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
| Movie | Hanged on a Twisted Cross | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | 1996-12-07 |
| Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) | 1995-09-09 |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Series | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994-03-09 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | Down on the Waterfront | 1994-04-26 | |
| Movie | Gypsy | Pop | 1993-12-12 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Himself | 1992-01-01 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show | Himself | 1991-02-18 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | The Cops Are Robbers | 1990-12-09 | |
| Movie | Happily Ever After | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 1989-06-30 |
| Movie | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | 1988-08-27 |
| Series | The Bronx Zoo | 1987-03-19 | |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| Movie | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Joshua (voice) | 1986-04-25 |
| Movie | Vital Signs | Matthew St James | 1986-02-11 |
| Movie | Kate's Secret | Dr. Resnick | 1986-11-17 |
| Movie | The Christmas Star | Horace McNickle | 1986-12-14 |
| Series | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 1985-03-15 |
| Series | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | 1985-09-25 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-20 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Movie | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | The Wrestler | Frank Bass | 1974-04-28 |
| Movie | The Girl Most Likely to... | Det. Ralph Varone | 1973-11-06 |
| Movie | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | 1972-09-20 |
| Movie | Sam Cade | 1972-01-01 | |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Movie | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Movie | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
| Movie | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | 1966-12-13 |
| Movie | El Dorado | Bart Jason | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
| Series | Slattery's People | 1964-09-21 | |
| Movie | The New Girl | 1960-01-01 |