Birthday
1929/11/15
Day of death
2021/08/29 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also know as
Eddie Asner, 愛德華·阿斯納, エド・アズナー, 에드 애스너, Edward Asner
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.
(1975) Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(1991) JFK
as Guy Bannister
(2023) Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
(2021) Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
(2016) Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
(1999) The Bachelor
as Gluckman
(2003) Elf
as Santa
(1971) Skin Game
as Plunkett
(1976) Gus
as Hank Cooper
(2001) The Animal
as Chief Wilson
(1998) Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
(1966) El Dorado
as Bart Jason
(1981) Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
(2004) Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
(2007) Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
(2021) Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
(2023) Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
(1965) The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
(1999) Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1970) They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
(2008) Christmas Cottage
as Sidney
(1986) The Christmas Star
as Horace McNickle
(2009) Up
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
A Man and His Prostate
as ---
(2002) The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
(1995) Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
as ---
(1969) Daughter of the Mind
as Saul Wiener
(2008) Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
(2002) The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Charles Gilbert
(2010) Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Granny Goodness (voice)
(2011) Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
(2005) Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
(2006) The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
(1997) A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice)
(2013) Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
(1988) Moon Over Parador
as Self
(1993) Gypsy
as Charles Thompson
(1969) Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti
(2005) Sleeping Dogs Lie
as Sheriff Delaney
(2021) Scarlett
as ---
(1999) O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice)
(2005) Out of the Woods
as Jack Green
(1965) The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley
(2003) The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
(1970) Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay
(2005) The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
as Himself
(1983) Daniel
as Jacob Ascher
(2011) All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
(2012) Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
(1973) The Girl Most Likely To...
as Det. Ralph Varone
(2007) Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
(1967) Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
(1967) The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
(2020) Tiger Within
as Samuel
(2002) Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
(1964) Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Pike
(1978) A Different Approach
as ---
(2011) Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
(1997) The Long Way Home
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
(1972) Haunts of the Very Rich
as Al Hunsicker
(2012) Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
(1977) The Gathering
as Adam
(2012) Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
as Mr. Carson
(2011) Let Go
as Artie
(1991) Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Edward P. Mitchell
(1971) The Todd Killings
as Fred Reardon
(1999) Our Friend, Martin
as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
(1990) Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
as Harvey Metcalfe
(1988) A Friendship in Vienna
as Opah Oskar Reikman
(2001) Island Prey
as Jay Roth
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
as ---
(1971) The Last Child
as Barstow
(2023) A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
(1994) Down on the Waterfront
as ---
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
(2005) Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
as Narrator
(2014) The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
(1986) Darlin' Clementine
as Lucky Jake
(1984) Anatomy of an Illness
as Norman Cousins
(2013) Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator
(1957) The Defender (Studio One)
as Juror (uncredited)
(2013) Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
(1966) The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman
(1962) Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
(1975) The Impersonation Murder Case
as Dt. Ed Ames
(2014) Audrey
as Walt
(1997) Payback
as Jack Patkanis
(2008) Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill
(1996) Gone in the Night
as Det. John Waters
(2010) The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
as ---
(1961) The Murder Men
as Dave Keller
(2007) The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
as ---
(1975) Twigs
as Phil
(1975) The Impostor
as Barney West
(1994) Heads
as Ab Abbot
(1960) J-24
as ---
(1999) Snowden's Christmas
as (voice)
(2000) Becoming Dick
as Davis Aldrich
(1989) Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
(1970) House on Greenapple Road
as Sheriff Muntz
(1982) Americas in Transition
as Narrator
(2011) The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
(2003) Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
as Uncle Nick
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(2014) Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
(2015) All of My Heart
as Vern
(2022) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
(2012) Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
(2012) Elephant Sighs
as Leo
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1970) The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Dr. Morheim
(2012) Autism and Cake
as Fred
(1996) The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2000) Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire
(1986) Vital Signs
as Matthew St James
(2019) Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
(2013) Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
(2017) Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez
Everbrook (The Home)
as ---
(1997) Dog's Best Friend
as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
(2000) Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
(1971) They Call It Murder
as Chief Otto Larkin
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
as Narrator
(2009) Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
(2002) Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
as Jean XXIII
(1977) The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
(2005) Crab Orchard
as ---
(2015) The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl
(2015) I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
(2000) Common Ground
as Ira
(2016) Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
(2016) Super Sex
as George
(1991) The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
as Charlie (voice)
(2008) Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
as Narrator (Voice)
(2003) Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
(2011) Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
as Himself
(1981) The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2016) Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as Wilhelm Müller
(2003) The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Self
(1978) NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
(2011) Identical
as Yaakov Washington
(1996) Hanged on a Twisted Cross
as Narrator
(1995) Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Bruno
(2007) From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
as ---
(2015) Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
(2013) American Road
as Walt Whitman
(1986) Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Joshua (voice)
(1975) Hey, I'm Alive
as Ralph Flores
(1997) The Fumbleheads
as Charlie Atwater
(1993) Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
(2017) Joe's War
as Harry
(2017) CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
(2000) Bring Him Home
as Geza
(1991) Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as Himself
(2017) All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
(1990) The Cops Are Robbers
as ---
(2004) Missing Brendan
as George Calden
(2014) Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Jefferson
(2017) A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
(2017) Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
as Santa
(2017) And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(1986) Kate's Secret
as Dr. Resnick
(2003) Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Liberator
as President Whitlock
(2014) Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
(2014) I Know That Voice
as Self
(2017) Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
(2002) Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2005) Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2018) The Parting Glass
as Tommy
(1982) O'Hara's Wife
as Bob O'Hara
(2018) All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
(2017) Saving Christmas
as Rick
(2018) Olympia
as Himself
(2016) Love Meet Hope
as Mr. James
(1979) The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
(2020) The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
(2004) Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as J Jonah Jameson
(2011) Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor
(2008) Channels
as Ed Packard
(1997) Academy Boyz
as ---
(2018) LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Angels on Tap
as Swifty
(2025) The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
(1991) Silent Motive
as Sam
(2000) The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as ---
(1984) Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
(1983) A Case of Libel
as Robert Sloane
(1987) Cracked Up
as Rev. Vincent Owens
(1996) Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
as Hudson (voice)
(1974) The Wrestler
as Frank Bass
(1991) Switched at Birth
as Ted Marx
(2016) Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
as Corporate Manager
(1960) The New Girl
as Kurt Harden
(2024) Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
(1992) Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1999) The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (voice)
(2020) M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
(2019) In Vino
as Charles
(1975) Death Scream
as Peter Singleton
(2018) Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
(1987) Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Scalawag (voice)
(2015) Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
as Self
(2018) Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) Gahan Wilson's The Kid
as Dead Cat
(2018) Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
(2001) In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
(2003) The Commission
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
(2020) SEVEN
as ---
(1972) Sam Cade
as ---
(2011) Good Men
as Morty
(2020) Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
(2015) A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
(2020) Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
(1978) The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
(2021) Senior Entourage
as Ed
(1957) The Night America Trembled
as Self
(2002) The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
as Narrator
(1981) A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
(2012) Casting By
as Self
(1999) Love and Action in Chicago
as Taylor
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(2011) Absolute Killers
as ---
Blood
as The Prophet
(2016) The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self
(1997) The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
The Fall of 2008
as Carl Fredricksen (Up promo)
(1983) Koyaanisqatsi
as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1977) Lou Grant
as Lou Grant
(1994) Duckman
as ---
(1992) Mad About You
as Zigmund Klarik
(1996) Arliss
as ---
(1989) The Simpsons
as Editor (voice)
(1963) Burke's Law
as Pablo Vasquez
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Dave Keller
(1999) Family Guy
as Steve Bellows (voice)
(1974) Rhoda
as ---
(2002) The Dead Zone
as ---
(1966) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as John Carl Brock
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Bud
(1994) Gargoyles
as Hudson (voice)
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as August March
(1997) King of the Hill
as Stinky (voice)
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1997) Johnny Bravo
as ---
(1998) The Wild Thornberrys
as Frank Hunter (voice)
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(2004) CSI: NY
as Abraham Klein
(1988) Roseanne
as ---
(2016) MacGyver
as Saul
(1958) Naked City
as Lt. Vincent Busti
(1997) Dharma & Greg
as Earl Tucker
(2005) The Boondocks
as Ed Wuncler (voice)
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1997) The Practice
as Judge Matlin Pratt
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Sgt. Wilks
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1993) The X-Files
as Maurice
(1948) Studio One
as Actor #3
(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Granny Goodness (voice)
(1963) The Fugitive
as Roy Malinek
(1995) Freakazoid!
as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
(2020) The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Mr. Weiner
(2007) Andy Barker, P.I.
as Mickey Doyle
(2000) The Huntress
as ---
(1998) The Closer
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1994) ER
as Dr. James McNulty
(2000) Max Steel
as Chuck Marshak (voice)
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Warden Bragan
(1961) Target: The Corruptors!
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(2012) Men At Work
as Bob
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Carl Cappi
(1978) The White Shadow
as Edward Asner (uncredited)
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Sheriff Mayhew
(1962) The Virginian
as George Johnson
(2004) Center of the Universe
as Art Barnett
(1987) The Bronx Zoo
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1964) Slattery's People
as Frank Radcliff
(1963) The Fugitive
as Joe Bantam
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Oliver E. Wells
(1970) The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
(1990) The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Walter Kovacs
(1977) Roots
as Thomas Davies
(1957) Decoy
as Sergeant
(1992) Fish Police
as ---
(1966) The Rat Patrol
as Captain Friedrich
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Harmon Stern
(1976) Rich Man, Poor Man
as Axel Jordache
(1985) Off the Rack
as Sam Waltman
(1966) CBS Playhouse
as ---
(1994) Thunder Alley
as Gil Jones
(1963) The Lieutenant
as ---
(1965) Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as ---
(2009) The Cleveland Show
as ---
(2006) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Wilson White
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Frank Williams
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
(1961) The Defenders
as Tim Sellers
(1961) The Defenders
as Harry Obermayer
(2020) Central Park
as Ambrose (voice)
(1949) The Emmy Awards
as Self
(2009) The Line
as ---
(2011) Working Class
as Hank Greziak
(1987) The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self - Presenter
(2021) The Premise
as Mr. Holmes
(2010) Young Justice
as Kent Nelson (voice)
(1998) Maggie Winters
as ---
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(2011) Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
as Dr. Wasserman
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Lou Grant
(2004) Justice League Unlimited
as Hephaestus (voice)
(2004) Justice League Unlimited
as Granny Goodness (voice)
(2021) Dug Days
as Carl (voice)
(1959) The Untouchables
as Fedor Bartok
(2014) Chasing Life
as April's grandfather
(2013) Mom
as Jack
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Roland Daggett (voice)
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Martin Schultz
(1994) Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
(2005) American Dad!
as Narrator (voice)
(2005) American Dad!
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
(1997) The Practice
as Judge Marcus Winnaker
(2005) American Dad!
as Mailbox #2 (voice)
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1960) Route 66
as Second Man
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Walter Gretzler
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Pete Zacharias
(1994) The Magic School Bus
as (voice)
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Redmond
(1998) Hercules
as Mentor (voice)
(1992) Hearts Afire
as George Lahti
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Furman Crotty
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
(1992) Cruel Doubt
as Bill Osteen
(2015) Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
(2009) The Good Wife
as Guy Redmayne
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1985) Tender Is the Night
as Devereux Warren
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Paul Berg
(2010) Hawaii Five-0
as August March
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Cesare Marino
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Vince Leonard
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(1990) Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
(2018) Ballmastrz: 9009
as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
(2013) Teen Titans Go!
as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
(2008) Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
(2009) Up: Upisodes
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
(2008) The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Ben Parker (voice)
(2000) Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Fixer (voice)
(1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Von Romme (voice)
(2015) Grace and Frankie
as Howard Jay
(2003) Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Officer Barr (voice)
(1991) Dinosaurs
as Evil Georgie (voice)
(2018) Cobra Kai
as Sid Weinberg
(1997) The Angry Beavers
as ---
(2010) Regular Show
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1985) Tall Tales & Legends
as Lucky Jake
(1977) Roots
as Capt. Thomas Davies
(1967) The Invaders
as Taugus
(1967) The Invaders
as Harry Ferguson
(1998) More Tales of the City
as Jack Lederer
(2009) The Middle
as Ben
(2005) Bones
as Rufus Tucker
(2009) Modern Family
as Herschel
(2010) Hot in Cleveland
as Jameson
(2005) American Dad!
as Grandpa Smith (voice)
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2013) The Crazy Ones
as Mr. Finger
(1962) Stoney Burke
as Kapp
(2019) Doom Patrol
as Hospital Patient
(2019) Dead to Me
as Abe Rifkin
(2007) The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Commandant Von Reichenstein
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1993) Politically Incorrect
as ---
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as George Simpson
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jack Stander
(1971) Great Performances
as ---
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self
(1959) The Untouchables
as Frank
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter