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:
- 170
- 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 | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters | Dr. Howard Arden | 2020-03-13 |
| Movie | In Vino | Charles | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | Olympia | Himself | 2018-11-11 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | 2018-09-29 |
| Movie | The Parting Glass | 2018-06-24 | |
| Movie | LA DA Story | Himself (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Pyreez | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Adult Walter (voice) | 2017-01-28 |
| Movie | Joe's War | Harry | 2017-03-17 |
| Movie | CarGo | Arthur (voice) | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | 2017-10-07 |
| Movie | Saving Christmas | Rick | 2017-11-06 |
| Movie | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Santa | 2017-11-21 |
| Movie | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Super Sex | George | 2016-04-15 |
| Movie | Love Meet Hope | Mr. James | 2016-02-20 |
| Movie | Love Finds You in Valentine | Gabriel Morgan | 2016-02-14 |
| Movie | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Himself | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Edward Everett (voice) | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | All of My Heart | Vern | 2015-02-14 |
| Movie | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Self | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker Sweet | Owl | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Himself / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2015-12-21 |
| 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 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Jefferson | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | I Know That Voice | Himself | 2014-01-07 |
| Movie | Second Chances | Chief Buddy | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | 2013-12-14 |
| Movie | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | 2012-12-03 |
| Movie | Casting By | Self | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Liberator | President Whitlock | 2012-09-15 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Mr. Leonard | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012-04-28 |
| Movie | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Himself | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Voice | 2011-03-18 |
| Series | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2011-01-28 |
| Movie | All Star Superman | Perry White (voice) | 2011-02-22 |
| Movie | Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | 2011-05-22 |
| Movie | Let Go | Artie Satz | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Not Another B Movie | Angry Investor | 2011-07-12 |
| Series | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Granny Goodness (voice) | 2010-09-28 |
| Movie | Dug's Special Mission | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-11-10 |
| Movie | Up | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 2009-05-28 |
| Series | The Line | 2009-03-16 | |
| 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 | Hard Four | Golden Hands Segal | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas Is Here Again | Krad (voice) | 2007-10-20 |
| Movie | The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman | 2006-12-02 |
| Movie | Crab Orchard | 2005-09-23 | |
| Movie | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Narrator | 2005-08-31 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | J. Jonah Jameson | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Sir! No Sir! | Col. Heinl | 2005-05-19 |
| Movie | Out of the Woods | Jack Green | 2005-04-02 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Sheriff Delaney | 2005-02-28 |
| Series | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Missing Brendan | George Calden | 2004-10-26 |
| 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 |
| Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 2003-07-11 |
| Movie | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay | Augie Sinclair | 2003-06-15 |
| Movie | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2003-02-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | 2003-01-01 | |
| 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 | In Search of Peace | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001-06-01 |
| Movie | Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000-06-07 |
| Movie | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000-05-31 | |
| Movie | Perfect Game | Coach Billy Hicks | 2000-04-18 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Ira | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Bring Him Home | Geza | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | O' Christmas Tree | Nutcracker | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Santa Claus (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer's Dad | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | The Bachelor | Sid Gluckman | 1999-11-05 |
| Series | The Closer | 1998-02-23 | |
| Movie | Hard Rain | Uncle Charlie | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Marley (voice) | 1997-12-20 |
| Movie | Academy Boyz | 1997-12-02 | |
| Movie | The Long Way Home | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Payback | Jack Patkanis | 1997-02-10 |
| Movie | The Fumbleheads | Charlie Atwater | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | 1996-12-07 |
| Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hudson | 1996-05-02 |
| Movie | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | 1996-02-24 |
| Movie | Hanged on a Twisted Cross | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) | 1995-09-09 |
| Movie | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Heads | Ab Abbot | 1994-01-29 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 1994-10-24 |
| Series | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994-03-09 |
| Series | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Pop | 1993-12-12 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | 1992-10-01 | |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 1992-05-17 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Himself | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 1991-04-28 |
| Movie | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Edward P. Mitchell | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991-12-20 |
| Series | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990-09-17 |
| Movie | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | 1990-03-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Scalawag (voice) | 1987-08-06 |
| Series | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Himself - Presenter | 1987-07-03 |
| Movie | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | 1987-05-26 |
| Series | The Bronx Zoo | 1987-03-19 | |
| 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 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | 1985-09-25 |
| Series | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | 1985-09-23 |
| Series | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 1985-03-15 |
| Movie | Anatomy of an Illness | Norman Cousins | 1984-05-15 |
| Movie | Daniel | Jacob Ascher | 1983-08-26 |
| Movie | Americas in Transition | Narrator | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | 1982-03-08 | |
| Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Bob O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | 1981-12-01 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Connolly | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | 1979-12-19 |
| Movie | The Gathering | Adam | 1977-12-04 |
| Series | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977-09-20 |
| Movie | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Huey P. Long | 1977-03-20 |
| Movie | Gus | Hank Cooper | 1976-07-07 |
| Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 1976-02-01 |
| Movie | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | 1975-09-26 |
| 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 | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | The Todd Killings | Fred Reardon | 1971-10-20 |
| Movie | The Last Child | Barstow | 1971-10-05 |
| Movie | Skin Game | Plunkett | 1971-09-30 |
| Movie | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 1970-10-13 |
| Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Woody Garfield | 1970-07-10 |
| Movie | Halls of Anger | Ernie McKay | 1970-04-29 |
| Movie | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | 1970-01-11 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | 1969-12-09 |
| Movie | Change of Habit | Lt. Moretti | 1969-11-10 |
| Movie | Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1967-06-28 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Frank Rosenfeld | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | El Dorado | Bart Jason | 1966-12-17 |
| Movie | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | 1966-12-13 |
| Movie | The Slender Thread | Det. Judd Ridley | 1965-12-15 |
| Movie | The Satan Bug | Henchman Veretti | 1965-03-26 |
| Series | Slattery's People | 1964-09-21 | |
| Movie | The New Girl | 1960-01-01 |