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