Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 15, 1929
Place of Birth:
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Premise | Mr. Holmes |
| 2021 | Dug Days | Carl (voice) |
| 2020 | The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self |
| 2020 | Central Park | Ambrose (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Doom Patrol | Hospital Patient |
| 2019 | Dead to Me | Abe Rifkin |
| 2018 | Ballmastrz: 9009 | Rupert T. Digzfield (voice) |
| 2018 | Cobra Kai | Sid Weinberg |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Saul |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Howard Jay |
| 2014 | Chasing Life | April's grandfather |
| 2013 | Mom | Jack |
| 2013 | Teen Titans Go! | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones | Mr. Finger |
| 2012 | Men At Work | Bob |
| 2011 | Working Class | Hank Greziak |
| 2011 | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Dr. Wasserman |
| 2010 | Young Justice | Kent Nelson (voice) |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | August March |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Santa Claus (voice) |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Jameson |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show | |
| 2009 | The Line | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Guy Redmayne |
| 2009 | Up: Upisodes | Carl Fredricksen (voice) |
| 2009 | The Middle | Ben |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Herschel |
| 2008 | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Self |
| 2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Ben Parker (voice) |
| 2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. | Mickey Doyle |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Commandant Von Reichenstein |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Wilson White |
| 2005 | The Boondocks | Ed Wuncler (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mailbox #2 (voice) |
| 2005 | Bones | Rufus Tucker |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Grandpa Smith (voice) |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Abraham Klein |
| 2004 | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Hephaestus (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Granny Goodness (voice) |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr (voice) |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Marty Bracknell |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mr. Weiner |
| 2000 | The Huntress | |
| 2000 | Max Steel | Chuck Marshak (voice) |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Fixer (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Steve Bellows (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Martin Schultz |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Frank Hunter (voice) |
| 1998 | The Closer | |
| 1998 | Maggie Winters | |
| 1998 | Hercules | Mentor (voice) |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Jack Lederer |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Stinky (voice) |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Earl Tucker |
| 1997 | The Practice | Judge Matlin Pratt |
| 1997 | The Practice | Judge Marcus Winnaker |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | |
| 1996 | Arliss | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Granny Goodness (voice) |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Von Romme (voice) |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) |
| 1994 | Duckman | |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Bud |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) |
| 1994 | ER | Dr. James McNulty |
| 1994 | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) |
| 1994 | The Magic School Bus | (voice) |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Jack Danforth (voice) |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Maurice |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1993 | Politically Incorrect | |
| 1992 | Mad About You | Zigmund Klarik |
| 1992 | Fish Police | |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Roland Daggett (voice) |
| 1992 | Hearts Afire | George Lahti |
| 1992 | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Evil Georgie (voice) |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Hoggish Greedly (voice) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Editor (voice) |
| 1988 | Roseanne | |
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | |
| 1987 | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Self - Presenter |
| 1985 | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Edward Asner (uncredited) |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Lou Grant |
| 1977 | Roots | Thomas Davies |
| 1977 | Roots | Capt. Thomas Davies |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1974 | Rhoda | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | August March |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Cesare Marino |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Vince Leonard |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | Harry Loring |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Taugus |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Harry Ferguson |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Captain Friedrich |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | George Simpson |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | John Carl Brock |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Carl Cappi |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Walter Gretzler |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Pete Zacharias |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Furman Crotty |
| 1964 | Slattery's People | Frank Radcliff |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Oliver E. Wells |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Pablo Vasquez |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Roy Malinek |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Sheriff Mayhew |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Joe Bantam |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Harmon Stern |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Paul Berg |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | George Johnson |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | Kapp |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jack Stander |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Dave Keller |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Frank Williams |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Tim Sellers |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Harry Obermayer |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Second Man |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Fedor Bartok |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Frank |
| 1958 | Naked City | Lt. Vincent Busti |
| 1957 | Decoy | Sergeant |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sgt. Wilks |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Warden Bragan |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Redmond |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Actor #3 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter |