Ed Asner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 November 1929 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- 29 August 2021
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
Acting 253
- 2026Unplugged as Dr. Eaton (voice)
- 2026A Man and His Prostate
- 2026Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Elf: Buddy's Sing & Cheer Along Edition as Santa
- 2025The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice)
- 2024An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
- 2024Altered Reality as Mike Wilson
- 2023A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud
- 2023Carl's Date as Carl (voice)
- 2023Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2023Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa (voice)
- 2021Scarlett as Lou
- 2021Back Home Again as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
- 2021Muppets Haunted Mansion as Ghost of Claude
- 2021Senior Entourage as Ed
- 2021Captain Daddy as Grampa (voice)
- 2021Blood as The Prophet
- 2020Tiger Within as Samuel
- 2020Bury Me in Armor as Dimitry George
- 2020SEVEN
- 2020Rain Beau's End as Gunny
- 2020The Garden Left Behind as Dr. Cleary
- 2020M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters as Dr. Howard Arden
- 2019In Vino as Charles
- 2019Faith, Hope & Love as Harry Karetas
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 1 episode
- 2018Olympia as Self
- 2018All of My Heart: The Wedding as Vern
- 2018Honor Amongst Men as Pop Halmo
- 2018Angels on Tap as Swifty
- 2018The Parting Glass as Tommy
- 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Jefferson
- 2018Ed Asner's Oral History as Self - Interviewee
- 2018Eva: A-7063 as Narrator (voice)
- 2018LA DA Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017A StoryBots Christmas as Santa
- 2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! as Santa
- 2017Saving Christmas as Rick
- 2017The Gliksmans as Moshe
- 2017All of My Heart: Inn Love as Vern
- 2017Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Pyreez (voice)
- 2017CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! as Arthur (voice)
- 2017Joe's War as Harry
- 2017Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man as Adult Walter (voice)
- 2016The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- 2016Titanic: Sinking the Myths as Wilhelm Müller
- 2016Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary as Corporate Manager
- 2016Super Sex as George
- 2016Getting Ed Laid as Ed Randall
- 2016Love Meet Hope as Mr. James
- 2016Love Finds You in Valentine as Gabriel Morgan
- 2016Behind the Fear as Narrator (voice)
- 2015A Merry Murdoch Christmas as Kris Kringle
- 2015Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts as Self
- 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
- 2015The Nutcracker Sweet as Owl (voice)
- 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! as Himself
- 2015All of My Heart as Vern
- 2014Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas as Santa (voice)
- 2014Frozen in Time as Grandpa (voice)
- 2014The Games Maker as Nicholas Drago
- 2014Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Jefferson
- 2014Audrey as Walt
- 2014I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013Christmas on the Bayou as Papa Noel
- 2013Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving as Mr Wilson
- 2013Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
- 2013American Road as Walt Whitman
- 2013Second Chances as Chief Buddy
- 2012Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Mr. Carson
- 2012Casting By as Self
- 2012Autism and Cake as Fred
- 2012Liberator as President Whitlock
- 2012Foodfight! as Mr. Leonard (voice)
- 2012Elephant Sighs as Leo
- 2012Should've Been Romeo as Charlie
- 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2011The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror as Narrator
- 2011Identical as Yaakov Washington
- 2011Too Big to Fail as Warren Buffett
- 2011Let Go as Artie
- 2011Absolute Killers
- 2011Good Men as Morty
- 2011Not Another B Movie as Angry Investor
- 2011Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 as Himself
- 2011Hopelessly in June as Rabbi
- 2011The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
- 2011All Star Superman as Perry White (voice)
- 2010The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
- 2010Superman/Batman: Apocalypse as Granny Goodness (voice)
- 2009Christmas Dreams as Jerry
- 2009Dug's Special Mission as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009Up as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- 2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist as Self
- 2008Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union as Narrator (Voice)
- 2008Generation Gap as Bart Cahill
- 2008Christmas Cottage as Sidney
- 2008Gigantic as Kirby Weathersby
- 2008Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns as Self
- 2008Channels as Ed Packard
- 2007Hard Four as Golden Hands Segal
- 2007Christmas Is Here Again as Krad (voice)
- 2007From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
- 2007The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
- 2006The Christmas Card as Luke Spelman
- 2005Crab Orchard
- 2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class as Narrator
- 2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror as Himself
- 2005Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2005Sir! No Sir! as Col. Heinl
- 2005Out of the Woods as Jack Green
- 2005Sleeping Dogs Lie as Sheriff Delaney
- 2005American Dad! as Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
- 2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell as Self
- 2004Elf: That's a Wrap as Self
- 2004Elf: Film School for Kids as Self
- 2004Elf: How they Made the North Pole as Self
- 2004Missing Brendan as George Calden
- 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock as J Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure as Uncle Nick
- 2003Elf as Santa
- 2003The Commission as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
- 2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure as Narrator (voice)
- 2003The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Augie Sinclair
- 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series as Self
- 2002The Man Who Saved Christmas as Charles Gilbert
- 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion as Self
- 2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2002Remembering Roots as Self
- 2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It as Narrator
- 2002Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII as Jean XXIII
- 2002Pope John XXIII as Angelo Roncalli
- 2001Gahan Wilson's The Kid as Dead Cat
- 2001In Search of Peace as David Ben Gurion (voice)
- 2001The Animal as Chief Wilson
- 2001Island Prey as Jay Roth
- 2000Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom as Self
- 2000Becoming Dick as Davis Aldrich
- 2000Above Suspicion as Thomas O'Claire
- 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
- 2000Perfect Game as Billy Hicks
- 2000Common Ground as Ira
- 2000Bring Him Home as Geza
- 1999Snowden's Christmas as Big Daddy (voice)
- 1999Olive, the Other Reindeer as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1999The Bachelor as Gluckman
- 1999Love and Action in Chicago as Taylor
- 1999The Sissy Duckling as Father Duck (voice)
- 1999Our Friend, Martin as Mr. Harris (voice)
- 1999O' Christmas Tree as Nutcracker (voice)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Martin Schultz · 1 episode
- 1999Family Guy as Steve Bellows (voice) · 1 episode
- 1998Hard Rain as Uncle Charlie
- 1997Academy Boyz
- 1997A Christmas Carol as Marley (voice)
- 1997The Long Way Home as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
- 1997The Trial of Adolf Eichmann as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
- 1997Dog's Best Friend as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
- 1997Payback as Jack Patkanis
- 1997The Fumbleheads as Charlie Atwater
- 1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade as Self
- 1996The Story of Santa Claus as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1996Hanged on a Twisted Cross as Narrator
- 1996Gone in the Night as Det. John Waters
- 1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
- 1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken as Hudson (voice)
- 1995Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Bruno
- 1994Gypsy as Charles Thompson
- 1994Down on the Waterfront
- 1994Heads as Ab Abbot
- 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self
- 1992Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1991JFK as Guy Bannister
- 1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Edward P. Mitchell
- 1991Silent Motive as Sam
- 1991Switched at Birth as Ted Marx
- 1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show as Himself
- 1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You as Charlie (voice)
- 1990Good Cops, Bad Cops
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less as Harvey Metcalfe
- 1989Happily Ever After as Scowl the Owl (voice)
- 1989The Simpsons as Editor (voice) · 1 episode
- 1988Moon Over Parador as Self
- 1988A Friendship in Vienna as Opah Oskar Reikman
- 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night as Scalawag (voice)
- 1987Cracked Up as Rev. Vincent Owens
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986The Christmas Star as Horace McNickle
- 1986Kate's Secret as Dr. Resnick
- 1986Joshua and the Battle of Jericho as Joshua (voice)
- 1986Vital Signs as Matthew St James
- 1986Darlin' Clementine as Lucky Jake
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self
- 1984Anatomy of an Illness as Norman Cousins
- 1983A Case of Libel as Robert Sloane
- 1983Daniel as Jacob Ascher
- 1983Koyaanisqatsi as Self (archive footage)
- 1982Americas in Transition as Narrator
- 1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982O'Hara's Wife as Bob O'Hara
- 1981The Marva Collins Story as Narrator (voice)
- 1981A Small Killing as Simon Shaber
- 1981Fort Apache, the Bronx as Connolly
- 1979The Family Man as Eddie Madden
- 1978Mickey's 50 as Self
- 1978The Good Doctor as Various Roles
- 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney as Self
- 1978A Different Approach
- 1977The Gathering as Adam
- 1977The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish as Huey P. Long
- 1976Gus as Hank Cooper
- 1975Hey, I'm Alive as Ralph Flores
- 1975Death Scream as Peter Singleton
- 1975The Impersonation Murder Case as Dt. Ed Ames
- 1975Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1975The Impostor as Barney West
- 1975Twigs as Phil
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host · 2 episodes
- 1974The Wrestler as Frank Bass
- 1973The Girl Most Likely To... as Det. Ralph Varone
- 1972Haunts of the Very Rich as Al Hunsicker
- 1972Sam Cade
- 1971They Call It Murder as Chief Otto Larkin
- 1971The Todd Killings as Fred Reardon
- 1971The Last Child as Barstow
- 1971Skin Game as Plunkett
- 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf as Dr. Morheim
- 1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Woody Garfield
- 1970Halls of Anger as Ernie McKay
- 1970House on Greenapple Road as Sheriff Muntz
- 1969Daughter of the Mind as Saul Wiener
- 1969Change of Habit as Lt. Moretti
- 1967Gunn as Lt. Jacoby
- 1966El Dorado as Bart Jason
- 1966The Doomsday Flight as Feldman
- 1966The Venetian Affair as Frank Rosenfeld
- 1965The Slender Thread as Det. Judd Ridley
- 1965The Satan Bug as Henchman Veretti
- 1964Fanfare for a Death Scene as Pike
- 1962Kid Galahad as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 2 episodes
- 1961The Murder Men as Dave Keller
- 1960J-24
- 1960The New Girl as Kurt Harden
- 1957The Night America Trembled as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
- 1957The Defender (Studio One) as Juror (uncredited)
crew 4
- 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules · in memory of
- 2021Back Home Again · in memory of
- 2021Muppets Haunted Mansion · in memory of
- 1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier · thanks
Production 3
- 2011Let Go · executive producer
- 2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle · executive producer
- 1997Payback · executive producer