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.

Filmography (391 Appearances)

A Man and His Prostate

TBA

Unplugged

TBA

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

TBA

The Gettysburg Address

2025

Altered Reality

2024

A Fargo Christmas Story

2023

Carl's Date

2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

Scarlett

2021

Back Home Again

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021

The Premise

2021

Dug Days

2021

Senior Entourage

2021

Captain Daddy

2021

Blood

2021

Tiger Within

2020

Bury Me in Armor

2020

SEVEN

2020

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2020

Rain Beau's End

2020

The Garden Left Behind

2020

Central Park

2020

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

2020

In Vino

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Dead to Me

2019

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

Doom Patrol

2019

Olympia

2018

All of My Heart: The Wedding

2018

Honor Amongst Men

2018

Angels on Tap

2018

The Parting Glass

2018

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

2018

Cobra Kai

2018

Ed Asner's Oral History

2018

Ballmastrz: 9009

2018

Eva: A-7063

2018

LA DA Story

2018

And the Winner Isn't

2017

A StoryBots Christmas

2017

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

2017

Saving Christmas

2017

The Gliksmans

2017

All of My Heart: Inn Love

2017

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

2017

Joe's War

2017

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

2017

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

2016

MacGyver

2016

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

2016

Super Sex

2016

Getting Ed Laid

2016

Love Meet Hope

2016

Love Finds You in Valentine

2016

Behind the Fear

2016

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

The Nutcracker Sweet

2015

Grace and Frankie

2015

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

2015

All of My Heart

2015

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

Frozen in Time

2014

The Games Maker

2014

Chasing Life

2014

Audrey

2014

I Know That Voice

2014

Christmas on the Bayou

2013

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

2013

The Crazy Ones

2013

Mom

2013

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

2013

American Road

2013

Second Chances

2013

Teen Titans Go!

2013

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012

Casting By

2012

Autism and Cake

2012

Liberator

2012

Foodfight!

2012

Elephant Sighs

2012

Men at Work

2012

Should've Been Romeo

2012

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

2012

The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror

2011

Identical

2011

Too Big to Fail

2011

Let Go

2011

Absolute Killers

2011

Good Men

2011

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

2011

Not Another B Movie

2011

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

2011

Hopelessly in June

2011

The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011

Working Class

2011

All Star Superman

2011

Young Justice

2010

The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Regular Show

2010

Hot in Cleveland

2010

Christmas Dreams

2009

Dug's Special Mission

2009

The Middle

2009

The Cleveland Show

2009

Modern Family

2009

The Good Wife

2009

Up

2009

Up: Upisodes

2009

The Line

2009

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

2009

Shatner's Raw Nerve

2008

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

2008

Generation Gap

2008

Christmas Cottage

2008

Gigantic

2008

Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns

2008

The Spectacular Spider-Man

2008

Channels

2008

Hard Four

2007

Christmas Is Here Again

2007

Andy Barker, P.I.

2007

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

2007

The Sarah Silverman Program.

2007

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

2007

The Christmas Card

2006

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006

The Boondocks

2005

Crab Orchard

2005

Bones

2005

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

2005

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

2005

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005

Sir! No Sir!

2005

Out of the Woods

2005

Sleeping Dogs Lie

2005

American Dad!

2005

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

Center of the Universe

2004

Missing Brendan

2004

CSI: NY

2004

Justice League Unlimited

2004

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

2004

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

2003

Elf

2003

The Commission

2003

Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

2003

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

2003

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

2003

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

The Dead Zone

2002

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

2002

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002

Remembering Roots

2002

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

2002

Pope John XXIII

2002

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

In Search of Peace

2001

The Animal

2001

Island Prey

2001

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

2000

Becoming Dick

2000

The Huntress

2000

Above Suspicion

2000

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Perfect Game

2000

Max Steel

2000

Common Ground

2000

Bring Him Home

2000

Snowden's Christmas

1999

Olive, the Other Reindeer

1999

The Bachelor

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Love and Action in Chicago

1999

The Sissy Duckling

1999

Family Guy

1999

Our Friend, Martin

1999

O' Christmas Tree

1999

Maggie Winters

1998

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

Hercules

1998

More Tales of the City

1998

The Closer

1998

Hard Rain

1998

A Christmas Carol

1997

Academy Boyz

1997

Dharma & Greg

1997

The Long Way Home

1997

Johnny Bravo

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

The Angry Beavers

1997

Dog's Best Friend

1997

The Practice

1997

Payback

1997

King of the Hill

1997

The Fumbleheads

1997

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1996

The Story of Santa Claus

1996

Bruno the Kid

1996

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Arli$$

1996

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

1996

Gone in the Night

1996

Dumb and Dumber

1995

Freakazoid!

1995

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

1995

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1995

Spider-Man

1994

Gargoyles

1994

Touched by an Angel

1994

ER

1994

The Magic School Bus

1994

Down on the Waterfront

1994

Thunder Alley

1994

Duckman

1994

Heads

1994

Gypsy

1993

Intimate Portrait

1993

Animaniacs

1993

The X-Files

1993

Politically Incorrect

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

Earth and the American Dream

1992

Mad About You

1992

Hearts Afire

1992

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

Cruel Doubt

1992

Fish Police

1992

JFK

1991

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

Silent Motive

1991

Switched at Birth

1991

Dinosaurs

1991

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

1991

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

1991

The Cops Are Robbers

1990

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

1990

The Simpsons

1989

Happily Ever After

1989

Roseanne

1988

Moon Over Parador

1988

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

Cracked Up

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

The Bronx Zoo

1987

The Christmas Star

1986

Kate's Secret

1986

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986

Vital Signs

1986

Darlin' Clementine

1986

Tall Tales & Legends

1985

Tender Is the Night

1985

Off the Rack

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984

Highway to Heaven

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

A Case of Libel

1983

Daniel

1983

Reading Rainbow

1983

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Americas in Transition

1982

Night of 100 Stars

1982

O'Hara's Wife

1982

The Marva Collins Story

1981

A Small Killing

1981

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

The Family Man

1979

The White Shadow

1978

Mickey's 50

1978

The Good Doctor

1978

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

A Different Approach

1978

The Gathering

1977

Lou Grant

1977

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

1977

Roots

1977

Gus

1976

Rich Man, Poor Man

1976

Hey, I'm Alive

1975

Saturday Night Live

1975

Death Scream

1975

The Impersonation Murder Case

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975

The Impostor

1975

Twigs

1975

Dinah!

1974

Rhoda

1974

The Wrestler

1974

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

Match Game

1973

Police Story

1973

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972

Sam Cade

1972

They Call It Murder

1971

The Todd Killings

1971

The Last Child

1971

Skin Game

1971

Great Performances

1971

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

The Flip Wilson Show

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970

Halls of Anger

1970

House on Greenapple Road

1970

Daughter of the Mind

1969

Change of Habit

1969

Medical Center

1969

The Mod Squad

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968

The Name of the Game

1968

Gunn

1967

Ironside

1967

The Venetian Affair

1967

The Invaders

1967

El Dorado

1966

The Doomsday Flight

1966

CBS Playhouse

1966

Mission: Impossible

1966

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

The Rat Patrol

1966

Felony Squad

1966

The Slender Thread

1965

The F.B.I.

1965

The Wild Wild West

1965

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965

Run for Your Life

1965

The Satan Bug

1965

Profiles in Courage

1964

Slattery's People

1964

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Mr. Novak

1963

Burke's Law

1963

The Fugitive

1963

The Outer Limits

1963

The Lieutenant

1963

Kid Galahad

1962

The Eleventh Hour

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Stoney Burke

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

The Virginian

1962

Sam Benedict

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961

Cain's Hundred

1961

The Defenders

1961

The Murder Men

1961

Route 66

1960

Outlaws

1960

J-24

1960

The New Girl

1960

The Untouchables

1959

Naked City

1958

Decoy

1957

The Night America Trembled

1957

The Defender (Studio One)

1957 Debut

Tony Awards

1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Gunsmoke

1955

The Oscars

1953

Omnibus

1952

The Emmy Awards

1949

Studio One

1948

Golden Globe Awards

1944
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