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.
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as Edward Everett (voice)
2024
as Mike Wilson
2023
as Popcorn Bud
2023
as Carl (voice)
2023
as Self (voice)
2022
as Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2021
2021
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
as Ghost of Claude
2021
as Mr. Holmes
2021
as Carl (voice)
2021
as Ed
2020
as Samuel
2020
as Dimitry George
2020
2020
as Self
2020
as Gunny
2020
as Dr. Cleary
2020
as Ambrose (voice)
2020
as Dr. Howard Arden
2019
as Charles
2019
as Abe Rifkin
2019
as Harry Karetas
2019
as Hospital Patient
2018
as Himself
2018
as Vern
2018
as Pop Halmo
2018
as Swifty
2018
as Tommy
2018
as Jefferson
2018
as Sid Weinberg
2018
as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
as Narrator (voice)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self
2017
as Santa
2017
as Santa
2017
as Rick
2017
as Vern
2017
as Elder Pyreez
2017
as Arthur (voice)
2017
as Harry
2017
as Adult Walter (voice)
2016
as Self
2016
as Saul
2016
as Wilhelm Müller
2016
as Corporate Manager
2016
as George
2016
as Ed Randall
2016
as Mr. James
2016
as Gabriel Morgan
2015
as Kris Kringle
2015
as Self
2015
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
as Self
2015
as Owl
2015
as Howard Jay
2015
as Himself
2015
as Vern
2014
as Santa (voice)
2014
as Grandpa (voice)
2014
as Nicholas Drago
2014
as April's grandfather
2014
as Jefferson
2014
as Walt
2014
as Self
2013
as Papa Noel
2013
as Mr Wilson
2013
as Mr. Finger
2013
as Jack
2013
as Bonta / Narrator
2013
as Walt Whitman
2013
as Chief Buddy
2013
as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2012
as Mr. Carson
2012
as Self
2012
as Fred
2012
as President Whitlock
2012
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
as Leo
2012
as Bob
2012
as Charlie
2012
as Self
2011
as Yaakov Washington
2011
as Warren Buffett
2011
as Artie
2011
2011
as Morty
2011
as Dr. Wasserman
2011
as Angry Investor
2011
as Himself
2011
as Rabbi
2011
as Voice
2011
as Hank Greziak
2011
as Perry White (voice)
2010
as Kent Nelson (voice)
2010
2010
as Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
as August March
2010
as Santa Claus (voice)
2010
as Jameson
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
as Ben
2009
2009
as Herschel
2009
as Guy Redmayne
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
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as Narrator (Voice)
2008
as Bart Cahill
2008
as Sidney
2008
as Kirby Weathersby
2008
as Ben Parker (voice)
2008
as Ed Packard
2007
as Golden Hands Segal
2007
as Krad (voice)
2007
as Mickey Doyle
2007
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as Commandant Von Reichenstein
2007
2006
as Luke Spelman
2006
as Wilson White
2005
as Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005
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as Rufus Tucker
2005
as Narrator
2005
as Himself
2005
as J. Jonah Jameson
2005
as Col. Heinl
2005
as Jack Green
2005
as Sheriff Delaney
2005
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
2005
as Mailbox #2 (voice)
2005
as Grandpa Smith (voice)
2004
as Self
2004
as Art Barnett
2004
as George Calden
2004
as Abraham Klein
2004
as Hephaestus (voice)
2004
as Granny Goodness (voice)
2004
as J Jonah Jameson
2003
as Uncle Nick
2003
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003
as Narrator (voice)
2003
as Santa
2003
as Officer Barr (voice)
2003
as Augie Sinclair
2003
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
as Self
2002
as Charles Gilbert
2002
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as Self
2002
as J. Jonah Jameson
2002
as Narrator
2002
as Angelo Roncalli
2002
as Jean XXIII
2001
as Dead Cat
2001
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
as Chief Wilson
2001
as Jay Roth
2000
as Mr. Weiner
2000
as Fixer (voice)
2000
as Davis Aldrich
2000
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as Thomas O'Claire
2000
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as Billy Hicks
2000
as Chuck Marshak (voice)
2000
as Ira
2000
as Geza
1999
as (voice)
1999
as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
as Gluckman
1999
as Martin Schultz
1999
as Taylor
1999
as Father Duck (voice)
1999
as Steve Bellows (voice)
1999
as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999
as Nutcracker (voice)
1998
1998
as Frank Hunter (voice)
1998
as Mentor (voice)
1998
as Jack Lederer
1998
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as Uncle Charlie
1997
as Marley (voice)
1997
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as Earl Tucker
1997
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997
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as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1997
1997
as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
1997
as Judge Matlin Pratt
1997
as Judge Marcus Winnaker
1997
as Jack Patkanis
1997
as Stinky (voice)
1997
as Charlie Atwater
1996
as Santa Claus (voice)
1996
as Granny Goodness (voice)
1996
as Von Romme (voice)
1996
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as Hudson (voice)
1996
as Det. John Waters
1996
as Narrator
1995
as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
1995
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as Bruno
1994
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1994
as Hudson (voice)
1994
as Bud
1994
as Dr. James McNulty
1994
as (voice)
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as Gil Jones
1994
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as Ab Abbot
1993
as Charles Thompson
1993
as Self
1993
as Maurice
1993
1993
as Self
1992
as Reader (voice)
1992
as Zigmund Klarik
1992
as George Lahti
1992
as Roland Daggett (voice)
1992
as Bill Osteen
1992
1991
as Guy Bannister
1991
as Edward P. Mitchell
1991
as Sam
1991
as Ted Marx
1991
as Evil Georgie (voice)
1991
as Himself
1991
as Charlie (voice)
1990
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as Walter Kovacs
1990
as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
1990
as Self
1990
as Harvey Metcalfe
1989
as Editor (voice)
1989
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
1988
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as Self
1988
as Opah Oskar Reikman
1987
as Scalawag (voice)
1987
as Self - Presenter
1987
as Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
1986
as Horace McNickle
1986
as Dr. Resnick
1986
as Joshua (voice)
1986
as Matthew St James
1986
as Lucky Jake
1985
as Lucky Jake
1985
as Devereux Warren
1985
as Sam Waltman
1985
as Self
1984
as Self
1984
1984
as Norman Cousins
1983
as Robert Sloane
1983
as Jacob Ascher
1983
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1982
as Narrator
1982
as Self
1982
as Bob O'Hara
1981
as Narrator (voice)
1981
as Simon Shaber
1981
as Connolly
1979
as Eddie Madden
1978
as Edward Asner (uncredited)
1978
as Various Roles
1978
as Self
1978
1977
as Adam
1977
as Lou Grant
1977
as Huey P. Long
1977
as Thomas Davies
1977
as Capt. Thomas Davies
1976
as Hank Cooper
1976
as Axel Jordache
1975
as Ralph Flores
1975
as Peter Singleton
1975
as Dt. Ed Ames
1975
as Self
1975
as Barney West
1975
as Phil
1974
as Self
1974
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as Frank Bass
1973
as Det. Ralph Varone
1973
as Self
1973
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as Al Hunsicker
1972
1971
as Chief Otto Larkin
1971
as Fred Reardon
1971
as Barstow
1971
as Plunkett
1971
1970
as Dr. Morheim
1970
as Lou Grant
1970
as Self
1970
as Woody Garfield
1970
as Ernie McKay
1970
as Sheriff Muntz
1969
as Saul Wiener
1969
as Lt. Moretti
1969
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1968
as August March
1968
as Cesare Marino
1968
as Vince Leonard
1967
as Lt. Jacoby
1967
1967
as Frank Rosenfeld
1967
as Taugus
1967
as Harry Ferguson
1966
as Bart Jason
1966
as Feldman
1966
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as George Simpson
1966
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as Captain Friedrich
1965
as Det. Judd Ridley
1965
as John Carl Brock
1965
as Walter Gretzler
1965
as Pete Zacharias
1965
as Furman Crotty
1965
1965
as Carl Cappi
1965
as Henchman Veretti
1964
as Oliver E. Wells
1964
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1964
as Frank Radcliff
1964
as Pike
1963
as Harmon Stern
1963
as Paul Berg
1963
as Pablo Vasquez
1963
as Roy Malinek
1963
as Sheriff Mayhew
1963
as Joe Bantam
1963
as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
1963
1962
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
1962
as Kapp
1962
as Jack Stander
1962
as George Johnson
1961
1961
as Dr. Frank Williams
1961
as Dave Keller
1961
as Tim Sellers
1961
as Harry Obermayer
1961
as Dave Keller
1960
1960
as Second Man
1960
1960
1960
as Kurt Harden
1959
as Fedor Bartok
1958
as Lt. Vincent Busti
1957
as Sergeant
1957
1957
as Juror (uncredited)
1956
as Self - Presenter
1955
as Warden Bragan
1955
as Sgt. Wilks
1955
as Redmond
1949
as Self
1948
as Actor #3
as Self - Interviewee
as Narrator
as The Prophet
as Self (archive footage)