Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1929-11-15
- Day of Death2021-08-29 (91 years)
- Place of BirthKansas City, Missouri, USA
- Also Known AsEddie Asner愛德華·阿斯納エド・アズナー에드 애스너 Edward Asner
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2025
The Gettysburg Address
As: Edward Everett (voice)
- 2024
Altered Reality
As: Mike Wilson
- 2023
A Fargo Christmas Story
As: Popcorn Bud
- 2023
Carl's Date
As: Carl (voice)
- 2022
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
As: Grandpa Heffley (voice)
- 2021
Back Home Again
As: Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
- 2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion
As: Ghost of Claude
- 2021
The Premise
As: Mr. Holmes
2021Dug Days
As: Carl (voice)
2021Senior Entourage
As: Ed
2020Tiger Within
As: Samuel
2020Bury Me in Armor
As: Dimitry George
2020Rain Beau's End
As: Gunny
2020The Garden Left Behind
As: Dr. Cleary
2020Central Park
As: Ambrose (voice)
2020M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
As: Dr. Howard Arden
2019In Vino
As: Charles
2019Dead to Me
As: Abe Rifkin
2019Faith, Hope & Love
As: Harry Karetas
2019Doom Patrol
As: Hospital Patient
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
2018Cobra Kai
As: Sid Weinberg
2018Ballmastrz: 9009
As: Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018Eva: A-7063
As: Narrator (voice)
2017A StoryBots Christmas
As: Santa
2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
As: Santa
2017Saving Christmas
As: Rick
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)
2016MacGyver
As: Saul
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
2015A Merry Murdoch Christmas
As: Kris Kringle
2015The Nutcracker Sweet
As: Owl (voice)
2015Grace and Frankie
As: Howard Jay
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
2014Chasing Life
As: April's grandfather
2014Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
As: Jefferson
2014Audrey
As: Walt
2013Christmas on the Bayou
As: Papa Noel
2013Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
As: Mr Wilson
2013The Crazy Ones
As: Mr. Finger
2013Mom
As: Jack
2013Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
As: Bonta / Narrator (voice)
2013Second Chances
As: Chief Buddy
2013Teen Titans Go!
As: Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2012Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
As: Mr. Carson
2012Autism and Cake
As: Fred
2012Foodfight!
As: Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012Elephant Sighs
As: Leo
2012Men At Work
As: Bob
2012Should've Been Romeo
As: Charlie
2011Identical
As: Yaakov Washington
2011Too Big to Fail
As: Warren Buffett
2011Let Go
As: Artie
2011Good Men
As: Morty
2011Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
As: Dr. Wasserman
2011Not Another B Movie
As: Angry Investor
2011Hopelessly in June
As: Rabbi
2011The Desert of Forbidden Art
As: Voice
2011Working Class
As: Hank Greziak
2011All Star Superman
As: Perry White (voice)
2010Young Justice
As: Kent Nelson (voice)
2010Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
As: Granny Goodness (voice)
2010Hawaii Five-0
As: August March
2010Regular Show
As: Santa Claus (voice)
2010Hot in Cleveland
As: Jameson
2009Dug's Special Mission
As: Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009The Middle
As: Ben
2009Modern Family
As: Herschel
2009The Good Wife
As: Guy Redmayne
- 2009
Up
As: Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009Up: Upisodes
As: Carl Fredricksen (voice)
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
2008The Spectacular Spider-Man
As: Ben Parker (voice)
2008Channels
As: Ed Packard
2007Hard Four
As: Golden Hands Segal
2007Christmas Is Here Again
As: Krad (voice)
2007Andy Barker, P.I.
As: Mickey Doyle
2007The Sarah Silverman Program.
As: Commandant Von Reichenstein
2006The Christmas Card
As: Luke Spelman
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
As: Wilson White
2005The Boondocks
As: Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005Bones
As: Rufus Tucker
2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
As: Narrator
2005Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2005Sir! No Sir!
As: Col. Heinl
2005Out of the Woods
As: Jack Green
2005American Dad!
As: TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
- 2005
American Dad!
As: Narrator (voice)
- 2005
American Dad!
As: Mailbox #2 (voice)
- 2005
American Dad!
As: Grandpa Smith (voice)
2004Center of the Universe
As: Art Barnett
2004Missing Brendan
As: George Calden
2004CSI: NY
As: Abraham Klein
2004Justice League Unlimited
As: Hephaestus (voice)
- 2004
Justice League Unlimited
As: Granny Goodness (voice)
2004Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
As: J Jonah Jameson
2003National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure
As: Uncle Nick
- 2003
Elf
As: Santa
2003The Commission
As: Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
As: Narrator (voice)
2003Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
As: Officer Barr (voice)
2003The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
As: Augie Sinclair
2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2002The Man Who Saved Christmas
As: Charles Gilbert
2002The Dead Zone
As: Marty Bracknell
2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
As: Narrator
2002Pope John XXIII
As: Angelo Roncalli
2002Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
As: Jean XXIII
2001Gahan Wilson's The Kid
As: Dead Cat
2001In Search of Peace
As: David Ben Gurion (voice)
- 2001
The Animal
As: Chief Wilson
2001Island Prey
As: Jay Roth
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm
As: Mr. Weiner
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
As: Fixer (voice)
2000Becoming Dick
As: Davis Aldrich
2000Above Suspicion
As: Thomas O'Claire
2000Perfect Game
As: Billy Hicks
2000Max Steel
As: Chuck Marshak (voice)
2000Common Ground
As: Ira
2000Bring Him Home
As: Geza
1999Snowden's Christmas
As: (voice)
1999Olive, The Other Reindeer
As: Santa Claus (voice)
1999The Bachelor
As: Gluckman
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Martin Schultz
1999Love and Action in Chicago
As: Taylor
1999The Sissy Duckling
As: Father Duck (voice)
1999Family Guy
As: Steve Bellows (voice)
1999Our Friend, Martin
As: Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999O' Christmas Tree
As: Nutcracker (voice)
1998The Wild Thornberrys
As: Frank Hunter (voice)
1998Hercules
As: Mentor (voice)
1998More Tales of the City
As: Jack Lederer
- 1998
Hard Rain
As: Uncle Charlie
1997A Christmas Carol
As: Marley (voice)
1997Dharma & Greg
As: Earl Tucker
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)
1997The Practice
As: Judge Matlin Pratt
- 1997
The Practice
As: Judge Marcus Winnaker
1997Payback
As: Jack Patkanis
1997King of the Hill
As: Stinky (voice)
1997The Fumbleheads
As: Charlie Atwater
1996The Story of Santa Claus
As: Santa Claus (voice)
1996Superman: The Animated Series
As: Granny Goodness (voice)
1996The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
As: Von Romme (voice)
1996Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
As: Hudson (voice)
1996Gone in the Night
As: Det. John Waters
1995Freakazoid!
As: Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
1995Goldilocks and the Three Bears
As: Bruno
1994Spider-Man
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1994Gargoyles
As: Hudson (voice)
- 1994
Gargoyles
As: Jack Danforth (voice)
1994Touched by an Angel
As: Bud
1994ER
As: Dr. James McNulty
1994The Magic School Bus
As: (voice)
1994Thunder Alley
As: Gil Jones
1994Heads
As: Ab Abbot
1993Gypsy
As: Charles Thompson
1993The X-Files
As: Maurice
1992Earth and the American Dream
As: Reader (voice)
1992Mad About You
As: Zigmund Klarik
1992Hearts Afire
As: George Lahti
1992Batman: The Animated Series
As: Roland Daggett (voice)
1992Cruel Doubt
As: Bill Osteen
- 1991
JFK
As: Guy Bannister
1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
As: Edward P. Mitchell
1991Silent Motive
As: Sam
1991Switched at Birth
As: Ted Marx
1991Dinosaurs
As: Evil Georgie (voice)
1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
As: Charlie (voice)
1990The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
As: Walter Kovacs
1990Captain Planet and the Planeteers
As: Hoggish Greedly (voice)
1989The Simpsons
As: Editor (voice)
1989Happily Ever After
As: Scowl the Owl (voice)
1988A Friendship in Vienna
As: Opah Oskar Reikman
1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
As: Scalawag (voice)
1986The Christmas Star
As: Horace McNickle
1986Kate's Secret
As: Dr. Resnick
1986Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
As: Joshua (voice)
1986Darlin' Clementine
As: Lucky Jake
1985Tall Tales & Legends
As: Lucky Jake
1985Tender Is the Night
As: Devereux Warren
1985Off the Rack
As: Sam Waltman
1984Anatomy of an Illness
As: Norman Cousins
1983A Case of Libel
As: Robert Sloane
1983Daniel
As: Jacob Ascher
1982Americas in Transition
As: Narrator
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
1978The White Shadow
As: Edward Asner (uncredited)
1978The Good Doctor
As: Various Roles
1977The Gathering
As: Adam
1977Lou Grant
As: Lou Grant
1977The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
As: Huey P. Long
1977Roots
As: Thomas Davies
- 1977
Roots
As: Capt. Thomas Davies
1976Gus
As: Hank Cooper
1976Rich Man, Poor Man
As: Axel Jordache
1975Hey, I'm Alive
As: Ralph Flores
1975Death Scream
As: Peter Singleton
1975The Impersonation Murder Case
As: Dt. Ed Ames
1975The Impostor
As: Barney West
1975Twigs
As: Phil
1974The Wrestler
As: Frank Bass
1973The Girl Most Likely To...
As: Det. Ralph Varone
1972Haunts of the Very Rich
As: Al Hunsicker
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
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show
As: Lou Grant
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
1968The Mod Squad
As: Harry Loring
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: August March
1968The Name of the Game
As: Cesare Marino
- 1968
The Name of the Game
As: Vince Leonard
1967Gunn
As: Lt. Jacoby
1967The Venetian Affair
As: Frank Rosenfeld
1967The Invaders
As: Taugus
- 1967
The Invaders
As: Harry Ferguson
1966El Dorado
As: Bart Jason
1966The Doomsday Flight
As: Feldman
1966Mission: Impossible
As: George Simpson
1966The Rat Patrol
As: Captain Friedrich
1965The Slender Thread
As: Det. Judd Ridley
1965The F.B.I.
As: John Carl Brock
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Walter Gretzler
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Pete Zacharias
1965The Wild Wild West
As: Furman Crotty
1965Run for Your Life
As: Carl Cappi
1965The Satan Bug
As: Henchman Veretti
1964Slattery's People
As: Frank Radcliff
1964Fanfare for a Death Scene
As: Pike
1963Mr. Novak
As: Harmon Stern
- 1963
Mr. Novak
As: Paul Berg
1963Burke's Law
As: Pablo Vasquez
1963The Fugitive
As: Roy Malinek
- 1963
The Fugitive
As: Sheriff Mayhew
- 1963
The Fugitive
As: Joe Bantam
1963The Outer Limits
As: Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
1962Kid Galahad
As: Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962Stoney Burke
As: Kapp
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As: Jack Stander
1962The Virginian
As: George Johnson
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Dr. Frank Williams
1961Cain's Hundred
As: Dave Keller
1961The Defenders
As: Tim Sellers
- 1961
The Defenders
As: Harry Obermayer
1961The Murder Men
As: Dave Keller
1960Route 66
As: Second Man
1959The Untouchables
As: Fedor Bartok
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Frank
1958Naked City
As: Lt. Vincent Busti
1957Decoy
As: Sergeant
1957The Night America Trembled
As: 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
1957The Defender (Studio One)
As: Juror (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Warden Bragan
1955Gunsmoke
As: Sgt. Wilks
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Redmond
1948Studio One
As: Actor #3