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.
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
JFK
Guy Bannister
Carl's Date
Carl (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Ghost of Claude
Getting Ed Laid
Ed Randall
The Bachelor
Gluckman
Elf
Santa
Skin Game
Plunkett
Gus
Hank Cooper
The Animal
Chief Wilson
Hard Rain
Uncle Charlie
El Dorado
Bart Jason
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Connolly
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
Christmas Is Here Again
Krad (voice)
Back Home Again
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Self (voice)
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Santa Claus (voice)
The Satan Bug
Henchman Veretti
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Woody Garfield
Christmas Cottage
Sidney
The Christmas Star
Horace McNickle
Up
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
A Man and His Prostate
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Daughter of the Mind
Saul Wiener
Gigantic
Kirby Weathersby
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Charles Gilbert
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Granny Goodness (voice)
Too Big to Fail
Warren Buffett
Sir! No Sir!
Col. Heinl
The Christmas Card
Luke Spelman
A Christmas Carol
Marley (voice)
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Mr Wilson
Moon Over Parador
Self
Gypsy
Charles Thompson
Change of Habit
Lt. Moretti
O' Christmas Tree
Nutcracker (voice)
Out of the Woods
Jack Green
The Slender Thread
Det. Judd Ridley
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Augie Sinclair
Halls of Anger
Ernie McKay
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Himself
Daniel
Jacob Ascher
All Star Superman
Perry White (voice)
The Girl Most Likely To...
Det. Ralph Varone
Hard Four
Golden Hands Segal
Gunn
Lt. Jacoby
The Venetian Affair
Frank Rosenfeld
Tiger Within
Samuel
Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Pike
A Different Approach
Hopelessly in June
Rabbi
The Long Way Home
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
Haunts of the Very Rich
Al Hunsicker
Should've Been Romeo
Charlie
The Gathering
Adam
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Mr. Carson
Let Go
Artie
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Edward P. Mitchell
The Todd Killings
Fred Reardon
Our Friend, Martin
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
A Friendship in Vienna
Opah Oskar Reikman
Island Prey
Jay Roth
A Fargo Christmas Story
Popcorn Bud
The Last Child
Barstow
Down on the Waterfront
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Narrator
The Games Maker
Nicholas Drago
Darlin' Clementine
Lucky Jake
Anatomy of an Illness
Norman Cousins
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Bonta / Narrator (voice)
The Defender (Studio One)
Juror (uncredited)
Second Chances
Chief Buddy
The Doomsday Flight
Feldman
Kid Galahad
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
The Impersonation Murder Case
Dt. Ed Ames
Audrey
Walt
Payback
Jack Patkanis
Generation Gap
Bart Cahill
Gone in the Night
Det. John Waters
The Murder Men
Dave Keller
Twigs
Phil
The Impostor
Barney West
Heads
Ab Abbot
J-24
Snowden's Christmas
Big Daddy (voice)
Becoming Dick
Davis Aldrich
Happily Ever After
Scowl the Owl (voice)
House on Greenapple Road
Sheriff Muntz
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
Americas in Transition
Narrator
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Uncle Nick
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Santa (voice)
All of My Heart
Vern
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Grandpa Heffley (voice)
Foodfight!
Mr. Leonard (voice)
Elephant Sighs
Leo
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Dr. Morheim
Autism and Cake
Fred
The Story of Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
Above Suspicion
Thomas O'Claire
Faith, Hope & Love
Harry Karetas
Christmas on the Bayou
Papa Noel
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Elder Pyreez (voice)
Dog's Best Friend
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
Perfect Game
Billy Hicks
They Call It Murder
Chief Otto Larkin
Dug's Special Mission
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
Jean XXIII
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Huey P. Long
Crab Orchard
The Nutcracker Sweet
Owl (voice)
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Himself
Common Ground
Ira
Love Finds You in Valentine
Gabriel Morgan
Super Sex
George
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Charlie (voice)
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Narrator (Voice)
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Himself
The Marva Collins Story
Narrator (voice)
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Identical
Yaakov Washington
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Bruno
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Joshua (voice)
Hey, I'm Alive
Ralph Flores
The Fumbleheads
Charlie Atwater
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
Joe's War
Harry
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Arthur (voice)
Bring Him Home
Geza
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Himself
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Vern
The Cops Are Robbers
Missing Brendan
George Calden
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Jefferson
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Santa
A StoryBots Christmas
Santa
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Kate's Secret
Dr. Resnick
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Narrator (voice)
Liberator
President Whitlock
Frozen in Time
Grandpa (voice)
I Know That Voice
Self
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Adult Walter (voice)
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
J. Jonah Jameson
The Parting Glass
Tommy
O'Hara's Wife
Bob O'Hara
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Vern
Saving Christmas
Rick
Olympia
Himself
Love Meet Hope
Mr. James
The Family Man
Eddie Madden
The Garden Left Behind
Dr. Cleary
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
J Jonah Jameson
Not Another B Movie
Angry Investor
Channels
Ed Packard
LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)
Angels on Tap
Swifty
The Gettysburg Address
Edward Everett (voice)
Silent Motive
Sam
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Self
A Case of Libel
Robert Sloane
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Hudson (voice)
The Wrestler
Frank Bass
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Corporate Manager
Altered Reality
Mike Wilson
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
The Sissy Duckling
Father Duck (voice)
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
Dr. Howard Arden
In Vino
Charles
Death Scream
Peter Singleton
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Jefferson
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Scalawag (voice)
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Self
Eva: A-7063
Narrator (voice)
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Dead Cat
Honor Amongst Men
Pop Halmo
In Search of Peace
David Ben Gurion (voice)
The Commission
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
SEVEN
Sam Cade
Good Men
Morty
Bury Me in Armor
Dimitry George
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Kris Kringle
Rain Beau's End
Gunny
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
Senior Entourage
Ed
The Night America Trembled
3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Narrator
A Small Killing
Simon Shaber
Casting By
Self
Love and Action in Chicago
Taylor
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Absolute Killers
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Self
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
The Gliksmans
Moshe
Christmas Dreams
Jerry
Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition
Santa
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Self