
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 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.
Acting (208 movies)

Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975

JFK
1991

Carl's Date
2023

Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021

Getting Ed Laid
2016

The Bachelor
1999

Elf
2003

Skin Game
1971

Gus
1976

The Animal
2001

Hard Rain
1998

El Dorado
1966

Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004

Christmas Is Here Again
2007

Back Home Again
2021

Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023

The Satan Bug
1965

Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970

Christmas Cottage
2008

The Christmas Star
1986

Up
2009

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995

Daughter of the Mind
1969

Gigantic
2008

The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010

Too Big to Fail
2011

Sir! No Sir!
2005

The Christmas Card
2006

A Christmas Carol
1997

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013

Moon Over Parador
1988

Gypsy
1993

Change of Habit
1969

O' Christmas Tree
1999

Out of the Woods
2005

The Slender Thread
1965

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003

Halls of Anger
1970

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
2005

Daniel
1983

All Star Superman
2011

The Girl Most Likely To...
1973

Hard Four
2007

Gunn
1967

The Venetian Affair
1967

Tiger Within
2020

Pope John XXIII
2002

Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964

A Different Approach
1978

Hopelessly in June
2011

The Long Way Home
1997

Haunts of the Very Rich
1972

Should've Been Romeo
2012

The Gathering
1977

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012

Let Go
2011

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991

The Todd Killings
1971

Our Friend, Martin
1999

A Friendship in Vienna
1988

Island Prey
2001

The Last Child
1971

A Fargo Christmas Story
2023

Down on the Waterfront
1994

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005

The Games Maker
2014

Darlin' Clementine
1986

Anatomy of an Illness
1984

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013

The Defender (Studio One)
1957

Second Chances
2013

The Doomsday Flight
1966

Kid Galahad
1962

The Impersonation Murder Case
1975

Audrey
2014

Payback
1997

Generation Gap
2008

Gone in the Night
1996

The Murder Men
1961

Twigs
1975

The Impostor
1975

Heads
1994

J-24
1960

Snowden's Christmas
1999

Becoming Dick
2000

Happily Ever After
1989

House on Greenapple Road
1970

Americas in Transition
1982

The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014

All of My Heart
2015

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022

Foodfight!
2012

Elephant Sighs
2012

Night of 100 Stars II
1985