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Ed Asner
Known for: ActingEdward 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 118
Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice) 
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice) 
Dogin elämää
as Carl (voice) 
Lou Grant
as Lou Grant 
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Lou Grant 
Gargoyles
as Hudson (voice) 
Up – kohti korkeuksia
+5
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) 
Bittipää
as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) 
Muppets Haunted Mansion - Kummituskartano
as Ghost of Claude 
Elukka
+2
as Chief Wilson 
Elf
+6
as Santa 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa (voice) 
Kova sade
+6
as Uncle Charlie 
JFK - avoin tapaus
+4
as Guy Bannister 
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
+6
as Mr. Carson 
Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice) 
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Walter Kovacs 
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice) 
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson 
El Dorado
+4
as Bart Jason 
Poikamies pulassa
as Gluckman 
Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) 
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
as Dr. Wasserman 
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett 
All Star Superman
+2
as Perry White (voice) 
Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) 
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
+1
as Granny Goodness (voice) 
Working Class
as Hank Greziak 
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly 
Christmas Cottage
as Sidney 
Kalmankoura
as Henchman Veretti 
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage) 
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern 
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield 
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas 
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice) 
Eddien suuri saariseikkailu
+2
as Uncle Nick 
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby 
Danielin kirja
as Jacob Ascher 
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice) 
I Know That Voice
as Self 
Let Go
as Artie 
A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice) 
Kuu Paradorin yllä
as Self 
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Edward P. Mitchell 
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice) 
Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill 
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator (voice) 
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice) 
Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti 
The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley 
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan 
Tiger Within
as Samuel 
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair 
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman 
All of My Heart
as Vern 
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern 
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld 
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Scalawag (voice) 
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago 
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl (voice) 
The Parting Glass
+5
as Tommy 
Skin Game
as Plunkett 
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice) 
Gus
as Hank Cooper 
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel 
Gone in the Night
as Det. John Waters 
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice) 
The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (voice) 
They Call It Murder
as Chief Otto Larkin 
Gypsy
as Charles Thompson 
Pitkä tie kotiin
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) 
Chicago - kohtalon kaupunki
as Taylor 
Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire 
The Todd Killings
as Fred Reardon 
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
+1
as Dr. Howard Arden 
Kätketty saalis
as Horace McNickle 
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary 
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo 
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy 
Anatomy of an Illness
as Norman Cousins 
Channels
as Ed Packard 
The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman 
Katen salaisuus
as Dr. Resnick 
Tietobottien joulu
as Santa 
The Night America Trembled
as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner) 
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice 
The Gathering
as Adam 
Super Sex
as George 
The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Charles Gilbert 
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Pike 
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson 
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self 
The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice) 
O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice) 
Saving Christmas
as Rick 
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi 
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self 
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks 
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle 
Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor 
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
as Narrator (voice) 
Senior Entourage
as Ed 
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself 
Out of the Woods
as Jack Green 
Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
Scarlett
as Lou
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny 
In Vino
as Charles 
Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay 
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
as Narrator 
Identical
as Yaakov Washington 
Angels on Tap
as Swifty