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Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Acting
Born: Nov 15, 1929 — Died: Aug 29, 2021
From: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Carl's Date Carl (voice) 2023 7.444
Being Mary Tyler Moore Self (voice) 2023 6.614
Muppets Haunted Mansion Ghost of Claude 2021 6.426
Back Home Again Peter Lionsbridge (voice) 2021 7.0
Getting Ed Laid Ed Randall 2016 1.0
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Granny Goodness (voice) 2010 7.155
Up Carl Fredricksen (voice) 2009 7.959
Christmas Cottage Sidney 2008 6.3
Gigantic Kirby Weathersby 2008 5.6
Christmas Is Here Again Krad (voice) 2007 4.3
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde Self 2004 6.0
Elf Santa 2003 6.666
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion Self 2002 8.0
The Man Who Saved Christmas Charles Gilbert 2002 6.222
The Animal Chief Wilson 2001 5.134
The Bachelor Gluckman 1999 5.15
Olive, the Other Reindeer Santa Claus (voice) 1999 6.725
Hard Rain Uncle Charlie 1998 5.88
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger 1995 8.667
JFK Guy Bannister 1991 7.602
The Christmas Star Horace McNickle 1986 5.656
Fort Apache, the Bronx Connolly 1981 6.516
Gus Hank Cooper 1976 5.977
Mitzi & 100 Guys Self 1975
Skin Game Plunkett 1971 6.557
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Woody Garfield 1970 5.874
Daughter of the Mind Saul Wiener 1969 6.667
El Dorado Bart Jason 1966 7.356
The Satan Bug Henchman Veretti 1965 6.112
A Man and His Prostate
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1929
FromKansas City, Missouri, …