Ed Asner
Acting
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.
As actor 397
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Teen Titans Go!
2013
American Dad!
2005
Modern Family
2009
King of the Hill
1997
Regular Show
2010
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Good Wife
2009
The X-Files
1993
Tony Awards
1956
ER
1994
The Middle
2009
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Young Justice
2010
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
The Fugitive
1963
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Golden Globe Awards
1944
CSI: NY
2004
Great Performances
1971
Mom
2013
Cobra Kai
2018
Ironside
1967
MacGyver
2016
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Practice
1997
The Virginian
1962
The Wild Wild West
1965
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Match Game
1973
Spider-Man
1994
Animaniacs
1993
Doom Patrol
2019
Touched by an Angel
1994
Mad About You
1992
American Playhouse
1982
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Untouchables
1959
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Cleveland Show
2009
Arli$$
1996
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Naked City
1958
Up
2009
The Dead Zone
2002
Burke's Law
1963
Studio One
1948
Gunsmoke
1955
Grace and Frankie
2015
Dinosaurs
1991
The Boondocks
2005
Route 66
1960
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The F.B.I.
1965
The Invaders
1967
The Defenders
1961
Johnny Bravo
1997
Intimate Portrait
1993
Lou Grant
1977
The Oscars
1953
Run for Your Life
1965
The Outer Limits
1963
Gargoyles
1994
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
Medical Center
1969
Dead to Me
2019
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Stoney Burke
1962
Dinah!
1974
The Name of the Game
1968
Rhoda
1974
Hercules
1998
Duckman
1994
The Angry Beavers
1997
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Omnibus
1952
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
Reading Rainbow
1983
Elf
2003
Dharma & Greg
1997
Chasing Life
2014
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
The Magic School Bus
1994
The Mod Squad
1968
Felony Squad
1966
Mr. Novak
1963
Police Story
1973
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
Central Park
2020
Freakazoid!
1995
The Lieutenant
1963
Outlaws
1960
Sam Benedict
1962
Roots
1977
Hearts Afire
1992
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
The White Shadow
1978
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
The Rat Patrol
1966
Men at Work
2012
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
Thunder Alley
1994
Decoy
1957
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Crazy Ones
2013
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
Carl's Date
2023
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
CBS Playhouse
1966
The Huntress
2000
Dug Days
2021
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Profiles in Courage
1964
JFK
1991
The Animal
2001
El Dorado
1966
Bruno the Kid
1996
Slattery's People
1964
Max Steel
2000
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Dumb and Dumber
1995
The Bronx Zoo
1987
Roseanne
1988
The Premise
2021
Hard Rain
1998
Fish Police
1992
Unplugged
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
The Emmy Awards
1949
SEVEN
2020
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007
Center of the Universe
2004
Ballmastrz: 9009
2018
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Foodfight!
2012
More Tales of the City
1998
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010
The Bachelor
1999
Politically Incorrect
1993
Too Big to Fail
2011
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020
Maggie Winters
1998
Tender Is the Night
1985
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Cruel Doubt
1992
Working Class
2011
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Dug's Special Mission
2009
Switched at Birth
1991
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
All Star Superman
2011
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
The Closer
1998
Kid Galahad
1962
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Island Prey
2001
Happily Ever After
1989
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Commitment to Life
2023
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
Christmas Cottage
2008
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Super Sex
2016
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
The Games Maker
2014
Up: Upisodes
2009
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Remembering Roots
2002
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Let Go
2011
Daniel
1983
Olympia
2018
Gigantic
2008
Twigs
1975
I Know That Voice
2014
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
A Christmas Carol
1997
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
The Satan Bug
1965
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
Academy Boyz
1997
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017
Scarlett
2021
Moon Over Parador
1988
The Story of Santa Claus
1996
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
Skin Game
1971
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Above Suspicion
2000
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
A StoryBots Christmas
2017
Elf: Film School for Kids
2004
O'Hara's Wife
1982
Gus
1976
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
Gypsy
1994
Crab Orchard
2005
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
2004
Pope John XXIII
2002
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020
The Slender Thread
1965
Sir! No Sir!
2005
Should've Been Romeo
2012
The Parting Glass
2018
All of My Heart
2015
Off the Rack
1985
A Different Approach
1978
The Venetian Affair
1966
Joe's War
2017
In Vino
2019
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
Death Scream
1975
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
Elf: That's a Wrap
2004
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
Change of Habit
1969
Snowden's Christmas
1999
Absolute Killers
2011
Christmas on the Bayou
2013
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
2017
Captain Daddy
2021
Heads
1994
Casting By
2012
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Second Chances
2013
Channels
2008
Mickey's 50
1978
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
The Night America Trembled
1957
The Long Way Home
1997
Good Men
2011
The Christmas Star
1986
Gone in the Night
1996
The Sissy Duckling
1999
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002
The Christmas Card
2006
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
The Marva Collins Story
1981
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
2002
Dog's Best Friend
1997
Generation Gap
2008
The Doomsday Flight
1966
Frozen in Time
2014
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
The New Girl
1960
They Call It Murder
1971
The Todd Killings
1971
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
Payback
1997
Common Ground
2000
Back Home Again
2021
Senior Entourage
2021
Angels on Tap
2018
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015
Christmas Dreams
2009
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
2009
Bring Him Home
2000
Identical
2011
House on Greenapple Road
1970
Altered Reality
2024
The Garden Left Behind
2020
Sam Cade
1972
Becoming Dick
2000
The Commission
2003
Gunn
1967
The Gliksmans
2017
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
Hard Four
2007
Hopelessly in June
2011
J-24
1960
Halls of Anger
1970
The Family Man
1979
Daughter of the Mind
1969
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
Behind the Fear
2016
Down on the Waterfront
1994
The Murder Men
1961
Kate's Secret
1986
Tiger Within
2020
The Gathering
1977
A Case of Libel
1983
Perfect Game
2000
The Good Doctor
1978
The Wrestler
1974
Out of the Woods
2005
Saving Christmas
2017
The Last Child
1971
O' Christmas Tree
1999
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986
Not Another B Movie
2011
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
1990
Rain Beau's End
2020
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
In Search of Peace
2001
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017
The Impostor
1975
Hey, I'm Alive
1975
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
2004
Silent Motive
1991
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
LA DA Story
2018
Honor Amongst Men
2018
Darlin' Clementine
1986
Audrey
2014
A Small Killing
1981
Missing Brendan
2004
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
2016
Cracked Up
1987
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
2015
The Fumbleheads
1997
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
2008
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
Vital Signs
1986
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
2016
Getting Ed Laid
2016
Blood
2021
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
2002
Eva: A-7063
2018
A Man and His Prostate
Love Meet Hope
2016
Liberator
2012
Autism and Cake
2012
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Elephant Sighs
2012
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
2005
Sleeping Dogs Lie
2005
Bury Me in Armor
2020
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
2003
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010
Americas in Transition
1982
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
1996
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
2011
Ed Asner's Oral History
2018
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
2002
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
2011
American Road
2013
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007
