Ed Asner
Actor
- Born
- November 15, 1929 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- August 29, 2021 (age 91)
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.
Known for
Up
May 28, 2009
Elf
November 7, 2003
JFK
December 20, 1991
The Animal
June 1, 2001
Hard Rain
January 16, 1998
Koyaanisqatsi
April 27, 1983
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
September 28, 2010
El Dorado
December 17, 1966
All Star Superman
January 1, 2011
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
December 3, 2012
Carl's Date
June 15, 2023
Dug's Special Mission
November 10, 2009
Acting242
- 2025The Gettysburg Address as Edward Everett (voice)
- 2024An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)
- 2024Altered Reality as Mike Wilson
- 2023A Fargo Christmas Story as Popcorn Bud
- 2023Carl's Date as Carl (voice)
- 2023Being Mary Tyler Moore as Self (voice)
- 2023Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Grandpa (voice)
- 2021Scarlett as Lou
- 2021