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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
JFK
as Guy Bannister
1991
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
2023
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
2021
Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
2016
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
1999
Elf
as Santa
2003
Skin Game
as Plunkett
1971
Gus
as Hank Cooper
1976
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
2001
Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
1998
El Dorado
as Bart Jason
1966
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
1981
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
2004
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
2007
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
1965
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
1970
TV Appearances
Lou Grant
as Lou Grant
1977
Duckman
as Mort Sidelman (voice)
1994
Mad About You
as Zigmund Klarik
1992
Arli$$
as Lenny Crowley
1996
The Simpsons
as Editor (voice)
1989
Burke's Law
as Pablo Vasquez
1963
Cain's Hundred
as Dave Keller
1961
Family Guy
as Steve Bellows (voice)
1999
Rhoda
1974
The Dead Zone
as Marty Bracknell
2002
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as George Kramer
1966
The F.B.I.
as John Carl Brock
1965