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.
Filmography
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Edward Everett (voice)
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024
as (archive footage)
Altered Reality
2024
as Mike Wilson
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023
as Popcorn Bud
Carl's Date
2023
as Carl (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
as Self (voice)
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
as Grandpa (voice)
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Scarlett
2021
as Lou
Back Home Again
2021
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as Ghost of Claude
Senior Entourage
2021
as Ed
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Captain Daddy
2021
as Grampa (voice)
- No poster
Blood
2021
as The Prophet
Tiger Within
2020
as Samuel
Bury Me in Armor
2020
as Dimitry George
SEVEN
2020
Rain Beau's End
2020
as Gunny
The Garden Left Behind
2020
as Dr. Cleary
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020
as Dr. Howard Arden
In Vino
2019
as Charles
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
as Harry Karetas
Olympia
2018
as Self
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
as Vern