Person Details

Birthday: 1929-11-15 22:11:10

Aliases: Edward Asher , Ed Asner

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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Movie Involvements: 149

TV Involvements: 77


Most Famous Work

Biography

Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929), commonly known as Ed Asner, is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Asner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Dr. Kildare
Average
5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Dr. Frank Williams
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) August March
Justice League Unlimited
Average
8

Justice League Unlimited

(2004) Granny Goodness (voice)
Intimate Portrait
Average
5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
The Invaders
Average
7

The Invaders

(1967) Harry Ferguson
Hawaii Five-0
Average
8

Hawaii Five-0

(2010) August March
MacGyver
Average
7

MacGyver

(2016) Saul
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Average
8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Martin Schultz

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Mike Wilson
2023 Popcorn Bud
Carl (voice)
Self (voice)
2022 Grandpa Heffley (voice)
2021 N/A
Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
Ghost of Claude
Mr. Holmes
Carl (voice)
Ed
2020 Samuel
Dimitry George
N/A
Self
Gunny
Dr. Cleary
Ambrose (voice)
Dr. Howard Arden
2019 Charles
N/A
Abe Rifkin
Hospital Patient
2018 Himself
Vern
Pop Halmo
Swifty
Tommy
Jefferson
Sid Weinberg
Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Himself (archive footage)
2017 Self
Santa
Santa
Rick
Vern
Elder Pyreez
Arthur (voice)
Harry
Adult Walter (voice)
2016 Self
Saul
Wilhelm Müller
Corporate Manager
George
Ed Randall
Mr. James
Gabriel Morgan
2015 Kris Kringle
Self
Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
Self
Owl
Howard Jay
Himself
Vern
Edward Everett (voice)
2014 Santa (voice)
Grandpa (voice)
Nicholas Drago
April's grandfather
Jefferson
Walt
Self
2013 Papa Noel
Mr Wilson
Jack
Bonta / Narrator
Chief Buddy
Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2012 Mr. Carson
Self
President Whitlock
Mr. Leonard (voice)
Leo
Bob
Charlie
Self
2011 Artie
N/A
Morty
Dr. Wasserman
Angry Investor
Himself
Rabbi
Warren Buffett
Voice
Perry White (voice)
Hank Greziak
2010 Kent Nelson (voice)
N/A
Granny Goodness (voice)
August March
Santa Claus (voice)
Jameson
2009 Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
N/A
Herschel
Guy Redmayne
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
N/A
2008 Self
Bart Cahill
Sidney
Kirby Weathersby
Ben Parker (voice)
Ed Packard
2007 Golden Hands Segal
Krad (voice)
N/A
N/A
2006 Luke Spelman
Wilson White
2005 Ed Wuncler (voice)
N/A
Rufus Tucker
Narrator
Himself
J. Jonah Jameson
Col. Heinl
Jack Green
Sheriff Delaney
Grandpa Smith (voice)
Mailbox #2 (voice)
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2004 Self
Art Barnett
George Calden
Abraham Klein
Hephaestus (voice)
Granny Goodness (voice)
J Jonah Jameson
2003 Uncle Nick
Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Narrator (voice)
Santa
Officer Barr (voice)
Augie Sinclair
N/A
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
N/A
2002 Charles Gilbert
N/A
Self
J. Jonah Jameson
Narrator
Angelo Roncalli
Pape Jean XXIII
Jean XXIII
2001 Dead Cat
David Ben Gurion (voice)
Chief Wilson
Jay Roth
2000 Mr. Weiner
Fixer (voice)
Davis Aldrich
N/A
Thomas O'Claire
N/A
Coach Billy Hicks
Chuck Marshak (voice)
Ira
Geza
1999 (voice)
Santa Claus (voice)
Gluckman
Martin Schultz
Taylor
Father Duck (voice)
Steve Bellows (voice)
Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
Nutcracker (voice)
1998 N/A
Frank Hunter (voice)
Mentor (voice)
Jack Lederer
N/A
Uncle Charlie
1997 Marley (voice)
N/A
Earl Tucker
George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
N/A
Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
N/A
Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
Judge Matlin Pratt
Judge Marcus Winnaker
Jack Patkanis
Stinky (voice)
Charlie Atwater
1996 Santa Claus (voice)
Granny Goodness (voice)
Von Romme (voice)
N/A
N/A
Hudson (voice)
Det. John Waters
Narrator
1995 Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
N/A
Bruno
1994 J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Hudson (voice)
Bud
Dr. James McNulty
(voice)
N/A
Gil Jones
N/A
Ab Abbot
1993 Pop
Self
Maurice
1992 Reader (voice)
N/A
Zigmund Klarik
George Lahti
Roland Daggett (voice)
Bill Osteen
N/A
Self
1991 Guy Bannister
Edward P. Mitchell
Sam
Ted Marx
Evil Georgie (voice)
Himself
1990 N/A
Walter Kovacs
Hoggish Greedly (voice)
Self
Harvey Metcalfe
1989 N/A
Scowl the Owl (voice)
1988 N/A
Self
Opah Oskar Reikman
1987 Scalawag (voice)
Self - Presenter
Rev. Vincent Owens
N/A
1986 Horace McNickle
Dr. Resnick
Joshua (voice)
Matthew St James
Lucky Jake
1985 Lucky Jake
Devereux Warren
Sam Waltman
Self
1984 Self
N/A
Norman Cousins
1983 Robert Sloane
Jacob Ascher
Himself - Narrator (voice)
1982 Narrator
Self
Bob O'Hara
1981 Narrator (voice)
Simon Shaber
Connolly
1979 Eddie Madden
1978 Edward Asner (uncredited)
Various Roles
N/A
1977 Adam
Lou Grant
Huey P. Long
Thomas Davies
1976 Hank Cooper
Axel Jordache
1975 Ralph Flores
Self - Host
Peter Singleton
Dt. Ed Ames
Self
Barney West
Phil
1974 N/A
Frank Bass
1973 Det. Ralph Varone
Self
N/A
1972 Al Hunsicker
N/A
1971 Chief Otto Larkin
Fred Reardon
Barstow
Plunkett
N/A
1970 Dr. Morheim
Lou Grant
Self
Woody Garfield
Ernie McKay
Sheriff Muntz
1969 Saul Wiener
Lt. Moretti
N/A
1968 N/A
Vince Leonard
August March
Cesare Marino
1967 Lt. Jacoby
N/A
Frank Rosenfeld
Harry Ferguson
Taugus
1966 Bart Jason
Feldman
N/A
N/A
Captain Friedrich
N/A
1965 Det. Judd Ridley
Pete Zacharias
John Carl Brock
Walter Gretzler
Furman Crotty
N/A
Carl Cappi
Henchman Veretti
1964 President Ulysses S. Grant
Oliver E. Wells
Frank Radcliff
Pike
1963 N/A
Paul Berg
Harmon Stern
Pablo Vasquez
Joe Bantam
Roy Malinek
Sheriff Mayhew
Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
N/A
1962 Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
N/A
Self
N/A
Jack Stander
George Johnson
1961 Self - Co-Host
Self
N/A
Dr. Frank Williams
Dave Keller
Tim Sellers
Harry Obermayer
Dave Keller
1960 N/A
Second Man
N/A
N/A
Kurt Harden
1959 Fedor Bartok
1958 Lt. Vincent Busti
1957 Sergeant
N/A
Juror (uncredited)
1956 Self - Presenter
1955 Warden Bragan
Sgt. Wilks
Redmond
1949 Self
1948 Actor #3
Fred
N/A
Self - Interviewee
N/A
The Prophet
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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