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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Christmas Cottage
2008
Soul
2020
All Star Superman
2011
Moon Over Parador
1988
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
Up
2009
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
Should've Been Romeo
2012
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
Hard Four
2007
Too Big to Fail
2011
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
Carl's Date
2023
Change of Habit
1969
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
Above Suspicion
2000
House on Greenapple Road
1970
Elf
2003
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
Let Go
2011
The Gliksmans
2017
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015
A Small Killing
1981
A Christmas Carol
1997
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
JFK
1991
Hopelessly in June
2011
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995