Ed Asner
Born
11/15/1929
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
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 For187 Movies
Up
2009
★8.0
Elf
2003
★7.1
Carl's Date
2023
★7.4
JFK
1991
★7.6
The Animal
2001
★5.1
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012
★5.1
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
★6.4
Hard Rain
1998
★5.9
El Dorado
1966
★7.4
All Star Superman
2011
★6.9
Dug's Special Mission
2009
★7.0
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
★6.5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022
★6.8
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010
★7.2
Too Big to Fail
2011
★6.9
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023
★6.7
The Bachelor
1999
★5.1
The Satan Bug
1965
★6.1
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
★5.9
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
★7.9
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
★2.0
Happily Ever After
1989
★5.8
Foodfight!
2012
★1.3
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
★7.0
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
★7.5
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005
★7.0
Christmas Cottage
2008
★6.3
And the Winner Isn't
2017
★6.3
Our Friend, Martin
1999
★7.1
Kid Galahad
1962
★6.1
Super Sex
2016
★5.8
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
★6.9
I Know That Voice
2014
★7.1
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002
★7.5
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003
★4.0
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002
★7.5
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
★6.8
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973
★6.6
Moon Over Parador
1988
★5.8
Absolute Killers
2011
★1.0
The Parting Glass
2018
★5.4
The Games Maker
2014
★5.4
Island Prey
2001
★4.8
Christmas Is Here Again
2007
★4.3
O'Hara's Wife
1982
★5.7
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
★6.7
Night of 100 Stars
1982
★5.8
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
2015
★5.0
A Christmas Carol
1997
★6.5
The Christmas Star
1986
★5.6
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987
★5.6
Casting By
2012
★6.9
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
★6.8
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015
★4.6
Love Finds You in Valentine
2016
★6.4
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
★4.3
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
★6.0
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017
★3.7
The Long Way Home
1997
★7.1
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
★4.2
Change of Habit
1969
★5.4
The Venetian Affair
1966
★4.9
Skin Game
1971
★6.6
Gus
1976
★5.9
The Slender Thread
1965
★7.1
Gigantic
2008
★5.6
Gypsy
1994
★6.2
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
★7.5
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
★5.8
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
★2.8
Daniel
1983
★6.6
Olympia
2018
★8.0
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018
★7.4
The Christmas Card
2006
★6.2
Earth and the American Dream
1992
★6.7
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
★6.1
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
★3.6
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1996
★10.0
O' Christmas Tree
1999
★5.4
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
★7.0
Altered Reality
2024
★5.2
Senior Entourage
2021
★2.0
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
★5.2
Channels
2008
★3.0
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011
★4.7
Let Go
2011
★4.9
Second Chances
2013
★6.2
Back Home Again
2021
★7.0
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
★7.3
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
1978
★7.0
A StoryBots Christmas
2017
★5.5
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
★5.6
The Doomsday Flight
1966
★6.5
All of My Heart
2015
★6.9
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
★8.7
Saving Christmas
2017
★4.9
Christmas on the Bayou
2013
★6.1
Perfect Game
2000
★7.0
Mickey's 50
1978
★9.0
They Call It Murder
1971
★6.3
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
★7.6
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
1991
★7.0
Death Scream
1975
★6.6
House on Greenapple Road
1970
★7.4
Halls of Anger
1970
★5.3
Common Ground
2000
★5.0
Should've Been Romeo
2012
★3.8
The Todd Killings
1971
★4.6
In Vino
2019
★5.9
Gunn
1967
★5.6
Generation Gap
2008
★7.2
Gone in the Night
1996
★6.5
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977
★7.0
Dog's Best Friend
1997
★3.0
Sir! No Sir!
2005
★6.8
The Sissy Duckling
1999
★5.1
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
★9.0
Joe's War
2017
★2.7
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
★6.0
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
★5.9
Frozen in Time
2014
★3.9
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001
★5.0
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
★9.4
Above Suspicion
2000
★5.8
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017
★4.9
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020
★6.0
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
★8.5
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995
★6.0
The Marva Collins Story
1981
★7.4
The Story of Santa Claus
1996
★6.6
The Last Child
1971
★7.3
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
★1.0
The Good Doctor
1978
★0.5
Hard Four
2007
★4.9
A Different Approach
1978
★6.0
The Gathering
1977
★4.8
The Family Man
1979
★8.0
The Commission
2003
★4.5
The Impostor
1975
★7.5
Becoming Dick
2000
★4.0
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002
★6.2
The Murder Men
1961
★10.0
Out of the Woods
2005
★5.7
Anatomy of an Illness
1984
★7.0
Getting Ed Laid
2016
★2.8
The Fumbleheads
1997
★5.5
Daughter of the Mind
1969
★6.7
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972
★5.5
Love Meet Hope
2016
★7.0
Pope John XXIII
2002
★6.9
Heads
1994
★3.0
Audrey
2014
★1.0
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
★7.3
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964
★7.0
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986
★8.2
Hopelessly in June
2011
★5.0
Identical
2011
★4.0
Kate's Secret
1986
★6.3
Silent Motive
1991
★4.5
In Search of Peace
2001
★7.0
SEVEN
2020
★8.5
Elephant Sighs
2012
★2.3
LA DA Story
2018
★10.0
Bring Him Home
2000
★7.7
The Garden Left Behind
2020
★5.3
Down on the Waterfront
1994
★6.5
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005
★4.5
Payback
1997
★6.8
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013
★7.7
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016
★7.2
A Case of Libel
1983
★4.5
The Night America Trembled
1957
★7.5
Missing Brendan
2004
★5.5
The Wrestler
1974
★5.0
Not Another B Movie
2011
★4.8
Rain Beau's End
2020
★2.8
Love and Action in Chicago
1999
★4.9
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
★6.7
Crab Orchard
2005
★9.0
A Small Killing
1981
★8.5
Hey, I'm Alive
1975
★6.7
Angels on Tap
2018
★5.0
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
2002
★7.5
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
2011
★8.0
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991
★9.0
Americas in Transition
1982
★7.0
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
2002
★NR