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Ed Asner1929 - 2021

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Actor

Popularity

3.5

Famous

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.

Credits

Carl's Date

2023

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Carl (voice)

7.5(417)

5.6

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

Documentary

as Self (voice)

6.8(19)

0.3

Scarlett

2021

TV Movie

0(0)

0.3

Back Home Again

2021

Animation • Drama • Family

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

7(1)

0.4

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Ghost of Claude

6.4(214)

1.1

Tiger Within

2020

Drama

as Samuel

0(0)

0.2

Olympia

2018

Documentary

as Himself

8(3)

0.4

The Parting Glass

2018

Drama

as Tommy

5.7(16)

0.5

And the Winner Isn't

2017

Documentary

as Self

5.7(3)

0.6

A StoryBots Christmas

2017

Animation • Fantasy • Music

as Santa

5.6(10)

0.3

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

2017

Family

as Santa

4.9(8)

0.2

All of My Heart: Inn Love

2017

Romance • TV Movie

as Vern

7(61)

0.7

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

4.1(10)

0.2

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

2017

Adventure • Animation • Family

as Arthur (voice)

4(13)

0.5

Joe's War

2017

Drama • War

as Harry

4(1)

0.2

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

2017

Animation • Drama • Fantasy

as Adult Walter (voice)

0(0)

0.2

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

Documentary • Drama

as Wilhelm Müller

0(0)

0.1

Getting Ed Laid

2016

Comedy

as Ed Randall

1(1)

0.1

Love Finds You in Valentine

2016

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Gabriel Morgan

6.2(72)

0.6

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

10(1)

0.2

Christmas on the Bayou

2013

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Papa Noel

6(39)

0.4

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

2013

Comedy

as Mr Wilson

7.5(2)

0.1

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

2012

as Self

6(1)

0.2

Too Big to Fail

2011

Drama • TV Movie

as Warren Buffett

7(230)

1.9

Hopelessly in June

2011

Comedy • Romance

as Rabbi

5(1)

0.2

All Star Superman

2011

Action • Adventure • Animation • Science Fiction

as Perry White (voice)

6.8(508)

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

Action • Adventure • Animation • Science Fiction

as Granny Goodness (voice)

7.2(716)

1.5

2009

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

8(20,650)

Christmas Cottage

2008

Drama • Family • Romance

as Sidney

6.3(52)

0.8

Gigantic

2008

Comedy • Romance

as Kirby Weathersby

5.7(156)

0.7

Hard Four

2007

Comedy

as Golden Hands Segal

5.5(3)

0.7

Christmas Is Here Again

2007

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Krad (voice)

4(10)

0.6

The Christmas Card

2006

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Luke Spelman

6.4(39)

0.4

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

2005

Documentary

as Himself

6.2(4)

0.2

Sir! No Sir!

2005

Documentary • War

as Col. Heinl

6.7(15)

0.2

Out of the Woods

2005

Drama • Family • Romance • TV Movie

as Jack Green

5.2(7)

0.4

Sleeping Dogs Lie

2005

Comedy • Drama • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Sheriff Delaney

5(4)

0.1

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Self

2(1)

0.2

Elf

2003

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Santa

6.7(4,190)

3.7

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

2003

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Augie Sinclair

6.2(17)

0.3

The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

Drama • TV Movie

as Charles Gilbert

5.9(7)

0.2

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

2002

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.2

Pope John XXIII

2002

History

as Angelo Roncalli

6.9(9)

0.4

The Animal

2001

Comedy • Science Fiction

as Chief Wilson

5.1(1,274)

2.3

Olive, The Other Reindeer

1999

Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.8(55)

0.6

The Bachelor

1999

Comedy • Romance

as Gluckman

5.2(311)

1.7

O' Christmas Tree

1999

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Nutcracker (voice)

5.1(13)

0.2

Hard Rain

1998

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Uncle Charlie

5.9(725)

A Christmas Carol

1997

Animation • Family

as Marley (voice)

6.4(78)

0.5

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995

Documentary

9(2)

0.1

Gypsy

1993

Comedy • Drama • Music • TV Movie

as Charles Thompson

6.5(29)

0.7

JFK

1991

Drama • History • Thriller

as Guy Bannister

7.6(2,194)

5.4

Moon Over Parador

1988

Comedy • Romance

as Self

5.8(81)

0.7

The Christmas Star

1986

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Horace McNickle

5.6(31)

0.3

Daniel

1983

Drama

as Jacob Ascher

6.6(33)

0.5

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

Action • Crime • Drama

as Connolly

6.5(112)

0.5

A Different Approach

1978

6.3(3)

0.3

Gus

1976

Comedy • Family

as Hank Cooper

6(40)

0.9

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975

Comedy • Music • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.4

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

Comedy • Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Det. Ralph Varone

6.6(41)

0.4

Skin Game

1971

Action • Comedy • Western

as Plunkett

6.6(32)

0.6

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970

Action • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Woody Garfield

5.8(87)

1.2

Halls of Anger

1970

Drama

as Ernie McKay

5.6(5)

0.2

Daughter of the Mind

1969

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Saul Wiener

6.4(8)

0.2

Change of Habit

1969

Crime • Drama • Music • Romance

as Lt. Moretti

5.6(26)

0.5

Gunn

1967

Action • Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Lt. Jacoby

5.4(14)

0.3

The Venetian Affair

1967

Action • Thriller

as Frank Rosenfeld

4.9(8)

0.3

El Dorado

1966

Western

as Bart Jason

7.4(544)

2.2

The Slender Thread

1965

Drama

as Det. Judd Ridley

7.1(49)

0.4

The Satan Bug

1965

Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Henchman Veretti

6.2(51)

0.7

A Man and His Prostate

0(0)

0.1

A Fargo Christmas Story

2023

Drama

as Popcorn Bud

0(0)

0.1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

6.8(168)

1.9

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

Comedy • Romance

as Harry Karetas

7.6(32)

1.1

All of My Heart

2015

Romance • TV Movie

as Vern

7(91)

0.4

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Santa (voice)

5.4(33)

0.6

The Games Maker

2014

Adventure • Family

as Nicholas Drago

5.3(71)

0.4

Audrey

2014

Comedy

as Walt

0(0)

0.4

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

2013

Animation

as Bonta / Narrator

2.8(4)

0.4

Second Chances

2013

Drama • TV Movie

as Chief Buddy

6.2(44)

0.3

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Mr. Carson

5.2(440)

2.2

Autism and Cake

2012

as Fred

0(0)

0.3

Foodfight!

2012

Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • War

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

1.9(144)

Elephant Sighs

2012

Comedy

as Leo

2.3(3)

0.2

Should've Been Romeo

2012

Comedy • Drama

as Charlie

6(2)

0.4

Let Go

2011

Comedy

as Artie

5.3(20)

0.7

The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011

Documentary • History

as Voice

4.7(6)

0.2

The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

2010

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

Generation Gap

2008

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Bart Cahill

7.2(5)

0.3

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

2007

Documentary

0(0)

0.1

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

2005

Documentary

as Narrator

5.2(5)

0.2

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure

2003

Comedy

as Uncle Nick

4(95)

0.5

Island Prey

2001

Drama • Romance

as Jay Roth

5.5(2)

0.1

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

2000

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Becoming Dick

2000

Comedy • TV Movie

as Davis Aldrich

2(2)

0.3

Above Suspicion

2000

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Thomas O'Claire

5.8(8)

0.9

Snowden's Christmas

1999

Animation

as (voice)

0(0)

0.2

Our Friend, Martin

1999

Animation • Drama • Family

as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)

7.4(12)

0.7

The Long Way Home

1997

Documentary • History • War

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

7.1(11)

0.9

Payback

1997

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Jack Patkanis

6.7(3)

0.4

The Story of Santa Claus

1996

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.5(14)

0.1

Gone in the Night

1996

Drama • TV Movie

as Det. John Waters

6.8(10)

0.4

Down on the Waterfront

1994

5(1)

0.1

Heads

1994

Comedy • Crime • TV Movie

as Ab Abbot

2.2(4)

0.3

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Edward P. Mitchell

7(16)

0.4

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

Comedy • Music • TV Movie

as Self

4(2)

0.7

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

1990

Drama • TV Movie

as Harvey Metcalfe

6.2(5)

0.2

Happily Ever After

1989

Animation • Family

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

5.6(49)

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Opah Oskar Reikman

6(2)

0.3

Vital Signs

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Matthew St James

0(0)

0.2

Darlin' Clementine

1986

Drama • Family

as Lucky Jake

0(0)

0.1

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

8(4)

0.6

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Norman Cousins

0(0)

0.3

Americas in Transition

1982

as Narrator

7(3)

0.1

The Gathering

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Adam

4.5(2)

0.3

The Impersonation Murder Case

1975

Crime • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie

as Dt. Ed Ames

0(0)

0.2

The Impostor

1975

Drama • TV Movie

as Barney West

6(1)

0.1

Twigs

1975

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Phil

0(0)

0.2

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972

Horror • Mystery • TV Movie

as Al Hunsicker

5.7(10)

0.3

The Todd Killings

1971

Thriller

as Fred Reardon

4.3(10)

0.3

The Last Child

1971

Drama • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Barstow

7(4)

0.3

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Pike

6(3)

0.2

Ed Asner's Oral History

Documentary

as Self - Interviewee

0(0)

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Morheim

6(4)

0.2

House on Greenapple Road

1970

Crime • Mystery • TV Movie

as Sheriff Muntz

6(3)

0.3

The Doomsday Flight

1966

TV Movie • Thriller

as Feldman

6.5(5)

0.5

Kid Galahad

1962

Drama • Music

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

6.1(48)

0.6

The Murder Men

1961

Crime

as Dave Keller

0(0)

0.1

J-24

1960

Drama

0(0)

0.1

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

Drama • TV Movie

as Juror (uncredited)

7.2(2)

0.2

Everbrook (The Home)

Horror • Thriller

0(0)

0.2

The Gettysburg Address

2025

Documentary • History

as Edward Everett (voice)

0(0)

0.8

Altered Reality

2024

Science Fiction • Thriller

as Mike Wilson

6(1)

0.3

Senior Entourage

2021

Comedy

as Ed

2(1)

0.5

Blood

2021

Drama

as The Prophet

0(0)

0.2

Bury Me in Armor

2020

Drama • Thriller

as Dimitry George

0(0)

0.1

SEVEN

2020

Documentary

8.8(2)

0.5

Rain Beau's End

2020

Drama

as Gunny

3.5(2)

0.3

The Garden Left Behind

2020

Drama

as Dr. Cleary

5.9(5)

0.2

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

2020

Drama • Horror • Thriller

as Dr. Howard Arden

5.8(59)

1.3

In Vino

2019

Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as Charles

5.9(14)

All of My Heart: The Wedding

2018

Romance • TV Movie

as Vern

7.5(49)

0.4

Honor Amongst Men

2018

Drama

as Pop Halmo

0(0)

0.6

Angels on Tap

2018

Comedy

as Swifty

5(1)

0.1

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

2018

Music

as Jefferson

1(1)

1.1

Eva: A-7063

2018

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

0.3

LA DA Story

2018

Crime • Documentary • Drama • Family

as Self (archive footage)

10(2)

0.3

Saving Christmas

2017

Family

as Rick

4.8(9)

0.2

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

2016

Documentary

as Self

7.2(6)

0.2

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

2016

Comedy • Documentary • Music

as Corporate Manager

0(0)

1.9

Super Sex

2016

Comedy

as George

5.8(3)

0.3

Love Meet Hope

2016

Comedy • Drama • Fantasy

as Mr. James

7(1)

0.1

Behind the Fear

2016

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

1.6

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015

Adventure • Crime • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie

as Kris Kringle

7.6(9)

0.1

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

2015

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.2

The Nutcracker Sweet

2015

Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Owl (voice)

4.6(9)

0.6

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

2015

Documentary

as Himself

5(3)

0.1

Frozen in Time

2014

Animation • Family

as Grandpa (voice)

4.4(4)

0.3

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

2014

Comedy • Music

as Jefferson

5.3(9)

0.9

I Know That Voice

2014

Documentary

as Self

7.1(98)

2.3

American Road

2013

Documentary

as Walt Whitman

0(0)

0.1

Casting By

2012

Documentary

as Self

7.1(39)

0.8

Liberator

2012

as President Whitlock

7.7(3)

0.2

The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror

2011

Documentary

as Narrator

0(0)

Identical

2011

Thriller

as Yaakov Washington

4.3(8)

0.5

Absolute Killers

2011

Thriller

0(0)

0.8

Good Men

2011

Drama

as Morty

0(0)

0.1

Not Another B Movie

2011

Comedy

as Angry Investor

5.6(5)

0.2

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

2011

Documentary

as Himself

8(2)

0.1

Dug's Special Mission

2009

Animation • Comedy • Family

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

7(425)

0.8

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

2008

Documentary • History

as Narrator (Voice)

0(0)

Channels

2008

Drama • Romance

as Ed Packard

3(1)

0.8

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

2007

Drama • History

0(0)

0.1

Crab Orchard

2005

Family

10(1)

0.1

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005

Animation

as J. Jonah Jameson

6.9(90)

1.3

Missing Brendan

2004

as George Calden

4.5(1)

0.2

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

2004

Animation

as J Jonah Jameson

7(10)

0.2

The Commission

2003

Drama

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

0(0)

0.3

Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

2003

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

0.5

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

2003

Action • Adventure • Animation • Crime • TV Movie

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

7.5(116)

1.1

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

Documentary

as Self

9.4(5)

0.3

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002

Action • Animation • Family • Science Fiction

as J. Jonah Jameson

7.2(19)

0.7

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

2002

Documentary

as Narrator

6(1)

0.1

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

History • TV Movie

as Jean XXIII

0(1)

0.2

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

Animation • Comedy

as Dead Cat

0(0)

0.3

In Search of Peace

2001

Documentary • History • War

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

6.5(2)

0.3

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Documentary

0(0)

0.2

Perfect Game

2000

Comedy • Family

as Billy Hicks

8(3)

0.6

Common Ground

2000

Drama • TV Movie

as Ira

4.7(17)

0.4

Bring Him Home

2000

Drama • Family

as Geza

6.5(2)

0.1

Love and Action in Chicago

1999

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Taylor

5(7)

0.1

The Sissy Duckling

1999

Animation • Family • TV Movie

as Father Duck (voice)

5.1(8)

0.4

Academy Boyz

1997

2(1)

0.1

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

Documentary

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

6.6(5)

0.3

Dog's Best Friend

1997

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

2(1)

0.6

The Fumbleheads

1997

Comedy

as Charlie Atwater

3(1)

0.3

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

1996

Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Hudson (voice)

6.9(24)

0.5

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

1996

as Narrator

0(0)

0.1

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1995

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Bruno

4.5(2)

0.6

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

Documentary

as Self

5.6(9)

0.4

Earth and the American Dream

1992

Documentary

as Reader (voice)

6.7(3)

0.4

Silent Motive

1991

TV Movie • Thriller

as Sam

0(0)

0.2

Switched at Birth

1991

Drama • TV Movie

as Ted Marx

6(6)

0.5

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

1991

Documentary

as Himself

6(1)

0.2

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

1991

Animation

as Charlie (voice)

0(0)

0.1

The Cops Are Robbers

1990

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

4(2)

0.2

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987

Adventure • Animation • Family

as Scalawag (voice)

5.6(25)

0.7

Cracked Up

1987

Drama

as Rev. Vincent Owens

0(0)

0.3

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

Documentary • Family • TV Movie

as Self

7.5(4)

0.9

Kate's Secret

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Resnick

5.5(8)

0.4

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986

Animation • Family

as Joshua (voice)

8.2(5)

0.2

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984

Animation • Documentary • Family

as Self

6(2)

0.3

A Case of Libel

1983

Drama • TV Movie

as Robert Sloane

2(1)

0.2

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Documentary • Drama

as Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.9(709)

1.4

Night of 100 Stars

1982

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

6.7(3)

1.1

O'Hara's Wife

1982

Comedy • Drama

as Bob O'Hara

0(0)

0.4

The Marva Collins Story

1981

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Narrator (voice)

7.4(6)

0.2

A Small Killing

1981

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Simon Shaber

8(1)

0.2

The Family Man

1979

Drama • TV Movie

as Eddie Madden

0(0)

0.3

Mickey's 50

1978

Documentary • Family

as Self

0(0)

0.8

The Good Doctor

1978

Drama

as Various Roles

0.5(1)

0.3

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

Documentary • Family

as Self

0(0)

0.2

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

1977

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Huey P. Long

0(0)

0.1

Hey, I'm Alive

1975

Adventure • Drama • TV Movie

as Ralph Flores

5(1)

0.3

Death Scream

1975

Crime • Drama • History • TV Movie

as Peter Singleton

6.6(6)

0.4

The Wrestler

1974

Action • Crime • Drama

as Frank Bass

4.2(5)

0.4

Sam Cade

1972

Crime • TV Movie

0(0)

0.3

They Call It Murder

1971

Crime • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie

as Chief Otto Larkin

6.5(4)

0.4

The New Girl

1960

as Kurt Harden

0(0)

0.2

The Night America Trembled

1957

Drama • TV Movie

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

7.5(2)

0.2

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