Ed Asner
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
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Lou Grant
7.25
Duckman
7.2
Mad About You
6.7
Arliss
6.7
The Simpsons
8
Burke's Law
6
Cain's Hundred
4.7
Family Guy
7.4
Rhoda
6.25
The Dead Zone
7.2
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
6.6
The F.B.I.
5.5
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Gargoyles
8.094
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
King of the Hill
7.353
Route 66
6.3
Johnny Bravo
7.283
The Wild Thornberrys
6.9
Highway to Heaven
7.385
CSI: NY
7.3
Roseanne
6.8
MacGyver
7.3
Naked City
5.5
Dharma & Greg
6.4
The Boondocks
8.146
The Mod Squad
6.3
The Practice
7.7
Medical Center
6.1
Gunsmoke
6.6
E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
The X-Files
8.377
Studio One
5
Superman: The Animated Series
7.606
The Fugitive
7.2
Freakazoid!
7.9
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
7.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.024
Andy Barker, P.I.
7.2
The Huntress
5.2
The Closer
7
Ironside
6.8
ER
7.828
Max Steel
8.188
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Target: The Corruptors!
3.5
Outlaws
6.2
Men At Work
6.7
The Eleventh Hour
6
Felony Squad
6.4
Run for Your Life
7.2
The White Shadow
7
Police Story
6.9
The Fugitive
7.2
The Virginian
6.5
Center of the Universe
7
The Bronx Zoo
5
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
5.714
Slattery's People
5
The Fugitive
7.2
Profiles in Courage
5
The Flip Wilson Show
4.8
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
5.25
Roots
7.381
Decoy
6.2
Fish Police
5.444
The Rat Patrol
7.2
Mr. Novak
6.5
Rich Man, Poor Man
7.8
Off the Rack
5
CBS Playhouse
7
Thunder Alley
0
The Lieutenant
6
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
6.6
The Cleveland Show
5.874
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
7.347
Dr. Kildare
5.5
The Outer Limits
7.8
The Defenders
6.2
The Defenders
6.2
Central Park
6.3
The Emmy Awards
7.875
The Line
4.333
Working Class
5
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
8
The Premise
6.4
Young Justice
8.387
Maggie Winters
10
Saturday Night Live
7
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
5.4
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
4.8
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7.5
Justice League Unlimited
8.257
Justice League Unlimited
8.257
Dug Days
7.421
The Untouchables
7.9
Chasing Life
7.3
Mom
7.3
Batman: The Animated Series
8.545
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.9
Spider-Man
8.287
American Dad!
6.975
American Dad!
6.975
The Practice
7.7
American Dad!
6.975
Intimate Portrait
4.5
Route 66
6.3
The F.B.I.
5.5
The F.B.I.
5.5
The Magic School Bus
7.61
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Gunsmoke
6.6
Hercules
6.799
Hearts Afire
7.3
The Wild Wild West
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Reading Rainbow
8.4
Cruel Doubt
4.429
Celebrity Family Feud
7.9
The Good Wife
7.598
Profiles in Courage
5
Tender Is the Night
6.286
Mr. Novak
6.5
Hawaii Five-0
7.754
The Name of the Game
6.8
The Name of the Game
6.8
The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.422
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
6.8
Ballmastrz: 9009
6.6
Teen Titans Go!
6.5
Shatner's Raw Nerve
4
Up: Upisodes
0
The Spectacular Spider-Man
8.6
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
6.5
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
7.2
Grace and Frankie
7.7
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
7.18
Dinosaurs
7.779
Cobra Kai
8.213
The Angry Beavers
6.9
Regular Show
8.63
Tall Tales & Legends
5.4
Roots
7.381
The Invaders
6.8
The Invaders
6.8
More Tales of the City
7.5
The Middle
7.564
Bones
8.215
Modern Family
7.9
Hot in Cleveland
7.4
American Dad!
6.975
Tony Awards
5.1
The Crazy Ones
6.1
Stoney Burke
5.7
Doom Patrol
7.55
Dead to Me
7.261
The Sarah Silverman Program.
6.4
Dinah!
6.667
Golden Globe Awards
7
Golden Globe Awards
7
Politically Incorrect
5.9
Mission: Impossible
7.6
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Great Performances
5.3
Golden Globe Awards
7
The Untouchables
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
7
Omnibus
6
The Mod Squad
6.3
Gargoyles
8.094
Movies
Mitzi & 100 Guys
0
JFK
7.597
Carl's Date
7.462
Muppets Haunted Mansion
6.412
Getting Ed Laid
1
The Bachelor
5.2
Elf
6.655
Skin Game
6.6
Gus
6
The Animal
5.116
Hard Rain
5.842
El Dorado
7.354
Fort Apache, the Bronx
6.509
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2
Christmas Is Here Again
4
Back Home Again
7
Being Mary Tyler Moore
6.8
Olive, The Other Reindeer
6.75
The Satan Bug
6.1
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
5.8
Christmas Cottage
6.3
The Christmas Star
5.6
Up
7.957
A Man and His Prostate
0
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
0
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
9
Daughter of the Mind
6.4
Gigantic
5.7
The Man Who Saved Christmas
5.9
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
7.2
Too Big to Fail
6.983
Sir! No Sir!
6.7
The Christmas Card
6.338
A Christmas Carol
6.348
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
7.5
Moon Over Parador
5.8
Gypsy
6.391
Change of Habit
5.4
Sleeping Dogs Lie
5
Scarlett
0
O' Christmas Tree
5.1
Out of the Woods
5.2
The Slender Thread
7.1
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
5.944
Halls of Anger
5.6
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
6.2
Daniel
6.6
All Star Superman
6.841
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
6
The Girl Most Likely To...
6.6
Hard Four
4.375
Gunn
5.4
The Venetian Affair
4.9
Tiger Within
0
Pope John XXIII
6.889
Fanfare for a Death Scene
6
A Different Approach
6.3
Hopelessly in June
5
The Long Way Home
7.1
Haunts of the Very Rich
5.7
Should've Been Romeo
4.333
The Gathering
4.5
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
5.2
Let Go
5.143
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
7
The Todd Killings
4.3
Our Friend, Martin
6.885
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
6.2
A Friendship in Vienna
6
Island Prey
5.5
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
0
A Fargo Christmas Story
0
The Last Child
7
Down on the Waterfront
5
Ed Asner's Oral History
0
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
5.2
The Games Maker
5.3
Darlin' Clementine
0
Anatomy of an Illness
0
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2.8
The Defender (Studio One)
7.2
Second Chances
6.193
The Doomsday Flight
6.25
Kid Galahad
6.1
The Impersonation Murder Case
0
Audrey
1
Payback
6.7
Generation Gap
7.2
Gone in the Night
6.227
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
0
The Murder Men
0
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
0
Twigs
0
The Impostor
6
Heads
2.2
J-24
0
Snowden's Christmas
0
Becoming Dick
2
Happily Ever After
5.63
House on Greenapple Road
6
The Desert of Forbidden Art
4.7
Americas in Transition
7
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure
4
Night of 100 Stars III
4
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
5.364
All of My Heart
7
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
6.843
Foodfight!
1.9
Elephant Sighs
2.3
Night of 100 Stars II
8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
6
Autism and Cake
0
The Story of Santa Claus
6.5
Above Suspicion
5.722
Vital Signs
0
Faith, Hope & Love
7.455
Christmas on the Bayou
6
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
3.8
Everbrook (The Home)
0
Dog's Best Friend
1.5
Perfect Game
6.25
They Call It Murder
5.4
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
0
Dug's Special Mission
6.996
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
0
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
0
Crab Orchard
10
The Nutcracker Sweet
4.6
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
5
Common Ground
4.9
Love Finds You in Valentine
6.222
Super Sex
5.8
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
0
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
0
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
7.5
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
8
The Marva Collins Story
7.4
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
0
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
9.4
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
0
Identical
4.25
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
4.5
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
0
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
10
American Road
0
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
8.2
Hey, I'm Alive
5
The Fumbleheads
3
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
5.6
Joe's War
2.5
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
4
Bring Him Home
6.5
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
6
All of My Heart: Inn Love
7
The Cops Are Robbers
3
Missing Brendan
4.5
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
5.3
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
4.9
A StoryBots Christmas
5.6
And the Winner Isn't
5.7
Kate's Secret
5.5
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
0
Liberator
7.7
Frozen in Time
4.4
I Know That Voice
7.087
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
0
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
7.35
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
6.956
The Parting Glass
5.412
O'Hara's Wife
1
All of My Heart: The Wedding
7.5
Saving Christmas
4.8
Olympia
8
Love Meet Hope
7
The Family Man
0
The Garden Left Behind
5.9
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
7
Not Another B Movie
4.833
Channels
3
Academy Boyz
3.5
LA DA Story
10
Angels on Tap
5
The Gettysburg Address
0
Silent Motive
1
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
0
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
6
A Case of Libel
2
Cracked Up
0
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
6.9
The Wrestler
4.2
Switched at Birth
6
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
0
The New Girl
0
Altered Reality
5.6
Earth and the American Dream
6.7
The Sissy Duckling
5.1
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
5.8
In Vino
5.9
Death Scream
6.6
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
1
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
5.6
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
0
Eva: A-7063
0
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
0
Honor Amongst Men
0
In Search of Peace
6.5
The Commission
1
SEVEN
8.8
Sam Cade
0
Good Men
0
Bury Me in Armor
0
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
7.6
Rain Beau's End
3.5
The Good Doctor
0.5
Senior Entourage
2
The Night America Trembled
7.5
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
6
A Small Killing
8
Casting By
7.1
Love and Action in Chicago
5
Night of 100 Stars
6.667
Absolute Killers
0
Blood
0
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
7.2
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
6.6
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
0
Koyaanisqatsi
7.865
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
7.5
Mickey's 50
0
Behind the Fear
0