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.
Filmography
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007 · 10.0
The Murder Men
1961 · 10.0
Thunder Alley
1994 · 9.0
Crab Orchard
2005 · 9.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000 · 9.0
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991 · 9.0
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
1996 · 9.0
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995 · 8.7
Regular Show
2010 · 8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008 · 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · 8.6
Maggie Winters
1998 · 8.5
Young Justice
2010 · 8.4
The X-Files
1993 · 8.4
The Boondocks
2005 · 8.3
Spider-Man
1994 · 8.3
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · 8.3
Max Steel
2000 · 8.2
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986 · 8.2
Cobra Kai
2018 · 8.2
Bones
2005 · 8.2
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · 8.1
The Untouchables
1959 · 8.1
Gargoyles
1994 · 8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
Animaniacs
1993 · 8.0
Vital Signs
1986 · 8.0
Up
2009 · 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
Modern Family
2009 · 7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · 7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · 7.9
ER
1994 · 7.8
Dinosaurs
1991 · 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8
The Outer Limits
1963 · 7.8
Freakazoid!
1995 · 7.8
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · 7.7
Grace and Frankie
2015 · 7.7
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · 7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · 7.7
The Magic School Bus
1994 · 7.7
Center of the Universe
2004 · 7.7
Bring Him Home
2000 · 7.7
Liberator
2012 · 7.7
The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6
The Practice
1997 · 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966 · 7.6
The Wild Wild West
1965 · 7.6
Hearts Afire
1992 · 7.6
SEVEN
2020 · 7.6
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015 · 7.6
JFK
1991 · 7.6
The Middle
2009 · 7.6
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · 7.5
Profiles in Courage
1964 · 7.5
Faith, Hope & Love
2019 · 7.5
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003 · 7.5
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
2002 · 7.5
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
2013 · 7.5
The Night America Trembled
1957 · 7.5
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
2002 · 7.5
Doom Patrol
2019 · 7.5
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002 · 7.5
King of the Hill
1997 · 7.4
Dug Days
2021 · 7.4
Family Guy
1999 · 7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984 · 7.4
Lou Grant
1977 · 7.4
Roots
1977 · 7.4
Carl's Date
2023 · 7.4
All of My Heart: The Wedding
2018 · 7.4
House on Greenapple Road
1970 · 7.4
The Marva Collins Story
1981 · 7.4
El Dorado
1966 · 7.4
Dead to Me
2019 · 7.3
CSI: NY
2004 · 7.3
Mom
2013 · 7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3
The Dead Zone
2002 · 7.3
Duckman
1994 · 7.3
W.I.T.C.H.
2004 · 7.3
Mr. Novak
1963 · 7.3
More Tales of the City
1998 · 7.3
Andy Barker, P.I.
2007 · 7.3
A Friendship in Vienna
1988 · 7.3
The Last Child
1971 · 7.3
MacGyver
2016 · 7.3
Johnny Bravo
1997 · 7.3
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996 · 7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003 · 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · 7.2
Chasing Life
2014 · 7.2
The Rat Patrol
1966 · 7.2
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
2010 · 7.2
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991 · 7.2
Generation Gap
2008 · 7.2
Run for Your Life
1965 · 7.1
The Oscars
1953 · 7.1
The White Shadow
1978 · 7.1
Our Friend, Martin
1999 · 7.1
The Slender Thread
1965 · 7.1
The Long Way Home
1997 · 7.1
American Dad!
2005 · 7.0
The Angry Beavers
1997 · 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968 · 7.0
Omnibus
1952 · 7.0
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963 · 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966 · 7.0
Slattery's People
1964 · 7.0
Switched at Birth
1991 · 7.0
The Closer
1998 · 7.0
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995 · 7.0
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
2005 · 7.0
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004 · 7.0
Fanfare for a Death Scene
1964 · 7.0
Perfect Game
2000 · 7.0
Back Home Again
2021 · 7.0
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
1977 · 7.0
Love Meet Hope
2016 · 7.0
Cracked Up
1987 · 7.0
Americas in Transition
1982 · 7.0
In Search of Peace
2001 · 7.0
Dug's Special Mission
2009 · 7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · 7.0
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · 7.0
Arli$$
1996 · 6.9
Hercules
1998 · 6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · 6.9
Too Big to Fail
2011 · 6.9
All Star Superman
2011 · 6.9
All of My Heart
2015 · 6.9
Pope John XXIII
2002 · 6.9
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · 6.8
Ironside
1967 · 6.8
The Invaders
1967 · 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962 · 6.8
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965 · 6.8
Roseanne
1988 · 6.8
Bruno the Kid
1996 · 6.8
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017 · 6.8
Sir! No Sir!
2005 · 6.8
Payback
1997 · 6.8
Mad About You
1992 · 6.8
Route 66
1960 · 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7
Outlaws
1960 · 6.7
Men at Work
2012 · 6.7
Elf
2003 · 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962 · 6.7
The Eleventh Hour
1962 · 6.7
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999 · 6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · 6.7
Hey, I'm Alive
1975 · 6.7
Daughter of the Mind
1969 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000 · 6.6
Ballmastrz: 9009
2018 · 6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · 6.6
The Story of Santa Claus
1996 · 6.6
Daniel
1983 · 6.6
Skin Game
1971 · 6.6
Death Scream
1975 · 6.6
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5
Felony Squad
1966 · 6.5
Decoy
1957 · 6.5
The Bronx Zoo
1987 · 6.5
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · 6.5
A Christmas Carol
1997 · 6.5
The Doomsday Flight
1966 · 6.5
Down on the Waterfront
1994 · 6.5
Medical Center
1969 · 6.4
Dharma & Greg
1997 · 6.4
The Premise
2021 · 6.4
They Call It Murder
1971 · 6.4
Teen Titans Go!
2013 · 6.4
Central Park
2020 · 6.4
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · 6.4
The Defenders
1961 · 6.3
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007 · 6.3
Tender Is the Night
1985 · 6.3
Christmas Cottage
2008 · 6.3
Kate's Secret
1986 · 6.3
Burke's Law
1963 · 6.2
Rhoda
1974 · 6.2
The Crazy Ones
2013 · 6.2
Kid Galahad
1962 · 6.2
Second Chances
2013 · 6.2
The Christmas Card
2006 · 6.2
Gypsy
1994 · 6.2
The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002 · 6.2
Great Performances
1971 · 6.1
The Mod Squad
1968 · 6.1
The Satan Bug
1965 · 6.1
Christmas on the Bayou
2013 · 6.1
Dumb and Dumber
1995 · 6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · 6.0
Off the Rack
1985 · 6.0
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
2020 · 6.0
A Different Approach
1978 · 6.0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1995 · 6.0
The Cleveland Show
2009 · 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · 5.9
Politically Incorrect
1993 · 5.9
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · 5.9
Gus
1976 · 5.9
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003 · 5.9
In Vino
2019 · 5.9
Hard Rain
1998 · 5.9
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · 5.8
Fish Police
1992 · 5.8
Super Sex
2016 · 5.8
Happily Ever After
1989 · 5.8
Above Suspicion
2000 · 5.8
Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7
Naked City
1958 · 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · 5.7
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · 5.7
Out of the Woods
2005 · 5.7
The Christmas Star
1986 · 5.7
The F.B.I.
1965 · 5.6
The Huntress
2000 · 5.6
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
1987 · 5.6
Gigantic
2008 · 5.6
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 · 5.6
Gunn
1967 · 5.6
Sleeping Dogs Lie
2005 · 5.6
The Garden Left Behind
2020 · 5.6
A StoryBots Christmas
2017 · 5.5
Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 · 5.5
Missing Brendan
2004 · 5.5
The Fumbleheads
1997 · 5.5
Studio One
1948 · 5.4
The Games Maker
2014 · 5.4
O' Christmas Tree
1999 · 5.4
Change of Habit
1969 · 5.3
The Parting Glass
2018 · 5.3
The Animal
2001 · 5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961 · 5.2
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014 · 5.2
Halls of Anger
1970 · 5.2
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
2012 · 5.1
The Bachelor
1999 · 5.1
Altered Reality
2024 · 5.1
The Sissy Duckling
1999 · 5.1
Working Class
2011 · 5.0
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
2001 · 5.0
Let Go
2011 · 5.0
Common Ground
2000 · 5.0
Angels on Tap
2018 · 5.0
Hopelessly in June
2011 · 5.0
The Wrestler
1974 · 5.0
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
2017 · 4.9
The Venetian Affair
1966 · 4.9
Love and Action in Chicago
1999 · 4.9
Saving Christmas
2017 · 4.9
Hard Four
2007 · 4.9
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
2011 · 4.8
Island Prey
2001 · 4.8
Cruel Doubt
1992 · 4.8
Christmas Is Here Again
2007 · 4.8
The Gathering
1977 · 4.8
Not Another B Movie
2011 · 4.8
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011 · 4.7
The Nutcracker Sweet
2015 · 4.6
The Todd Killings
1971 · 4.6
Academy Boyz
1997 · 4.5
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
2005 · 4.5
The Commission
2003 · 4.5
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990 · 4.2
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003 · 4.0
Identical
2011 · 4.0
Becoming Dick
2000 · 4.0
Frozen in Time
2014 · 3.9
Should've Been Romeo
2012 · 3.8
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
2017 · 3.7
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 · 3.6
Heads
1994 · 3.4
Channels
2008 · 3.0
Dog's Best Friend
1997 · 3.0
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013 · 2.8
Rain Beau's End
2020 · 2.8
Getting Ed Laid
2016 · 2.8
Joe's War
2017 · 2.7
Elephant Sighs
2012 · 2.3
Foodfight!
2012 · 2.0
Honor Amongst Men
2018 · 2.0
Senior Entourage
2021 · 2.0
Absolute Killers
2011 · 1.0
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · 1.0
Audrey
2014 · 1.0
The Good Doctor
1978 · 0.5
Twigs
1975 · 0.0
Unplugged
— · 0.0
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · 0.0
Up: Upisodes
2009 · 0.0
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · 0.0
Captain Daddy
2021 · 0.0
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
2017 · 0.0
Good Men
2011 · 0.0
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
2002 · 0.0
Bury Me in Armor
2020 · 0.0
Christmas Dreams
2009 · 0.0
The New Girl
1960 · 0.0
Snowden's Christmas
1999 · 0.0
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023 · 0.0
A Man and His Prostate
2021 · 0.0
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008 · 0.0
Tiger Within
2020 · 0.0
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
2003 · 0.0
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
2011 · 0.0
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
2016 · 0.0
Autism and Cake
2012 · 0.0
Sam Cade
1972 · 0.0
J-24
1960 · 0.0
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
2016 · 0.0
The Impersonation Murder Case
1975 · 0.0
Darlin' Clementine
1986 · 0.0
Eva: A-7063
2018 · 0.0
The Gliksmans
2017 · 0.0
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010 · 0.0
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007 · 0.0
Blood
2021 · 0.0
Behind the Fear
2016 · 0.0
American Road
2013 · 0.0