Ed Asner

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Up2009
Elf2003
JFK1991
The Animal2001

About Ed Asner

Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1929
Died: August 29, 2021 (age 91)
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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…

Also credited as

Eddie Asner, 愛德華·阿斯納, エド・アズナー, 에드 애스너, Edward Asner

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Filmography

The Gettysburg Address2025as Edward Everett (voice)

Altered Reality2024as Mike Wilson
A Fargo Christmas Story2023as Popcorn Bud
Carl's Date2023as Carl (voice)
Being Mary Tyler Moore2023as Self (voice)
Commitment to Life2023as Self (archive footage)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules2022as Grandpa (voice)
Scarlett2021as Lou
Back Home Again2021as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion2021as Ghost of Claude
Senior Entourage2021as Ed
A Man and His Prostate2021
Captain Daddy2021as Grampa (voice)
Blood2021as The Prophet
Tiger Within2020as Samuel
Bury Me in Armor2020as Dimitry George
SEVEN2020
Rain Beau's End2020as Gunny
The Garden Left Behind2020as Dr. Cleary
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters2020as Dr. Howard Arden
In Vino2019as Charles
Faith, Hope & Love2019as Harry Karetas
Olympia2018as Self
All of My Heart: The Wedding2018as Vern
Honor Amongst Men2018as Pop Halmo
Angels on Tap2018as Swifty
The Parting Glass2018as Tommy
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting2018as Jefferson
Ed Asner's Oral History2018as Self - Interviewee
Eva: A-70632018as Narrator (voice)
LA DA Story2018as Self (archive footage)
And the Winner Isn't2017as Self
A StoryBots Christmas2017as Santa
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!2017as Santa
Saving Christmas2017as Rick
The Gliksmans2017as Moshe
All of My Heart: Inn Love2017as Vern
Yamasong: March of the Hollows2017as Elder Pyreez (voice)
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!2017as Arthur (voice)
Joe's War2017as Harry
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man2017as Adult Walter (voice)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy2016as Self
Titanic: Sinking the Myths2016as Wilhelm Müller
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary2016as Corporate Manager
Super Sex2016as George
Getting Ed Laid2016as Ed Randall
Love Meet Hope2016as Mr. James
Love Finds You in Valentine2016as Gabriel Morgan
Behind the Fear2016as Narrator (voice)
A Merry Murdoch Christmas2015as Kris Kringle
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts2015as Self
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration2015as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
The Nutcracker Sweet2015as Owl (voice)
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!2015as Himself
All of My Heart2015as Vern
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas2014as Santa (voice)
Frozen in Time2014as Grandpa (voice)
The Games Maker2014as Nicholas Drago
Audrey2014as Walt
I Know That Voice2014as Self
Christmas on the Bayou2013as Papa Noel
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero2013as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
American Road2013as Walt Whitman
Second Chances2013as Chief Buddy
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist2012as Mr. Carson
Casting By2012as Self
Autism and Cake2012as Fred
Liberator2012as President Whitlock
Foodfight!2012as Mr. Leonard (voice)
Elephant Sighs2012as Leo
Should've Been Romeo2012as Charlie
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl2012as Self
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror2011as Narrator
Identical2011as Yaakov Washington
Too Big to Fail2011as Warren Buffett
Let Go2011as Artie
Absolute Killers2011
Good Men2011as Morty
Not Another B Movie2011as Angry Investor
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 72011as Himself
Hopelessly in June2011as Rabbi
The Desert of Forbidden Art2011as Voice
All Star Superman2011as Perry White (voice)
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison2010
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse2010as Granny Goodness (voice)
Christmas Dreams2009as Jerry
Dug's Special Mission2009as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
Up2009as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist2009as Self
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union2008as Narrator (Voice)
Generation Gap2008as Bart Cahill
Christmas Cottage2008as Sidney
Gigantic2008as Kirby Weathersby
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns2008as Self
Channels2008as Ed Packard
Hard Four2007as Golden Hands Segal
Christmas Is Here Again2007as Krad (voice)
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks2007
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers2007
The Christmas Card2006as Luke Spelman
Crab Orchard2005
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class2005as Narrator
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror2005as Himself
Sir! No Sir!2005as Col. Heinl
Out of the Woods2005as Jack Green
Sleeping Dogs Lie2005as Sheriff Delaney
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004as Self
Elf: Film School for Kids2004as Self
Elf: How they Made the North Pole2004as Self
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell2004as Self
Elf: That's a Wrap2004as Self
Missing Brendan2004as George Calden
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure2003as Uncle Nick
Elf2003as Santa
The Commission2003as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure2003as Narrator (voice)
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay2003as Augie Sinclair
The Man Who Saved Christmas2002as Charles Gilbert
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion2002as Self
Remembering Roots2002as Self
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It2002as Narrator
Pope John XXIII2002as Angelo Roncalli
Gahan Wilson's The Kid2001as Dead Cat
In Search of Peace2001as David Ben Gurion (voice)
The Animal2001as Chief Wilson
Island Prey2001as Jay Roth
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom2000as Self
Becoming Dick2000as Davis Aldrich
Above Suspicion2000as Thomas O'Claire
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000
Perfect Game2000as Billy Hicks
Common Ground2000as Ira
Bring Him Home2000as Geza
Snowden's Christmas1999as Big Daddy (voice)
Olive, the Other Reindeer1999as Santa Claus (voice)
The Bachelor1999as Gluckman
Love and Action in Chicago1999as Taylor
The Sissy Duckling1999as Father Duck (voice)
Our Friend, Martin1999as Mr. Harris (voice)
O' Christmas Tree1999as Nutcracker (voice)
Hard Rain1998as Uncle Charlie
Academy Boyz1997
A Christmas Carol1997as Marley (voice)
The Long Way Home1997as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann1997as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Dog's Best Friend1997as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
Payback1997as Jack Patkanis
The Fumbleheads1997as Charlie Atwater
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade1996as Self
The Story of Santa Claus1996as Santa Claus (voice)
Hanged on a Twisted Cross1996as Narrator
Gone in the Night1996as Det. John Waters
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger1995
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken1995as Hudson (voice)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears1995as Bruno
Gypsy1994as Charles Thompson
Down on the Waterfront1994
Heads1994as Ab Abbot
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993as Self
Earth and the American Dream1992as Reader (voice)
JFK1991as Guy Bannister
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1991as Edward P. Mitchell
Silent Motive1991as Sam
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show1991as Himself
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You1991as Charlie (voice)
Good Cops, Bad Cops1990
Night of 100 Stars III1990as Self
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less1990as Harvey Metcalfe
Happily Ever After1989as Scowl the Owl (voice)
Moon Over Parador1988as Self
A Friendship in Vienna1988as Opah Oskar Reikman
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night1987as Scalawag (voice)
Cracked Up1987as Rev. Vincent Owens
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987as Self
The Christmas Star1986as Horace McNickle
Kate's Secret1986as Dr. Resnick
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho1986as Joshua (voice)
Vital Signs1986as Matthew St James
Darlin' Clementine1986as Lucky Jake
Night of 100 Stars II1985as Self
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday1984as Self
Anatomy of an Illness1984as Norman Cousins
A Case of Libel1983as Robert Sloane
Daniel1983as Jacob Ascher
Koyaanisqatsi1983as Self (archive footage)
Americas in Transition1982as Narrator
Night of 100 Stars1982as Self
O'Hara's Wife1982as Bob O'Hara
The Marva Collins Story1981as Narrator (voice)
A Small Killing1981as Simon Shaber
Fort Apache, the Bronx1981as Connolly
The Family Man1979as Eddie Madden
Mickey's 501978as Self
The Good Doctor1978as Various Roles
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney1978as Self
A Different Approach1978
The Gathering1977as Adam
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish1977as Huey P. Long
Gus1976as Hank Cooper
Hey, I'm Alive1975as Ralph Flores
Death Scream1975as Peter Singleton
The Impersonation Murder Case1975as Dt. Ed Ames
Mitzi & 100 Guys1975as Self
The Impostor1975as Barney West
Twigs1975as Phil
The Wrestler1974as Frank Bass
The Girl Most Likely To...1973as Det. Ralph Varone
Haunts of the Very Rich1972as Al Hunsicker
Sam Cade1972
They Call It Murder1971as Chief Otto Larkin
The Todd Killings1971as Fred Reardon
The Last Child1971as Barstow
Skin Game1971as Plunkett
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf1970as Dr. Morheim
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970as Woody Garfield
Halls of Anger1970as Ernie McKay
House on Greenapple Road1970as Sheriff Muntz
Daughter of the Mind1969as Saul Wiener
Change of Habit1969as Lt. Moretti
Gunn1967as Lt. Jacoby
El Dorado1966as Bart Jason
The Doomsday Flight1966as Feldman
The Venetian Affair1966as Frank Rosenfeld
The Slender Thread1965as Det. Judd Ridley
The Satan Bug1965as Henchman Veretti
Fanfare for a Death Scene1964as Pike
Kid Galahad1962as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
The Murder Men1961as Dave Keller
J-241960
The New Girl1960as Kurt Harden
The Night America Trembled1957as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
The Defender (Studio One)1957as Juror (uncredited)
UnpluggedYear unavailableas Dr. Eaton (voice)
Untitled SAG-AFTRA DocumentaryYear unavailableas Self (archive footage)