Personal Info
Birthday
November 15, 1929
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (368)
No Backdrop
0.0
The Gettysburg Address
Movie2025
5.9
Altered Reality
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
A Fargo Christmas Story
Movie2023
7.4
Carl's Date
Movie2023
6.6
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Movie2023
0.0
Commitment to Life
Movie2023
6.8
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Movie2022
7.0
Back Home Again
Movie2021
6.4
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Movie2021
6.4
The Premise
TV Series2021
7.4
Dug Days
TV Series2021
2.0
Senior Entourage
Movie2021
0.0
Tiger Within
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Bury Me in Armor
Movie2020
8.5
SEVEN
Movie2020
7.2
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV Series2020
2.8
Rain Beau's End
Movie2020
5.2
The Garden Left Behind
Movie2020
6.3
Central Park
TV Series2020
6.0
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
Movie2020
5.9
In Vino
Movie2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV Series2019
7.3
Dead to Me
TV Series2019
7.5
Faith, Hope & Love
Movie2019
7.5
Doom Patrol
TV Series2019
No Backdrop
8.0
Olympia
Movie2018
7.4
All of My Heart: The Wedding
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
Honor Amongst Men
Movie2018
No Backdrop
5.0
Angels on Tap
Movie2018
5.4
The Parting Glass
Movie2018
1.0
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie2018
8.2
Cobra Kai
TV Series2018
6.6
Ballmastrz: 9009
TV Series2018
0.0
Eva: A-7063
Movie2018
No Backdrop
10.0
LA DA Story
Movie2018
6.3
And the Winner Isn't
Movie2017
5.5
A StoryBots Christmas
Movie2017
4.9
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
Movie2017
4.9
Saving Christmas
Movie2017
0.0
The Gliksmans
Movie2017
6.9
All of My Heart: Inn Love
Movie2017
3.6
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Movie2017
3.9
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
Movie2017
2.7
Joe's War
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
Movie2017
7.2
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Movie2016
7.3
MacGyver
TV Series2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
Movie2016
No Backdrop
5.8
Super Sex
Movie2016
2.8
Getting Ed Laid
Movie2016
7.0
Love Meet Hope
Movie2016
6.4
Love Finds You in Valentine
Movie2016
7.6
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
Movie2015
0.0
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
Movie2015
No Backdrop
10.0
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Movie2015
7.6
Celebrity Family Feud
TV Series2015
4.6
The Nutcracker Sweet
Movie2015
7.7
Grace and Frankie
TV Series2015
5.0
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Movie2015
6.9
All of My Heart
Movie2015
5.3
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Movie2014
4.4
Frozen in Time
Movie2014
5.4
The Games Maker
Movie2014
7.2
Chasing Life
TV Series2014
1.0
Audrey
Movie2014
7.1
I Know That Voice
Movie2014
6.1
Christmas on the Bayou
Movie2013
7.7
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
Movie2013
6.1
The Crazy Ones
TV Series2013
7.3
Mom
TV Series2013
2.8
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Movie2013
6.2
Second Chances
Movie2013
6.4
Teen Titans Go!
TV Series2013
5.1
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Movie2012
6.9
Casting By
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Autism and Cake
Movie2012
1.9
Foodfight!
Movie2012
No Backdrop
2.3
Elephant Sighs
Movie2012
6.6
Men at Work
TV Series2012
No Backdrop
4.3
Should've Been Romeo
Movie2012
No Backdrop
4.0
Identical
Movie2011
6.9
Too Big to Fail
Movie2011
4.9
Let Go
Movie2011
No Backdrop
1.0
Absolute Killers
Movie2011
No Backdrop
0.0
Good Men
Movie2011
No Backdrop
4.8
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
4.8
Not Another B Movie
Movie2011
No Backdrop
8.0
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
Movie2011
5.0
Hopelessly in June
Movie2011
4.7
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Movie2011
5.0
Working Class
TV Series2011
6.9
All Star Superman
Movie2011
8.4
Young Justice
TV Series2010
7.2
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Movie2010
7.7
Hawaii Five-0
TV Series2010
8.6
Regular Show
TV Series2010
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
TV Series2010
No Backdrop
0.0
Christmas Dreams
Movie2009
7.0
Dug's Special Mission
Movie2009
7.6
The Middle
TV Series2009
5.9
The Cleveland Show
TV Series2009
7.9
Modern Family
TV Series2009
7.6
The Good Wife
TV Series2009
8.0
Up
Movie2009
0.0
Up: Upisodes
TV Series2009
No Backdrop
0.0
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Movie2009
4.0
Shatner's Raw Nerve
TV Series2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
Movie2008
7.2
Generation Gap
Movie2008
6.3
Christmas Cottage
Movie2008
5.6
Gigantic
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
Movie2008
8.6
The Spectacular Spider-Man
TV Series2008
No Backdrop
3.0
Channels
Movie2008
No Backdrop
4.9
Hard Four
Movie2007
4.3
Christmas Is Here Again
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.3
Andy Barker, P.I.
TV Series2007
6.2
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TV Series2007
6.2
The Christmas Card
Movie2006
7.4
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV Series2006
8.3
The Boondocks
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
9.0
Crab Orchard
Movie2005
8.2
Bones
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
4.5
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
Movie2005
7.0
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
Movie2005
6.8
Sir! No Sir!
Movie2005
5.7
Out of the Woods
Movie2005
7.0
American Dad!
TV Series2005
No Backdrop
6.0
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Elf: Film School for Kids
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Movie2004
No Backdrop
0.0
Elf: That's a Wrap
Movie2004
7.7
Center of the Universe
TV Series2004
5.5
Missing Brendan
Movie2004
7.3
CSI: NY
TV Series2004
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
7.0
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
Movie2004
4.0
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Movie2003
6.7
Elf
Movie2003
No Backdrop
4.5
The Commission
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
Movie2003
7.2
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
TV Series2003
5.9
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Movie2003
7.5
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
Movie2003
9.4
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.2
The Man Who Saved Christmas
Movie2002
7.5
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
Movie2002
7.3
The Dead Zone
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
7.5
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Remembering Roots
Movie2002
No Backdrop
7.5
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Movie2002
No Backdrop
6.9
Pope John XXIII
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII
Movie2002
5.0
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Movie2001
No Backdrop
7.0
In Search of Peace
Movie2001
5.1
The Animal
Movie2001
4.8
Island Prey
Movie2001
8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV Series2000
6.5
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TV Series2000
No Backdrop
4.0
Becoming Dick
Movie2000
5.6
The Huntress
TV Series2000
5.8
Above Suspicion
Movie2000
9.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Movie2000
7.0
Perfect Game
Movie2000
8.2
Max Steel
TV Series2000
5.0
Common Ground
Movie2000
7.7
Bring Him Home
Movie2000
No Backdrop
0.0
Snowden's Christmas
Movie1999
6.7
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Movie1999
5.2
The Bachelor
Movie1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV Series1999
4.9
Love and Action in Chicago
Movie1999
5.1
The Sissy Duckling
Movie1999
7.4
Family Guy
TV Series1999
7.1
Our Friend, Martin
Movie1999
5.4
O' Christmas Tree
Movie1999
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
TV Series1998
6.9
Hercules
TV Series1998
7.3
More Tales of the City
TV Series1998
5.9
Hard Rain
Movie1998
6.5
A Christmas Carol
Movie1997
6.4
Dharma & Greg
TV Series1997
7.1
The Long Way Home
Movie1997
7.3
Johnny Bravo
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
5.6
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Movie1997
7.0
The Angry Beavers
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
3.0
Dog's Best Friend
Movie1997
7.7
The Practice
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
6.8
Payback
Movie1997
7.4
King of the Hill
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
5.5
The Fumbleheads
Movie1997
No Backdrop
10.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie1996
6.6
The Story of Santa Claus
Movie1996
6.8
Bruno the Kid
TV Series1996
7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
TV Series1996
7.2
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
TV Series1996
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
6.8
Arli$$
TV Series1996
6.5
Gone in the Night
Movie1996
5.8
Dumb and Dumber
TV Series1995
7.8
Freakazoid!
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
8.7
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
Movie1995
7.0
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Movie1995
No Backdrop
6.0
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie1995
8.3
Spider-Man
TV Series1994
8.1
Gargoyles
TV Series1994
6.3
Gypsy
Movie1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
TV Series1994
7.8
ER
TV Series1994
7.7
The Magic School Bus
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
6.5
Down on the Waterfront
Movie1994
9.0
Thunder Alley
TV Series1994
7.2
Duckman
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
3.0
Heads
Movie1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
TV Series1993
8.0
Animaniacs
TV Series1993
8.4
The X-Files
TV Series1993
5.9
Politically Incorrect
TV Series1993
5.8
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie1993
No Backdrop
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
Movie1992
6.7
Mad About You
TV Series1992
7.8
Hearts Afire
TV Series1992
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
4.8
Cruel Doubt
TV Series1992
5.7
Fish Police
TV Series1992
7.6
JFK
Movie1991
7.0
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Movie1991
No Backdrop
4.5
Silent Motive
Movie1991
No Backdrop
7.0
Switched at Birth
TV Series1991
7.8
Dinosaurs
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
7.0
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
Movie1991
No Backdrop
9.0
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
Movie1991
No Backdrop
4.2
Good Cops, Bad Cops
Movie1990
5.8
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV Series1990
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie1990
8.0
The Simpsons
TV Series1989
5.9
Happily Ever After
Movie1989
6.8
Roseanne
TV Series1988
5.9
Moon Over Parador
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.3
A Friendship in Vienna
Movie1988
5.6
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Movie1987
9.0
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie1987
6.5
The Bronx Zoo
TV Series1987
5.6
The Christmas Star
Movie1986
6.3
Kate's Secret
Movie1986
No Backdrop
8.2
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
Darlin' Clementine
Movie1986
No Backdrop
6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
6.3
Tender Is the Night
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
6.0
Off the Rack
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie1985
6.7
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Movie1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
7.0
Anatomy of an Illness
Movie1984
No Backdrop
4.5
A Case of Libel
Movie1983
6.6
Daniel
Movie1983
8.3
Reading Rainbow
TV Series1983
7.9
Koyaanisqatsi
Movie1983
No Backdrop
7.0
Americas in Transition
Movie1982
No Backdrop
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
Movie1982
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
5.7
O'Hara's Wife
Movie1982
7.4
The Marva Collins Story
Movie1981
No Backdrop
8.5
A Small Killing
Movie1981
6.5
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Movie1981
No Backdrop
8.0
The Family Man
Movie1979
7.1
The White Shadow
TV Series1978
9.0
Mickey's 50
Movie1978
No Backdrop
0.5
The Good Doctor
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Movie1978
No Backdrop
6.5
A Different Approach
Movie1978
4.8
The Gathering
Movie1977
7.3
Lou Grant
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
7.0
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
Movie1977
7.4
Roots
TV Series1977
6.0
Gus
Movie1976
7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
6.7
Hey, I'm Alive
Movie1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
6.6
Death Scream
Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0
The Impersonation Murder Case
Movie1975
No Backdrop
2.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.5
The Impostor
Movie1975
No Backdrop
0.0
Twigs
Movie1975
7.0
Dinah!
TV Series1974
6.3
Rhoda
TV Series1974
5.0
The Wrestler
Movie1974
6.6
The Girl Most Likely To...
Movie1973
No Backdrop
5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV Series1973
7.9
Match Game
TV Series1973
7.0
Police Story
TV Series1973
5.5
Haunts of the Very Rich
Movie1972
0.0
Sam Cade
Movie1972
No Backdrop
6.3
They Call It Murder
Movie1971
4.6
The Todd Killings
Movie1971
7.3
The Last Child
Movie1971
6.6
Skin Game
Movie1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.8
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie1970
7.6
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV Series1970
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
TV Series1970
5.9
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Movie1970
5.3
Halls of Anger
Movie1970
7.4
House on Greenapple Road
Movie1970
6.7
Daughter of the Mind
Movie1969
5.4
Change of Habit
Movie1969
6.4
Medical Center
TV Series1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
TV Series1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
TV Series1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
TV Series1968
5.6
Gunn
Movie1967
6.9
Ironside
TV Series1967
6.9
The Invaders
TV Series1967
7.4
El Dorado
Movie1966
6.5
The Doomsday Flight
Movie1966
4.9
The Venetian Affair
Movie1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
TV Series1966
6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV Series1966
No Backdrop
6.5
Felony Squad
TV Series1966
7.1
The Rat Patrol
TV Series1966
7.1
The Slender Thread
Movie1965
5.6
The F.B.I.
TV Series1965
7.6
The Wild Wild West
TV Series1965
6.8
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV Series1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
TV Series1965
6.1
The Satan Bug
Movie1965
No Backdrop
7.0
Slattery's People
TV Series1964
7.0
Fanfare for a Death Scene
Movie1964
No Backdrop
7.3
Mr. Novak
TV Series1963
6.3
Burke's Law
TV Series1963
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
TV Series1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
TV Series1963
6.1
Kid Galahad
Movie1962
6.7
The Eleventh Hour
TV Series1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
6.8
Stoney Burke
TV Series1962
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
6.7
Sam Benedict
TV Series1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
TV Series1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
TV Series1961
5.3
Cain's Hundred
TV Series1961
6.3
The Defenders
TV Series1961
10.0
The Murder Men
Movie1961
6.7
Route 66
TV Series1960
6.7
Outlaws
TV Series1960
No Backdrop
0.0
J-24
Movie1960
8.0
The Untouchables
TV Series1959
5.7
Naked City
TV Series1958
6.7
Decoy
TV Series1957
No Backdrop
7.5
The Night America Trembled
Movie1957
6.1
The Defender (Studio One)
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV Series1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
TV Series1955
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953
No Backdrop
6.3
Omnibus
TV Series1952
7.9
The Emmy Awards
TV Series1949
5.4
Studio One
TV Series1948
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
TV Series1944
No Backdrop
0.0
A Man and His Prostate
MovieN/A
No Backdrop
0.0
Unplugged
MovieN/A