Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

15/11/1929

Day of Death

29/08/2021
(92) years old

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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 se... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Edward Everett (voice)

2023

Carl's Date

as Carl (voice)

2023

Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

2021

Back Home Again

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Claude

2020

Tiger Within

as Samuel

2016

Getting Ed Laid

as Ed Randall

2011

Too Big to Fail

as Warren Buffett

2011

Hopelessly in June

as Rabbi

2011

All Star Superman

as Perry White (voice)

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

as Granny Goodness (voice)

2009

Up

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

2008

Christmas Cottage

as Sidney

2008

Gigantic

as Kirby Weathersby

2007

Hard Four

as Golden Hands Segal

2007

Christmas Is Here Again

as Krad (voice)

2006

The Christmas Card

as Luke Spelman

2005

Sir! No Sir!

as Col. Heinl

2005

Out of the Woods

as Jack Green

2005

Sleeping Dogs Lie

as Sheriff Delaney

2003

Elf

as Santa

2002

The Man Who Saved Christmas

as Charles Gilbert

2002

Pope John XXIII

as Angelo Roncalli

2001

The Animal

as Chief Wilson

1999

Olive, the Other Reindeer

as Santa Claus (voice)

1999

The Bachelor

as Gluckman

1999

O' Christmas Tree

as Nutcracker (voice)

1998

Hard Rain

as Uncle Charlie

1997

A Christmas Carol

as Marley (voice)

1997

The Long Way Home

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David...

1993

Gypsy

as Charles Thompson

1991

JFK

as Guy Bannister

1986

The Christmas Star

as Horace McNickle

1983

Daniel

as Jacob Ascher

1981

Fort Apache, the Bronx

as Connolly

1976

Gus

as Hank Cooper

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

1973

The Girl Most Likely To...

as Det. Ralph Varone

1971

Skin Game

as Plunkett

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Woody Garfield

1970

Halls of Anger

as Ernie McKay

1969

Daughter of the Mind

as Saul Wiener

1969

Change of Habit

as Lt. Moretti

1967

Gunn

as Lt. Jacoby

1967

The Venetian Affair

as Frank Rosenfeld

1966

El Dorado

as Bart Jason

1965

The Slender Thread

as Det. Judd Ridley

1965

The Satan Bug

as Henchman Veretti

2024

Altered Reality

as Mike Wilson

2023

A Fargo Christmas Story

as Popcorn Bud

2022

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

2021

Captain Daddy

as Grampa (voice)

2021

Blood

as The Prophet

2020

Soul

as 22 "I could sound like this if I wanted ...

2020

Bury Me in Armor

as Dimitry George

2020

SEVEN

2020

Rain Beau's End

as Gunny

2020

The Garden Left Behind

as Dr. Cleary

2020

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

as Dr. Howard Arden

2019

In Vino

as Charles

2019

Faith, Hope & Love

as Harry Karetas

2018

Olympia

as Himself

2018

Honor Amongst Men

as Pop Halmo

2018

Angels on Tap

as Swifty

2018

The Parting Glass

as Tommy

2018

Ed Asner's Oral History

as Self - Interviewee

2018

Eva: A-7063

as Narrator (voice)

2018

LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Saving Christmas

as Rick

2017

The Gliksmans

as Moshe

2017

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

2017

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

as Arthur (voice)

2017

Joe's War

as Harry

2017

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

as Adult Walter (voice)

2016

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

as Wilhelm Müller

2016

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

as Corporate Manager

2016

Super Sex

as George

2016

Love Meet Hope

as Mr. James

2016

Love Finds You in Valentine

as Gabriel Morgan

2016

Behind the Fear

as Narrator (voice)

2015

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

as Kris Kringle

2015

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

2015

The Nutcracker Sweet

as Owl (voice)

2015

All of My Heart

as Vern

2014

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

as Santa (voice)

2014

Frozen in Time

as Grandpa (voice)

2014

The Games Maker

as Nicholas Drago

2014

Audrey

as Walt

2013

Christmas on the Bayou

as Papa Noel

2013

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Bonta / Narrator (voice)

2013

American Road

as Walt Whitman

2013

Second Chances

as Chief Buddy

2012

Casting By

as Self

2012

Autism and Cake

as Fred

2012

Liberator

as President Whitlock

2012

Foodfight!

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

2012

Elephant Sighs

as Leo

2012

Should've Been Romeo

as Charlie

2011

Identical

as Yaakov Washington

2011

Let Go

as Artie

2011

Good Men

as Morty

2011

Not Another B Movie

as Angry Investor

2009

Christmas Dreams

as Jerry

2009

Dug's Special Mission

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

2008

Generation Gap

as Bart Cahill

2008

Channels

as Ed Packard

2005

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

as J. Jonah Jameson

2004

Missing Brendan

as George Calden

2004

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as J Jonah Jameson

2003

The Commission

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

2003

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2001

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

as Dead Cat

2001

In Search of Peace

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

2001

Island Prey

as Jay Roth

2000

Becoming Dick

as Davis Aldrich

2000

Above Suspicion

as Thomas O'Claire

2000

Perfect Game

as Billy Hicks

2000

Common Ground

as Ira

2000

Bring Him Home

as Geza

1999

Snowden's Christmas

as Big Daddy (voice)

1999

The Sissy Duckling

as Father Duck (voice)

1999

Our Friend, Martin

as Mr. Harris (voice)

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

1997

Dog's Best Friend

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

1997

Payback

as Jack Patkanis

1997

The Fumbleheads

as Charlie Atwater

1996

The Story of Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

1996

Gone in the Night

as Det. John Waters

1994

Heads

as Ab Abbot

1992

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

1991

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Edward P. Mitchell

1991

Silent Motive

as Sam

1989

Happily Ever After

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

1988

A Friendship in Vienna

as Opah Oskar Reikman

1987

Cracked Up

as Rev. Vincent Owens

1986

Kate's Secret

as Dr. Resnick

1986

Vital Signs

as Matthew St James

1986

Darlin' Clementine

as Lucky Jake

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

as Norman Cousins

1983

A Case of Libel

as Robert Sloane

1982

Americas in Transition

as Narrator

1982

O'Hara's Wife

as Bob O'Hara

1981

The Marva Collins Story

as Narrator (voice)

1981

A Small Killing

as Simon Shaber

1979

The Family Man

as Eddie Madden

1978

Mickey's 50

as Self

1978

The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

1977

The Gathering

as Adam

1975

Hey, I'm Alive

as Ralph Flores

1975

Death Scream

as Peter Singleton

1975

The Impostor

as Barney West

1975

Twigs

as Phil

1974

The Wrestler

as Frank Bass

1972

Haunts of the Very Rich

as Al Hunsicker

1971

They Call It Murder

as Chief Otto Larkin

1971

The Todd Killings

as Fred Reardon

1971

The Last Child

as Barstow

1970

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

as Dr. Morheim

1970

House on Greenapple Road

as Sheriff Muntz

1966

The Doomsday Flight

as Feldman

1962

Kid Galahad

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson...

1961

The Murder Men

as Dave Keller

1960

J-24

1960

The New Girl

as Kurt Harden

1957

The Night America Trembled

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

1957

The Defender (Studio One)

as Juror (uncredited)

Crew

2021

Back Home Again

as In Memory Of

2021

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as In Memory Of

2011

Let Go

as Executive Producer

1997

Payback

as Executive Producer