Biography
Ed Asner
Acting
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 Grezia…
Career works
397
Movies
242
Series
155
Career average
6.5/10
Birth date
11/15/1929
Place of birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Date of death
08/29/2021
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Altered Reality
2024 · 5.6
A Fargo Christmas Story
2023
Carl's Date
2023 · 7.4
Being Mary Tyler Moore
2023 · 6.7
Commitment to Life
2023
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2022 · 6.8
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Scarlett
2021
Back Home Again
2021 · 7.0
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021 · 6.4
Senior Entourage
2021 · 2.0
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Captain Daddy
2021
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Blood
2021
Tiger Within
2020
Bury Me in Armor
2020
Series
The Premise
2021 · 6.4
Dug Days
2021 · 7.4
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 · 7.2
Central Park
2020 · 6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.3
Dead to Me
2019 · 7.3
Doom Patrol
2019 · 7.5
Cobra Kai
2018 · 8.2
Ballmastrz: 9009
2018 · 6.6
MacGyver
2016 · 7.3
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · 7.6
Grace and Frankie
2015 · 7.7
Chasing Life
2014 · 7.2
The Crazy Ones
2013 · 6.1
Mom
2013 · 7.3