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Ed Asner

Acting

Born November 15, 1929 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died August 29, 2021

Also known as Eddie Asner · 愛德華·阿斯納 · エド・アズナー

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1992
  • Eugene V. Debs Award · 1987
  • Paul Robeson Award · 1982
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Drama · 1980
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 1980
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  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Drama · 1978
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 1978
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 1977
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 1976
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 1976
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1975
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film · 1972
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1972
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1971
  • Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award
  • Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Filmography50+ titles

Crab Orchard

2005

SEVEN

2020

Regular Show

2010as Santa Claus (voice)

The Spectacular Spider-Man

2008as Ben Parker (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Roland Daggett (voice)

Young Justice

2010as Kent Nelson (voice)

The X-Files

1993as Maurice

Justice League Unlimited

2004as Hephaestus (voice)

Spider-Man

1994as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Reading Rainbow

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

Cobra Kai

2018as Sid Weinberg

Bones

2005as Rufus Tucker

The Boondocks

2005as Ed Wuncler (voice)

Soul

2020as 22 "I could sound like this if I wanted to" (voice) (uncredited)

Gargoyles

1994as Hudson (voice)

Olympia

2018as Self

Up

2009as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Mr. Weiner

Animaniacs

1993as Vern (voice)

The Simpsons

1989as Editor (voice)

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

Modern Family

2009as Herschel

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Martin Schultz

Koyaanisqatsi

1982as Self (archive footage)

Match Game

as Self

Freakazoid!

1995as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

ER

1994as James McNulty

Dinosaurs

1991as Evil Georgie (voice)

The Outer Limits

1963as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Jack Stander

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Warden Bragan

Hearts Afire

as George Lahti

Grace and Frankie

2015as Howard Jay

Hawaii Five-0

2010as August March

The Practice

1997as Judge Marcus Winnaker

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Granny Goodness (voice)

The Magic School Bus

1994as Gen. Aranius (voice)

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015as Kris Kringle

The Middle

2009as Ben

The Good Wife

2009as Guy Redmayne

JFK

1991as Guy Bannister

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Lou Grant

Mission: Impossible

1966as George Simpson

The Wild Wild West

1965as Furman Crotty

Doom Patrol

2019as Hospital Patient

Faith, Hope & Love

2019as Harry Karetas

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

2002as Narrator

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Defender (Studio One)

1957as Juror (uncredited)

Carl's Date

2023as Carl (voice)