Ed Asner

Born: 1929-11-15, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Died: 2021-08-29

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.

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Family Guy (1999)
• American Dad! (2005)
• Teen Titans Go! (2013)
• Modern Family (2009)
• Regular Show (2010)
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
• The X-Files (1993)
• King of the Hill (1997)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• The Middle (2009)
• Ironside (1967)
• CSI: NY (2004)
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
• Great Performances (1971)
• Hawaii Five-O (1969)
• Mom (2013)
• Cobra Kai (2018)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
• Dr. Kildare (1961)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
• The Wild Wild West (1965)
• Mad About You (1992)
• The Cleveland Show (2009)
• Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
• Hot in Cleveland (2010)
• Lou Grant (1977)
• The Virginian (1962)