Ed Asner
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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1929-11-15 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- 2021-08-29
Known for
- Up (2009) — Carl Fredricksen (voice)
- The Simpsons (1989) — Editor (voice)
- Cobra Kai (2018) — Sid Weinberg
- Family Guy (1999) — Steve Bellows (voice)
- Elf (2003) — Santa
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Martin Schultz
- The X-Files (1993) — Maurice
- Bones (2005) — Rufus Tucker
- Modern Family (2009) — Herschel
- JFK (1991) — Guy Bannister
- American Dad! (2005) — Narrator (voice)
- Regular Show (2010) — Santa Claus (voice)
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992) — Roland Daggett (voice)
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — August March
- Doom Patrol (2019) — Hospital Patient
- The Animal (2001) — Chief Wilson