Ed Asner

Ed Asner

Acting

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

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 know…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Bones

Bones

2005

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Acting(396)

2025The Gettysburg AddressEdward Everett (voice)

2024Altered RealityMike Wilson

2023A Fargo Christmas StoryPopcorn Bud

2023Carl's DateCarl (voice)

2023Being Mary Tyler MooreSelf (voice)

2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)

2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesGrandpa Heffley (voice)

2021ScarlettLou

2021Back Home AgainPeter Lionsbridge (voice)

2021Muppets Haunted MansionGhost of Claude

2021The PremiseMr. Holmes

2021Dug DaysCarl (voice)

2021Senior EntourageEd

2021Captain DaddyGrampa (voice)

2021BloodThe Prophet

2020Tiger WithinSamuel

2020Bury Me in ArmorDimitry George

2020The Holiday Movies That Made UsSelf

2020Rain Beau's EndGunny

2020The Garden Left BehindDr. Cleary

2020Central ParkAmbrose (voice)

2020M.O.M. Mothers of MonstersDr. Howard Arden

2019In VinoCharles

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019Dead to MeAbe Rifkin

2019Faith, Hope & LoveHarry Karetas

2019Doom PatrolHospital Patient

2018OlympiaSelf

2018All of My Heart: The WeddingVern

2018Honor Amongst MenPop Halmo

2018Angels on TapSwifty

2018The Parting GlassTommy

2018Waiting in the Wings: Still WaitingJefferson

2018Cobra KaiSid Weinberg

2018Ed Asner's Oral HistorySelf - Interviewee

2018Ballmastrz: 9009Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

2018Eva: A-7063Narrator (voice)

2018LA DA StorySelf (archive footage)

2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf

2017A StoryBots ChristmasSanta

2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!Santa

2017Saving ChristmasRick

2017The GliksmansMoshe

2017All of My Heart: Inn LoveVern

2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsElder Pyreez (voice)

2017CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!Arthur (voice)

2017Joe's WarHarry

2017Framed: The Adventures of Zion ManAdult Walter (voice)

2016The Best Democracy Money Can BuySelf

2016MacGyverSaul

2016Titanic: Sinking the MythsWilhelm Müller

2016Mary Jane: A Musical PotumentaryCorporate Manager

2016Super SexGeorge

2016Getting Ed LaidEd Randall

2016Love Meet HopeMr. James

2016Love Finds You in ValentineGabriel Morgan

2016Behind the FearNarrator (voice)

2015A Merry Murdoch ChristmasKris Kringle

2015Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the ArtsSelf

2015Mary Tyler Moore: A CelebrationSelf / Lou Grant (archive footage)

2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf

2015The Nutcracker SweetOwl (voice)

2015Grace and FrankieHoward Jay

2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!Himself

2015All of My HeartVern

2014Elf: Buddy's Musical ChristmasSanta (voice)

2014Frozen in TimeGrandpa (voice)

2014The Games MakerNicholas Drago

2014Chasing LifeApril's grandfather

2014I Know That VoiceSelf

2013Christmas on the BayouPapa Noel

2013Saturday Night Live: ThanksgivingMr Wilson

2013The Crazy OnesMr. Finger

2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroBonta / Narrator (voice)

2013American RoadWalt Whitman

2013Second ChancesChief Buddy

2013Teen Titans Go!Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistMr. Carson

2012Casting BySelf

2012Autism and CakeFred

2012LiberatorPresident Whitlock

2012Foodfight!Mr. Leonard (voice)

2012Elephant SighsLeo

2012Men at WorkBob

2012Should've Been RomeoCharlie

2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf

2011The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to HorrorNarrator

2011IdenticalYaakov Washington

2011Too Big to FailWarren Buffett

2011Let GoArtie

2011Absolute Killers

2011Good MenMorty

2011Michael: Tuesdays and ThursdaysDr. Wasserman

2011Not Another B MovieAngry Investor

2011Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7Himself

2011Hopelessly in JuneRabbi

2011The Desert of Forbidden ArtVoice

2011Working ClassHank Greziak

2011All Star SupermanPerry White (voice)

2010Young JusticeKent Nelson (voice)

2010The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

2010Superman/Batman: ApocalypseGranny Goodness (voice)

2010Hawaii Five-0August March

2010Regular ShowSanta Claus (voice)

2010Hot in ClevelandJameson

2009Christmas DreamsJerry

2009Dug's Special MissionCarl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

2009The MiddleBen

2009The Cleveland Show

2009Modern FamilyHerschel

2009The Good WifeGuy Redmayne

2009UpCarl Fredricksen (voice)

2009Up: UpisodesCarl Fredricksen (voice)

2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical HumanistSelf

2008Shatner's Raw NerveSelf

2008Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet UnionNarrator (Voice)

2008Generation GapBart Cahill

2008Christmas CottageSidney

2008GiganticKirby Weathersby

2008Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American CampaignsSelf

2008The Spectacular Spider-ManBen Parker (voice)

2008ChannelsEd Packard

2007Hard FourGolden Hands Segal

2007Christmas Is Here AgainKrad (voice)

2007Andy Barker, P.I.Mickey Doyle

2007From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

2007The Sarah Silverman Program.Commandant Von Reichenstein

2007The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

2006The Christmas CardLuke Spelman

2006Studio 60 on the Sunset StripWilson White

2005The BoondocksEd Wuncler (voice)

2005Crab Orchard

2005BonesRufus Tucker

2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working ClassNarrator

2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on TerrorHimself

2005Spider-Man: The Venom SagaJ. Jonah Jameson

2005Sir! No Sir!Col. Heinl

2005Out of the WoodsJack Green

2005Sleeping Dogs LieSheriff Delaney

2005American Dad!Narrator (voice)

2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelf

2004Elf: Film School for KidsSelf

2004Elf: Tag Along with Will FerrellSelf

2004Elf: How they Made the North PoleSelf

2004Elf: That's a WrapSelf

2004Center of the UniverseArt Barnett

2004Missing BrendanGeorge Calden

2004CSI: NYAbraham Klein

2004Justice League UnlimitedHephaestus (voice)

2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckJ Jonah Jameson

2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureUncle Nick

2003The CommissionCapt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War FailureNarrator (voice)

2003Spider-Man: The New Animated SeriesOfficer Barr (voice)

2003The King and Queen of Moonlight BayAugie Sinclair

2003Daredevil vs. Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelf

2002The Man Who Saved ChristmasCharles Gilbert

2002The Dead ZoneMarty Bracknell

2002The Mary Tyler Moore ReunionSelf

2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain ShowdownJ. Jonah Jameson

2002Remembering RootsSelf

2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight ItNarrator

2002Pope John XXIIIAngelo Roncalli

2002Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIIIJean XXIII

2001Gahan Wilson's The KidDead Cat

2001In Search of PeaceDavid Ben Gurion (voice)

2001The AnimalChief Wilson

2001Island PreyJay Roth

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmMr. Weiner

2000Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts BlossomSelf

2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandFixer (voice)

2000Becoming DickDavis Aldrich

2000The Huntress

2000Above SuspicionThomas O'Claire

2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000Perfect GameBilly Hicks

2000Max SteelChuck Marshak (voice)

2000Common GroundIra

2000Bring Him HomeGeza

1999Snowden's ChristmasBig Daddy (voice)

1999Olive, the Other ReindeerSanta Claus (voice)

1999The BachelorGluckman

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMartin Schultz

1999Love and Action in ChicagoTaylor

1999The Sissy DucklingFather Duck (voice)

1999Family GuySteve Bellows (voice)

1999Our Friend, MartinMr. Harris (voice)

1999O' Christmas TreeNutcracker (voice)

1998Maggie Winters

1998The Wild ThornberrysFrank Hunter (voice)

1998HerculesMentor (voice)

1998More Tales of the CityJack Lederer

1998Hard RainUncle Charlie

1997A Christmas CarolMarley (voice)

1997Academy Boyz

1997Dharma & GregEarl Tucker

1997The Long Way HomeGeorge Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

1997Johnny Bravo

1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannDr. Robert Servatius (voice)

1997The Angry Beavers

1997Dog's Best FriendJeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

1997The PracticeJudge Matlin Pratt

1997PaybackJack Patkanis

1997King of the HillStinky (voice)

1997The FumbleheadsCharlie Atwater

1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas ParadeSelf

1996The Story of Santa ClausSanta Claus (voice)

1996Bruno the KidThe Engineer (voice)

1996Superman: The Animated SeriesGranny Goodness (voice)

1996The Real Adventures of Jonny QuestVon Romme (voice)

1996E! True Hollywood Story

1996Arli$$Lenny Crowley

1996Hanged on a Twisted CrossNarrator

1996Gone in the NightDet. John Waters

1995Dumb and DumberGeneral / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)

1995Freakazoid!Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes AwakenHudson (voice)

1995Goldilocks and the Three BearsBruno

1994Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

1994GargoylesHudson (voice)

1994GypsyCharles Thompson

1994Touched by an AngelBud

1994ERJames McNulty

1994The Magic School BusGen. Aranius (voice)

1994Down on the Waterfront

1994Thunder AlleyGil Jones

1994DuckmanMort Sidelman (voice)

1994HeadsAb Abbot

1993Intimate PortraitSelf

1993AnimaniacsVern (voice)

1993The X-FilesMaurice

1993Politically Incorrect

1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf

1992Earth and the American DreamReader (voice)

1992Mad About YouZigmund Klarik

1992Hearts AfireGeorge Lahti

1992Batman: The Animated SeriesRoland Daggett (voice)

1992Cruel DoubtBill Osteen

1992Fish PoliceChief Abalone (voice)

1991JFKGuy Bannister

1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa ClausEdward P. Mitchell

1991Silent MotiveSam

1991Switched at BirthTed Marx

1991DinosaursEvil Georgie (voice)

1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary ShowHimself

1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To YouCharlie (voice)

1990Good Cops, Bad Cops

1990The Trials of Rosie O'NeillWalter Kovacs

1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersHoggish Greedly (voice)

1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf

1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny LessHarvey Metcalfe

1989The SimpsonsEditor (voice)

1989Happily Ever AfterScowl the Owl (voice)

1988Moon Over ParadorSelf

1988A Friendship in ViennaOpah Oskar Reikman

1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightScalawag (voice)

1987The RKO Story: Tales From HollywoodSelf - Presenter

1987Cracked UpRev. Vincent Owens

1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf

1987The Bronx Zoo

1986The Christmas StarHorace McNickle

1986Kate's SecretDr. Resnick

1986Joshua and the Battle of JerichoJoshua (voice)

1986Vital SignsMatthew St James

1986Darlin' ClementineLucky Jake

1985Tall Tales & LegendsLucky Jake

1985Tender Is the NightDevereux Warren

1985Off the RackSam Waltman

1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf

1984Donald Duck's 50th BirthdaySelf

1984Highway to Heaven

1984Anatomy of an IllnessNorman Cousins

1983A Case of LibelRobert Sloane

1983DanielJacob Ascher

1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)

1983KoyaanisqatsiSelf (archive footage)

1982Americas in TransitionNarrator

1982Night of 100 StarsSelf

1982American PlayhouseRobert Sloane

1982O'Hara's WifeBob O'Hara

1981The Marva Collins StoryNarrator (voice)

1981A Small KillingSimon Shaber

1981Fort Apache, the BronxConnolly

1979The Family ManEddie Madden

1978The White ShadowEdward Asner (uncredited)

1978Mickey's 50Self

1978The Good DoctorVarious Roles

1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of DisneySelf

1978A Different Approach

1977The GatheringAdam

1977Lou GrantLou Grant

1977The Life and Assassination of the KingfishHuey P. Long

1977RootsThomas Davies

1976GusHank Cooper

1976Rich Man, Poor ManAxel Jordache

1975Hey, I'm AliveRalph Flores

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1975Death ScreamPeter Singleton

1975The Impersonation Murder CaseDt. Ed Ames

1975Mitzi & 100 GuysSelf

1975The ImpostorBarney West

1974The WrestlerFrank Bass

1973The Girl Most Likely To...Det. Ralph Varone

1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf

1973Match GameSelf

1973Police Story

1972Haunts of the Very RichAl Hunsicker

1971They Call It MurderChief Otto Larkin

1971The Todd KillingsFred Reardon

1971The Last ChildBarstow

1971Skin GamePlunkett

1971Great Performances

1970The Old Man Who Cried WolfDr. Morheim

1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowLou Grant

1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf

1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!Woody Garfield

1970Halls of AngerErnie McKay

1970House on Greenapple RoadSheriff Muntz

1969Daughter of the MindSaul Wiener

1969Change of HabitLt. Moretti

1969Medical Center

1968The Mod Squad

1968Hawaii Five-OAugust March

1968The Name of the GameCesare Marino

1967GunnLt. Jacoby

1967IronsideMarlon Davis

1967The InvadersTaugus

1966El DoradoBart Jason

1966The Doomsday FlightFeldman

1966CBS PlayhouseNat Congdon

1966The Venetian AffairFrank Rosenfeld

1966Mission: ImpossibleGeorge Simpson

1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.George Kramer

1966Felony Squad

1966The Rat PatrolCaptain Friedrich

1965The Slender ThreadDet. Judd Ridley

1965The F.B.I.John Carl Brock

1965The Wild Wild WestFurman Crotty

1965Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965Run for Your LifeCarl Cappi

1965The Satan BugHenchman Veretti

1964Profiles in CourageOliver E. Wells

1964Slattery's PeopleFrank Radcliff

1964Fanfare for a Death ScenePike

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963Mr. NovakHarmon Stern

1963Burke's LawPablo Vasquez

1963The FugitiveRoy Malinek

1963The Outer LimitsDetective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

1963The Lieutenant

1962Kid GalahadAssistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

1962The Eleventh Hour

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962Stoney BurkeKapp

1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf

1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourJack Stander

1962The VirginianGeorge Johnson

1962Sam BenedictDr. Everett Colner

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1961Target: The Corruptors!

1961Dr. KildareDr. Frank Williams

1961Cain's HundredDave Keller

1961The DefendersTim Sellers

1961The Murder MenDave Keller

1960The New GirlKurt Harden

1959The UntouchablesFedor Bartok

1958Naked CityLt. Vincent Busti

1957DecoySergeant

1957The Night America Trembled3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

1957The Defender (Studio One)Juror (uncredited)

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWarden Bragan

1955GunsmokeSgt. Wilks

1953The OscarsCarl Fredricksen (voice)

1949The Emmy AwardsSelf

1948Studio OneActor #3

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

A Man and His Prostate

Untitled SAG-AFTRA DocumentarySelf (archive footage)

UnpluggedDr. Eaton (voice)

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