Ed Asner
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-11-15 in 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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Editor (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Martin Schultz
Family Guy
as Steve Bellows (voice)
Bones
as Rufus Tucker
The X-Files
as Maurice
American Dad!
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
American Dad!
as Narrator (voice)
American Dad!
as Mailbox #2 (voice)
American Dad!
as Grandpa Smith (voice)
Modern Family
as Herschel
Hawaii Five-0
as August March
Regular Show
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Good Wife
as Guy Redmayne
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
King of the Hill
as Stinky (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host