Ed Asner
Born
1929-11-15
Place of birth
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.
Known for
Up
Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Soul
22 "I could sound like this if I wanted to" (voice) (uncredited)
The Simpsons
Editor (voice)
Cobra Kai
Sid Weinberg
Family Guy
Steve Bellows (voice)
Elf
Santa
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Martin Schultz
The X-Files
Maurice
Bones
Rufus Tucker
Modern Family
Herschel
JFK
Guy Bannister
American Dad!
Narrator (voice)
American Dad!
TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
American Dad!
Mailbox #2 (voice)
American Dad!
Grandpa Smith (voice)