Actor

Ed Asner

1957–present1929–2021DramaComedyDocumentary

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

234 acting credits

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

2009

as Guy Bannister

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as Guy Bannister

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Filmography

2025The Gettysburg AddressEdward Everett (voice)2024Altered RealityMike Wilson5.9 2023Carl's DateCarl (voice)7.4 2023Being Mary Tyler MooreSelf (voice)6.6 2023A Fargo Christmas StoryPopcorn Bud 2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)

About

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.

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