Ed Asner

Eddie Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), better known as Ed Asner, was an American actor, voice artist and former president of the Screen Actors Guild.www.filmreference.com

as the voice of titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur, Diamantinasaurus.

Early life
Asner was born Eddie Asner in Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 1929.

He was the president of Screen Actors Guild.

He was best known for his Emmy Award winning role Lou Grant on both the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant. In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar movie Up. In 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable CMT. He is currently starring in a Canadian television series Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on CBC Television. Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri,Edward Asner Biography (1929-2021) but was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Asner was married to Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988; they have four children. He married Cindy Gilmore from 1998 to 2007.  California Governor Gavin Newsom is his nephew by marriage. 

Asner died of natural causes on August 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 91.

Filmography
Animated roles
 American Dad! - Great-Grandpa Smith, Red Mailbox
 Animaniacs - Vern Bear
 Batman: The Animated Series - Roland Daggett
 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command - Fixer
 Captain Planet and the Planeteers - Don Porkaloin, Hoggish Greedly
 Dinosaurs - Georgie (evil voice)
 Dug Days - Carl Fredricksen
 Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas - Santa Claus
 Family Guy - Steve Bellows
 Fish Police - Chief Abalone
 Freakazoid! - Sgt. Mike Cosgrove
 Gargoyles - Burbank, Hudson
 Regular Show - Santa Claus
 Sonic the Hedgehog - Cat
 Spider-Man: The Animated Series - J. Jonah Jameson
 SpongeBob SquarePants - Angry Old Timer
 Teamo Supermo - Mr. Large
 The Boondocks - Ed Wuncler
 The Cleveland Show - Carl Fredricksen, Narrator, Storyteller, The Daily Splash Editor
 The Magic School Bus - General
 The Simpsons - Editor
 The Wild Thornberrys - Frank Hunter

Film roles
 Carl's Date - Carl Fredricksen
 Elf - Santa Claus
 Happily N'Ever After - Scowl the Owl
 Olive, the Other Reindeer - Santa Claus
 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night - Scalawag the Raccoon
 Up - Carl Fredricksen

Video game roles
 X-Men Legends - Healer

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