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.
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, 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
References
Other websites
1929 births
2021 deaths
Actors from Chicago
Actors from Kansas City, Missouri
American movie actors
American political activists
American stage actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Comedians from Chicago
Comedians from Kansas City, Missouri
Democrats (United States)
Jewish activists
Jewish American actors
Jewish American comedians
Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
University of Chicago alumni
Emmy Award winning actors
Golden Globe Award winning actors