Ed Asner
Biography
Movies 243
Up
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
Elf
as Santa
2003
JFK
as Guy Bannister
1991
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
as Mr. Carson
2012
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Grandpa (voice)
2022
El Dorado
as Bart Jason
1966
Carl's Date
as Carl (voice)
2023
Hard Rain
as Uncle Charlie
1998
The Animal
as Chief Wilson
2001
The Bachelor
as Gluckman
1999
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
as Granny Goodness (voice)
2010
Koyaanisqatsi
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Too Big to Fail
as Warren Buffett
2011
Dug's Special Mission
as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
as Uncle Nick
2003
Muppets Haunted Mansion
as Ghost of Claude
2021
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Connolly
1981
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Woody Garfield
1970
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
I Know That Voice
as Self
2014
All Star Superman
as Perry White (voice)
2011
The Girl Most Likely To...
as Det. Ralph Varone
1973
Super Sex
as George
2016
Happily Ever After
as Scowl the Owl (voice)
1989
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
as Dr. Howard Arden
2020
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2003
The Gettysburg Address
as Edward Everett (voice)
2025
CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!
as Arthur (voice)
2017
Foodfight!
as Mr. Leonard (voice)
2012
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Santa Claus (voice)
1999
The Christmas Card
as Luke Spelman
2006
Christmas Cottage
as Sidney
2008
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Vern
2017
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Spider-Man: The Venom Saga
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2005
Love Finds You in Valentine
as Gabriel Morgan
2016
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
2023
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
as Scalawag (voice)
1987
Moon Over Parador
as Self
1988
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self
1993
Gus
as Hank Cooper
1976
Christmas on the Bayou
as Papa Noel
2013
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as Edward P. Mitchell
1991
The Long Way Home
as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
A Christmas Carol
as Marley (voice)
1997
All of My Heart
as Vern
2015
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
as Hudson (voice)
1995
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
as Self
1996
The Slender Thread
as Det. Judd Ridley
1965
Casting By
as Self
2012
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
as Bonta / Narrator (voice)
2013
Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts
as Self
2015
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Santa (voice)
2014
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
as Elder Pyreez (voice)
2017
Ed Asner's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
2018
Let Go
as Artie
2011
Daniel
as Jacob Ascher
1983
Gone in the Night
as Det. John Waters
1996
The Games Maker
as Nicholas Drago
2014
Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990
House on Greenapple Road
as Sheriff Muntz
1970
The Marva Collins Story
as Narrator (voice)
1981
Daughter of the Mind
as Saul Wiener
1969
O'Hara's Wife
as Bob O'Hara
1982
The Satan Bug
as Henchman Veretti
1965
Kid Galahad
as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1962
Above Suspicion
as Thomas O'Claire
2000
All of My Heart: The Wedding
as Vern
2018
The Defender (Studio One)
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
Change of Habit
as Lt. Moretti
1969
Gypsy
as Charles Thompson
1994
Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2002
Gunn
as Lt. Jacoby
1967
Gigantic
as Kirby Weathersby
2008
Christmas Is Here Again
as Krad (voice)
2007
Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2002
The Doomsday Flight
as Feldman
1966
Our Friend, Martin
as Mr. Harris (voice)
1999
Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!
as Santa
2017
Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving
as Mr Wilson
2013
The Venetian Affair
as Frank Rosenfeld
1966
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
as Dead Cat
2001
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
as Harvey Metcalfe
1990
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Jefferson
2018
Remembering Roots
as Self
2002
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
2011
Frozen in Time
as Grandpa (voice)
2014
Faith, Hope & Love
as Harry Karetas
2019
The Garden Left Behind
as Dr. Cleary
2020
In Vino
as Charles
2019
Halls of Anger
as Ernie McKay
1970
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Joshua (voice)
1986
Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock
as J Jonah Jameson (voice)
2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
2004
Anatomy of an Illness
as Norman Cousins
1984
Out of the Woods
as Jack Green
2005
The Parting Glass
as Tommy
2018
Joe's War
as Harry
2017
Mickey's 50
as Self
1978
Saving Christmas
as Rick
2017
Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man
as Adult Walter (voice)
2017
Pope John XXIII
as Angelo Roncalli
2002
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self
1984
Skin Game
as Plunkett
1971
Second Chances
as Chief Buddy
2013
Rain Beau's End
as Gunny
2020
The Christmas Star
as Horace McNickle
1986
They Call It Murder
as Chief Otto Larkin
1971
Hard Four
as Golden Hands Segal
2007
O' Christmas Tree
as Nutcracker (voice)
1999
The Story of Santa Claus
as Santa Claus (voice)
1996
Absolute Killers
2011
The Man Who Saved Christmas
as Charles Gilbert
2002
Fanfare for a Death Scene
as Pike
1964
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
as Dr. Morheim
1970
Payback
as Jack Patkanis
1997
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Love and Action in Chicago
as Taylor
1999
Senior Entourage
as Ed
2021
Unplugged
as Dr. Eaton (voice)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Bruno
1995
The Last Child
as Barstow
1971
Not Another B Movie
as Angry Investor
2011
Perfect Game
as Billy Hicks
2000
Death Scream
as Peter Singleton
1975
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
2024
The Commission
as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
2003
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
as Himself
2015
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
as Augie Sinclair
2003
The Todd Killings
as Fred Reardon
1971
Dog's Best Friend
as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
1997
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
Scarlett
as Lou
2021
Kate's Secret
as Dr. Resnick
1986
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
as Self
2004
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
as Self
2016
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
as Charlie (voice)
1991
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1978
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Kris Kringle
2015
The Gathering
as Adam
1977
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Identical
as Yaakov Washington
2011
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2012
A Fargo Christmas Story
as Popcorn Bud
2023
Sir! No Sir!
as Col. Heinl
2005
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
as Self
2009
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Self
2003
Twigs
as Phil
1975
Channels
as Ed Packard
2008
Island Prey
as Jay Roth
2001
A Case of Libel
as Robert Sloane
1983
Should've Been Romeo
as Charlie
2012
SEVEN
2020
A StoryBots Christmas
as Santa
2017
Back Home Again
as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)
2021
Silent Motive
as Sam
1991
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
1997
The Nutcracker Sweet
as Owl (voice)
2015
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
as Himself
2005
Altered Reality
as Mike Wilson
2024
Honor Amongst Men
as Pop Halmo
2018
Generation Gap
as Bart Cahill
2008
The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror
as Narrator
2011
The Wrestler
as Frank Bass
1974
Titanic: Sinking the Myths
as Wilhelm Müller
2016
Elf: Film School for Kids
as Self
2004
Haunts of the Very Rich
as Al Hunsicker
1972
Vital Signs
as Matthew St James
1986
The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish
as Huey P. Long
1977
Common Ground
as Ira
2000
The Sissy Duckling
as Father Duck (voice)
1999
The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion
as Self
2002
Audrey
as Walt
2014
Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show
as Himself
1991
Bring Him Home
as Geza
2000
The Impersonation Murder Case
as Dt. Ed Ames
1975
Heads
as Ab Abbot
1994
Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure
as Narrator (voice)
2003
Elf: That's a Wrap
as Self
2004
Darlin' Clementine
as Lucky Jake
1986
The Family Man
as Eddie Madden
1979
Hey, I'm Alive
as Ralph Flores
1975
Down on the Waterfront
1994
Christmas Dreams
as Jerry
2009
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
as Narrator (Voice)
2008
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
as Self
2000
Bury Me in Armor
as Dimitry George
2020
The Murder Men
as Dave Keller
1961
A Friendship in Vienna
as Opah Oskar Reikman
1988
Missing Brendan
as George Calden
2004
Angels on Tap
as Swifty
2018
Hopelessly in June
as Rabbi
2011
Getting Ed Laid
as Ed Randall
2016
Becoming Dick
as Davis Aldrich
2000
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
as Narrator
2005
A Different Approach
1978
The Night America Trembled
as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
1957
A Small Killing
as Simon Shaber
1981
Captain Daddy
as Grampa (voice)
2021
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Blood
as The Prophet
2021
The Fumbleheads
as Charlie Atwater
1997
Olympia
as Self
2018
The New Girl
as Kurt Harden
1960
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
as Self
2004
Liberator
as President Whitlock
2012
Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns
as Self
2008
The Gliksmans
as Moshe
2017
In Search of Peace
as David Ben Gurion (voice)
2001
A Man and His Prostate
2021
Crab Orchard
2005
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
as Narrator
2002
Sam Cade
1972
Hanged on a Twisted Cross
as Narrator
1996
The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
2010
Eva: A-7063
as Narrator (voice)
2018
Autism and Cake
as Fred
2012
Love Meet Hope
as Mr. James
2016
Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary
as Corporate Manager
2016
Elephant Sighs
as Leo
2012
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
2007
The Good Doctor
as Various Roles
1978
Cracked Up
as Rev. Vincent Owens
1987
Snowden's Christmas
as Big Daddy (voice)
1999
Tiger Within
as Samuel
2020
The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
2007
The Impostor
as Barney West
1975
Sleeping Dogs Lie
as Sheriff Delaney
2005
Ciao Ciao Bang Bang
as NY times reporter
J-24
1960
Academy Boyz
1997
Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7
as Himself
2011
American Road
as Walt Whitman
2013
Behind the Fear
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Good Men
as Morty
2011
Americas in Transition
as Narrator
1982TV Shows 185
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Martin Schultz
1999
The Simpsons
as Editor (voice)
1989
Modern Family
as Herschel
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Family Guy
as Steve Bellows (voice)
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
American Dad!
as Narrator (voice)
2005
American Dad!
as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)
2005
American Dad!
as Mailbox #2 (voice)
2005
American Dad!
as Grandpa Smith (voice)
2005
Bones
as Rufus Tucker
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
Hawaii Five-0
as August March
2010
The X-Files
as Maurice
1993
Teen Titans Go!
as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
2013
Match Game
as Self
1973
Regular Show
as Santa Claus (voice)
2010
King of the Hill
as Stinky (voice)
1997
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Good Wife
as Guy Redmayne
2009
ER
as James McNulty
1994
Great Performances
1971
Animaniacs
as Vern (voice)
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Mr. Weiner
2000
The Middle
as Ben
2009
CSI: NY
as Abraham Klein
2004
Hawaii Five-O
as August March
1969
Ironside
as Marlon Davis
1967
Mom
as Jack
2013
Young Justice
as Kent Nelson (voice)
2010
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944
The Fugitive
as Roy Malinek
1963
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Mayhew
1963
The Fugitive
as Joe Bantam
1963
The Practice
as Judge Matlin Pratt
1997
The Practice
as Marcus Winnaker
1997
Cobra Kai
as Sid Weinberg
2018
Mad About You
as Zigmund Klarik
1992
Mission: Impossible
as George Simpson
1966
Batman: The Animated Series
as Roland Daggett (voice)
1992
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jack Stander
1962
Hot in Cleveland
as Jameson
2010
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
The Virginian
as George Johnson
1962
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
Touched by an Angel
as Bud
1994
Studio One
as Actor #3
1948
Johnny Bravo
1997
MacGyver
as Saul
2016
Naked City
as Lt. Vincent Busti
1958
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Lou Grant
1970
Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1994
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Frank Williams
1961
American Playhouse
as Robert Sloane
1982
Dinosaurs
as Evil Georgie (voice)
1991
The Wild Wild West
as Furman Crotty
1965
Grace and Frankie
as Howard Jay
2015
The Untouchables
as Fedor Bartok
1959
The Untouchables
as Frank
1959
The Untouchables
as Jimmy Canada
1959
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Wild Thornberrys
as Frank Hunter (voice)
1998
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Doom Patrol
as Hospital Patient
2019
Route 66
1960
Route 66
as Second Man
1960
The Cleveland Show
2009
The Cleveland Show
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009
The Cleveland Show
as Walter (voice)
2009
Superman: The Animated Series
as Granny Goodness (voice)
1996
Medical Center
1969
The Boondocks
as Ed Wuncler (voice)
2005
The F.B.I.
as John Carl Brock
1965
The F.B.I.
as Walter Gretzler
1965
The F.B.I.
as Pete Zacharias
1965
Dinah!
as Self
1974
The Dead Zone
as Marty Bracknell
2002
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
Gargoyles
as Hudson (voice)
1994
Arli$$
as Lenny Crowley
1996
Burke's Law
as Pablo Vasquez
1963
The Defenders
as Tim Sellers
1961
The Defenders
as Harry Obermayer
1961
Lou Grant
as Lou Grant
1977
Justice League Unlimited
as Hephaestus (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as Granny Goodness (voice)
2004
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Hoggish Greedly (voice)
1990
Run for Your Life
as Carl Cappi
1965
Duckman
as Mort Sidelman (voice)
1994
Hercules
as Mentor (voice)
1998
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Fixer (voice)
2000
The Angry Beavers
1997
Gunsmoke
as Sgt. Wilks
1955
Gunsmoke
as Redmond
1955
The Name of the Game
as Cesare Marino
1968
The Name of the Game
as Vince Leonard
1968
Rhoda
1974
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Omnibus
1952
The Oscars
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Dharma & Greg
as Earl Tucker
1997
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Warden Bragan
1955
The Invaders
as Taugus
1967
The Invaders
as Harry Ferguson
1967
The Outer Limits
as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
1963
The Spectacular Spider-Man
as Ben Parker (voice)
2008
The Magic School Bus
as Gen. Aranius (voice)
1994
Police Story
1973
The Sarah Silverman Program
as Commandant Von Reichenstein
2007
Dead to Me
as Abe Rifkin
2019
The Mod Squad
1968
The Mod Squad
as Harry Loring
1968
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Von Romme (voice)
1996
Felony Squad
1966
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
Mr. Novak
as Harmon Stern
1963
Mr. Novak
as Paul Berg
1963
Central Park
as Ambrose (voice)
2020
Freakazoid!
as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
1995
Chasing Life
as April's grandfather
2014
Hearts Afire
as George Lahti
1992
W.I.T.C.H.
as Napoleone (voice)
2004
The White Shadow
as Edward Asner (uncredited)
1978
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Officer Barr (voice)
2003
The Rat Patrol
as Captain Friedrich
1966
Roots
as Thomas Davies
1977
Roots
as Capt. Thomas Davies
1977
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Wilson White
2006
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
Outlaws
1960
Men at Work
as Bob
2012
Cain's Hundred
as Dave Keller
1961
Roseanne
1988
The Huntress
2000
The Crazy Ones
as Mr. Finger
2013
Stoney Burke
as Kapp
1962
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as George Kramer
1966
Sam Benedict
as Dr. Everett Colner
1962
Decoy
as Sergeant
1957
The Eleventh Hour
1962
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Axel Jordache
1976
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
Max Steel
as Chuck Marshak (voice)
2000
Profiles in Courage
as Oliver E. Wells
1964
Profiles in Courage
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1964
The Lieutenant
1963
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
2008
Bruno the Kid
as The Engineer (voice)
1996
Dumb and Dumber
as General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)
1995
Tall Tales & Legends
as Lucky Jake
1985
CBS Playhouse
as Nat Congdon
1966
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Walter Kovacs
1990
The Bronx Zoo
1987
Dug Days
as Carl (voice)
2021
Thunder Alley
as Gil Jones
1994
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
Politically Incorrect
1993
Center of the Universe
as Art Barnett
2004
Slattery's People
as Frank Radcliff
1964
Ballmastrz: 9009
as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
2018
The Premise
as Mr. Holmes
2021
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
as Self
2020
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
More Tales of the City
as Jack Lederer
1998
Fish Police
as Chief Abalone (voice)
1992
Andy Barker, P.I.
as Mickey Doyle
2007
Maggie Winters
1998
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
as Dr. Wasserman
2011
Working Class
as Hank Greziak
2011
Tender Is the Night
as Devereux Warren
1985
Off the Rack
as Sam Waltman
1985
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
as Self - Presenter
1987
The Closer
1998
Cruel Doubt
as Bill Osteen
1992
Switched at Birth
as Ted Marx
1991
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
as Angelo Roncalli
2002
Up: Upisodes
as Carl Fredricksen (voice)
2009