Ed Asner

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

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Soul

as 22 "I could sound like this if I wanted to" (voice) (uncredited)

The Simpsons

as Editor (voice)

Cobra Kai

as Sid Weinberg

Family Guy

as Steve Bellows (voice)

Elf

as Santa

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Martin Schultz

The X-Files

as Maurice

Bones

as Rufus Tucker

Modern Family

as Herschel