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Ed Asner

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Ed Asner

Nov 15, 1929 – Aug 29, 2021399 titles 244 movies · 155 TV
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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.

Also known as

Eddie Asner · 愛德華·阿斯納 · エド・アズナー · 에드 애스너 · Edward Asner

Born

Nov 15, 1929 – Aug 29, 2021

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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