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Eddie Asner [1] ( / ˈæznər /; November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor. He is most notable for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama.
He voiced the lead character Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Oscar-winning production of Up (2009), starred as Santa in Elf (2003), and played Nicholas Drago in The Games Maker (2014). Ed passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 91 on August 29, 2021. - IMDb Mini Biography By: I.S.Mowis.
Asner at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon. The following is the complete filmography of the American actor Ed Asner.
Edward Asner. Actor: Up. Edward Asner was born of Russian Jewish parentage in Kansas City, to Morris David Asner (founder and owner of the Kansas City-based Asner Iron & Metal Company) and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Seliger).
Apr 2, 2014 · Ed Asner is an American actor best known as gruff-but-lovable newsman Lou Grant, who debuted on the television sitcom 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.'
Aug 29, 2021 · Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards — five of them for playing the same character, the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, introduced on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” —...
Aug 29, 2021 · — Ed Asner, the Emmy award-winning Jewish actor who trademarked a gruff, flawed, and loving persona as Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and co-starred in the Pixar fan favorite ...
Aug 29, 2021 · Ed Asner, the legendary actor known for his role as the crusty, loveable boss Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died at the age of 91. More recently, he was featured in Elf as Santa...
Aug 30, 2021 · Ed Asner, best-known for playing fictional TV newsman Lou Grant, has died aged 91. The actor, whose roles also included voicing the lead in the Pixar film Up, passed away "peacefully" on Sunday...
Aug 30, 2021 · The seven-time Emmy award-winning actor first rose to fame in the '70s for his role as a tough-talking newsman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Asner was also featured in Elf and in the movie Up.
