Ed Asner

Up

Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Soul

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

Young Justice

In Memory Of

JFK

Guy Bannister

Spider-Man

J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Elf

Santa

Koyaanisqatsi

Self (archive footage)

Gargoyles

Hudson (voice)

Filmography

Acting (392)

Movies (237)

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Edward Everett (voice)

Altered Reality

2024

as Mike Wilson

5.6

A Fargo Christmas Story

2023

as Popcorn Bud

Carl's Date

2023

as Carl (voice)

7.4

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

as Self (voice)

6.6

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

Muppets Haunted Mansion

as Ghost of Claude

6.4

Scarlett

as Lou

Blood

as The Prophet

Captain Daddy

as Grampa (voice)

Back Home Again

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

Senior Entourage

as Ed

Soul

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

SEVEN

Bury Me in Armor

as Dimitry George

Rain Beau's End

as Gunny

2.7

The Garden Left Behind

as Dr. Cleary

5.3

Tiger Within

as Samuel

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

as Dr. Howard Arden

In Vino

as Charles

Faith, Hope & Love

as Harry Karetas

Angels on Tap

as Swifty

Eva: A-7063

as Narrator (voice)

Olympia

as Himself

All of My Heart: The Wedding

as Vern

Honor Amongst Men

as Pop Halmo

The Parting Glass

as Tommy

5.4

LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

as Jefferson

1.0

Ed Asner's Oral History

as Self - Interviewee

Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

as Santa

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

as Santa

4.9

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

as Arthur (voice)

Joe's War

as Harry

All of My Heart: Inn Love

as Vern

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

as Adult Walter (voice)

Saving Christmas

as Rick

And the Winner Isn't

as Self

A StoryBots Christmas

as Santa

5.6

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

3.5

The Gliksmans

as Moshe

Love Finds You in Valentine

as Gabriel Morgan

Love Meet Hope

as Mr. James

Behind the Fear

as Narrator (voice)

Getting Ed Laid

as Ed Randall

Super Sex

as George

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

as Wilhelm Müller

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

as Self

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

as Corporate Manager

All of My Heart

as Vern

6.9

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

as Himself

5.0

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

as Kris Kringle

The Nutcracker Sweet

as Owl (voice)

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

10.0

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

as Self

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

as Santa (voice)

I Know That Voice

as Self

The Games Maker

as Nicholas Drago

Audrey

as Walt

Frozen in Time

as Grandpa (voice)

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

2014

as Jefferson

4.9

American Road

as Walt Whitman

Christmas on the Bayou

as Papa Noel

6.1

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

as Mr Wilson

Second Chances

as Chief Buddy

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Bonta / Narrator (voice)

2.8

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

as Mr. Carson

5.1

Foodfight!

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

Elephant Sighs

as Leo

Liberator

as President Whitlock

7.7

Casting By

as Self

6.9

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

as Self

Autism and Cake

as Fred

Should've Been Romeo

as Charlie

4.3

All Star Superman

2011

as Perry White (voice)

The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror

2011

as Narrator

Absolute Killers

Too Big to Fail

as Warren Buffett

Good Men

as Morty

Let Go

as Artie

Not Another B Movie

as Angry Investor

The Desert of Forbidden Art

as Voice

Identical

as Yaakov Washington

Hopelessly in June

as Rabbi

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

2011

as Himself

The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

as Granny Goodness (voice)

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Dug's Special Mission

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

Christmas Dreams

as Jerry

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

as Self

Gigantic

as Kirby Weathersby

Channels

as Ed Packard

Christmas Cottage

as Sidney

Generation Gap

as Bart Cahill

Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

as Narrator (Voice)

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

Christmas Is Here Again

as Krad (voice)

4.0

Hard Four

as Golden Hands Segal

4.4

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

The Christmas Card

as Luke Spelman

Out of the Woods

as Jack Green

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

as J. Jonah Jameson

Sir! No Sir!

as Col. Heinl

Crab Orchard

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

as Himself

Sleeping Dogs Lie

as Sheriff Delaney

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

2005

as Narrator

4.5

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

as J Jonah Jameson

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

as Self

Missing Brendan

as George Calden

Elf

as Santa

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

as Uncle Nick

3.9

The Commission

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

1.0

Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

as Narrator (voice)

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

as Augie Sinclair

5.8

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

as Self

9.4

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

as Jean XXIII

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002

as J. Jonah Jameson

The Man Who Saved Christmas

as Charles Gilbert

Pope John XXIII

as Angelo Roncalli

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

2002

as Self

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

as Narrator

The Animal

as Chief Wilson

Island Prey

as Jay Roth

In Search of Peace

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

6.5

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

as Dead Cat

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

as Self

Common Ground

as Ira

Becoming Dick

as Davis Aldrich

Bring Him Home

as Geza

Above Suspicion

as Thomas O'Claire

Perfect Game

as Billy Hicks

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

The Bachelor

as Gluckman

Our Friend, Martin

as Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)

6.9

Olive, the Other Reindeer

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.7

The Sissy Duckling

as Father Duck (voice)

4.7

O' Christmas Tree

as Nutcracker (voice)

5.1

Snowden's Christmas

as (voice)

Love and Action in Chicago

as Taylor

Hard Rain

as Uncle Charlie

The Long Way Home

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Academy Boyz

The Fumbleheads

as Charlie Atwater

A Christmas Carol

as Marley (voice)

Dog's Best Friend

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

1.7

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

5.8

Payback

1997

as Jack Patkanis

6.7

The Story of Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

6.5

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

as Narrator

Gone in the Night

as Det. John Waters

6.4

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

as Self

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

as Hudson (voice)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

as Bruno

4.5

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

9.0

Down on the Waterfront

Heads

as Ab Abbot

Gypsy

as Charles Thompson

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

as Self

5.6

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

JFK

as Guy Bannister

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as Edward P. Mitchell

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

as Himself

Silent Motive

as Sam

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

as Charlie (voice)

The Cops Are Robbers

3.0

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

4.0

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

as Harvey Metcalfe

6.2

Happily Ever After

1989

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

5.7

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

as Opah Oskar Reikman

Moon Over Parador

1988

as Self

5.8

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987

as Scalawag (voice)

5.4

Cracked Up

1987

as Rev. Vincent Owens

Vital Signs

1986

as Matthew St James

9.0

Darlin' Clementine

1986

as Lucky Jake

The Christmas Star

as Horace McNickle

Kate's Secret

as Dr. Resnick

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986

as Joshua (voice)

8.2

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984

as Self

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

as Norman Cousins

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

as Self (archive footage)

Daniel

as Jacob Ascher

A Case of Libel

as Robert Sloane

Americas in Transition

as Narrator

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

O'Hara's Wife

as Bob O'Hara

A Small Killing

as Simon Shaber

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

as Connolly

6.5

The Marva Collins Story

1981

as Narrator (voice)

7.4

The Family Man

1979

as Eddie Madden

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Good Doctor

as Various Roles

A Different Approach

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

as Self

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

1977

as Huey P. Long

The Gathering

as Adam

Gus

as Hank Cooper

Hey, I'm Alive

as Ralph Flores

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

Twigs

1975

as Phil

Death Scream

as Peter Singleton

The Impostor

as Barney West

The Impersonation Murder Case

1975

as Dt. Ed Ames

The Wrestler

1974

as Frank Bass

4.2

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

as Det. Ralph Varone

6.6

Haunts of the Very Rich

as Al Hunsicker

Sam Cade

Skin Game

as Plunkett

They Call It Murder

as Chief Otto Larkin

The Todd Killings

as Fred Reardon

The Last Child

as Barstow

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

as Woody Garfield

Halls of Anger

as Ernie McKay

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

as Dr. Morheim

House on Greenapple Road

as Sheriff Muntz

Daughter of the Mind

as Saul Wiener

Change of Habit

as Lt. Moretti

Gunn

as Lt. Jacoby

The Venetian Affair

as Frank Rosenfeld

El Dorado

as Bart Jason

The Doomsday Flight

as Feldman

The Satan Bug

as Henchman Veretti

The Slender Thread

as Det. Judd Ridley

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

as Pike

Kid Galahad

1962

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

6.1

The Murder Men

as Dave Keller

J-24

1960

The New Girl

1960

as Kurt Harden

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

as Juror (uncredited)

The Night America Trembled

1957

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

A Man and His Prostate

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Television (155)

The Premise

as Mr. Holmes

Dug Days

as Carl (voice)

Central Park

as Ambrose (voice)

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Doom Patrol

as Hospital Patient

Dead to Me

as Abe Rifkin

Cobra Kai

as Sid Weinberg

Ballmastrz: 9009

as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

6.3

MacGyver

as Saul

7.3

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

Grace and Frankie

as Howard Jay

Chasing Life

as April's grandfather

Teen Titans Go!

as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

Mom

as Jack

The Crazy Ones

as Mr. Finger

Men at Work

as Bob

Working Class

as Hank Greziak

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

as Dr. Wasserman

Hawaii Five-0

as August March

Regular Show

as Santa Claus (voice)

8.6

Young Justice

2010

as Kent Nelson (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

as Jameson

Modern Family

as Herschel

The Good Wife

as Guy Redmayne

The Middle

as Ben

The Cleveland Show

The Line

Up: Upisodes

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Murdoch Mysteries

as Kris Kringle

7.7

The Spectacular Spider-Man

as Ben Parker (voice)

8.6

Shatner's Raw Nerve

as Self

4.0

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Commandant Von Reichenstein

6.3

Andy Barker, P.I.

as Mickey Doyle

7.3

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

as Wilson White

Bones

as Rufus Tucker

American Dad!

as Grandpa Smith (voice)

The Boondocks

2005

as Ed Wuncler (voice)

8.2

CSI: NY

as Abraham Klein

7.3

Justice League Unlimited

as Hephaestus (voice)

8.3

Center of the Universe

as Art Barnett

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

as Officer Barr (voice)

The Dead Zone

as Marty Bracknell

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Mr. Weiner

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Fixer (voice)

6.6

Max Steel

as Chuck Marshak (voice)

8.2

The Huntress

5.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Martin Schultz

7.9

Family Guy

as Steve Bellows (voice)

Hercules

as Mentor (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys

as Frank Hunter (voice)

More Tales of the City

as Jack Lederer

Maggie Winters

The Closer

King of the Hill

as Stinky (voice)

The Practice

as Judge Matlin Pratt

Johnny Bravo

The Angry Beavers

Dharma & Greg

as Earl Tucker

Arli$$

as Lenny Crowley

Superman: The Animated Series

as Granny Goodness (voice)

7.6

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Von Romme (voice)

Bruno the Kid

as The Engineer (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

Freakazoid!

as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

7.8

Dumb and Dumber

as General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)

as Dr. James McNulty

Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Gargoyles

as Hudson (voice)

Touched by an Angel

as Bud

Duckman

as Mort Sidelman (voice)

7.1

The Magic School Bus

1994

as Gen. Aranius (voice)

7.7

Thunder Alley

1994

as Gil Jones

The X-Files

as Maurice

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Politically Incorrect

Mad About You

as Zigmund Klarik

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Roland Daggett (voice)

Hearts Afire

as George Lahti

Cruel Doubt

as Bill Osteen

Fish Police

Dinosaurs

as Evil Georgie (voice)

7.8

Switched at Birth

as Ted Marx

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Hoggish Greedly (voice)

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

as Walter Kovacs

The Simpsons

as Editor (voice)

Roseanne

The Bronx Zoo

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

as Self - Presenter

Tall Tales & Legends

as Lucky Jake

Tender Is the Night

as Devereux Warren

Off the Rack

as Sam Waltman

Highway to Heaven

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

8.4

The White Shadow

1978

as Edward Asner (uncredited)

Lou Grant

as Lou Grant

Roots

as Capt. Thomas Davies

Rich Man, Poor Man

as Axel Jordache

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

Dinah!

as Self

Rhoda

Match Game

as Self

Police Story

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Great Performances

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Lou Grant

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Medical Center

Hawaii Five-O

as August March

The Name of the Game

as Cesare Marino

The Mod Squad

as Harry Loring

Ironside

as Marlon Davis

The Invaders

as Taugus

Mission: Impossible

as George Simpson

Felony Squad

The Rat Patrol

as Captain Friedrich

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as George Kramer

CBS Playhouse

The F.B.I.

as John Carl Brock

The Wild Wild West

as Furman Crotty

Run for Your Life

as Carl Cappi

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Profiles in Courage

as Oliver E. Wells

Slattery's People

as Frank Radcliff

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Mayhew

The Outer Limits

as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

7.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Burke's Law

as Pablo Vasquez

Mr. Novak

as Harmon Stern

The Lieutenant

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Jack Stander

The Virginian

as George Johnson

Sam Benedict

as Dr. Everett Colner

The Eleventh Hour

Stoney Burke

as Kapp

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

5.4

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Frank Williams

5.5

The Defenders

as Tim Sellers

5.9

Target: The Corruptors!

Cain's Hundred

as Dave Keller

Route 66

Outlaws

The Untouchables

as Fedor Bartok

Naked City

as Lt. Vincent Busti

Decoy

as Sergeant

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Warden Bragan

Gunsmoke

as Sgt. Wilks

The Oscars

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Omnibus

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Studio One

as Actor #3

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

Crew (9)

Movies (7)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

In Memory Of

Muppets Haunted Mansion

In Memory Of

Back Home Again

In Memory Of

Let Go

Executive Producer

A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle

Executive Producer

Payback

1997

Executive Producer

6.7

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier