Ed Asner at the 2008 AFI Film Festival Screening of 'Defiance'. Arclight Theater, Hollywood, CA. 11-09-08

RECENT CREDITS
The Desert of Forbidden Art (FILM)  Mar. 11, 2011
Up (FILM)  May. 29, 2009
Gigantic (FILM)  Apr. 3, 2009
Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (FILM)  Nov. 30, 2007
Andy Barker, P.I. (TV)  Apr. 14, 2007
View all Ed Asner Credits


HIGHLIGHTS
Mike Nichols directed him in productions at the University of Chicago.
Began acting professionally with the Chicago Playwright's Theatre Company following his discharge from the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1953.
Made his TV debut in the dramatic anthology Studio One in 1957.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Desert of Forbidden Art  2011 -Artists' Voices
Voice
Film


Sir! No Sir!  2006
Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Elf  2003 -Santa
Actor
Film


The Animal  2001 -Chief Wilson
Actor
Film


The Bachelor  1999 -Gluckman
Actor
Film


JFK  1991 -Guy Bannister
Actor
Film


Moon Over Parador  1988 -Himself
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Too Big to Fail   -Warren Buffet
Actor
Film


Rich Man, Poor Man   -Axel Jordache
Actor
Film


Sheeba   -Clay's Grandfather
Actor
Film


Superman/Batman: Apocalypse   -Granny Goodness
Voice
Film


The Heart Specialist   -Mr. Olson
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


All-Star Superman   -Perry White
Voice
Film


Andy Barker, P.I.   -Mickey Wheeler
Actor
TV
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Boondocks  2005 -Ed Wuncler
Voice
TV
Expand


Actor
TV
Expand


Fatherhood   -Blackie
Voice
TV
Expand


Voice
TV
Expand


Host
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Voice
TV


Story of Santa Claus   -Nicholas Claus
Voice
TV


Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip  2006 -Wilson White
Actor
TV
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Actor
TV


Gigantic  2009 -Mr. Weathersby
Actor
Film


Americas in Transition  2003 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Hard Rain  1998 -Charlie
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Happily Ever After  1993 -Scowl
Voice
Film


Daniel  1983 -Jacob Ascher
Actor
Film


The Wrestler  1974 -Frank Bass
Actor
Film


Skin Game  1971 -Plunkett
Actor
Film


El Dorado  1967 -Bart Jason
Actor
Film


Gunn  1967 -Jacoby
Actor
Film


The Satan Bug  1965 -Veretti
Actor
Film


Kid Galahad  1962 -Frank Gerson
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Missing Brendan   -George Calden
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Kate's Secret   -Doctor Resnick
Actor
Film


Haunts of the Very Rich   -Albert Hunsicker
Actor
Film


Heads   -Ab Abbot
Actor
Film


Hey, I'm Alive!   -Ralph Flores
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Gus   -Hank Cooper
Actor
Film


Gypsy   -Pop
Actor
Film


Halls of Anger   -McKay
Actor
Film


Daughter of the Mind   -Saul Wiener
Actor
Film


Death Scream   -Peter Singleton
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Gone in the Night   -Det. John Waters
Actor
Film


Good Cops, Bad Cops   -James Quinn
Actor
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Anatomy of an Illness   -Norman Cousins
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Change of Habit   -Lt. Moretti
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Common Ground   -Ira
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Fort Apache, the Bronx   -Connolly
Actor
Film


Freakazoid!: Season 01   -Sgt. Mike Cosgrove
Voice
Film


Freakazoid!: Season 02   -Sgt. Mike Cosgrove
Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Fumbleheads   -Charlie Atwater
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Christmas Carol   -Jacob Marley
Voice
Film


A Friendship in Vienna   -Oscar Reikman
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


All In  
Actor
Film


The Slender Thread   -Det. Judd Ridley
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


The Todd Killings   -Fred Reardon
Actor
Film


The Venetian Affair   -Frank Rosenfeld
Actor
Film


The Man Who Saved Christmas   -Gilbert Sr.
Actor
Film


The Marva Collins Story   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Actor, Voice
Film


Voice, Voice
Film


They Call It Murder   -Chief Otto Larkin
Actor
Film


They Call Me Mister Tibbs!   -Woody Garfield
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Vital Signs   -Matthew St James
Actor
Film


Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus   -Edward P. Mitchell
Actor
Film


Sleeping Dogs Lie   -Sheriff Delaney
Actor
Film


Silent Motive   -Van Drake
Actor
Film


Roots  
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


O' Christmas Tree   -Nutcracker
Voice
Film


O'Hara's Wife   -Bob O'Hara
Actor
Film


Olive, the Other Reindeer   -Santa Claus
Voice
Film


Out of the Woods   -Jack Green
Actor
Film


Payback   -Jack Patkanis
Producer, Actor, Executive Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Kid  
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Swift Water Rescue   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Switched at Birth   -Ted Marx
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Gathering   -Adam Thornton
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Up  2009 -Carl Fredricksen
Voice
Film




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Highlights

Mike Nichols directed him in productions at the University of Chicago.
Began acting professionally with the Chicago Playwright's Theatre Company following his discharge from the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1953.
Made his TV debut in the dramatic anthology Studio One in 1957.
Was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1981-85.
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom is his nephew by marriage and TV personality Jules Asner is his former daughter-in-law.
Well-known for his liberal political activism.


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