Американський актор театру, кіно, телебачення й естради, президент Гільдії кіноакторів США у 1981–1985 роках. 2009 року озвучив Карла Фредріксена в мультфільмі студії Pixar «Вперед і вгору». У США найбільш відомий за роллю директора новинних програм Лу Гранта з ситкому «Шоу Мері Тайлер Мур» і його спін-офу «Лу Грант».

Фільмографія

• 2025The Gettysburg Address — Edward Everett (voice)
• 2024Altered Reality — Mike Wilson
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• 2023A Fargo Christmas Story — Popcorn Bud
• 2023Побачення Карла — Carl (voice)
• 2022Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules — Grandpa (voice), In Memory Of
• 2021A Man and His Prostate
• 2021Back Home Again — Peter Lionsbridge (voice), In Memory Of
• 2021Blood — The Prophet
• 2021Captain Daddy — Grampa (voice)
• 2021Muppets Haunted Mansion — Ghost of Claude, In Memory Of
• 2021Scarlett — Lou
• 2021Senior Entourage — Ed
• The Premise — Mr. Holmes
• Будні Дага — Carl (voice)
• 2020Bury Me in Armor — Dimitry George
• 2020M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters — Dr. Howard Arden
• 2020Rain Beau's End — Gunny
• 2020SEVEN
• 2020The Garden Left Behind — Dr. Cleary
• 2020Tiger Within — Samuel
• Центральний парк — Ambrose (voice)
• 2019Faith, Hope & Love — Harry Karetas
• 2019In Vino — Charles
• Мертвий для мене — Abe Rifkin, In Memory Of
• Фатальний патруль — Hospital Patient
• 2018All of My Heart: The Wedding — Vern
• 2018Angels on Tap — Swifty
• Ballmastrz: 9009 — Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)
• 2018Eva: A-7063 — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Honor Amongst Men — Pop Halmo
• 2018The Parting Glass — Tommy
• 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting — Jefferson
• Кобра Кай — Sid Weinberg
• 2017A StoryBots Christmas — Santa
• 2017All of My Heart: Inn Love — Vern
• 2017CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! — Arthur (voice)
• 2017Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man — Adult Walter (voice)
• 2017Joe's War — Harry
• 2017Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! — Santa
• 2017Saving Christmas — Rick
• 2017The Gliksmans — Moshe
• 2017Yamasong: March of the Hollows — Elder Pyreez (voice)
• 2016Behind the Fear — Narrator (voice)
• 2016Getting Ed Laid — Ed Randall
• 2016Love Finds You in Valentine — Gabriel Morgan
• 2016Love Meet Hope — Mr. James
• 2016Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary — Corporate Manager
• 2016Super Sex — George
• 2016Titanic: Sinking the Myths — Wilhelm Müller
• Мак-Ґайвер — Saul
• 2015A Merry Murdoch Christmas — Kris Kringle
• 2015All of My Heart — Vern
• 2015The Nutcracker Sweet — Owl (voice)
• Ґрейс і Френкі — Howard Jay
• 2014Audrey — Walt
• Chasing Life — April's grandfather
• 2014Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas — Santa (voice)
• 2014Frozen in Time — Grandpa (voice)
• 2014The Games Maker — Nicholas Drago
• 2013American Road — Walt Whitman
• 2013Axel: The Biggest Little Hero — Bonta / Narrator (voice)
• 2013Christmas on the Bayou — Papa Noel
• 2013Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving — Mr Wilson
• 2013Second Chances — Chief Buddy
• Божевільні — Mr. Finger
• Мамця — Jack
• Юні титани, вперед! — Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)
• 2012Autism and Cake — Fred
• 2012Elephant Sighs — Leo
• 2012Foodfight! — Mr. Leonard (voice)
• 2012Liberator — President Whitlock
• Men at Work — Bob
• 2012Should've Been Romeo — Charlie
• 2012Сам удома: Святкове пограбування — Mr. Carson
• 2011Absolute Killers
• 2011Good Men — Morty
• 2011Hopelessly in June — Rabbi
• 2011Identical — Yaakov Washington
• 2011Let Go — Artie, Executive Producer
• Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays — Dr. Wasserman
• 2011Not Another B Movie — Angry Investor
• 2011The Desert of Forbidden Art — Voice
• 2011The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror — Narrator
• Working Class — Hank Greziak
• 2011Завеликі для банкрутства — Warren Buffett
• 2011Надновий Супермен — Perry White (voice)
• 2010The Triumph of William Henry Harrison
• Гаваї 5.0 — August March
• Звичайне шоу — Santa Claus (voice)
• Кралi в Клiвлендi — Jameson
• Молода ліга справедливості — Kent Nelson (voice), In Memory Of
• 2010Супермен/Бетмен: Апокаліпсис — Granny Goodness (voice)
• 2009Christmas Dreams — Jerry
• 2009Dug's Special Mission — Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
• Up: Upisodes — Carl Fredricksen (voice)
• Американська сімейка — Herschel
• Буває й гірше — Ben
• 2009Вперед і вгору — Carl Fredricksen (voice)
• Гарна дружина — Guy Redmayne
• Шоу Клівленда — Carl Fredricksen (voice), Walter (voice)
• 2008Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union — Narrator (Voice)
• 2008Channels — Ed Packard
• 2008Christmas Cottage — Sidney
• 2008Generation Gap — Bart Cahill
• 2008Gigantic — Kirby Weathersby
• Неймовірна Людина-Павук — Ben Parker (voice)
• Andy Barker, P.I. — Mickey Doyle
• 2007Christmas Is Here Again — Krad (voice)
• 2007From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
• 2007Hard Four — Golden Hands Segal
• 2007The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Commandant Von Reichenstein
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — Wilson White
• 2006The Christmas Card — Luke Spelman
• 2005Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class — Narrator
• 2005Crab Orchard
• 2005Out of the Woods — Jack Green
• 2005Sir! No Sir! — Col. Heinl
• 2005Sleeping Dogs Lie — Sheriff Delaney
• 2005Spider-Man: The Venom Saga — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Американський тато! — TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice), Narrator (voice), Mailbox #2 (voice), Grandpa Smith (voice)
• Кістки — Rufus Tucker
• Нетрі — Ed Wuncler (voice)
• CSI: Нью-Йорк — Abraham Klein
• Center of the Universe — Art Barnett
• 2004Missing Brendan — George Calden
• 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock — J Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Ліга Справедливості Без меж — Hephaestus (voice), Granny Goodness (voice)
• 2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure — Uncle Nick
• 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-Man — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2003Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure — Narrator (voice)
• 2003The Commission — Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz
• 2003The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay — Augie Sinclair
• 2003Ельф — Santa
• Нова Людина-Павук — Officer Barr (voice)
• John XXIII: The Pope of Peace — Angelo Roncalli
• 2002Pope John XXIII — Angelo Roncalli
• 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2002Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2002The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It — Narrator
• 2002The Man Who Saved Christmas — Charles Gilbert
• Мертва Зона — Marty Bracknell
• 2001Gahan Wilson's The Kid — Dead Cat
• 2001In Search of Peace — David Ben Gurion (voice)
• 2001Island Prey — Jay Roth
• 2001Тварина — Chief Wilson
• 2000A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle — Executive Producer
• 2000Above Suspicion — Thomas O'Claire
• 2000Becoming Dick — Davis Aldrich
• 2000Bring Him Home — Geza
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command — Fixer (voice)
• 2000Common Ground — Ira
• Max Steel — Chuck Marshak (voice)
• 2000Perfect Game — Billy Hicks
• The Huntress
• 2000The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
• Вгамуй свій ентузіазм — Mr. Weiner
• 1999Love and Action in Chicago — Taylor
• 1999O' Christmas Tree — Nutcracker (voice)
• 1999Olive, the Other Reindeer — Santa Claus (voice)
• 1999Our Friend, Martin — Mr. Harris (voice)
• 1999Snowden's Christmas — Big Daddy (voice)
• 1999The Sissy Duckling — Father Duck (voice)
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Martin Schultz
• Сім'янин — Steve Bellows (voice)
• 1999Холостяк — Gluckman
• Hercules — Mentor (voice)
• Maggie Winters
• More Tales of the City — Jack Lederer
• The Closer
• Дика сімейка Торнберрі — Frank Hunter (voice)
• 1998Злива — Uncle Charlie
• 1997A Christmas Carol — Marley (voice)
• 1997Academy Boyz
• Dharma & Greg — Earl Tucker
• 1997Dog's Best Friend — Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)
• 1997Payback — Jack Patkanis, Executive Producer
• 1997The Fumbleheads — Charlie Atwater
• 1997The Long Way Home — George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
• The Practice — Judge Matlin Pratt, Marcus Winnaker
• 1997The Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
• Джонні Браво
• Злюки бобри
• Король гори — Stinky (voice)
• Arli$$ — Lenny Crowley
• Bruno the Kid — The Engineer (voice)
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Gone in the Night — Det. John Waters
• 1996Hanged on a Twisted Cross — Narrator
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest — Von Romme (voice)
• 1996The Story of Santa Claus — Santa Claus (voice)
• Супермен — Granny Goodness (voice)
• Dumb and Dumber — General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)
• 1995Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken — Hudson (voice)
• 1995Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
• 1995Goldilocks and the Three Bears — Bruno
• Фріказоїд! — Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)
• 1994Down on the Waterfront
• Duckman — Mort Sidelman (voice)
• Gargoyles — Hudson (voice)
• 1994Gypsy — Charles Thompson
• 1994Heads — Ab Abbot
• The Magic School Bus — Gen. Aranius (voice)
• Thunder Alley — Gil Jones
• Touched by an Angel — Bud
• Людина-павук — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Швидка допомога — James McNulty
• Politically Incorrect
• Мультиманія — Vern (voice)
• Цілком таємно — Maurice
• Cruel Doubt — Bill Osteen
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• Fish Police — Chief Abalone (voice)
• Hearts Afire — George Lahti
• Mad About You — Zigmund Klarik
• Бетмен: Мультсеріал — Roland Daggett (voice)
• Dinosaurs — Evil Georgie (voice)
• 1991Silent Motive — Sam
• Switched at Birth — Ted Marx
• 1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You — Charlie (voice)
• 1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier — Thanks
• 1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus — Edward P. Mitchell
• 1991Джон Ф. Кеннеді: Постріли в Далласі — Guy Bannister
• 1990Good Cops, Bad Cops
• 1990Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less — Harvey Metcalfe
• The Trials of Rosie O'Neill — Walter Kovacs
• Команда рятувальників Капітана Планети — Hoggish Greedly (voice)
• 1989Happily Ever After — Scowl the Owl (voice)
• Сімпсони — Editor (voice)
• 1988A Friendship in Vienna — Opah Oskar Reikman
• Roseanne
• 1987Cracked Up — Rev. Vincent Owens
• 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night — Scalawag (voice)
• The Bronx Zoo
• 1986Darlin' Clementine — Lucky Jake
• 1986Joshua and the Battle of Jericho — Joshua (voice)
• 1986Kate's Secret — Dr. Resnick
• 1986The Christmas Star — Horace McNickle
• 1986Vital Signs — Matthew St James
• Off the Rack — Sam Waltman
• Tall Tales & Legends — Lucky Jake
• Tender Is the Night — Devereux Warren
• 1984Anatomy of an Illness — Norman Cousins
• Highway to Heaven
• 1983A Case of Libel — Robert Sloane
• 1983Daniel — Jacob Ascher
• American Playhouse — Robert Sloane
• 1982Americas in Transition — Narrator
• 1982O'Hara's Wife — Bob O'Hara
• 1981A Small Killing — Simon Shaber
• 1981The Marva Collins Story — Narrator (voice)
• 1981Форт Апач, Бронкс — Connolly
• 1979The Family Man — Eddie Madden
• 1978A Different Approach
• 1978The Good Doctor — Various Roles
• The White Shadow — Edward Asner (uncredited)
• Lou Grant — Lou Grant
• Roots — Thomas Davies, Capt. Thomas Davies
• 1977The Gathering — Adam
• 1977The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish — Huey P. Long
• 1976Gus — Hank Cooper
• Rich Man, Poor Man — Axel Jordache
• 1975Death Scream — Peter Singleton
• 1975Hey, I'm Alive — Ralph Flores
• 1975The Impersonation Murder Case — Dt. Ed Ames
• 1975The Impostor — Barney West
• 1975Twigs — Phil
• Rhoda
• 1974The Wrestler — Frank Bass
• Police Story
• 1973The Girl Most Likely To... — Det. Ralph Varone
• 1972Haunts of the Very Rich — Al Hunsicker
• 1972Sam Cade
• Great Performances
• 1971Skin Game — Plunkett
• 1971The Last Child — Barstow
• 1971The Todd Killings — Fred Reardon
• 1971They Call It Murder — Chief Otto Larkin
• 1970Halls of Anger — Ernie McKay
• 1970House on Greenapple Road — Sheriff Muntz
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Lou Grant
• 1970The Old Man Who Cried Wolf — Dr. Morheim
• 1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs! — Woody Garfield
• 1969Change of Habit — Lt. Moretti
• 1969Daughter of the Mind — Saul Wiener
• Hawaii Five-O — August March
• Medical Center
• The Mod Squad — Harry Loring
• The Name of the Game — Cesare Marino, Vince Leonard
• 1967Gunn — Lt. Jacoby
• Ironside — Marlon Davis
• The Invaders — Taugus, Harry Ferguson
• CBS Playhouse — Nat Congdon
• Felony Squad
• Mission: Impossible — George Simpson
• 1966The Doomsday Flight — Feldman
• The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. — George Kramer
• The Rat Patrol — Captain Friedrich
• 1966The Venetian Affair — Frank Rosenfeld
• 1966Ельдорадо — Bart Jason
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies
• Run for Your Life — Carl Cappi
• The F.B.I. — John Carl Brock, Walter Gretzler, Pete Zacharias
• 1965The Satan Bug — Henchman Veretti
• 1965The Slender Thread — Det. Judd Ridley
• The Wild Wild West — Furman Crotty
• 1964Fanfare for a Death Scene — Pike
• Profiles in Courage — Oliver E. Wells, President Ulysses S. Grant
• Slattery's People — Frank Radcliff
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Burke's Law — Pablo Vasquez
• Mr. Novak — Harmon Stern, Paul Berg
• The Fugitive — Roy Malinek, Sheriff Mayhew, Joe Bantam
• The Lieutenant
• The Outer Limits — Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo
• 1962Kid Galahad — Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
• Stoney Burke — Kapp
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Jack Stander
• The Eleventh Hour
• The Virginian — George Johnson
• Сем Бенедікт — Dr. Everett Colner
• Cain's Hundred — Dave Keller
• Dr. Kildare — Dr. Frank Williams
• Target: The Corruptors!
• The Defenders — Tim Sellers, Harry Obermayer
• 1961The Murder Men — Dave Keller
• 1960J-24
• Outlaws
• Route 66 — Second Man
• 1960The New Girl — Kurt Harden
• The Untouchables — Fedor Bartok, Frank, Jimmy Canada
• Naked City — Lt. Vincent Busti
• Decoy — Sergeant
• 1957The Defender (Studio One) — Juror (uncredited)
• 1957The Night America Trembled — 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)
• Альфред Гічкок представляє — Warden Bragan
• Дим зі ствола — Sgt. Wilks, Redmond
• Оскар — Carl Fredricksen (voice), Self
• Omnibus
• Studio One — Actor #3
• Unplugged — Dr. Eaton (voice)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (58)

• 2023Being Mary Tyler Moore — Self (voice)
• 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
• The Holiday Movies That Made Us — Self
• Шоу Келлі Кларксон — Self
• 2018Ed Asner's Oral History — Self - Interviewee
• 2018LA DA Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Olympia — Self
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• 2016The Best Democracy Money Can Buy — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• 2015Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts — Self
• 2015I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! — Himself
• 2015Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration — Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)
• 2014I Know That Voice — Self
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
• 2012Casting By — Self
• 2011Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 — Himself
• 2009American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist — Self
• 2008Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns — Self
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• 2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror — Himself
• 2004Elf: Film School for Kids — Self
• 2004Elf: How they Made the North Pole — Self
• 2004Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell — Self
• 2004Elf: That's a Wrap — Self
• 2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde — Self
• 2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series — Self
• 2002Remembering Roots — Self
• 2002The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion — Self
• 2000Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom — Self
• 1996Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self
• 1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1991Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show — Himself
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1988Moon Over Parador — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood — Self - Presenter
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• 1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday — Self
• 1983Koyaanisqatsi — Self (archive footage)
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1978Mickey's 50 — Self
• 1978NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney — Self
• 1975Mitzi & 100 Guys — Self
• Суботнього вечора в прямому ефірі — Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
• Dinah! — Self
• Match Game — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• The Flip Wilson Show — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Золотий глобус — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Winner
• Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary — Self (archive footage)