Edward Asner Biography
Birthday: 1929-11-15
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri USA
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Wiki Biography: Ed Asner is a television legend, the winner of seven acting Emmy Awards (which puts ties him with Mary Tyler Moore, both of whom rank second to their ""Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) Show" co-star, Cloris Leachman who has nine). In all, he has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, with 17 nods for a Primetime Emmy and three for a Daytime award. (All of his wins were for primetime.)
As well as being one of the most outstanding and most respected actors of his generation, equally adept at comedy as he is at drama, Asner also made a name for himself as a trade unionist and a political activist. He served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, from 1981-1985, during which he criticized former SAG President Ronald Reagan, then the president of a greater concern, for his Central American policy.
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Filmography
| TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profiles in Courage | 1964 | Drama | |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 1976 | Drama |
| Roots | Capt. Thomas Davies | 1977 | Drama |
| Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes | 1977 | Sport | |
| Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 1977 - 1982 | Drama |
| Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 1984 | Comedy |
| The Bronx Zoo | Principal Joe Danzig | 1987 | Drama |
| The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Walter Kovacs | 1990 | Drama |
| Fish Police | Chief Abalone | 1992 | Animation |
| Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994 | Comedy |
| Gargoyles | Hudson | 1994 - 1996 | Animation |
| Freakazoid! | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove | 1995 - 1997 | Animation |
| Olive, the Other Reindeer | Santa | 1999 | Family |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | 1999 - 2000 | Drama | |
| The Bachelor | Sid Gluckman | 2002 | Romance |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | 2002 | Drama | |
| Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 2004 | Comedy |
| The Christmas Card | Luke Spelman | 2006 | Family |
| Working Class | Hank Greziak | 2010 | |
| Gigantic | Kirby Weathersby | 2010 | Drama |
| Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays | 2011 | Comedy | |
| Shark Wranglers | Himself - Host | 2012 | Adventure |
| Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Satan Bug | 1965 | Sci Fi, Thriller | |
| Gunn | Lt. Jacoby | 1968 | Mystery |
| Change of Habit | 1970 | Crime, Drama, Music | |
| They call me MISTER Tibbs | 1970 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | |
| Skin Game | 1971 | 0, 0 | |
| The Girl Most Likely to... | 1973 | Comedy, Crime | |
| Roots | Capt. Thomas Davies | 1977 | Drama, History |
| Fort Apache, The Bronx | 1981 | Crime, Drama | |
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | 1987 | Animation, Adventure, Family | |
| JFK | Guy Bannister | 1991 | 0, 0 |
| Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 1994 | Comedy |
| Gone in the Night | 1996 | ||
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Bruno | 1996 | Comedy |
| The Long Way Home | George Patton | 1997 | Romance, 0 |
| Academy Boyz | Mr. Bright | 1997 | Drama |
| Hard Rain | Charlie | 1998 | Game Show, 0, Comedy |
| Our Friend, Martin | 1999 | ||
| The Bachelor | Sid Gluckman | 1999 | Romance, Comedy |
| Common Ground | Ira | 2000 | |
| Perfect Game | 2000 | Family | |
| Above Suspicion | Thomas O'Claire | 2000 | Drama |
| The Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001 | |
| Animal | Chief Wilson | 2001 | Comedy |
| Love and Action in Chicago | Taylor | 2002 | Romance, Comedy |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | 2002 | Drama, Family | |
| Elf | Santa | 2003 | 0, 0 |
| Missing Brendan | George Calden | 2003 | Drama, Romance |
| Island Prey | Jay Roth | 2005 | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks | Himself | 2007 | Drama |
| The Commission | Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz | 2007 | Drama |
| Hard Four | Nat Segal | 2007 | Comedy |
| Channels | Ed Packard | 2008 | Romance |
| Gigantic | Mr. Weathersby | 2008 | |
| Up | Carl Fredricksen | 2009 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
| Up! | Carl Fredricksen | 2009 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy |
| Crab Orchard | Grandfather Stiles | 2010 | Drama, Family, Comedy |
| The Desert of Forbidden Art | 2011 | ||
| Hopelessly in June | Rabbi | 2011 | 0 |
| Snitch | Maxwell | 2012 | Thriller |
| Should've Been Romeo | Charlie | 2012 | Comedy, Drama |
| Elephant Sighs | Leo | 2012 | Comedy |
| Identical | Yaakov Washington | 2012 | Thriller |
| Let Go | Artie | 2012 | Comedy |
| Boonville Redemption | Judge Mordecai Price | 2014 | Family |
| Audrey | Walt | 2014 | Comedy |
| The Games Maker | Nicholas Drago | 2014 | Adventure, Family |
| Frozen in Time | Grandpa | 2014 | Animation |
| Through Maria's Eyes | Pharmacist | 2015 | Drama |
| Conversations with Scleroderma | Narrator | 2015 | Biography |
| Happily Ever After | Scowl | 2016 | |
| Joe's War | Harry | 2017 | 0, Romance |