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Edward Asnere is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer American born on 15 november 1929 at Kansas City (USA)

Edward Asnere

Edward Asnere
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Birth name Eddie Asner
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1929 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 29 august 2021 (at 91 years) at Kansas City (USA)

Edward "Ed" Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American film, television, and stage actor, voice actor, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is primarily known for his role as 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 leading character in both a comedy and a drama. He is also known for portraying Santa Claus in the 2003 comedy Elf.

In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's animated film Up, and made a guest appearance on CSI: NY in the episode "Yahrseit". In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT. He starred in the Canadian television series Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on CBC Television and has appeared in the 2013 television series The Glades, in the episode "Killer Barbecue".

Biography

Asner was married to Nancy Sykes from 1959 until 1988. Together they have three children: twins Matthew and Liza, and Kate. In 1987, he had a son named Charles with Carol Jean Vogelman. Asner is a parent and a grandparent of a child with autism and is deeply involved with the autism nonprofit Autism Speaks. He also serves on the advisory board of a suburban Chicago firm that employs persons with autistic spectrum disorders to test and program software.

Engaged to producer Cindy Gilmore in 1991, he married her on August 2, 1998. Gilmore filed for divorce on November 7, 2007. Model and television personality Jules Asner is his former daughter-in-law. Gavin Newsom, his ex-nephew-in-law, was a former mayor of San Francisco and is the current Lieutenant Governor of California.

On March 12, 2013, while performing in FDR at the Marquette Pavilion in Gary, Indiana, Asner began having trouble with his lines, and appeared to be disoriented, he was reportedly walked off stage by emergency medical personnel about 15 minutes into the performance. He was subsequently hospitalized in a Chicago-area hospital for exhaustion, and was released the following day. Commenting on his Twitter page Asner said, "Reports of my imminent demise are greatly exaggerated, They tell me I am suffering from exhaustion. Thanks for the good wishes!" He was expected to return to his home in Los Angeles, and postponed any further shows.

Best films

Up (2009)
(Actor)
Elf (2003)
(Actor)
Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
(Actor)
The House of Magic (2013)
(Actor)
El Dorado (1966)
(Actor)
The Slender Thread (1965)
(Actor)

Usually with

Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
(1 films)
Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider
(1 films)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
(6 films)
Pete Docter
Pete Docter
(2 films)
Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Edward Asnere (89 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2015The Gettysburg AddressActorEdward Everett (voice)
2015Bridge of SpiesActorOldest Nicholas
2014I Know That VoiceActorSelf
2014Beyond BeyondActor
2014Elf: Buddy's Musical ChristmasActorSanta (voice)
2013The House of MagicActor
2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroActorBonta / Narrator
2013Second ChancesActorChief Buddy
2013Christmas on the BayouActorPapa Noel
2012Foodfight!ActorMr. Leonard (voice)
2012Home Alone: The Holiday HeistActorMr. Carson
2012Casting ByActorSelf
2011All Star SupermanActorPerry White (voice)
2011Let GoActor, Executive ProducerArtie
2011Not Another B MovieActorAngry Investor
2011SnitchActorMax
2011Too Big to FailActorWarren Buffett
2011Night of the HurricaneActorNarrator ("The Hurricane!").
2010Superman/Batman: ApocalypseActorGranny Goodness (voice)
2009UpActorCarl Fredricksen (voice)
2009Dug's Special MissionActorCarl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
2008Christmas CottageActorSidney
2008GiganticActorKirby Weathersby
2008Generation GapActorBart Cahill
2007Christmas Is Here AgainActorKrad (voice)
2006The Heart SpecialistActor
2006The Christmas CardActorLuke Spelman
2005Sir! No Sir!ActorCol. Heinl
2005The Oil Factor: Behind the War on TerrorActorHimself
2005Crab OrchardActor
2005Sleeping Dogs LieActorSheriff Delaney
2005Out of the WoodsActorJack Green
2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeActorSelf
2003ElfActorSanta
2003The King and Queen of Moonlight BayActorAugie Sinclair
2002The Man Who Saved ChristmasActorCharles Gilbert
2002Pope John XXIIIActorAngelo Roncalli
2001The AnimalActor, ScriptwriterChief Wilson
2001The Luck of the IrishActor
2000Becoming DickActorDavis Aldrich
2000Common GroundActorIra
2000Perfect GameActorBilly Hicks
1999Our Friend, MartinActorMr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner)
1999The BachelorActorGluckman
1999Love and Action in ChicagoActorTaylor
1999Olive, The Other ReindeerActorSanta Claus (voice)
1998Hard RainActorUncle Charlie
1997A Christmas CarolActorMarley (voice)
1997The Long Way HomeActorGeorge Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)
1997The FumbleheadsActorCharlie Atwater
1996Gargoyles: The Heroes AwakenActorHudson (voice)
1996Gone in the NightActorDet. John Waters
1993GypsyActorPop
1992The Real Story of Happy Birthday to YouActor
1992Cruel DoubtActorBill Osteen
1991JFKActorGuy Bannister
1991Switched at BirthActorTed Marx
1989Happily Ever AfterActorScowl the Owl (voice)
1988Moon Over ParadorActorSelf
1988A Friendship in ViennaActorOpah Oskar Reikman
1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightActorScalawag (voice)
1986Kate's SecretActorDr. Resnick
1983DanielActorJacob Ascher
1982Americas in TransitionActorNarrator
1981Fort Apache, the BronxActorConnolly
1978A Different ApproachActor
1977The GatheringActorAdam
1977Roots (TV miniseries)ActorCapt. Thomas Davies
1976GusActorHank Cooper
1976Rich Man, Poor Man (TV miniseries)ActorAxel Jordache
1974The WrestlerActorFrank Bass
1973The Girl Most Likely to...ActorDet. Ralph Varone
1972Haunts of the Very RichActorAl Hunsicker
1971Skin GameActorPlunkett
1971They Call It MurderActorChief Otto Larkin
1971The Todd KillingsActorFred Reardon
1970They Call Me Mister Tibbs!ActorWoody Garfield
1970Halls of AngerActorErnie McKay
1970House on Greenapple RoadActorSheriff Muntz
1969Change of HabitActorLt. Moretti
1969Daughter of the MindActorSaul Wiener
1967GunnActorLt. Jacoby
1967The Venetian AffairActorFrank Rosenfeld
1966El DoradoActorBart Jason
1966The Doomsday FlightActorFeldman
1965The Satan BugActorHenchman Veretti
1965The Slender ThreadActorDet. Judd Ridley
1962Kid GalahadActorAssistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)
1961The Murder MenActorDave Keller