Ed Asner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ed Asner

American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1929

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Profession: screenwriter, politician, stage actor, voice actor, film producer, television actor, film actor, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Ed Asner

  • Eddie Asner (; born November 15, 1929), also credited as Edward Asner, is an American 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 character in both a comedy and a drama.
  • He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, having won seven, five for portraying Lou Grant (three as Supporting Actor in a Comedy Television Series and two as Lead Actor in a Dramatic Television Series).
  • His other Emmys were for performances in two of the most significant mini-television series of the 1970s: Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), where he won for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Performance in a TV series, and Roots (1977), for which he won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a TV series.He played John Wayne's adversary Bart Jason in the 1966 Western El Dorado.
  • He has played Santa Claus in several films, notably in 2003's 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 "Yahrzeit".
  • 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.
  • Asner guest-starred as Guy Redmayne, a homophobic billionaire who supports Alicia Florrick's campaign, in the sixth season of The Good Wife.

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