Ed Asner

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Edward Everett (voice)

Altered Reality

2024

as Mike Wilson

A Fargo Christmas Story

2023

as Popcorn Bud

Carl's Date

2023

as Carl (voice)

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023

as Self (voice)

Commitment to Life

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

2022

as Grandpa Heffley (voice)

Scarlett

2021

as Lou

Back Home Again

2021

as Peter Lionsbridge (voice)

Muppets Haunted Mansion

2021

as Ghost of Claude

The Premise

2021

as Mr. Holmes

Dug Days

2021

as Carl (voice)

Senior Entourage

2021

as Ed

Captain Daddy

2021

as Grampa (voice)

Blood

2021

as The Prophet

Tiger Within

2020

as Samuel

Bury Me in Armor

2020

as Dimitry George

SEVEN

2020

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

2020

as Self

Rain Beau's End

2020

as Gunny

The Garden Left Behind

2020

as Dr. Cleary

Central Park

2020

as Ambrose (voice)

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters

2020

as Dr. Howard Arden

In Vino

2019

as Charles

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

Dead to Me

2019

as Abe Rifkin

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

as Harry Karetas

Doom Patrol

2019

as Hospital Patient

Olympia

2018

as Self

All of My Heart: The Wedding

2018

as Vern

Honor Amongst Men

2018

as Pop Halmo

Angels on Tap

2018

as Swifty

The Parting Glass

2018

as Tommy

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

2018

as Jefferson

Cobra Kai

2018

as Sid Weinberg

Ed Asner's Oral History

2018

as Self - Interviewee

Ballmastrz: 9009

2018

as Rupert T. Digzfield (voice)

Eva: A-7063

2018

as Narrator (voice)

LA DA Story

2018

as Self (archive footage)

And the Winner Isn't

2017

as Self

A StoryBots Christmas

2017

as Santa

Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas!

2017

as Santa

Saving Christmas

2017

as Rick

The Gliksmans

2017

as Moshe

All of My Heart: Inn Love

2017

as Vern

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

as Elder Pyreez (voice)

CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels!

2017

as Arthur (voice)

Joe's War

2017

as Harry

Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man

2017

as Adult Walter (voice)

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

2016

as Self

MacGyver

2016

as Saul

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

2016

as Wilhelm Müller

Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary

2016

as Corporate Manager

Super Sex

2016

as George

Getting Ed Laid

2016

as Ed Randall

Love Meet Hope

2016

as Mr. James

Love Finds You in Valentine

2016

as Gabriel Morgan

Behind the Fear

2016

as Narrator (voice)

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015

as Kris Kringle

Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts

2015

as Self

Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration

2015

as Self / Lou Grant (archive footage)

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

as Self

The Nutcracker Sweet

2015

as Owl (voice)

Grace and Frankie

2015

as Howard Jay

I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!

2015

as Himself

All of My Heart

2015

as Vern

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

as Santa (voice)

Frozen in Time

2014

as Grandpa (voice)

The Games Maker

2014

as Nicholas Drago

Chasing Life

2014

as April's grandfather

Audrey

2014

as Walt

I Know That Voice

2014

as Self

Christmas on the Bayou

2013

as Papa Noel

Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving

2013

as Mr Wilson

The Crazy Ones

2013

as Mr. Finger

Mom

2013

as Jack

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

2013

as Bonta / Narrator (voice)

American Road

2013

as Walt Whitman

Second Chances

2013

as Chief Buddy

Teen Titans Go!

2013

as Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice)

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012

as Mr. Carson

Casting By

2012

as Self

Autism and Cake

2012

as Fred

Liberator

2012

as President Whitlock

Foodfight!

2012

as Mr. Leonard (voice)

Elephant Sighs

2012

as Leo

Men at Work

2012

as Bob

Should've Been Romeo

2012

as Charlie

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

2012

as Self

The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror

2011

as Narrator

Identical

2011

as Yaakov Washington

Too Big to Fail

2011

as Warren Buffett

Let Go

2011

as Artie

Absolute Killers

2011

Good Men

2011

as Morty

Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

2011

as Dr. Wasserman

Not Another B Movie

2011

as Angry Investor

Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7

2011

as Himself

Hopelessly in June

2011

as Rabbi

The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011

as Voice

Working Class

2011

as Hank Greziak

All Star Superman

2011

as Perry White (voice)

Young Justice

2010

as Kent Nelson (voice)

The Triumph of William Henry Harrison

2010

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

2010

as Granny Goodness (voice)

Hawaii Five-0

2010

as August March

Regular Show

2010

as Santa Claus (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

2010

as Jameson

Christmas Dreams

2009

as Jerry

Dug's Special Mission

2009

as Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)

The Middle

2009

as Ben

The Cleveland Show

2009

Modern Family

2009

as Herschel

The Good Wife

2009

as Guy Redmayne

Up

2009

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Up: Upisodes

2009

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist

2009

as Self

Shatner's Raw Nerve

2008

as Self

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

2008

as Narrator (Voice)

Generation Gap

2008

as Bart Cahill

Christmas Cottage

2008

as Sidney

Gigantic

2008

as Kirby Weathersby

Electile Dysfunction: Inside the Business of American Campaigns

2008

as Self

The Spectacular Spider-Man

2008

as Ben Parker (voice)

Channels

2008

as Ed Packard

Hard Four

2007

as Golden Hands Segal

Christmas Is Here Again

2007

as Krad (voice)

Andy Barker, P.I.

2007

as Mickey Doyle

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

2007

The Sarah Silverman Program.

2007

as Commandant Von Reichenstein

The Rich Have Their Own Photographers

2007

The Christmas Card

2006

as Luke Spelman

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

2006

as Wilson White

The Boondocks

2005

as Ed Wuncler (voice)

Crab Orchard

2005

Bones

2005

as Rufus Tucker

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

2005

as Narrator

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror

2005

as Himself

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

2005

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Sir! No Sir!

2005

as Col. Heinl

Out of the Woods

2005

as Jack Green

Sleeping Dogs Lie

2005

as Sheriff Delaney

American Dad!

2005

as TV Guide Editor-in-Chief (voice)

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

as Self

Elf: Film School for Kids

2004

as Self

Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell

2004

as Self

Elf: How they Made the North Pole

2004

as Self

Elf: That's a Wrap

2004

as Self

Center of the Universe

2004

as Art Barnett

Missing Brendan

2004

as George Calden

CSI: NY

2004

as Abraham Klein

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Hephaestus (voice)

Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock

2004

as J Jonah Jameson (voice)

Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

2003

as Uncle Nick

Elf

2003

as Santa

The Commission

2003

as Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz

Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure

2003

as Narrator (voice)

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003

as Officer Barr (voice)

The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay

2003

as Augie Sinclair

Daredevil vs. Spider-Man

2003

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

as Self

The Man Who Saved Christmas

2002

as Charles Gilbert

Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin

2002

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

The Dead Zone

2002

as Marty Bracknell

The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion

2002

as Self

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Remembering Roots

2002

as Self

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It

2002

as Narrator

Pope John XXIII

2002

as Angelo Roncalli

Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII

2002

as Jean XXIII

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

2001

as Dead Cat

In Search of Peace

2001

as David Ben Gurion (voice)

The Animal

2001

as Chief Wilson

Island Prey

2001

as Jay Roth

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

as Mr. Weiner

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

2000

as Self

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

2000

as Fixer (voice)

Becoming Dick

2000

as Davis Aldrich

The Huntress

2000

Above Suspicion

2000

as Thomas O'Claire

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Perfect Game

2000

as Billy Hicks

Max Steel

2000

as Chuck Marshak (voice)

Common Ground

2000

as Ira

Bring Him Home

2000

as Geza

Snowden's Christmas

1999

as Big Daddy (voice)

Olive, the Other Reindeer

1999

as Santa Claus (voice)

The Bachelor

1999

as Gluckman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Martin Schultz

Love and Action in Chicago

1999

as Taylor

The Sissy Duckling

1999

as Father Duck (voice)

Family Guy

1999

as Steve Bellows (voice)

Our Friend, Martin

1999

as Mr. Harris (voice)

O' Christmas Tree

1999

as Nutcracker (voice)

Maggie Winters

1998

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

as Frank Hunter (voice)

Hercules

1998

as Mentor (voice)

More Tales of the City

1998

as Jack Lederer

The Closer

1998

Hard Rain

1998

as Uncle Charlie

A Christmas Carol

1997

as Marley (voice)

Academy Boyz

1997

Dharma & Greg

1997

as Earl Tucker

The Long Way Home

1997

as George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice)

Johnny Bravo

1997

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997

as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

The Angry Beavers

1997

Dog's Best Friend

1997

as Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice)

The Practice

1997

as Judge Matlin Pratt

Payback

1997

as Jack Patkanis

King of the Hill

1997

as Stinky (voice)

The Fumbleheads

1997

as Charlie Atwater

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1996

as Self

The Story of Santa Claus

1996

as Santa Claus (voice)

Bruno the Kid

1996

as The Engineer (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

as Granny Goodness (voice)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996

as Von Romme (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Arli$$

1996

as Lenny Crowley

Hanged on a Twisted Cross

1996

as Narrator

Gone in the Night

1996

as Det. John Waters

Dumb and Dumber

1995

as General / St. Nick / Old Woman (voice)

Freakazoid!

1995

as Sgt. Cosgrove (voice)

Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger

1995

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

1995

as Hudson (voice)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

1995

as Bruno

Spider-Man

1994

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Gargoyles

1994

as Hudson (voice)

Gypsy

1994

as Charles Thompson

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Bud

ER

1994

as James McNulty

The Magic School Bus

1994

as Gen. Aranius (voice)

Down on the Waterfront

1994

Thunder Alley

1994

as Gil Jones

Duckman

1994

as Mort Sidelman (voice)

Heads

1994

as Ab Abbot

Intimate Portrait

1993

as Self

Animaniacs

1993

as Vern (voice)

The X-Files

1993

as Maurice

Politically Incorrect

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

as Self

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

Mad About You

1992

as Zigmund Klarik

Hearts Afire

1992

as George Lahti

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Roland Daggett (voice)

Cruel Doubt

1992

as Bill Osteen

Fish Police

1992

as Chief Abalone (voice)

JFK

1991

as Guy Bannister

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

as Edward P. Mitchell

Silent Motive

1991

as Sam

Switched at Birth

1991

as Ted Marx

Dinosaurs

1991

as Evil Georgie (voice)

Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show

1991

as Himself

The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You

1991

as Charlie (voice)

Good Cops, Bad Cops

1990

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

1990

as Walter Kovacs

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Hoggish Greedly (voice)

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

1990

as Harvey Metcalfe

The Simpsons

1989

as Editor (voice)

Happily Ever After

1989

as Scowl the Owl (voice)

Roseanne

1988

Moon Over Parador

1988

as Self

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

as Opah Oskar Reikman

Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night

1987

as Scalawag (voice)

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

as Self - Presenter

Cracked Up

1987

as Rev. Vincent Owens

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

The Bronx Zoo

1987

The Christmas Star

1986

as Horace McNickle

Kate's Secret

1986

as Dr. Resnick

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

1986

as Joshua (voice)

Vital Signs

1986

as Matthew St James

Darlin' Clementine

1986

as Lucky Jake

Tall Tales & Legends

1985

as Lucky Jake

Tender Is the Night

1985

as Devereux Warren

Off the Rack

1985

as Sam Waltman

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984

as Self

Highway to Heaven

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

as Norman Cousins

A Case of Libel

1983

as Robert Sloane

Daniel

1983

as Jacob Ascher

Reading Rainbow

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

as Self (archive footage)

Americas in Transition

1982

as Narrator

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

American Playhouse

1982

as Robert Sloane

O'Hara's Wife

1982

as Bob O'Hara

The Marva Collins Story

1981

as Narrator (voice)

A Small Killing

1981

as Simon Shaber

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

as Connolly

The Family Man

1979

as Eddie Madden

The White Shadow

1978

as Edward Asner (uncredited)

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Good Doctor

1978

as Various Roles

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

1978

as Self

A Different Approach

1978

The Gathering

1977

as Adam

Lou Grant

1977

as Lou Grant

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

1977

as Huey P. Long

Roots

1977

as Thomas Davies

Gus

1976

as Hank Cooper

Rich Man, Poor Man

1976

as Axel Jordache

Hey, I'm Alive

1975

as Ralph Flores

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Host

Death Scream

1975

as Peter Singleton

The Impersonation Murder Case

1975

as Dt. Ed Ames

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975

as Self

The Impostor

1975

as Barney West

Twigs

1975

as Phil

Dinah!

1974

as Self

Rhoda

1974

The Wrestler

1974

as Frank Bass

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

as Det. Ralph Varone

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

1973

as Self

Match Game

1973

as Self

Police Story

1973

Haunts of the Very Rich

1972

as Al Hunsicker

Sam Cade

1972

They Call It Murder

1971

as Chief Otto Larkin

The Todd Killings

1971

as Fred Reardon

The Last Child

1971

as Barstow

Skin Game

1971

as Plunkett

Great Performances

1971

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

as Dr. Morheim

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

as Lou Grant

The Flip Wilson Show

1970

as Self

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970

as Woody Garfield

Halls of Anger

1970

as Ernie McKay

House on Greenapple Road

1970

as Sheriff Muntz

Daughter of the Mind

1969

as Saul Wiener

Change of Habit

1969

as Lt. Moretti

Medical Center

1969

The Mod Squad

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968

as August March

The Name of the Game

1968

as Cesare Marino

Gunn

1967

as Lt. Jacoby

Ironside

1967

as Marlon Davis

The Invaders

1967

as Taugus

El Dorado

1966

as Bart Jason

The Doomsday Flight

1966

as Feldman

CBS Playhouse

1966

as Nat Congdon

The Venetian Affair

1966

as Frank Rosenfeld

Mission: Impossible

1966

as George Simpson

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

as George Kramer

Felony Squad

1966

The Rat Patrol

1966

as Captain Friedrich

The Slender Thread

1965

as Det. Judd Ridley

The F.B.I.

1965

as John Carl Brock

The Wild Wild West

1965

as Furman Crotty

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965

Run for Your Life

1965

as Carl Cappi

The Satan Bug

1965

as Henchman Veretti

Profiles in Courage

1964

as Oliver E. Wells

Slattery's People

1964

as Frank Radcliff

Fanfare for a Death Scene

1964

as Pike

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Mr. Novak

1963

as Harmon Stern

Burke's Law

1963

as Pablo Vasquez

The Fugitive

1963

as Roy Malinek

The Outer Limits

1963

as Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo

The Lieutenant

1963

Kid Galahad

1962

as Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited)

The Eleventh Hour

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

Stoney Burke

1962

as Kapp

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Jack Stander

The Virginian

1962

as George Johnson

Sam Benedict

1962

as Dr. Everett Colner

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961

as Dr. Frank Williams

Cain's Hundred

1961

as Dave Keller

The Defenders

1961

as Tim Sellers

The Murder Men

1961

as Dave Keller

Route 66

1960

Outlaws

1960

J-24

1960

The New Girl

1960

as Kurt Harden

The Untouchables

1959

as Fedor Bartok

Naked City

1958

as Lt. Vincent Busti

Decoy

1957

as Sergeant

The Night America Trembled

1957

as 3rd Actor (as Edward Asner)

The Defender (Studio One)

1957

as Juror (uncredited)

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Warden Bragan

Gunsmoke

1955

as Sgt. Wilks

The Oscars

1953

as Carl Fredricksen (voice)

Omnibus

1952

The Emmy Awards

1949

as Self

Studio One

1948

as Actor #3

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee

A Man and His Prostate

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Unplugged

as Dr. Eaton (voice)