Asner in 2013
Eddie Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an Emmy award-winning film, television, stage, and voice actor, and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is best known for playing Lou Grant, first on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and then on his own Lou Grant spin-off series, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same leading character in both a comedy and a drama. In the early 1990s, he began a prolific second career as a voice-over artist on animated series. His voice work includes such characters as J. Jonah Jameson in the 1990s Spider-Man animated series, Hudson on Gargoyles, Sergeant Mike Cosgrove on Freakazoid!, and Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar film Up.
Christmas specials filmography
Cast
Live-action
| Production | Year | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II" | 1970 | Lou Grant |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Not a Christmas Story" | 1974 | |
| Lou Grant: "Christmas" | 1977 | |
| The Gathering | Adam Thornton | |
| The Christmas Star | 1986 | Horace McNickle |
| Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | 1991 | Edward P. Mitchell |
| Hearts Afire: "Blue Christmas" | 1993 | George Lahti |
| The X-Files: "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" | 1998 | Maurice |
| The Ellen Show: "Ellen's First Christmas" | 2001 | Santa Claus |
| The Man Who Saved Christmas | 2002 | Charles Gilbert |
| Elf | 2003 | Santa Claus |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure |
Uncle Nick | |
| The Christmas Card | 2006 | Luke |
| Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage | 2008 | Sidney |
| Christmas Dreams | 2009 | Jerry |
| Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | 2012 | Mr. Carson |
| Christmas on the Bayou | 2013 | Papa Noel |
| Murdoch Mysteries: "A Merry Murdoch Christmas" | 2015 | Kris Kringle |
| Saving Christmas | 2017 | Santa Claus |
Animation
| Production | Year | Character(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Freakazoid!: "In Arms Way" | 1995 | Sergeant Mike Cosgrove |
| The Story of Santa Claus | 1996 | Santa Claus |
| A Christmas Carol | 1997 | Jacob Marley |
| O' Christmas Tree | 1999 | Nutcracker |
| Snowden's Christmas | Big Daddy | |
| Olive, the Other Reindeer | Santa Claus | |
| Christmas is Here Again | 2008 | Krad |
| Regular Show: "The Christmas Special" | 2012 | Santa Claus |
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | 2014 | Santa Claus |
Hybrid
| Production | Year | Character | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | 2017 | Santa Claus | Live-action |
| A StoryBots Christmas |
Soundtrack
| Production | Year | Song(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas Is Here Again | 2008 | "I Stole Santa's Sack" "I'm Evil" |
External links
- Ed Asner at the Internet Movie Database