# Ed Asner

> He pulled off what almost no one in TV history has managed: playing the same character - gruff newsroom boss Lou Grant - in both a hit sitcom and a critically acclaimed drama, winning Emmys for both. That trick, plus seven statuettes total, made him the most-decorated male performer in Emmy history.

*American actor (1929-2021)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ed-asner

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1929-11-15
- **Died:** 2021-08-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Eddie Asner was born November 15, 1929, and spent decades building a career that spanned westerns, procedurals, and voice booths before landing the role that defined him: Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. When that sitcom ended in 1977, the character migrated to his own hour-long drama, Lou Grant, where Asner won two more Emmys as a lead after winning three as a supporting player on the original show. He added two more statuettes for Rich Man, Poor Man in 1976 and Roots in 1977, cementing a record no male actor has matched. His film work ranged from El Dorado and JFK to voicing the cranky widower Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up, and he became a go-to Santa Claus in holiday fare. He kept working into his eighties, turning up in everything from The Good Wife to Cobra Kai, and died August 29, 2021.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 28.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 15.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/TheOnlyEdAsner (@TheOnlyEdAsner)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000799/ (@nm0000799)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.ed-asner.com/

## Topics
#Actors, #Actor, #Movies, #Film Directing, #Screenwriting, #Politics, #Voice Acting, #Comedy

## Timeline
- **2021** - Died
- **1992** - Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- **1987** - Eugene V. Debs Award
- **1982** - Paul Robeson Award
- **1978** - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama
- **1978** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- **1976** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- **1972** - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
- **1971** - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- **1962** - Kid Galahad
- **1929** - Born

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- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/332561)

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