# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-asner
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:24:58.811Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-asner"
name: "Ed Asner"
slug: "ed-asner"
description: "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."
tagline: "American actor (1929–2021)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1929-11-15"
deathDate: "2021-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.