Ed Asner

American actor (1929–2021)

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Lived 1929–2021, aged 92United States

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Rank in United States
#172
Actors
Era
1929–2021
Aged 92

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Updated 2026-05-29

Played Lou Grant across two shows—a sitcom and a drama—making the character his calling card for over a decade. Asner became the rare actor who made the same role work in fundamentally different formats.

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Eddie Asner was an American actor. He is most notable for portraying Lou Grant on the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and drama Lou Grant (1977–1982), making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama.

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