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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Yitzhak Edward Ed Asner

BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Friday


BIRTHPLACE
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

DIED AT AGE
91 Years 9 Months 14 Days
DEATHDATE
August 29, 2021
DEATHPLACE
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH
Natural causes

NATIONALITY
American
Ed Asner Nationality American

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
SCORPIO

ALSO NOTED FOR
Voice Actor, Political Activist

Physical Stats

CHEST
N/A

BICEPS
N/A

WAIST
N/A

HEIGHT
5'7''(feet & inches)
 
1.7018 meters
 
170.18 cm

WEIGHT
N/A

Ed Asner Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Lizzie Seliger
FATHER
Morris David Asner
FAMILY IMAGE
Ed Asner Family

Fame & Address

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS
Lou Grant (TV Series 1977), Elf (Film 2003)
Ed AsnerLou Grant (TV Series 1977), Elf (Film 2003)

Ed Asner twitter link

Education, Net Worth & More

RELIGION
Agnostic

SCHOOLING FROM
Wyandotte High School

COLLEGE
University of Chicago

More Information
Career of Ed Asner
He guest appeared in The Second City, also guest starred in TV series The Outlaws and Route 66, Decoy. He performed in Mr. Novak, Mission: Impossible and The Invaders.

Stage


In the Off-Broadway revival of Threepenny Opera, he portrayed Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum and in Broadways, he performed in Face of a Hero. In a stage show about the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he has played the title role.

Television


He started to perform on television with an appearance on Studio One. His character Lou Grant was liked by people very much on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and he has reprised his role in other shows like Rhoda and Roseanne. He has a starring and recurring roles in Thunder Alley, The Bronx Zoo and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. He performed the role of an art smuggler in an episode of Hawaii Five-O and again the same character in its remake.

Voice roles


He has done several voice roles like in radio, he provided the voice to the character Joshua on Joshua and the Battle of Jericho, to Hanna-Barbera, J. Jonah Jameson in animated series Spider-Man, Hudson on Gargoyles and many more.

Achievements of Ed Asner
He has won the maximum number of Emmy Awards than any other male actor. He has also received Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2001. He is also a winner of Voice Arts Award for his performance on the Western audio drama podcast "Powder Burns" in the last year.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ed Asner

  • Did Ed Asner takes alcohol? Yes.
    Ed Asner consuming alcohol
  • Was Ed Asner in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
    Ed Asner smoking
  • He supported convicted cop murderer, Black Panther, and radical activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. According to him, Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent and is not in favor of his death penalty. He tried for a long time to get him relief from the death penalty.
    He supported convicted cop murderer, Black Panther, and radical activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. According to him, Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent and is not in
  • Ed is the only person who had won Emmy Award for playing the same character of Lou Grant in both a comedy Mary Tyler Moore and a drama.
  • He had played five times the role of Santa Claus in films Elf, The Ellen Show, Olive, the Other Reindeer, The Story of Santa Claus and also in an episode of Highway to Heaven.
  • One of his child and also his grandchild are the patient with autism and he had done much act to raise the fund for those who suffer from autism. He gives his valuable contribution to the advisory board of a suburban Chicago, which is firm that employs autistic patient to test and program software.

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