Edward Asner
Biography
Edward Asner was an American actor who won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, a record for a male performer. He acted on stage in Chicago and New York, made his Broadway debut in Face of a Hero in 1960, and first appeared on film in Kid Galahad in 1962. His best known role was Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its drama spin-off Lou Grant, which earned him five Emmys. He won two more for the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and Roots (1977). His films included They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970), El Dorado (1966), JFK (1991), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), and Too Big to Fail (2011). He voiced Carl Fredricksen in Up (2009) and played Santa Claus in several films. He received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2001 and entered the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1996.
91years old at death
- Born Kansas City
- Died Tarzana
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Eddie Asner (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 69
- Career span
- 62 years1962 to 2024
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A first
Asner won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other male performer, with five of them for playing Lou Grant on both a comedy and a drama series.
A first
Asner played Grant, and for that part he was one of just two actors to take home an Emmy for the same role in both a sitcom and a drama. Uzo Aduba was the other.
Early training
Asner studied journalism in Chicago, but a professor told him the profession paid little, so he switched to drama. He made his debut as Thomas Becket in a campus staging of T. S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral.
A change of course
After serving in the military, Asner was among the founders of the Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago. He moved to New York City before that company's members regrouped as the Compass Players.
First role
Asner landed his first Broadway part in Face of a Hero with Jack Lemmon in 1960. He also broke into television, debuting in 1957 on Studio One.
First role
Asner's first film role came in 1962, when he appeared in Kid Galahad, a movie built as a vehicle for Elvis Presley.
Edward Asner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Bob Peterson directed two of these films, Gordon Douglas two and Terry Ingram two. Lacey Chabert appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lacey Chabert's page
Frank Welker's page
Charles Bronson's page
Brennan Elliott's page
Patrick Sabongui's page
Tom Bosley's page
All films by Bob Peterson
All films by Gordon Douglas
Terry IngramDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2018
All films by Terry Ingram
Also three films together4 more actors
- Daniel CudmoreAll of My Heart: The Wedding (2018), All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017) and All of My Heart (2015)
- Heather DoerksenAll of My Heart: The Wedding (2018), All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017) and All of My Heart (2015)
- Linda GarySpider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown (2002), Happily Ever After (1989) and Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
- Barbara PollardAll of My Heart: The Wedding (2018), All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017) and All of My Heart (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Edward Asner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
15 of the 69 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 69 films: 15 worldwide figure; 8 us gross only; 32 never in cinemas; 14 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 8US gross only
- 32Never in cinemas
- 14Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$735M52.5% of the total
- 2$229M16.3% of the total
- 3$205M14.7% of the total
- 4$85M6.1% of the total
- 5$65M4.7% of the total
- 6$37M2.6% of the total
- 7$20M1.4% of the total
- 8$6.0M0.4% of the total
$17.7 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1971 to 1980, twelve of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1980 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Lou Grant | Won |
| 1978 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Lou Grant | Won |
| 1977 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Rich Man, Poor Man | Won |
| 1976 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1972 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1980 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Lou Grant | Won |
| 1978 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Lou Grant | Won |
| 1976 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Won |
| 1975 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1972 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| 1971 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Life Achievement Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.