Ed Asner ganhou sete prêmios Emmy e presidiu o sindicato dos atores dos Estados Unidos (SAG) de 1981 a 1985
O ator norte-americano Ed Asner morreu neste domingo (29) em Los Angeles, Estados Unidos, aos 91 anos.
A causa da morte não foi revelada.
A família confirmou a morte do ator nas redes sociais.
“Lamentamos dizer que nosso amado patriarca faleceu esta manhã pacificamente. Palavras não podem expressar a tristeza que sentimos”, escreveu a família.
Conhecido pelo papel de Lou Grant na sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore”, exibida entre 1970 e 1977, o ator ganhou sete prêmios Emmy e presidiu o sindicato dos atores dos Estados Unidos (SAG) de 1981 a 1985.
Em 2009, Ed Asner emprestou a sua voz para a animação “Up – Altas aventuras”. Ele dublou o personagem principal, Carl Fredricksen. O ator também fez aparições nas séries “Grace & Frankie” e “Cobra Kai”.
Ed Asner nasceu em Kansas City e fez a sua estreia como ator no teatro. Ele ajudou a fundar a Playwrights Theatre Company em Chicago.
Televisão
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Studio One | Juror / Third Actor | 3 episodes |
| 1958 | Decoy | Sergeant | Episode: “An Eye for an Eye” |
| 1960–1962 | Route 66 | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1961 | Naked City | Lt. Vincent Busti | 2 episodes |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | Tyler | Episode: “The Golden Carpet” |
| 1962 | Outlaws | Keef | Episode: “The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid” |
| 1962 | Cain’s Hundred | Dave Keller | Episode: “Blues for a Junkman: Arthur Troy” |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Warden Bragan | Episode: “What Frightened You, Fred?” |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Dr. Everett Colner | Episode: “Nothing Equals Nothing” |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Daniel Stryker | Episode: “The Contenders” |
| 1962–1963 | The Untouchables | Frank / Jimmy Canada / Fedor Bartok | 4 episodes |
| 1962–1963 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Frank Williams / John Fossman | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Max Brenson | Episode: “My Name is Judith, I’m Lost, You See” |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Jack Stander | Episode: “To Catch a Butterfly” |
| 1963 | The Virginian | George Johnson | Episode: “Echo of Another Day” |
| 1963 | Stoney Burke | Kapp | Episode: “Tigress by the Tail” |
| 1963 | The Nurses | Phil Granger | Episode: “The Gift” |
| 1963 | Ben Casey | Jerome Lynch | Episode: “The Echo of a Silent Cheer: Part 2” |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | Charles Perry | Episode: “A Troubled Image” |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Detective Sgt. Thomas Siroleo | Episode: “It Crawled Out of the Woodwork” |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show | Harry Forman | Episode: “Where’s the Million Dollars?” |
| 1963–1964 | The Defenders | Harry Obermayer / Tim Sellers | 2 episodes |
| 1963–1965 | Mr. Novak | Paul Berg / Harmon Stern | 2 episodes |
| 1964 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Sgt. Slade | Episode: “A Case of Armed Robbery” |
| 1964 | Slattery’s People | Frank Radcliff | 3 episodes |
| 1964 | The Reporter | Max Holte | Episode: “Vote for Murder” |
| 1964 | The Farmer’s Daughter | George Chase | Episode: “Like Father, Like Son” |
| 1964–1965 | Profiles in Courage | Oliver E. Wells | 2 episodes |
| 1964–1966 | Gunsmoke | Sergeant Wilks / Jack Redmond | 2 episodes |
| 1965–1967 | The Fugitive | Joe Bantam / Roy Malinek / Sheriff Mayhew | 3 episodes |
| 1965 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Brynov | Episode: “The Exile” |
| 1965 | Burke’s Law | Pablo Vasquez | Episode: “Nightmare in the Sun” |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah | Sam Chance | Episode: “The Verdict” |
| 1966 | Please Don’t Eat the Daisies | Alvin | Episode: “My Good Friend, Whatsisname” |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Captain Friedrich | Episode: “The Life Against Death Raid” |
| 1966 | Run for Your Life | Cappi | Episode: “The Committee for the 25th” |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Bull Bradovich | Episode: “The Killer Instinct” |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight | Feldman | TV Movie |
| 1966–1969 | The F.B.I. | Pete Zacharias / Walter Gretzler / John Carl Brock | 3 episodes |
| 1967 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | George Kramer | Episode: “The Double-O-Nothing Affair” |
| 1967 | Iron Horse | Ned Morley | Episode: “The Prisoners” |
| 1967–1968 | The Invaders | Harry Ferguson / Taugus | 2 episodes |
| 1967–1969 | Judd, for the Defense | District Attorney Orloff / Capt. Paul Wyatt | 2 episodes |
| 1967–1969 | Ironside | Marlon Davis / Warrant Officer Frank Simpson | 2 episodes |
| 1967–1977 | Insight | Various characters | 7 episodes |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | Furman Crotty | Episode: “The Night of the Amnesiac” |
| 1969 | Mission: Impossible | George Simpson | Episode: “The Mind of Stefan Miklos” |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Coach Trask | Episode: “The Last Ten Yards” |
| 1969 | The Name of the Game | Vince Leonard / Cesare Marino | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Here Come the Brides | Matt Balter | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | CBS Playhouse | Nat Congdon | Episode: “Sadbird” |
| 1969 | Sadbird | Nat Congdon | TV movie |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | TV movie |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | TV movie |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | TV movie |
| 1970–1972 | The Mod Squad | Sgt. Ed Lassiter / Joe Walton / Harry Loring | 3 episodes |
| 1970–1977 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Lou Grant | 166 episodes |
| 1971 | They Call It Murder | Chief Otto Larkin | TV movie |
| 1971 | The Last Child | Barstow | TV movie |
| 1972 | Cade’s County | Nick Grainger | Episode: “The Fake” |
| 1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | TV movie |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely to… | Ralph Varone | TV movie |
| 1973–1976 | Police Story | Frank Moran / Arch Tatum / Lt. Dave Blodgett | 3 episodes |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Lou Grant | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | The Wide World of Mystery | Detective Ed Ames | Episode: “The Impersonation Murder Case” |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | TV movie |
| 1975 | Hey, I’m Alive | Ralph Flores | TV movie |
| 1975 | Hawaii Five-O | August March | Episode: “Wooden Model of a Rat” |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Roots | Capt. Thomas Davies | 2 episodes |
| 1977–1982 | Lou Grant | Lou Grant | 114 episodes |
| 1977 | The Gathering | Adam Thornton | TV movie |
| 1978 | Great Performances | Various characters | Episode: “The Good Doctor” |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | TV movie |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator (voice) | TV movie |
| 1984–1985 | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | Miniseries |
| 1985 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | Joshua(voice) | Episode: “Joshua and the Battle of Jericho” |
| 1986 | Tall Tales & Legends | Lucky Jake | Episode: “My Darlin’ Clementine” |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven | Harold | Episode: “The Last Assignment” |
| 1986 | Kate’s Secret | Dr. Resnick | TV movie |
| 1986 | Disneyland | Horace McNickle | Episode: “The Christmas Star” |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Reverend Vincent Owens | TV movie |
| 1987–1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Principal Joe Danzig | 21 episodes |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | TV movie |
| 1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | TV movie |
| 1990–1996 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Hoggish Greedly(voice) | 33 episodes |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | TV movie |
| 1991–1992 | The Trials of Rosie O’Neill | Walter Kovacs | 17 episodes |
| 1992 | Cruel Doubt | Bill Osteen | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Fish Police | Chief Abalone (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 1992–1993 | Hearts Afire | George Lahti | 12 episodes |
| 1992–1994 | Batman: The Animated Series | Roland Daggett (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Animaniacs | Papa Bear(listed in the credits as “Vern”) (voice) | Episode: “Garage Sale of the Century/West Side Pigeons” |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Grumps (voice) | Episode: “Seems Like Old Toons” |
| 1993 | Gypsy | Pop | TV movie |
| 1994 | Dinosaurs | Evil Georgie (voice) | Episode: “Georgie Must Die!” |
| 1994–1995 | Thunder Alley | Gil Jones | 27 episodes |
| 1994–1996 | Gargoyles | Hudson (voice) | 39 episodes |
| 1994–1998 | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson(voice) | 35 episodes |
| 1995 | Duckman | Mort Sidelman (voice) | Episode: “The Germ Turns” |
| 1995–1997 | Freakazoid! | Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (voice) | 16 episodes |
| 1996 | Gone in the Night | Det. John Waters | TV movie |
| 1996 | Bruno the Kid | Engineer (voice) | |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Lou Grant | Episode: “Call Waiting”; uncredited |
| 1996 | The Magic School Bus | General Aranius (voice) | Episode: “Spins a Web” |
| 1996 | The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | TV movie |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Von Romme / Sentry #4 (voices) | Episode: “Nuclear Netherworld” |
| 1996–1997 | Mad About You | Zigmund Klarik | 3 episodes |
| 1996–1997 | Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | Hudson (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 1997 | Dog’s Best Friend | Jeep | TV movie |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Daniel (voice) | Episode: “Faith” |
| 1997 | Dead Man’s Gun | Jebusi McKinney | Episode: “Next of Kin” |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | Risk Keeper (voice) | Episode: “Mission to the Big Hot Thingy/I Dare You” |
| 1997 | Life with Louie | Mr. Applegate (voice) | Episode: “The Kiss Is the Thing” |
| 1997 | Jumanji | The Judge (voice) | Episode: “The Trial” |
| 1997–2004 | The Practice | Judge Matlin Pratt / Judge Marcus Winnaker | 4 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | The New Adventures of Zorro | Additional voices | 26 episodes |
| 1998 | Soul Man | Frank Weber | Episode: “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” |
| 1998 | Ask Harriet | Old Man Russell | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | The Closer | Carl Dobson | 10 episodes |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Jack Lederer | Miniseries; episode #1.5 |
| 1998 | Hercules | Mentor (voice) | Episode: “Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes” |
| 1998 | Maggie Winters | Nathan Winters | Episode: “Angstgiving Day” |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Maurice | Episode: “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas“ |
| 1998–2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | Granny Goodness(voice) | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer’s father (voice) | TV movie |
| 1999 | The Simpsons | Editor (voice) | Episode: “Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner?“ |
| 1999 | Disney’s Recess | Thaddeus T. Third V (voice) | Episode: “The Biggest Trouble Ever” |
| 1999 | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Santa Claus | TV movie |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Ira | TV movie |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Bud | Episode: “Here I Am” |
| 2000 | The Hoop Life | Coach | Episode: “The Second Chance” |
| 2000 | Arliss | Lenny Crowley | Episode: “Last Call” |
| 2000 | Becoming Dick | Davis Aldrich | TV movie |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Fixer (voice) | Episode: “The Return of XL” |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys | Frank Hunter (voice) | Episode: “The Anniversary” |
| 2000–2001 | Johnny Bravo | Dr. Miller / Uncle Lou (voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Max Steel | Chuck Marshak (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | The Huntress | Max Quinlin | Episode: “Generations” |
| 2001 | Family Guy | Steve Bellows (voice) | Episode: “One If by Clam, Two If by Sea“ |
| 2001 | Dharma & Greg | Earl Tucker | Episode: “How This Happened” |
| 2001 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Mr. Weiner | Episode: “The Acupuncturist” |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Santa Claus | Episode: “Ellen’s First Christmas” |
| 2001 | 3×3 Eyes | Grandpa Ayanokoji (voice) | English dub |
| 2001–2002 | King of the Hill | Stinky (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | John XXIII: The Pope of Peace | Angelo Roncalli | TV movie |
| 2002 | Teamo Supremo | Mr. Large (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | TV movie |
| 2003 | ER | Dr. James McNulty | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Grim & Evil | Mr. Voorhees (voice) | Episode: “Grim for a Day/ChickenBall Z/Max Courage!” |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Officer Barr (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Duck Dodgers | Guard Captain (voice) | Episode: “I’m Going to Get You Fat Sucker/Detained Duck” |
| 2003 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure | Uncle Nick | TV movie |
| 2004–2005 | Justice League Unlimited | Granny Goodness / Hephaestus(voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | Center of the Universe | Art Barnett | 12 episodes |
| 2005 | The Dead Zone | Marty Bracknell | Episode: “Coming Home” |
| 2005–2014 | The Boondocks | Ed Wuncler Sr. (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2006 | The Christmas Card | Luke Spellman | TV movie |
| 2006 | W.I.T.C.H. | Napoleon (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2006–2007 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Wilson White | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Andy Barker, P.I. | Mickey Doyle | Episode: “The Lady Varnishes” |
| 2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Uncle Ben(voice) | Episode: “Intervention” |
| 2009 | Star-ving | Mr. Lipschitz and his twin Mr. Lipschitz | Episode: “El Al-Qaeda” |
| 2009 | The Line | Patrick | 7 episodes |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Abraham Klein/Klaus Braun | Episode: “Yahrzeit” |
| 2009 | WordGirl | Kid Potato (voice) | Episode: “Nocan the Contrarian/Meat My Dad” |
| 2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Commandant Von Reichenstein | Episode: “Wowschwitz” |
| 2010–2019 | American Dad! | Various voices | 4 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | The Cleveland Show | Various characters | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Young Justice | Kent Nelson(voice) | Episode: “Denial” |
| 2011 | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 6 episodes |
| 2011–2017 | Michael: Every Day | Dr. Wasserman | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | TV movie |
| 2011 | Royal Pains | Ted Roth | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Middle | Ben | Episode: “The Paper Route” |
| 2012 | Hot in Cleveland | Jameson Lyons | Episode: “Rubber Ball” |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | August March | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | TV Movie |
| 2012 | Regular Show | Santa Claus (voice) | Episode: “The Christmas Special” |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Coach Martin Schultz | Episode: “Monster’s Legacy” |
| 2013 | Maron | Marc’s Dad | Unaired pilot |
| 2013 | The Glades | Dr. Ted Hardy | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | The Crazy Ones | Mr. Finger | Episode: “The Stan Wood Account” |
| 2013 | Christmas on the Bayou | Papa Noel | TV movie |
| 2014 | Men at Work | Bob | Episode: “Gigo-Milo” |
| 2014 | Mom | Jack Bumgartner | Episode: “Kimchi and a Monkey Playing Harmonica” |
| 2014 | Chasing Life | Artie Carver | Episode: “Locks of Love” |
| 2014 | Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas | Santa Claus (voice) | Television special |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | Guy Redmayne | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Criminal Minds | Roy Brooks | Episode: “A Place at the Table” |
| 2015–2018 | Forgive Me | Bishop | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Kris Kringle | Episode: “A Merry Murdoch Christmas” |
| 2015 | All of My Heart | Vern | TV movie |
| 2016 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Angry Old Timer (voice) | Episode: “Whirly Brains” |
| 2017 | Bones | Rufus Tucker | Episode: “The New Tricks in the Old Dogs” |
| 2017 | A StoryBots Christmas | Santa | Television special |
| 2017 | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Vern | TV movie |
| 2017 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Wilhelm Müller | TV Documentary |
| 2018, 2021 | Cobra Kai | Sid Weinberg | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Saul | Episode: “Skyscraper – Power” |
| 2018 | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | TV movie |
| 2019–2021 | Grace and Frankie | Howard Jay | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Dead to Me | Abe Rifkin | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Doom Patrol | Hospital Patient | Episode: “Flex Patrol” |
| 2020 | Modern Family | Herschel Braverman | Episode: “Dead On Arrival” |
| 2020 | Blue Bloods | Chuck Kennedy | Episode: “Vested Interests” |
| 2020 | Ballmastrz: 9009 | Rupert T. Digzfield IV (voice) | Episode: “Onward, True Blue Friends Win Eternal; Paladin of the Heavens, Start Today!” |
| 2020 | Briarpatch | James Staghorne Sr. | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Royalties | Papa / Hal | Episode: “Break It In” |
| 2020–2021 | Central Park | Ambrose (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Teen Titans Go! | Mike Cosgrove (voice) | Episode: “Huggbees!” |
| 2021 | Dug Days | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | Main role; posthumous release |
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Filmografia |
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Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
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1961 |
Dave Keller |
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1962 |
Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson |
Uncredited |
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1965 |
Veretti |
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1965 |
Detective Judd Ridley |
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1966 |
Frank Rosenfeld |
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1967 |
Bart Jason |
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1967 |
Police Lt. Jacoby |
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1969 |
Lt. Moretti |
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1970 |
Ernie McKay |
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1970 |
Woody Garfield |
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1971 |
Plunkett |
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1971 |
Fred Reardon |
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1974 |
Frank Bass |
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1976 |
Hank Cooper |
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1981 |
Connolly |
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1982 |
Bob O’Hara |
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1983 |
Jacob Ascher |
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1984 |
Anatomy of an Illness |
Norman Cousins |
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1986 |
The Christmas Star |
Horace McNickle |
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1987 |
Scalawag (voice) |
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1988 |
Himself |
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1990 |
Scowl the Owl (voice) |
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1991 |
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1992 |
Charlie (voice) |
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1995 |
Hudson (voice) |
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1995 |
Bruno |
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1997 |
Charlie Atwater |
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1997 |
Jacob Marley (voice) |
Direct-to-video |
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1998 |
Uncle Charlie |
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1999 |
Taylor |
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1999 |
Sid Gluckman |
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1999 |
Mr. Harris (voice) |
Direct-to-video |
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2000 |
Coach Billy |
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2001 |
Chief Marion Wilson |
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2003 |
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2005 |
Grandpa Cecil |
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2006 |
Mr. Olson |
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2006 |
Luke Spelman |
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2007 |
Krad (voice) |
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2008 |
Ed Packard |
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2008 |
Kirby Weathersby |
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2008 |
Sidney |
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2009 |
Carl Fredricksen (voice) |
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2009 |
Carl Fredricksen (voice) |
Video short; uncredited |
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2010 |
Angry Investor |
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2010 |
Granny Goodness (voice) |
Direct-to-video |
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2011 |
Perry White (voice) |
Direct-to-video |
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2011 |
Maxwell |
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2011 |
Artie Satz |
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2011 |
Grandfather |
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2012 |
Leonard (voice) |
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2012 |
Elephant Sighs |
Leo |
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2012 |
Mr. Carson |
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2013 |
Bonta / Narrator (voices) |
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2013 |
Himself |
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2014 |
Walt |
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2014 |
Nicholas |
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2015 |
Himself |
Short film |
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2015 |
The Nutcracker Sweet |
Owl (voice) |
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2016 |
Boonville Redemption |
Judge Mordecai Price |
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2017 |
The Gliksmans |
Moshe |
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2017 |
Rick |
Direct-to-video |
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2017 |
Joe’s War |
Harry |
Direct-to-video |
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2017 |
CarGo |
Art (voice) |
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2018 |
Tommy |
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2019 |
Dr. Cleary |
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2019 |
Harry Karetas |
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2020 |
M.O.M.: Mothers of Monsters |
Dr. Harry Arden |
Cameo |
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2021 |
Senior Entourage |
Ed |
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TBA |
Completed |
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T |
The Gettysburg Address |
Edward Everett (voice |
