Ed Asner

Yitzhak Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas) is a Jewish-American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. The series was the longest lasting show about newspapers, and one that many professional reporters and editors heralded as realistic. He has a son and a daughter, Matthew and Kate.

External links

• {{imdb name|id=0000799|name=Edward Asner}}
• {{voice actor|id=1034|name=Ed Asner}}
• Bio at All Movie Guide
• Asner's statement to the International 9-11 Citizens Inquiry in Toronto in May 2004