Cast: Ed Asner

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ed Asner. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


El Dorado

1966 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt

Synopsis In El Dorado (1966), a drunken sheriff and a skilled but wounded gunslinger team up to defend a rancher and his family from a ruthless land baron. Set in the Old West, the story follows their struggle to uphold justice...

7.8

13K votes

7.8

13K votes

Direction Aaron Sorkin · Thomas Schlamme · Timothy Busfield · John Fortenberry

Cast Matthew Perry · Amanda Peet · Steven Weber · Bradley Whitford

Synopsis TV Series. 1 Season. 22 episodes. In the drama series, Aaron Sorkin lays bare the backstage politics, romances and delicate balance between creative talent, on-air personalities and network executives in an instant text-messaging world. Prominent are Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet),...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

J.F.K. (JFK)

1991 · Movie · 190 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Kevin Costner · Tommy Lee Jones · Gary Oldman · Joe Pesci

Synopsis J.F.K. (JFK) (1991) follows New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison as he investigates the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dissatisfied with the official Warren Commission report, Garrison uncovers inconsistencies and potential conspiracies surrounding the tragic event. As he delves...

7.5

27K votes

7.5

27K votes

Cobra Kai (TV Series)

2018 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Josh Heald · Jon Hurwitz · Hayden Schlossberg · Jennifer Celotta

Cast William Zabka · Ralph Macchio · Courtney Henggeler · Xolo Maridueña

Synopsis Cobra Kai (TV Series) (2018) continues the rivalry from *The Karate Kid*, set decades later. Johnny Lawrence, now struggling, reopens the infamous Cobra Kai dojo to regain purpose, unintentionally reigniting his feud with Daniel LaRusso, who has thrived but still...

7.4

9K votes

7.4

9K votes

Roots (TV Miniseries)

1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States

Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses

Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair

Synopsis From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

Being Mary Tyler Moore

2023 · Documentary · 119 min. · United States

Direction James Adolphus

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · James L. Brooks · Rob Reiner · Treva Silverman

Synopsis Mary's vanguard career, who, as an actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of women in media, redefined their roles in show business, and inspired generations to dream big and make it on their own.

Max

7.0

27 votes

7.0

27 votes

The Fugitive (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Roy Huggins · Jerry Hopper · Walter Grauman · Alexander Singer

Cast David Janssen · Barry Morse · William Conrad · Paul Birch

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder occurred,...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Outer Limits (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Stevens · Joseph Stefano · Gerd Oswald · Byron Haskin

Cast Robert Duvall · Robert Culp · Dabney Coleman · Martin Landau

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1965). 49 episodes. Information from wikipedia.org: There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume....

6.8

704 votes

6.8

704 votes

Daniel

1983 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sidney Lumet

Cast Timothy Hutton · Mandy Patinkin · Lindsay Crouse · Ed Asner

Synopsis The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and...

6.7

180 votes

6.7

180 votes

Too Big to Fail (TV)

2011 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Curtis Hanson

Cast William Hurt · Ed Asner · Billy Crudup · Paul Giamatti

Synopsis Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Max

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Miniseries)

1976 · Series · 720 min. · United States

Direction David Greene · Boris Sagal

Cast Peter Strauss · Nick Nolte · Susan Blakely · Ed Asner

Synopsis Adapted from the mammoth novel by Irwin Shaw, the miniseries covers the years from WWII to the 1960s, detailing the vacillating fortunes of the immigrant Jordache brothers. "Rich Man" Rudy Jordache (Peter Strauss) is determined to use his hard-earned education...

6.7

2K votes

6.7

2K votes

Lou Grant (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Gene Reynolds · Alexander Singer

Cast Ed Asner · Robert Walden · Linda Kelsey · Mason Adams

Synopsis TV Series (1977-1982). 5 Seasons. 114 Episodes. After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has...

6.6

2K votes

6.6

2K votes

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Petrie

Cast Paul Newman · Ed Asner · Ken Wahl · Danny Aiello

Synopsis From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country....

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Dead to Me (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Liz Feldman · Geeta Patel · Kat Coiro · Abe Sylvia

Cast Christina Applegate · Linda Cardellini · James Marsden · Ed Asner

Synopsis TV Series (2019-Present Day). 2 Seasons. A powerful friendship blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret in this darkly comic series. Season 2 premieres May 8 on Netflix.

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

The Slender Thread

1965 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Sydney Pollack

Cast Sidney Poitier · Anne Bancroft · Telly Savalas · Steven Hill

Synopsis Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a...

6.4

105 votes

6.4

105 votes

Route 66 (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Lowell Rich · Arthur Hiller · Tom Gries · George Sherman

Cast Martin Milner · George Maharis · Glenn Corbett · Elizabeth MacRae

Synopsis Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on CBS from 1960 to 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the...

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

The Girl Most Likely to... (TV)

1973 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Lee Philips

Cast Stockard Channing · Ed Asner · Jim Backus · Joe Flynn

Synopsis An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.

6.3

23 votes

6.3

23 votes

6.3

358 votes

The Mod Squad (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Buddy Ruskin · Gene Nelson · Robert Michael Lewis · Earl Bellamy

Cast Michael Cole · Clarence Williams III · Peggy Lipton · Tige Andrews

Synopsis TV Series (1968-1973). 5 Seasons. 123 Episodes. Three young outsiders fight crime as undercover agents for the police.

6.2

21 votes

6.2

21 votes

Mary Tyler Moore (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction James L. Brooks · Allan Burns · Jay Sandrich · Peter Baldwin

Cast Mary Tyler Moore · Ed Asner · Valerie Harper · Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis TV Series (1970-1977). 7 Seasons. 168 Episodes. Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where the characters include Lou Grant, her gruff boss, Murray Slaughter...

6.1

410 votes

6.1

410 votes