The following is the complete filmography of American actor Ed Asner.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 | 7 episodes |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | Furman Crotty | Episode: "The Night of the Amnesiac" |
| 1969 | 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 | NatCongdon | Episode: "Sadbird" |
| 1969 | Sadbird | Nat Congdon | Movie |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Saul Wiener | Movie |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Sheriff Muntz | Movie |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Dr. Morheim | 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 | Movie |
| 1972 | Cade's County | Nick Grainger | Episode: "The Fake" |
| 1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich | Al Hunsicker | Movie |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely to... | Ralph Varone | 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 | Det. Ed Ames | Episode: "The Impersonation Murder Case" |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Peter Singleton | Movie |
| 1975 | Hey, I'm Alive | Ralph Flores | 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 | Movie |
| 1978 | Great Performances | Various Roles | Episode: "The Good Doctor" |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Eddie Madden | Movie |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Narrator | Movie |
| 1984–1985 | Off the Rack | Sam Waltman | 7 episodes |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Devereux Warren | Miniseries |
| 1985 | 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 | Movie |
| 1986 | Disneyland | Horace McNickle | Episode: "The Christmas Star" |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Rev. Vincent Owens | Movie |
| 1987–1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Principal Joe Danzig | 21 episodes |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Opah Oskar Reikman | Movie |
| 1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Harvey Metcalfe | Movie |
| 1990–1996 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Hoggish Greedly (voice) | 33 episodes |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Ted Marx | 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 | The Animated Series | Roland Daggett (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 1993 | Animaniacs | Vern (voice) | Episode: "Garage Sale of the Century/West Side Pigeons" |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Grumps (voice) | Episode: "Seems Like Old Toons" |
| 1993 | Gypsy | Pop | 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 | Movie |
| 1996 | Bruno the Kid | Engineer (voice) |
| 1996 | Roseanne | Lou Grant | Episode: "Call Waiting"; uncredited |
| 1996 | The Magic School Bus | Gen. Aranius (voice) | Episode: "Spins a Web" |
| 1996 | The Story of Santa Claus | Santa Claus (voice) | 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 | The Goliath Chronicles | Hudson (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 1997 | Dog's Best Friend | Jeep | 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 | The Animated Series | Granny Goodness (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer's father (voice) | 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 | Movie |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Ira | 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 | 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; Original video animation |
| 2001–2002 | King of the Hill | Stinky (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | The Pope of Peace | Angelo Roncalli | Movie |
| 2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Charles Gilbert | Movie |
| 2003 | ER | Dr. James McNulty | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Grim & Evil | Mr. Voorhees (voice) | Episode: "Grim for a Day/ChickenBall Z/Max Courage!" |
| 2003 | The New Animated Series | Officer Barr | 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 | 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 | 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 | NY | Abraham Klein | Episode: "Yahrzeit" |
| 2009 | WordGirl | Kid Potato (voice) | Episode: "Nocan the Contrarian/Meat My Dad" |
| 2010 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Commandant Von Reichenstein | Episode: "Wowschwitz" |
| 2010–2011 | American Dad! | Grandpa Smith / Mailbox #2 (voices) | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | The Cleveland Show | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Young Justice | Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson) (voice) | Episode: "Denial" |
| 2011 | Working Class | Hank Greziak | 6 episodes |
| 2011–2017 | Every Day | Dr. Wasserman | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Warren Buffett | Movie |
| 2011 | Royal Pains | Ted Roth | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Middle | Ben | Episode: "The Paper Route" |
| 2012 | Hot in Cleveland | Jameson | Episode: "Rubber Ball" |
| 2012 | Hawaii Five-0 | August March | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Holiday Heist | Mr. Carson | Movie |
| 2012 | Regular Show | Santa Claus (voice) | Episode: "The Christmas Special" |
| 2013 | 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" |
| 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 | 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 | Movie |
| 2016 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Angry Old Timer (voice) | Episode: "Whirly Brains/MermaidPants" |
| 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 | Movie |
| 2018 | Cobra Kai | Sid Weinberg | 2 episodes; continuation of The Karate Kid series |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Saul | Episode: "Skyscraper - Power" |
| 2018 | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Vern | Movie |
| 2019 | Dead to Me | Abe | Main cast |
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