Ed Asner

Edward Asner was an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is best known for playing Lou Grant during the 1970s and 1980s on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few actors to portray the same character as a lead in both a comedy and a drama. He is the most honored male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards, winning seven times. Later in his career, he gained widespread recognition for voicing Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's animated film Up (2009).