Edward David "Ed" Asner (November 15, 1929-August 29, 2021) [1] was a seven-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, voice-actor and comedian best known for his role as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and the spin-off Lou Grant, Captain Davies in the seminal miniseries Roots, Carl Fredricksen in Up, Hudson on Gargoyles, Ed Wuncler on The Boondocks, J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man (1994), and Santa Claus in many productions such as Elf, as well as his uncompromising political and charitable activism.
In Freakazoid!, he provided his talents for the role of Sergeant Mike Cosgrove.
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- Asner was previously a guest-star on Animaniacs as Pa-Bear in the episode "Garage Sale of the Century." He also played Roland Daggett on Batman: The Animated Series, Granny Goodness on Superman, and Hephaestus on Justice League Unlimited.