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=== 1983β2009: Established actor and voice work === [[File:Ed Asner - 1985.jpg|thumb|upright|Asner in 1985]] Asner had an extensive [[voice acting]] career. In 1987, he played the eponymous character, George F. Babbitt, in the [[L.A. Theatre Works|L.A. Classic Theatre Works]]' radio theater production of [[Sinclair Lewis]]' novel ''[[Babbitt (novel)|Babbitt]]''. Asner won one [[Audie Award]] and was nominated for two [[Grammy Awards]] and an additional Audie for his audiobook work.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audiopub.org/2000-audies-award | title=2000 audie-awards }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/ed-asner/92 |title=Ed Asner |website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards |access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audiopub.org/2020-audies | title=2020 audie-awards }}</ref> He also provided the voices for Joshua on ''Joshua and the Battle of Jericho'' (1986) for [[Hanna-Barbera]], [[J. Jonah Jameson]] on the 1990s animated television series ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' (1994β98); Hoggish Greedly on ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' (1990β95); [[Manhattan Clan#Hudson|Hudson]] on ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' (1994β96); [[Jabba the Hutt]] on the [[Star Wars (radio)|radio version of ''Star Wars'']]; Master Vrook from ''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' and its [[star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords|sequel]]; Roland Daggett on ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' (1992β94); Cosgrove on ''[[Freakazoid!]]''; Ed Wuncler on ''[[The Boondocks (TV series)|The Boondocks]]'' (2005β14);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/stage/ed-asner-talks-acting-at-89-pursuing-the-truth-and-bringing-the-soap-myth-to-tampa-20190412/|title=Ed Asner talks acting at 89, pursuing the truth and bringing 'The Soap Myth' to Tampa|website=Tampa Bay Times|date=April 12, 2019}}</ref> and [[Granny Goodness]] in various [[DC Comics]] animated series. He also voiced Napoleon, Cornelia's younger sister's cat in the [[Disney]] show ''[[W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|W.I.T.C.H.]]'', and Kid Potato, the Butcher's dad in the [[PBS Kids]] hit show ''[[WordGirl]]''. He was even nominated for a [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]] but lost to [[Eartha Kitt]] for [[Nick Jr.]]'s ''[[Wonder Pets!]]''. Asner provided the voice of famed American orator [[Edward Everett]] in the 2017 documentary film ''The Gettysburg Address''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rasha |last=Ali |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/12-actors-over-80-still-killing-hollywood-ed-173400829.html |title=12 Actors Over 80 Still Killing It in Hollywood, From Ed Asner to Morgan Freeman (Photos) |publisher=Yahoo! |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Brandon |last=Choe |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/ed-asner-career-photo-gallery-1234823964/ |title=Ed Asner's Career Television & Film Career: A Photo Gallery |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref> Asner provided the voice of the main protagonist Carl Fredricksen in the [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Pixar]] film ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'' (2009). He received critical acclaim for the role, with one critic going so far as to suggest "They should create a new category for this year's Academy Award for Best Vocal Acting in an Animated Film and name Asner as the first recipient."<ref>{{cite web | title = Keith Cohen review of "Up" | publisher = Entertainment Spectrum | url = http://entertainmentspectrum.com/index/movies/926/up. | access-date = May 31, 2009 | archive-date = July 10, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710193937/http://entertainmentspectrum.com/index/movies/926/up. | url-status = dead }}</ref> He appeared in the mid- to late-2000s decade in a recurring segment on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', entitled "Does This Impress Ed Asner?"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=187427131 |newspaper=Deseret News |via=legacy.com |department=Obituaries |title=Jane Bucklin Petty |date=December 5, 2017 |quote=In 2006 at age 90, she appeared on the Jay Leno Show where she won the segment, 'Does This Impress Ed Asner?' }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308022436/http://www.omaha.com/index.php/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10524313 |archive-date=March 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |date=December 28, 2008 |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |title=Iowa man appears on 'Tonight Show' |department=Entertainment News & Notes |url=http://www.omaha.com/index.php/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10524313 |first1=Bob |last1=Fischbach |first2=Dane |last2=Stickney |quote=Fett ... took part in the 'Does This Impress Ed Asner?' segment.}}</ref> He was cast in a [[Country Music Television]] comedy pilot, ''Regular Joe''.<ref>{{cite web |last=DiNunno |first=Gina |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ed-Asner-Comedy-1019547.aspx|title=Ed Asner Signs On to CMT Comedy Pilot|work=TV Guide |date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615001558/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ed-Asner-Comedy-1019547.aspx |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> In 2001, Asner was the recipient of the [[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/previous-life-achievement-recipients/2001 |title=Edward Asner β 2001 Life Achievement Recipient β Screen Actors Guild Awards |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015185704/http://www.sagawards.org/previous-life-achievement-recipients/2001 |archive-date=October 15, 2008 }}</ref> Asner won more [[Emmy Awards]] for performing than any other male actor (seven, including five for the role of Lou Grant). In 1996, he was inducted into the [[Television Hall of Fame|Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/hall-fame/hall-fame-archives-honorees |title=Hall of Fame Archives: Inductees β Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=March 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218100226/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/hall-fame/hall-fame-archives-honorees |archive-date=December 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/hall-of-fame/honorees|title=Honorees|website=Television Academy}}</ref>
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