List of awards and nominations received by Ed Asner explained

Ed Asner awards and nominations

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Ed Asner was an American actor who received various awards and nominations. With seven Primetime Emmy Awards, Asner has won the most performance awards of any male performer in the history of the Primetime Emmy Awards. As a voice actor, he received notices for his work on animated series and films, including four Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Asner also received several honorary awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

Asner experienced much success in television during the 1970s, garnering acclaim for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) and the eponymous spin-off series based on Grant (1977–1982). For his role as Lou Grant, Asner earned three Emmy awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and two for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first actor to win an Emmy award in both comedy and drama genres for the same role. He earned further acclaim for his work in television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots as well as five Golden Globe Awards for his television work.

Audie Awards

The Audie Awards are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They are presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). Asner received one award and one nomination.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workResultRef
1997Inspirational/SpiritualGrow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be[1]
Multi-Voiced Performancerowspan="1"
Inspirational/SpiritualConversations with God
Multi-Voiced PerformanceStar Wars: Return of the Jedirowspan="1"
Audiobook Adapted from Another MediumSleeping Beauty[2]
2000Audiobook Adapted from Another MediumThe Dybbuk [3]
2020Business and Personal DevelopmentThe Barefoot Spirit [4]

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

The Behind the Voice Actors Award is an annual accolade that recognizes excellence in voice acting. Asner won an award in 2011.

CableACE Awards

The CableACE Award, created by the National Cable Television Association, was an annual accolade that recognizes the best in cable television. Asner received two nominations.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workResultRef
1984Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical ProgramA Case of Libel [6]
1989Supporting Actor in a Movie or MiniseriesA Friendship in Vienna [7]

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards

The Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards (CAMIE) are annual accolades presented to uplifting films. Asner won the Director Camie award for his work on The Christmas Card (2006).

Daytime Emmy Awards

Created by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) in 1974, the Daytime Emmy Award is an annual accolade that honors excellence in daytime television programming. Asner received a nomination for his voice over work in WordGirl.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workRole(s)ResultRef
1991Outstanding Performer in a Children's SeriesCaptain Planet and the Planeteers Hoggish Greedly
1996Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramSpider-Man J. Jonah Jameson
2010Outstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramWordGirl

Meat My Dad

Kid Potato [9]
2017Outstanding Performer in a Children's, Preschool Children's or Educational and Informational ProgramA StoryBots Christmas Santa Claus

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), is an annual accolade awarded for outstanding artistic achievement in film and television.[10] Out of eleven nominations, Asner won five awards; two for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, one for Rich Man, Poor Man, and two for Lou Grant.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workRole(s)ResultRef
1971Best Supporting Actor – TelevisionThe Mary Tyler Moore Show [11]
1972[12]
1973[13]
1974Best TV Actor – Musical or Comedy[14]
1975Best Supporting Actor – Television[15]
1976Rich Man, Poor Man Axel Jordache [16]
1977Best Actor – Television Series DramaLou Grant Lou Grant [17]
1978[18]
1979[19]
1980[20]
1981[21]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the music industry worldwide. Asner received two nominations.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workResultRef
1997Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical AlbumGrow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be [22]
2010Best Spoken Word Album for ChildrenScat [23]

Online Film & Television Association

The Online Film & Television Association Award is an annual accolade that recognizes excellence in film and television.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workResultRef
2009Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series [24]
2010Best Voice-Over PerformanceUp [25]

Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Award, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), is an annual accolade honoring outstanding achievement in primetime television programming.[26] Asner received seventeen nominations, winning five Emmys for his role as Lou Grant and two others for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots.

YearCategoryRecipient/Nominated workRole(s)ResultRef
1971Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in ComedyThe Mary Tyler Moore Show Lou Grant [27]
1972[28]
1973[29]
1974Best Supporting Actor in Comedy[30]
1975Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series[31]
1976[32]
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy SeriesRich Man, Poor Man Axel Jordache [33]
1977Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesThe Mary Tyler Moore Show Lou Grant [34]
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama SeriesRoots Captain Thomas Davies [35]
1978Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesLou Grant Lou Grant [36]
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1992Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Trials of Rosie O'Neill Walter Kovacs [41]
2007Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or MovieThe Christmas Card Luke Spelman [42]
2009Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Abraham Klein [43]

TV Land Awards

The TV Land Award is an annual accolade created by Michael Levitt which honors the best programs now off the air.

Visual Effects Society Awards

The Visual Effects Society (VES) presents an annual accolade for outstanding achievement in visual effects in film and television.[45] Asner's character Carl from the 2009 film Up won the award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture.

Other awards

Film festivals

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YearCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultRef
2007Best Actor in a ShortPacific Edge[47]
2007[48]

Honorary

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YearCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultRef
1977Golden Plate AwardEd Asner [49] [50] [51]
1987Award of ExcellenceEd Asner [52]
California Independent Film Festival 2006Life Achievement AwardEd Asner [53]
Gold Derby Awards 2010Life Achievement Award (Performer)Ed Asner [54]
1992Star on the Walk of Fame for TelevisionEd Asner [55]
Online Film & Television Association Award 1998TV Hall of Fame – Actors and ActressesEd Asner [56]
Screen Actors Guild Award 2000Ralph Morgan AwardEd Asner [57]
2002Life Achievement AwardEd Asner [58]
2005 Ed Asner [59]

External links

Notes and References

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  11. Web site: The 29th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1972) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012222845/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1972/all#category-25. dead.
  12. Web site: The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012185033/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1973/all#category-1899. dead.
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  17. Web site: The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012223948/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1978/all#category-18. dead.
  18. Web site: The 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1979) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012181956/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1979/all#category-18. dead.
  19. Web site: The 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012161744/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1980/all#category-18. dead.
  20. Web site: The 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012221322/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1981/all#category-18. dead.
  21. Web site: The 36th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982) Winners & Nominees. GoldenGlobes.com. Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). 26 October 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012192324/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1982/all#category-18. dead.
  22. Web site: 1997 Grammy Awards. www.infoplease.com. en. May 9, 2017.
  23. Web site: Grammy Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Spoken Word Album For Children. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. January 9, 2022.
  24. Web site: 2009: The Season of Mad Men. Online Film & Television Association. Wesley Lovell. 28 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192818/http://ofta.cinemasight.com/Awards/Television/0809.html. 4 March 2016. dead.
  25. Web site: Online Film & Television Association (2010). Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com, Inc. 28 October 2016.
  26. Web site: About the Awards. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). 23 June 2017.
  27. Web site: 23rd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  28. Web site: 24th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  29. Web site: 25th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  30. Web site: 26th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Best Supporting Actor in Comedy. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  31. Web site: 27th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  32. Web site: 28th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  33. Web site: 28th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  34. Web site: 29th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  35. Web site: 28th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  36. Web site: 30th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  37. Web site: 31st Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  38. Web site: 32nd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  39. Web site: 33rd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  40. Web site: 34th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  41. Web site: 44th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  42. Web site: 44th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  43. Web site: 44th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 26 October 2016.
  44. Web site: TV Land Awards (2004). Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com, Inc. 28 October 2016.
  45. Web site: About. Visual Effects Society (VES). 24 June 2017.
  46. Web site: 8th Annual VES Awards. visualeffectssociety.com. Visual Effects Society (VES). 28 October 2016.
  47. Web site: Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City (2015). Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com, Inc. 28 October 2016.
  48. Web site: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (2015). Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com, Inc. 28 October 2016.
  49. Web site: Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement . www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
  50. Web site: Our History Photo: Academy guests of honor: sports journalist Howard Cosell, Alex Haley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and the Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Asner at the 1977 Banquet of the Golden Plate during the American Academy of Achievement Summit held in Orlando, Florida. . American Academy of Achievement.
  51. Web site: Photo: Ed Asner Receives Golden Plate from Cloris Leachman . Washington Post, June 27, 1977.
  52. Web site: Banff Television Festival (1987). IMDb. Amazon.com, Inc. 18 July 2017.
  53. Web site: California Independent Film Festival (2006). IMDb. Amazon.com, Inc. 18 July 2017.
  54. Web site: Gold Derby Awards (2010). IMDb. Amazon.com, Inc. 18 July 2017.
  55. Web site: Edward Asner. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. 24 June 2017.
  56. Web site: Hall of Fame: Acting Inductees. Online Film & Television Association. Wesley Lovell. 28 October 2016.
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  58. Web site: 38th Lifetime Achievement Recipient, 2001. SAGAwards.org. Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). 24 June 2017.
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