About
Ed Asner
Overview
Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.
Known for
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| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | Actor | Edward Everett (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Altered Reality | Actor | Mike Wilson | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | A Fargo Christmas Story | Actor | Popcorn Bud | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Carl's Date | Actor | Carl (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2023 | Being Mary Tyler Moore | Actor | Self (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Actor | Grandpa Heffley (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | Scarlett | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2021 | Back Home Again | Actor | Peter Lionsbridge (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Actor | Ghost of Claude | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | Dug Days | Actor | Carl (voice) | 73 Good |
| 2021 | Senior Entourage | Actor | Ed | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Tiger Within | Actor | Samuel | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Bury Me in Armor | Actor | Dimitry George | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | SEVEN | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2020 | Rain Beau's End | Actor | Gunny | 58 Average |
| 2020 | The Garden Left Behind | Actor | Dr. Cleary | 59 Average |
| 2020 | M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters | Actor | Dr. Howard Arden | 58 Average |
| 2019 | In Vino | Actor | Charles | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Faith, Hope & Love | Actor | Harry Karetas | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Olympia | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | All of My Heart: The Wedding | Actor | Vern | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Honor Amongst Men | Actor | Pop Halmo | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Angels on Tap | Actor | Swifty | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Parting Glass | Actor | Tommy | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Actor | Jefferson | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Eva: A-7063 | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | LA DA Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2017 | A StoryBots Christmas | Actor | Santa | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! | Actor | Santa | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Saving Christmas | Actor | Rick | 58 Average |
| 2017 | All of My Heart: Inn Love | Actor | Vern | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Actor | Elder Pyreez | 58 Average |
| 2017 | CarGo: The City on 4 Wheels! | Actor | Arthur (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Joe's War | Actor | Harry | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man | Actor | Adult Walter (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Titanic: Sinking the Myths | Actor | Wilhelm Müller | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary | Actor | Corporate Manager | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Super Sex | Actor | George | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Getting Ed Laid | Actor | Ed Randall | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Love Meet Hope | Actor | Mr. James | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Love Finds You in Valentine | Actor | Gabriel Morgan | 59 Average |
| 2015 | A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Actor | Kris Kringle | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Generation A: Portraits of Autism and the Arts | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration | Actor | Self / Lou Grant (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Nutcracker Sweet | Actor | Owl | 58 Average |
| 2015 | I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
| 2015 | All of My Heart | Actor | Vern | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Actor | Santa (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Frozen in Time | Actor | Grandpa (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2014 | The Games Maker | Actor | Nicholas Drago | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical | Actor | Jefferson | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Audrey | Actor | Walt | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | I Know That Voice | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Christmas on the Bayou | Actor | Papa Noel | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving | Actor | Mr Wilson | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Actor | Bonta / Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2013 | American Road | Actor | Walt Whitman | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Second Chances | Actor | Chief Buddy | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Actor | Mr. Carson | 55 Average |
| 2012 | Casting By | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Autism and Cake | Actor | Fred | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | Liberator | Actor | President Whitlock | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Actor | Mr. Leonard (voice) | 50 Average |
| 2012 | Elephant Sighs | Actor | Leo | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Should've Been Romeo | Actor | Charlie | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Identical | Actor | Yaakov Washington | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Actor | Warren Buffett | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | Let Go | Actor | Artie | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Absolute Killers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2011 | Good Men | Actor | Morty | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays | Actor | Dr. Wasserman | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | Not Another B Movie | Actor | Angry Investor | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Hopelessly in June | Actor | Rabbi | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Actor | Voice | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Working Class | Actor | Hank Greziak | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | All Star Superman | Actor | Perry White (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2010 | The Triumph of William Henry Harrison | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2010 | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Actor | Granny Goodness (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2009 | Dug's Special Mission | Actor | Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Up | Actor | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | 79 Good |
| 2009 | Up: Upisodes | Actor | Carl Fredricksen (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | The Line | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 2008 | Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union | Actor | Narrator (Voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Generation Gap | Actor | Bart Cahill | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Christmas Cottage | Actor | Sidney | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Gigantic | Actor | Kirby Weathersby | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Channels | Actor | Ed Packard | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Hard Four | Actor | Golden Hands Segal | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Christmas Is Here Again | Actor | Krad (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2007 | From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2007 | The Rich Have Their Own Photographers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2006 | The Christmas Card | Actor | Luke Spelman | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Crab Orchard | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2005 | Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Spider-Man: The Venom Saga | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Sir! No Sir! | Actor | Col. Heinl | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Out of the Woods | Actor | Jack Green | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Actor | Sheriff Delaney | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Center of the Universe | Actor | Art Barnett | 69 Fair |
| 2004 | Missing Brendan | Actor | George Calden | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock | Actor | J Jonah Jameson | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Actor | Uncle Nick | 56 Average |
| 2003 | The Commission | Actor | Capt. J.W. 'Will' Fritz | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Elf | Actor | Santa | 65 Fair |
| 2003 | Spider-Man | Actor | Officer Barr | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay | Actor | Augie Sinclair | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Actor | Charles Gilbert | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Pope John XXIII | Actor | Angelo Roncalli | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Papa Giovanni Joannes XXIII | Actor | Jean XXIII | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Gahan Wilson's The Kid | Actor | Dead Cat | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | In Search of Peace | Actor | David Ben Gurion (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Animal | Actor | Chief Wilson | 53 Average |
| 2001 | Island Prey | Actor | Jay Roth | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Becoming Dick | Actor | Davis Aldrich | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Above Suspicion | Actor | Thomas O'Claire | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2000 | Perfect Game | Actor | Billy Hicks | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Actor | Ira | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Bring Him Home | Actor | Geza | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Snowden's Christmas | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Actor | Santa Claus (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Actor | Gluckman | 56 Average |
| 1999 | Love and Action in Chicago | Actor | Taylor | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Actor | Father Duck (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Actor | Mr. Harris (voice) (as Ed Asner) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | O' Christmas Tree | Actor | Nutcracker (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1998 | The Closer | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1998 | Hard Rain | Actor | Uncle Charlie | 58 Average |
| 1997 | A Christmas Carol | Actor | Marley (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Academy Boyz | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1997 | The Long Way Home | Actor | George Patton / Immigrant to USA / David Ben-Gurion / Holocaust Survivor (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Actor | Dr. Robert Servatius (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Dog's Best Friend | Actor | Jeep, the Sheep Dog (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Payback | Actor | Jack Patkanis | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Fumbleheads | Actor | Charlie Atwater | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Story of Santa Claus | Actor | Santa Claus (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Actor | Hudson (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Gone in the Night | Actor | Det. John Waters | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Hanged on a Twisted Cross | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Freakazoid! | Actor | Sgt. Cosgrove (voice) | 75 Good |
| 1995 | Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1995 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Actor | Bruno | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Spider-Man | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 82 Very good |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Actor | Hudson (voice) | 79 Good |
| 1994 | Down on the Waterfront | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1994 | Thunder Alley | Actor | Gil Jones | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Heads | Actor | Ab Abbot | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Gypsy | Actor | Charles Thompson | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Actor | Reader (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Cruel Doubt | Actor | Bill Osteen | 67 Fair |
| 1992 | Fish Police | Actor | 67 Fair |
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| 1991 | JFK | Actor | Guy Bannister | 72 Good |
| 1991 | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Actor | Edward P. Mitchell | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Silent Motive | Actor | Sam | N/A N/A |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Actor | Ted Marx | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1991 | The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You | Actor | Charlie (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Cops Are Robbers | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Actor | Walter Kovacs | 68 Fair |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | Actor | Harvey Metcalfe | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Actor | Scowl the Owl (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Moon Over Parador | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1988 | A Friendship in Vienna | Actor | Opah Oskar Reikman | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Actor | Scalawag (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1987 | The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood | Actor | Self - Presenter | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Actor | Rev. Vincent Owens | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1986 | The Christmas Star | Actor | Horace McNickle | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Kate's Secret | Actor | Dr. Resnick | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Joshua and the Battle of Jericho | Actor | Joshua (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Vital Signs | Actor | Matthew St James | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Darlin' Clementine | Actor | Lucky Jake | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Tender Is the Night | Actor | Devereux Warren | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | The Second City 25th Anniversary Special | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1985 | Off the Rack | Actor | Sam Waltman | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Donald Duck's 50th Birthday | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Anatomy of an Illness | Actor | Norman Cousins | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | A Case of Libel | Actor | Robert Sloane | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Daniel | Actor | Jacob Ascher | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Americas in Transition | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife | Actor | Bob O'Hara | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1981 | A Small Killing | Actor | Simon Shaber | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Actor | Connolly | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Actor | Eddie Madden | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | The Good Doctor | Actor | Various Roles | 59 Average |
| 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | A Different Approach | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1977 | The Gathering | Actor | Adam | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Actor | Lou Grant | 70 Good |
| 1977 | The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish | Actor | Huey P. Long | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | Gus | Actor | Hank Cooper | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Actor | Axel Jordache | 72 Good |
| 1975 | Hey, I'm Alive | Actor | Ralph Flores | 58 Average |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Actor | Peter Singleton | 59 Average |
| 1975 | The Impersonation Murder Case | Actor | Dt. Ed Ames | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | The Impostor | Actor | Barney West | 59 Average |
| 1975 | Twigs | Actor | Phil | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | The Wrestler | Actor | Frank Bass | 58 Average |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely to... | Actor | Det. Ralph Varone | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Haunts of the Very Rich | Actor | Al Hunsicker | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Sam Cade | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1971 | They Call It Murder | Actor | Chief Otto Larkin | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Todd Killings | Actor | Fred Reardon | 58 Average |
| 1971 | The Last Child | Actor | Barstow | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Skin Game | Actor | Plunkett | 59 Average |
| 1970 | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Actor | Dr. Morheim | 58 Average |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Actor | Lou Grant | 72 Good |
| 1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Actor | Woody Garfield | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Halls of Anger | Actor | Ernie McKay | 59 Average |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Actor | Sheriff Muntz | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Actor | Saul Wiener | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Change of Habit | Actor | Lt. Moretti | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Gunn | Actor | Lt. Jacoby | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The Venetian Affair | Actor | Frank Rosenfeld | 58 Average |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Actor | Bart Jason | 66 Fair |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight | Actor | Feldman | 59 Average |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread | Actor | Det. Judd Ridley | 60 Fair |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Actor | Henchman Veretti | 59 Average |
| 1964 | Slattery's People | Actor | Frank Radcliff | 69 Fair |
| 1964 | Fanfare for a Death Scene | Actor | Pike | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Kid Galahad | Actor | Assistant District Attorney Frank Gerson (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Murder Men | Actor | Dave Keller | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | J-24 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1960 | The New Girl | Actor | Kurt Harden | N/A N/A |
| 1957 | The Night America Trembled | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1957 | The Defender (Studio One) | Actor | Juror (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| Ed Asner's Oral History | Actor | Self - Interviewee | N/A N/A |
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| Everbrook (The Home) | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The True Story of the Amityville Murders: From Homicide to Horror | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
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| Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Blood | Actor | The Prophet | N/A N/A |
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| A Man and His Prostate | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2011 | Let Go | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
Crew |
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| 2022 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Crew | In Memory Of | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | Back Home Again | Crew | In Memory Of | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Muppets Haunted Mansion | Crew | In Memory Of | 60 Fair |
| 1991 | Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |