List of awards and nominations received by Ed Asner
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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 a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Asner also received several honorary awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
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Wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 47 |
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.