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Ed Asner to Receive Long Island InternationalFilm Expo's Lifetime Achievement Award
This July, the Long Island International Film Expowill present Actor/Activist Ed Asner with a LifetimeAchievement Award for his extraordinarycontributions to cinema over his lengthy careerwhich has spanned decades from his work on theMary Tyler Moore Show to recent Film/TV andTheatre work! This year's Expo set to be held fromJuly 13 - 21, 2016 at the historic Bellmore Movies,222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY!
Versatile, committed, eloquent and talented are alladjectives that describe actor/activist and 7-TimeEmmy Award-winning actor ED ASNER, whostarred as Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's 2009 box-office-hit UP! Asner also most recently starred
opposite Joseph Fiennes and Tom Cavanagh in the Disney feature The Games Maker and Joe'sWar with Armand Assante, Boonville Redemption opposite Diana Ladd and the animatedfeature The Nutcracker Sweet. Ed continues to do his one-man show A Man and His Prostatewritten by Ed Weinberger, and is set to shoot is the documentary Titanic with Frances Fisherwritten by Ryan Katzenbach and based on the book Titanic: Sinking the Myths, and will next beshooting the film Waiting in the Wings: The Musical written by Arie Gonzales & Jeffrey AJohns, a short in Dallas, Texas called Closer written by Seraphine NOVA & Mark Glass, afeature The Instigator written by Tom Porter & Maggie Grant in Georgia, and late spring will begoing to Ottawa shoot guest star on the TV series Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Asner is best known for his comedic and dramatic talent as the gruff but soft-hearted journalistLou Grant, the role he originated on the landmark TV news room comedy The Mary TylerMoore Show, and continued in the newspaper-set drama Lou Grant, which earned him fiveEmmys and three Golden Globe Awards. Asner received two more Emmy and GOLDENGLOBE AWARDS for the mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man and Roots.
His most recent credits include a recurring role on the CBS series THE GOOD WIFE starringJulianna Margulies, the NBC telefilm Buddy The Elf, the Hallmark telefilm ALL OF MYHEART starring Lacey Chabert, the CBS series CRIMINAL MINDS starring Joe Mantegna,Hawaii 5-0 starring Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, Mom starring Allison Janney, THECRAZY ONES with the late Robin Williams, as well as CHASING LIFE with Marion Ross forABC Family and the TBS primetime series Men At Work. He and starred opposite Markie Postin the Lifetime telefilm Christmas On The Bayou. Asner returned to Broadway in the Fall of2013 starring in the comedy drama Grace opposite Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and KateArrington, written by Craig Wright and directed by Dexter Bullard. He's also been touring thecountry as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the critically acclaimed one man show FDR for over 5years.
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One of the most honored actors in the history of television; Edward Asner has been therecipient of seven Emmy Awards and 16 nominations, as well as five GOLDEN GLOBEAWARDS and served as National President of the Screen Actors Guild for two terms. He wasinducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame in 1996. Asner received the Ralph Morgan Awardfrom the Screen Actors Guild in 2000, presented periodically for distinguished service to theGuild's Hollywood membership. In March 2002, he was again honored by The Guild as the38th recipient of the prestigious Life Achievement Award for career achievement andhumanitarian accomplishment, presented annually to an actor who fosters the highest ideals ofthe profession.
With more than 100 TV credits, which include starring in the series Off the Rack, The BronxZoo and Thunder Alley, his numerous guest appearances also include roles in Curb YourEnthusiasm, ER, Arliss, The Practice and a recurring role on Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.Besides commercials and numerous books on tape, he has lent his voice to popular cartoonshows such as The Simpsons, Spiderman and Boondocks. Asner's dozens of motion picturesinclude They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Fort Apache the Bronx, JFK, and the European productionof Giovanni XXIII - the highest rated television mini-series in the history of Italian TV as wellas the box office hit, Elf with Will Farrell and James Caan. Asner has done several Hallmarkmovies and was nominated for another Emmy for The Christmas Card in addition to his Emmynominated guest appearance on CSI/NY.
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