He was the president of Screen Actors Guild. He is known for his Emmy Award winning role Lou Grant on both the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Lou Grant". In 2009, he voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar movie "Up". In 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in "Working Class", the first original sitcom on cable CMT. He is currently starring in a Canadian television series "Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays", on CBC Television. Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Asner was married to Nancy Sykes from 1959 to 1988; they have four children. He was married Cindy Gilmore from 1998 to 2007. California Governor Gavin Newsom is his nephew by marriage. Gavin Newsom. Asner currently lives in Santa Monica, California.