Ed Asner to receive achievement award at LI film expo

Ed Asner will be honored at the Long Island International... — Ed Asner will be honored at the Long Island International Film Expo, which runs July 13-21 at the Bellmore Movies. Here, he attends the 15th annual Movies for Grownups Awards in California on Feb. 8, 2016. Credit: Invision, AP / Rich Fury

By Rafer Guzmánrafer.guzman@newsday.comMay 10, 2016

Veteran television and film star Ed Asner is coming to Long Island.

Asner, best known for his role as gruff but warmhearted newsman Lou Grant on CBS’ “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and later in the newspaper drama “Lou Grant,” will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Long Island International Film Expo, which runs July 13-21 at the Bellmore Movies.

Asner, 86, will be recognized “for his extraordinary contributions to cinema,” which include playing Santa Claus in the 2003 Will Ferrell comedy “Elf” and providing the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar’s “Up” (2009).