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Nathan Lane

Writer / Actor | * 02/03/1956 (68) | Jersey City, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
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Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been seen on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. Lane has received numerous awards, including three Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, the Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade". Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. During this time he also briefly appeared as one half of the comedy team of Stack and Lane, until he was cast in the 1982 Broadway revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter directed by and starring George C. Scott. This led to an extensive career onstage, where he had a long friendship and fruitful collaboration with the playwright Terrence McNally which started in 1989 with the Manhattan Theater Club production of The Lisbon Traviata. A six-time Tony Award nominee, he has won three times, for Best Actor in a Musical for Pseudolus in Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996) and Max Bialystock in Mel Br... ()
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Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. He has won three Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show. ...

The Producers

PG-13

2005 | 3.1/5 | 2h 14min
Comedy
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A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosoph ...

The Lion King

G

1994 | 4.1/5 | 1h 29min
Kids & Family, Animation, Drama
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A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents. ...

The Birdcage

R

1996 | 3.5/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy
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Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to ...

MouseHunt

PG

1997 | 3.3/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Nathan Lane

Laurence Olivier Awards Daytime Emmy Awards 2x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical 2x Drama League Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Nathan Lane as Actor(69)

as The Oracle of the Sun (voice)2023 Spellbound
as Timon (voice)2023 Once Upon a Studio
as Roger2023 Beau Is Afraid
2023 Dicks: The Musical
as himself2021 Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
as Giacomo2020 Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as himself2019 Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Harold2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as himself2018 Every Act of Life
as Roy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica2017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
as Roy M. Cohn/Prior 22017 National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
as Dr. Petrov2017 Carrie Pilby
as Herschel2016 No Pay, Nudity
2016 Mike Nichols: An American Master
as Chauncey Miles2014 The Nance
as himself2014 Showing Up
as Carl Kapinas2013 The English Teacher
as himself2013 Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
as himself2013 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Brighton2012 Mirror Mirror
as Uncle Albert2010 The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
as Nathan Lane (uncredited)2010 I'm Still Here
as Self (archive footage)2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Ham Egg (voice)2009 Astro Boy
as Art Crumb2008 Swing Vote
as Officer Meany2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as himself2007 Trumbo
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Max Bialystock2005 The Producers
as Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)2004 Teacher's Pet
as Richard Levy the Driven2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
as Nathan Detroit (segment "Guys & Dolls")2004 Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Timon (voice)2004 The Lion King 1½
as Timon (voice)2004 Behind the Legend: Timon
as Vincent Crummles2002 Nicholas Nickleby
as Snowbell (voice)2002 Stuart Little 2
as Mysterious Disco Man2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Self - Perfomer2001 My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
as Max Prince2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor
as himself2001 Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
as Preed (voice)2000 Titan A.E.
as Irving Mansfield2000 Isn't She Great
as Kirk Stans2000 Trixie
as Sheridan Whiteside2000 The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Costard2000 Love's Labour's Lost
as Snowbell (voice)1999 Stuart Little
as Phil Webster1999 At First Sight
as himself1999 Get Bruce!
as Timon (voice)1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
as Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz1997 MouseHunt
as Norman Bulansky1996 The Boys Next Door
as himself1996 A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
as Albert1996 The Birdcage
as Father Dan1995 Jeffrey
as The Cowardly Lion1995 The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
as Timon (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)1995 Toy Story
as Timon (voice)1995 Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
as Timon (voice)1994 The Lion King
as Ed Chapman1993 Life with Mikey
as Desk Sergeant1993 Addams Family Values
as Limo Passenger1992 Unnatural Pursuits
as Himself / Nathan Detroit1992 Guys And Dolls: Off The Record
as The Stage Manager1992 The Last Mile
as Tim1991 Frankie and Johnny
as Wallace "Wally" Thurman1991 He Said, She Said
as Baw - The Waponi Advance Man1990 Joe Versus the Volcano
as Charlie Sorrell1989 The Lemon Sisters
as Harold Allen1987 Ironweed
as Mouse1983 Alice in Wonderland

TV Shows/Series with Nathan Lane as Actor(34)

as Ward McAllister2022 The Gilded Age
as Teddy Dimas2021 Only Murders in the Building
as Lewis Michener2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
as F. Lee Bailey2016 American Crime Story
as himself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as himself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Abraham Stern2013 The Blacklist
as Self - Panelist2010 The Marriage Ref
as Clarke Hayden2009 The Good Wife
as Pepper Saltzman2009 Modern Family
as Eddie2006 30 Rock
as himself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2001 Primetime Glick
2000 Teacher's Pet
as himself2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm
as George (voice)1999 George and Martha
as Bobby Fine1998 Sex and the City
1998 Encore! Encore!
as himself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Self - Guest1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as himself1996 The Daily Show
1995 Timon & Pumbaa
as himself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as Phil1993 Frasier
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1982 One of the Boys
as Chauncey Miles1976 Live from Lincoln Center
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
as Mouse1971 Great Performances

Full Name: Joseph Lane
Born: Friday, 02/03 1956 (February) in Jersey City, New Jersey (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 80 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: St. Peter's Preparatory School
Other names for Nathan Lane (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Натан Лейн"
Nathan Lane frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (35x, Actor)
Bill Hader (27x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (25x, Actor)
Martin Short (24x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (22x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (22x, Actor)
Rachel Dratch (22x, Actress)
Will Forte (19x, Actor)
Tina Fey (17x, Actress)
Jimmy Fallon (17x, Actor)
Tom Hanks (16x, Actor)
Ernie Sabella (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1512, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/01/2024