Nathan Lane
Highest Rated: 100% Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 (2021)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Nutcracker (2010)
Birthday: Feb 3, 1956
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
A renowned veteran of both stage and screen, actor Nathan Lane established himself both off-Broadway and on the Great White Way as a multi-talented performer capable of essaying roles in comedies, dramas and musicals. Following a breakthrough performance opposite the great George C. Scott in "Present Laughter" (1982), Lane became known after touring in Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" (1987). As a result, he began making strides in television and film, appearing in "Ironweed" (1987) and "Joe Versus the Volcano" (1990) while continuing to excel on the stage; particularly in roles crafted by playwright and friend Terrence McNally. Despite parts in several high-profile features, including "He Said, She Said" (1991) and "Addams Family Values" (1993), Lane made his film breakthrough voicing an animated, scene-stealing meerkat in "The Lion King" (1994). His Tony Award win for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" was followed by perhaps his most recognizable role, playing opposite Robin Williams in "The Birdcage" (1996). After affirming that he was gay following the murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998, Lane went on to enjoy enormous Broadway success playing the conniving theater producer Max Bialystock in a musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' 1968 film "The Producers" (2001), which earned the actor his second career Tony Award. Lane remained a versatile performer able to transition from stage to screen and back again with considerable ease and the full support from his fans.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spellbound | Oracle of the Sun - Luno (Voice) | - | 2024 |
68% |
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Dicks: The Musical | Harris (Character) | $1.2M | 2023 |
67% |
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Beau Is Afraid | Roger (Character) | $8.1M | 2023 |
100% | No Score Yet | Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 | Self | - | 2021 |
11% |
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall | Harold (Character) | - | 2017 |
63% |
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Carrie Pilby | Dr. Petrov (Character) | $19.0K | 2016 |
71% |
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No Pay, Nudity | Herschel (Character) | $9.0K | 2016 |
44% |
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The English Teacher | Carl Kapinas (Character) | $60.2K | 2013 |
49% |
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Mirror Mirror | Brighton (Character) | $64.9M | 2012 |
0% |
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The Nutcracker | Uncle Albert (Character) | $190.6K | 2010 |
51% |
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Astro Boy | Ham Egg (Voice) | $19.5M | 2009 |
38% |
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Swing Vote | Art Crumb (Character) | $16.3M | 2008 |
84% |
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Trumbo | Unknown (Character) | $108.3K | 2007 |
51% |
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The Producers | Max Bialystock (Character) | $19.4M | 2005 |
76% |
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The Lion King 1 1/2 | Timon (Voice) | - | 2004 |
55% |
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Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! | Richard Levy (Character) | $17.0M | 2004 |
76% |
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Disney's Teacher's Pet |
Spot Helperman/ |
$6.5M | 2004 |
78% |
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Nicholas Nickleby | Vincent Crummles (Character) | $1.3M | 2002 |
81% |
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Stuart Little 2 | Snowbell (Voice) | $64.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Max Prince (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
50% |
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Love's Labour's Lost | Costard (Character) | $284.3K | 2000 |
50% |
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Titan A.E. | Preed (Voice) | $22.8M | 2000 |
24% |
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Isn't She Great | Irving Mansfield (Character) | $3.0M | 2000 |
28% |
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Trixie | Kirk Stans (Character) | $294.9K | 2000 |
72% |
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Get Bruce! | Self | $43.2K | 1999 |
32% |
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At First Sight | Phil Webster (Character) | $22.4M | 1999 |
67% |
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Stuart Little | Snowbell (Voice) | $140.0M | 1999 |
67% |
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Timon (Voice) | - | 1998 |
44% |
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Mouse Hunt | Ernie Smuntz (Character) | $61.8M | 1997 |
84% |
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The Birdcage |
Albert Goldman/ |
$124.0M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boys Next Door | Norman Bulansky (Character) | - | 1996 |
71% |
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Jeffrey | Father Dan (Character) | $3.3M | 1995 |
92% |
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The Lion King | Timon the Meerkat (Voice) | $95.6M | 1994 |
25% |
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Life With Mikey | Ed Chapman (Character) | $12.3M | 1993 |
33% |
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He Said, She Said | Wally Thurman (Character) | $8.7M | 1991 |
69% |
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Frankie and Johnny | Tim (Character) | $21.5M | 1991 |
60% |
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Ironweed | Harold Allen (Character) | $6.9M | 1987 |
TV
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91% | 72% | Elsbeth | Phillip Cross (Guest Star) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2016 2018 2020-2021 2023-2024 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014-2016 2018 2020 2022-2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2016 2018-2019 2023 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018-2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Be My Guest With Ina Garten | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 60 Minutes | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeopardy! | Contestant | 2020 |
74% | 46% | Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Lewis Michener (Character) | 2020 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Pepper (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 2013-2017 2019 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Abraham Stern (Guest Star) | 2018 |
96% | 84% | Difficult People | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
84% | 90% | American Crime Story | F. Lee Bailey (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live From Lincoln Center |
Unknown (Character), Narrator |
2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2012 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2015 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Clarke Hayden (Guest Star) | 2012-2014 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2008 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Eddie Donaghy (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sesame Street |
Unknown (Guest Star), Music Performer, Guest |
2000 2002 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Teacher's Pet | Unknown (Voice) | 2000-2004 |
92% | 91% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Lawrence |
Charlie Lawrence (Character), Executive Producer |
2003 |
70% | 80% | Sex and the City | Bobby Fine (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George and Martha | Unknown (Voice) | 1999-2000 |
33% | No Score Yet | Encore! Encore! | Unknown (Character) | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Nathan Twilley (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1997 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Phil (Guest Star) | 1995 |
71% | 88% | Miami Vice | Morty Price (Guest Star) | 1985 |
40% | No Score Yet | One of the Boys | Jonathan Burns (Character) | 1982 |