Nathan Lane
Known for: Acting
Born: February 3, 1956
Nathan Lane, born Joseph Lane on February 3, 1956, in Jersey City, New Jersey, is an acclaimed American actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been active in the entertainment industry since 1975 and has received numerous awards, including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He gained wi…
Known for
The Lion King 1½
2004
MouseHunt
1997
The Producers
2005
The Boys Next Door
1996
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
2001
Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5
2004
Teacher's Pet
2004
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
The Nance
2014
Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
1995
Untitled Nathan Lane Documentary
Nicholas Nickleby
2002
The Nutcracker
2010
Isn't She Great
2000
Showing Up
2014
Behind the Legend: Timon
2004
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992
Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks
2001
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
The Last Mile
1992
The Birdcage
1996
Astro Boy
2009
He Said, She Said
1991
Get Bruce!
1999
Dicks: The Musical
2023
Life with Mikey
1993
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
1997
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
1995
Frankie and Johnny
1991
Trixie
2000
The Lion King
1994
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
2004
Mirror Mirror
2012
Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0
2004
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Stuart Little: Making It Big
1999
Cut Off
Titan A.E.
2000
Jeffrey
1995
Stuart Little
1999
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
The Dish on Dolls
2006
Trumbo
2007
Swing Vote
2008
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
At First Sight
1999
The Roots of 'Hairspray'
2007
Stuart Little 2
2002
Broadway: The Next Generation
Carrie Pilby
2017
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
No Pay, Nudity
2016
The English Teacher
2013
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
2001
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016
Ironweed
1987
Pride of The Lion King
2011
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1996
Around the World With Timon & Pumbaa
1996
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Alice in Wonderland
1983
Love's Labour's Lost
2000
Spellbound
2024
Unnatural Pursuits
1992
The Lemon Sisters
1989
Every Act of Life
2018
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Addams Family Values
1993
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Once Upon a Studio
2023
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
I'm Still Here
2010
George and Martha
1999
The Daily Show
1996
The View
1997
Teacher's Pet
2000
Frasier
1993
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
30 Rock
2006
Encore! Encore!
1998
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
One of the Boys
1982
The Marriage Ref
2010
Charlie Lawrence
2003
Saturday Night Live
1975
Only Murders in the Building
2021
American Crime Story
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Modern Family
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
The Gilded Age
2022
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Sex and the City
1998
Mad About You
1992
Primetime Glick
2001
The Blacklist
2013
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
Mid-Century Modern
2025
Great Performances
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024
Elsbeth
2024
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
Difficult People
2015
Miami Vice
1984
Digman!
2023
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Tony Awards
1956