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Lane at the 1998 Primetime Emmy Awards

Nathan Lane is an American actor and writer known for his performances in film, television and theatre.

He is most known for his theatre roles on and off Broadway including his Tony Award winning performances as Pseudolus in the 1996 revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), as Max Bialystock in the original production of The Producers (2001), and as Roy Cohn in the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. Lane's Broadway theatre performances also include Present Laughter (1982), Merlin (1984), Wind in the Willows (1985), Guys and Dolls (1992), Some Americans Abroad (1990), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1994), Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995), The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), The Frogs (2004), The Odd Couple (2005), Butley (2006), Waiting For Godot (2009), The Addams Family (2010), The Nance (2013), It's Only a Play and The Iceman Cometh (2014), The Front Page (2016), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (2019), and Pictures From Home (2023).

Lane is known for his leading performances in the comedy films The Birdcage, (1996), Mouse Hunt (1997), and The Producers (2005). He has also voiced Timon in the Disney animated film The Lion King (1994) and its sequels and Snowbell the cat in Stuart Little (1999). He is also known for his supporting performances in films such as Ironweed (1987), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Jeffrey (1995), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Swing Vote (2008), Mirror Mirror (2012), The English Teacher (2013), Carrie Pilby (2016), Beau is Afraid (2023), and Dicks: The Musical (2023).

Lane also is well known for his guest starring appearances in various television shows including Miami Vice, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Frasier, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Absolutely Fabulous, Modern Family, The Good Wife, and The Blacklist. Lane also appeared as F. Lee Bailey in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) and as Detective Lewis Michener in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020). He has recurring roles on Only Murders in the Building for Hulu starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, for which he received his first Primetime Emmy and the new HBO series The Gilded Age written by Julian Fellowes.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Ironweed Harold Allen
1990 The Lemon Sisters Charlie Sorrell
Joe Versus the Volcano Baw, Waponi Advance Man
1991 He Said, She Said Wally Thurman
Frankie and Johnny Tim
1993 Life with Mikey Ed Chapman
Addams Family Values Desk Sergeant
1994 The Lion King Timon Voice
1995 Jeffrey Father Dan
1996 The Birdcage Albert Goldman
1997 Mouse Hunt Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz
1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Timon Voice; Direct-to-video
1999 Stuart Little Snowbell Little Voice
At First Sight Phil
Get Bruce! Himself Documentary
2000 Isn't She Great Irving Mansfield
Love's Labour's Lost Costard
Titan A.E. Preed Voice
Trixie Kirk Stans
2002 Stuart Little 2 Snowbell Little Voice
Austin Powers in Goldmember Mysterious Disco Man Cameo (Non-Speaking Role)
Nicholas Nickleby Vincent Crummles
2004 Teacher's Pet Spot/Scott Voice
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Richard Levy the Driven
The Lion King 1½ Timon Voice; Direct-to-video
2005 The Producers Max Bialystock
2007 Trumbo Himself Documentary
2008 Swing Vote Art Crumb
2009 Astro Boy Hammegg Voice
2010 The Nutcracker Uncle Albert
2012 Mirror Mirror Brighton
2013 The English Teacher Mr. Kapinas
2016 Carrie Pilby Dr. Petrov
No Pay, Nudity Herschel Thalkin
2017 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Harold
National Theatre Live: Angels in America Roy Cohn Theatrical release
2023 Beau Is Afraid Roger Stanwyck
Dicks: The Musical Harris
Once Upon a Studio Timon Voice; Short film
2024 Spellbound Oracle of the Sun Voice; Post-production

Source: Turner Classic Movies[1]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls Stage Manager Television movie
1982 One of the Boys Jonathan Burns 13 episodes
1983 Great Performances Mouse Episode: "Alice in Wonderland"
1985 Miami Vice Morty Price Episode: "Buddies"
1989–91 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Bing Shalimar 3 episodes
1995 Frasier Phil Episode: "Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice..."
1995 Timon & Pumbaa Timon Voice; 10 episodes
1996 The Boys Next Door Norman Bulansky Television movie
1997 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Nathan Lane/Metallica"
1997 Merry Christmas, George Bailey Clarence Television movie
1998 Mad About You Nathan Twilley Episode: "Good Old Reliable Nathan"
1998–99 Encore! Encore! Joseph Pinoni 13 episodes
1999–2000 George and Martha George Voice; 26 episodes
2000 The Man Who Came to Dinner Sheridan Whiteside PBS live television broadcast
2000–02 Teacher's Pet Spot Helperman
Scott Leadready II 		Voice; 34 episodes
2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor Max Prince Television movie
2002 Sex and the City Bobby Fine Episode: "I Love a Charade"
2003 Charlie Lawrence Charlie Lawrence 7 episodes
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Nathan Lane Episode: "Opening Night"
2004 Absolutely Fabulous Kunz Episode: "White Box"
2007 30 Rock Eddie Donaghy Episode: "The Fighting Irish"
2010–19 Modern Family Pepper Saltzman 10 episodes
2012–14 The Good Wife Clarke Hayden 15 episodes
2014 The Money Gordon McCarren Pilot
2014 Don Rickles: One Night Only Himself (guest) Spike television special
2016 The People v. O.J. Simpson:
American Crime Story 		F. Lee Bailey 8 episodes
2016 Difficult People Himself Episode: "Kessler Epstein Foundation"
2016 Maya & Marty Connor Grayfield Episode: "Steve Martin & Tina Fey"
2018 The Blacklist Abraham Stern Episode: "Abraham Stern (No. 100)"
2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Lewis Michener Main role, 10 episodes
2021–present Only Murders in the Building Teddy Dimas Recurring role
2022 The Gilded Age Ward McAllister Recurring role
2024 Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Dominick Dunne Main role, 5 episodes

Source: Turner Classic Movies[1]

Theatre[edit]

Year Production Role Venue Ref.
1978 A Midsummer Night's Dream Francis Flute Equity Library Theatre, Off-Broadway [2]
1982 Present Laughter Roland Maule Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [3]
1983-1984 Merlin Prince Fergus Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway [4]
1984 Love Harry Berlin Audrey Wood Theater, Off-Broadway [5]
She Stoops to Conquer Tony Lumpkin Triplex Theatre, Off-Broadway [6]
1985 Measure for Measure Pompey Delacorte Theeatre, Off-Broadway [7]
Wind in the Willows Toad Nederlander Theatre, Broadway [8]
1986 The Common Pursuit Nick Finchling Promenade Theatre, Off Broadway [9]
1987 Claptrap Harvey Wheatcraft New York City Center, Off-Broadway [10]
Broadway Bound Stanley National tour [11]
1988 The Film Society Jonathan Balton McGinn-Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway [12]
1989 In a Pig's Valise James Taxi McGinn-Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway [13]
1989-1990 The Lisbon Traviata Mendy Promenade Theatre and New York City Center, Off-Broadway [14]
1989 Assassins Samuel Byck New York Reading [15]
1990 Bad Habits Jason Pepper, M.D.
Hugh Gumbs 		New York City Center, Off–Broadway [16]
Some Americans Abroad Henry McNeil Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway [17]
1991 Lips Together, Teeth Apart Sam Truman New York City Center, Off-Broadway [18]
On Borrowed Time Mr. Brink Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway [19]
1992 Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway [20]
1993-1994 Laughter on the 23rd Floor Max Prince Richard Rogers Theatre, Broadway [21]
1994 Love! Valour! Compassion! Buzz Hauser New York City Center, Off-Broadway [22]
Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway [23]
1995 The Wizard of Oz The Cowardly Lion Lincoln Center, New York [24]
1996-1997 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Pseudolus St. James Theatre, Broadway [25]
1998 Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks" Davis Mizlansky New York City Center, Off-Broadway [26]
1999 The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles [27]
Do Re Mi Hubert Cram New York City Center, Off-Broadway [28]
Wise Guys Addison Mizner New York Workshop [29]
2000 The Producers Max Bialystock [30]
The Frogs Dionysus Library of Congress, Washington DC [31]
The Man Who Came to Dinner Sheridan Whiteside American Airlines Theatre, Broadway [32]
2001 The Producers Max Bialystock Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago [33]
2001-2002 St. James Theatre, Broadway [34]
2003 The Play What I Wrote Mystery Guest Star Lyceum Theatre, Broadway [35]
Trumbo: Red White and Blacklisted Dalton Trumbo Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway [36]
Butley Ben Butley Huntington Theatre Company, Boston [37]
2003-2004 The Producers Max Bialystock St. James Theatre, Broadway [38]
2004 The Frogs Dionysus Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Broadway [39]
2004-2005 The Producers Max Bialystock Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, West End [40]
2005 Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams Lou Nuncle 59E59 Theaters/Theater A, Off-Broadway [41]
Catch Me If You Can Hanratty New York Reading [42]
2005-2006 The Odd Couple Oscar Madison Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway [43]
2006-2007 Butley Ben Butley Booth Theatre, Broadway [44]
2007 Catch Me If You Can Hanratty New York Reading [42]
2007-2008 November Charles Smith Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway [45]
2009 Waiting for Godot Estragon Studio 54, Broadway [46]
2009-2010 The Addams Family Gomez Addams Oriental Theatre, Chicago [47]
2010-2011 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway [48]
2012 The Iceman Cometh Theodore "Hickey" Hickman Chicago / Goodman Theater [49]
2013 The Nance Chauncey Miles Lyceum Theatre, Broadway [50]
2014 Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit Carnegie Hall, New York [51]
2014-2015 It's Only a Play Jimmy Wicker Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway [52]
2015 The Iceman Cometh Theodore "Hickey" Hickman Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York [53]
2016 White Rabbit, Red Rabbit Himself Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway [54]
2016-2017 The Front Page Walter Burns Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [55]
2017 Angels in America Roy Cohn Lyttelton Theatre, London [56]
2018 Neil Simon Theatre, Broadway [57]
2019 Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Gary Booth Theatre, Broadway [58]
2023 Pictures From Home Irving Studio 54, Broadway [59]
Gutenberg! The Musical! Guest Producer James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway [60]
The Frogs Host / Narrator Lincoln Center, New York [61]

Video games[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1995 Animated Storybook: The Lion King Timon Voice

Other[edit]

  • Presented Mike Birbiglia's (2008) Off-Broadway show Sleepwalk With Me.
  • Provided the voice of Tom Morrow, the Audio-Animatronic host of Disneyland's Innoventions attraction.
  • Children's book Naughty Mabel, written with husband Devlin Elliott, published by Simon and Schuster, released in October 2015. A second book, Naughty Mabel Sees It All was released in October 2016.
  • Wrote the introduction to Neil Simon's Memoirs, published by Simon and Schuster.

References[edit]

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  31. ^ the frogs concert
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  60. ^ Video: Nathan Lane Reprises THE PRODUCERS Role in Cameo in GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL
  61. ^ Nathan Lane and More Set For Concert Version of THE FROGS at Lincoln Center

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