Nathan Lane
Known for acting · Born 3 February 1956 · 70 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
128 credits
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 widespread recognition for his roles in Broadway productions such as "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "The Producers," and "Angels in America". His film credits include "The Lion King," "The Birdcage," "Mouse Hunt," and "The Producers". In addition to his stage and film work, Lane has appeared in various television series, including "Modern Family," "The Good Wife," and "Only Murders in the Building". He has been married to Devlin Elliott since 2015.
Known for
The Lion King 1½
2004
The Lion King
1994
Astro Boy
2009
The Birdcage
1996
MouseHunt
1997
Stuart Little
1999
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
Mirror Mirror
2012
The Good Wife
2009
The Producers
2005
Modern Family
2009
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Acting (127)
2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Actor · 2 episodesSeries
2025Mid-Century ModernBunny Schneiderman · 10 episodesSeries
2025The Lion King at the Hollywood BowlSelfFilm
2024Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryDominick Dunne · 5 episodesSeries
2024SpellboundLuno - Oracle of the Moon (voice)Film
2024ElsbethPhillip CrossSeries
2023Beau Is AfraidRogerFilm
2023Once Upon a StudioTimon (voice)Film
2023Dicks: The MusicalHarrisFilm
2023Digman!Yorbo (voice)Series
2023Finally Home: Making Beau is AfraidSelfFilm
2022The Gilded AgeWard McAllister · 13 episodesSeries
2022Be My Guest with Ina GartenSelfSeries
2021Only Murders in the BuildingTeddy Dimas · 10 episodesSeries
2021Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11SelfFilm
2020Penny Dreadful: City of AngelsLewis Michener · 10 episodesSeries
2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensGiacomoFilm
2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy CohnSelfFilm
2019Today with Jenna & SheinelleSelfSeries
2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallHaroldFilm
2018Every Act of LifeSelfFilm
2017Carrie PilbyDr. PetrovFilm
2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium ApproachesRoy M. Cohn/Prior 2Film
2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: PerestroikaRoy M. Cohn/The Angel AntarcticaFilm
2016American Crime StoryF. Lee Bailey · 10 episodesSeries
2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelfFilm
2016No Pay, NudityHershel ThalkinFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf · 2 episodes, Self - Guest/Musical GuestSeries
2015Difficult PeopleNathan LaneSeries
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 8 episodesSeries
2014Showing UpSelfFilm
2014The NanceChauncey MilesFilm
2013The BlacklistAbraham SternSeries
2013The English TeacherCarl KapinasFilm
2013Elaine Stritch: Shoot MeSelfFilm
2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelfFilm
2012Mirror MirrorBrightonFilm
2011Pride of The Lion KingSelfFilm
2010I'm Still HereNathan Lane (uncredited)Film
2010The NutcrackerUncle AlbertFilm
2010The Marriage RefSelf - PanelistSeries
2009Modern FamilyPepper Saltzman · 10 episodesSeries
2009Astro BoyHamegg (voice)Film
2009The Good WifeClarke Hayden · 15 episodesSeries
2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)Film
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - GuestSeries
2008Swing VoteArt CrumbFilm
2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to SantaOfficer MeanyFilm
2007TrumboSelfFilm
2007ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelfFilm
2007The Roots of 'Hairspray'Self (voice)Film
200630 RockEddieSeries
2006The Dish on DollsStagehand in Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (archive footage)Film
2005The ProducersMax BialystockFilm
2004The Lion King 1½Timon (voice)Film
2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!Richard Levy the DrivenFilm
2004Teacher's PetSpot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)Film
2004Broadway's Lost Treasures IINathan Detroit (segment "Guys & Dolls")Film
2004Behind the Legend: TimonTimon (voice)Film
2004Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0Timon (voice)Film
2004Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5Timon (voice)Film
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)Film
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
2003Charlie LawrenceCharlie Lawrence · 7 episodesSeries
2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberMysterious Disco ManFilm
2002Stuart Little 2Snowbell (voice)Film
2002Nicholas NicklebyVincent CrummlesFilm
2001Primetime GlickSeries
2001Laughter on the 23rd FloorMaxFilm
2001Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel BrooksSelfFilm
2001My Favorite Broadway: The Love SongsSelf - PerfomerFilm
2000Titan A.E.Preed (voice)Film
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmNathan LaneSeries
2000Love's Labour's LostCostardFilm
2000Isn't She GreatIrving MansfieldFilm
2000TrixieKirk StansFilm
2000Teacher's PetSpot Helperman / Scott Leadready II (voice) · 47 episodesSeries
2000The Man Who Came to DinnerSheridan WhitesideFilm
1999Stuart LittleSnowbell (voice)Film
1999At First SightPhil WebsterFilm
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelfFilm
1999Get Bruce!SelfFilm
1999George and MarthaGeorge (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
1999Stuart Little: Making It BigSelfFilm
1998The Lion King II: Simba's PrideTimon (voice)Film
1998Sex and the CityBobby FineSeries
1998Encore! Encore!Joseph Pinoni · 13 episodesSeries
1997MouseHuntErnie SmuntzFilm
1997The ViewSelf · 2 episodes, Self - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1997Merry Christmas, George BaileyClarenceFilm
1996The BirdcageAlbertFilm
1996The Daily ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1996Around the World With Timon & PumbaaTimon 2 (voice)Film
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1996The Boys Next DoorNorman BulanskyFilm
1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburySelfFilm
1995JeffreyFather DanFilm
1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come TrueThe Cowardly LionFilm
1995Circle of Life: An Environmental FableTimonFilm
1994The Lion KingTimon (voice)Film
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993Addams Family ValuesDesk SergeantFilm
1993FrasierPhilSeries
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 episodes, Self - Musical GuestSeries
1993Life with MikeyEd ChapmanFilm
1992Mad About YouNathan TwilleySeries
1992Guys and Dolls: Off the RecordHimself / Nathan DetroitFilm
1992The Last MileThe Stage ManagerFilm
1992Unnatural PursuitsLimo PassengerFilm
1991Frankie and JohnnyTimFilm
1991He Said, She SaidWallace "Wally" ThurmanFilm
1990Joe Versus the VolcanoBaw - The Waponi Advance ManFilm
1989The Lemon SistersCharlie SorrellFilm
1987IronweedHarold AllenFilm
1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddHerman in Fantasy Sequence, Bing Shalimar · 3 episodesSeries
1984Miami ViceMorty PriceSeries
1983Alice in WonderlandMouseFilm
1982One of the BoysJonathan Burns · 13 episodesSeries
1976Live from Lincoln CenterChauncey MilesSeries
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
1971Great PerformancesMouseSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host · 3 episodes, Self - Host / Winner / Performer, Self - PresenterSeries
—Broadway: The Next GenerationSelfFilm
—Cut OffFilm
—Untitled Nathan Lane DocumentarySelfFilm
Production (1)
2025Mid-Century ModernExecutive ProducerSeries