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Nathan Lane

February 06, 2023

For the Wisconsin politician, see Nathan E. Lane.

Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. In a career spanning over 40 years he has been seen on stage and screen in roles both comedic and dramatic. Lane has received numerous awards including three Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2006, Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008.[1][2] In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade".[3]

Nathan Lane
Lane after a performance of Angels in America in 2018
Born
Joseph Lane

(1956-02-03) February 3, 1956 (age 67)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present
Spouse
Devlin Elliott
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(m. 2015)​
AwardsFull list

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, Lane has won three times portraying Pseudolus in Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks' The Producers (2001), and Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner's Angels in America (2018). His other Tony-nominated roles were for Guys and Dolls (1992), The Nance (2013), and The Front Page (2016).

He made his film debut in Ironweed (1987), and has appeared in over 35 films including The Birdcage (1996), Mouse Hunt (1997), and The Producers (2005). He also voiced the wise-cracking meerkat, Timon in The Lion King (1994), and Snowbell the cat in Stuart Little. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building in 2022 after a record-breaking seven nominations in the guest actor category. His Emmy-nominated roles also include Frasier, Mad About You, Modern Family, and The Good Wife. Other television credits include The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020), and The Gilded Age (2022).

Early life

Nathan Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 3, 1956.[4] His father, Daniel Joseph Lane, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died in 1967 from alcoholism when Lane was eleven.[5] His mother, Nora Veronica (Finnerty), was a housewife and secretary who suffered from bipolar disorder and died in 2000.[6][7][8] He has two older brothers, Daniel Jr. and Robert.[9] Lane's parents were Catholics, and all of his grandparents were Irish immigrants.[5][10] He was named after his uncle, a Jesuit priest.[11] Lane attended Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory School, where he was voted Best Actor in 1974, and years later received the 2011 Prep Hall of Fame Professional Achievement Award.[12]

Career

1980s

Accepted to Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia on a drama scholarship, he was accompanied on what was supposed to be his first day there by his older brother Dan. Discovering that the scholarship would not cover enough of his expenses, he decided to leave, and work for a year to earn some money. His brother said, "I remember him saying to me, 'College is for people who don't know what they want to do.'"[9] Because there already was a Joseph Lane registered with Actors' Equity, he changed his name to Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the musical Guys and Dolls.[13] He moved to New York City where, after a long struggle, his career began to take off, first with some brief success in the world of stand-up comedy with partner Patrick Stack,[14][15] and later with Off-Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre, and the Manhattan Theatre Club.[citation needed] He made his Broadway debut in a 1982 revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter as Roland Maule (Drama Desk nomination) with George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, Bette Henritze, Elizabeth Hubbard, Jim Piddock, and Christine Lahti.[16]

His second Broadway appearance was in the 1983 musical Merlin, starring Chita Rivera and magician Doug Henning. This was followed by Wind in the Willows as Mr. Toad, Some Americans Abroad at Lincoln Center, and the national tour of Neil Simon's Broadway Bound.[17]

Off-Broadway productions included Love (the musical version of Murray Schisgal's Luv),[18] Measure for Measure directed by Joseph Papp in Central Park, for which he received the St. Clair Bayfield Award,[19] The Common Pursuit, The Film Society, In a Pig's Valise, She Stoops to Conquer,[20] The Merry Wives of Windsor and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in The School for Scandal and John Guare's Moon Over Miami.[21]

1990s

 
Nathan Lane at the 1998 Primetime Emmy Awards

In 1991, Lane appeared with George C. Scott again in a revival of Paul Osborne's On Borrowed Time at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway.[22] In 1992, he starred in the hit revival of Guys and Dolls, playing Nathan Detroit, the character who lent him his name, opposite Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince.[23] For this performance, he received his first Tony nomination,[24] as well as Drama Desk[25] and Outer Critics Circle Awards.[26] In 1992, he won an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance.[27]

His professional association with his close friend the playwright Terrence McNally, whom he met in 1987,[28] includes roles in The Lisbon Traviata (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards, and Outer Critics Circle nomination),[29][30] Bad Habits, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Obie, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards),[29][31][32] Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams, which opened in 2005 (Drama Desk nomination),[33][34] The Last Mile on PBS Great Performances, and the film version of Frankie and Johnny.

The early 1990s began a stretch of successful Broadway shows for Lane. In 1993, he portrayed Sid Caesar-like Max Prince in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, inspired by Simon's early career writing sketches for Your Show of Shows.[35] In 1996, he starred in the hit revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, for which he won the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.[17] In 1998, he appeared Off-Broadway in Jon Robin Baitz's revised 1984 comedy, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'.[36][37]

His association with Stephen Sondheim began with the workshop of Assassins.[citation needed] in 1989. In 1999, he appeared with Victor Garber in the workshop of Wise Guys (later retitled Road Show).[38] His collaboration with Sondheim continued when Lane revised the original book for and starred in the Broadway debut of the composer's The Frogs at Lincoln Center in 2004.[39] The Sondheim song, "Little Dream,"[40] in the film The Birdcage, for which Lane received his first Golden Globe nomination,[41] was supposedly written especially for him.[citation needed] The film, an American remake of the classic French farce La Cage aux Folles, was directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Elaine May, and starred Robin Williams, Lane, and Gene Hackman, and went on to be a big success. This was followed by the dark comedy Mouse Hunt, one of the first films to come out of the newly formed DreamWorks Studios, in which he co-starred with British comedian Lee Evans and Christopher Walken.

In 1994, Lane voiced Timon, the meerkat, in Disney's blockbuster animated film The Lion King and reprised the role in its sequels.[42] In 1995, Lane voiced the meerkat in the early episodes of Timon & Pumbaa. In 1995, he played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz in Concert at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund.[43] The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT).[44] In 1999, he appeared in the Encores! concert revival of Do Re Mi at City Center.[45][46] That same year he also voiced the role of Snowbell in the family film Stuart Little, opposite his Life With Mikey co-star Michael J. Fox. He is known for his voice work in two Disney animated series, Teacher's Pet and Timon & Pumbaa, as well as George and Martha on HBO. He received Daytime Emmy Awards for Teacher's Pet and Timon and Pumbaa and a nomination for George and Martha. He has hosted Saturday Night Live[47] and The Tony Awards (once as host for the 50th anniversary telecast, and three times as co-host, with Glenn Close and Gregory Hines; Rosie O'Donnell; and Matthew Broderick respectively).[48][49][50][51]

2000s

Lane starred in the Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside, with Jean Smart and Harriet Harris in 2000.[52]

In 2001, he starred as Max Bialystock in the blockbuster musical version of Mel Brooks's The Producers, a role that earned him his second Tony as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.[53] The following year he would go on to reprise his role as Snowbell in Stuart Little 2. He then appeared as Vincent Crummles in a film adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, for which the cast received the Ensemble Acting award from the National Board of Review. In 2004, he replaced Richard Dreyfuss in The Producers in the West End. Dreyfuss was let go just a week before the show's first preview at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.[54] Lane went on to win the Olivier Award as Best Actor in a Musical.[55] His performance in the film version, opposite Broadway co-star, Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom, earned him his second Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.[56] In 2003 he starred Off-Broadway in Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted.[57]

In 2005, Lane rejoined Broderick for a successful limited run of The Odd Couple.[58] In 2006, he took on a primarily dramatic role in a revival of Simon Gray's Butley, having played the role to great success at The Huntington Theater in Boston in 2003.[59][60] He and Broderick received adjacent stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a joint ceremony on January 9, 2006,[61] and were immortalized in wax as Max and Leo at Madame Tussauds Museum in New York City on January 16, 2009.[62] In 2008, he played the President of the United States in the David Mamet political satire, November, directed by Joe Mantello.[63] This was followed by the critically acclaimed 2009 revival of Waiting for Godot (Outer Critics Circle nomination)[64] in which he played Estragon opposite Bill Irwin's Vladimir.[65] He was a 2008 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.[66]

2010s

In 2009, Lane starred in the musical version of The Addams Family as Gomez (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations).[67] That year he also received a Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater. Committed to starring in a revival of the Eugene O'Neill play The Iceman Cometh at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2012, Lane assumed the role of Hickey, with Brian Dennehy playing the role of Larry Slade in a production directed by the Goodman's Artistic Director, Robert Falls.[14] Receiving rave reviews,[68][69] it won six Jeff Awards, including Best Ensemble, Director, and Production,[70] and is the most successful play to date in the theater's history.[71] In the spring of 2013, Lane returned to Broadway in The Nance, a Lincoln Center production of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane that was directed by Jack O'Brien. For this performance, he received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and won the Outer Critics Circle Award and the 2013 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.[72][73] The play aired on PBS Live From Lincoln Center in 2014.[74]

 
(L-R) Rupert Grint, Stockard Channing, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, F. Murray Abraham, Micah Stock in It's Only a Play in 2014

In autumn 2014, he appeared in an all-star ensemble of Terrence McNally's revised and updated It's Only a Play, with F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Rupert Grint, Megan Mullally, and Micah Stock.[75] The show became one of the biggest hits of the season.[76] In February 2015 he reprised the role of Hickey in the Robert Falls production of The Iceman Cometh to great acclaim at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[77][78] He later returned to the Broadway run of It's Only a Play.[79] In 2015, he received the Eugene O' Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award for his body of work. In March 2016, he opened the play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit Off-Broadway. In fall of 2016, he returned to Broadway to rave reviews in an all-star revival of Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page, directed by Jack O'Brien and produced by Scott Rudin.[80] He played the ruthless editor Walter Burns opposite John Slattery as Hildy Johnson and John Goodman as Sheriff Hartman,[80] for which he received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations.[81] Following that he played Roy Cohn with Andrew Garfield as Prior Walter in the revival of Angels in America, directed by Marianne Elliott at the Lyttlelton Theatre of the National Theatre of Great Britain. Lane reprised his acclaimed portrayal on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, and won the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

In March 2019, Lane starred in Taylor Mac's absurdist black comedy Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus at the Booth Theatre directed by George C. Wolfe, which received seven Tony Award nominations including Best Play.[82] It was his 24th Broadway show.

Lane has received seven Emmy Award nominations for his guest appearances on Frasier, Mad About You, Modern Family, The Good Wife and Only Murders in the Building for which he finally won. He has also made appearances on Miami Vice, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Absolutely Fabulous, 30 Rock, Difficult People and The Blacklist.[83]

Lane played F. Lee Bailey in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the first season of American Crime Story, which premiered on the FX channel in February 2016. It received 22 Emmy nominations and went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.[84] He played the role of Lewis Michener on Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels which premiered April 26, 2020 and ran for one season. He has recurring roles in the Hulu series, Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin and Martin Short receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. This is Lane's first Primetime Emmy Award for after a record-breaking seven nominations in the guest actor category, making him the most nominated guest actor in Emmy history.[85] He also plays a recurring role in HBO period series, The Gilded Age, written by Julian Fellowes.

2020s

Lane is co-starring in Ari Aster's upcoming A24 film, Beau Is Afraid alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Ryan and Patti LuPone.[86] He is also co-starring in another A24 film, Fucking Identical Twins, directed by Larry Charles and written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp based on their Upright Citizens Brigade musical stage show which is a twisted take on The Parent Trap. Jackson and Sharp will play the twins with Lane and Megan Mullally as the parents.[87] It also stars Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion. He will also be part of the voice cast for Spellbound a new animated film from Skydance.

In 2023, Lane returned to the Broadway stage in Pictures From Home, a play adapted from the photo memoir by Larry Sultan. The production is directed by Bartlett Sher and is also starring Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker at the Studio 54 theatre.[88]

Acting credits

Main article: Nathan Lane on screen and stage

Lane has had an extensive career in film, television and the theatre. He has appeared in such films as The Lion King (1994), The Birdcage (1996), Mouse Hunt (1997), Nicholas Nickleby (2002), and the film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Producers (2005). He is also known for numerous guest roles including Frasier, Mad About You, 30 Rock, Absolutely Fabulous, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Blacklist and recurring roles on Modern Family and The Good Wife. He has also received critical praise for his roles as F. Lee Bailey in the limited series The People v. O.J. Simpson (2016) and in the 2020 Showtime series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Det. Lewis Michener. His roles in theatre range from musical comedies, Guys and Dolls (1992), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), and The Producers (2001) to dramatic roles in the work of Terrence McNally, Jon Robin Baitz, and Simon Gray, as well as revivals and new plays such as November (2008), Waiting for Godot (2009), The Nance (2013), It's Only a Play and The Iceman Cometh (2015), The Front Page (2016), Angels in America (2018) and Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (2019).

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Nathan Lane

Lane has received six Tony Award nominations for his work on Broadway winning three times for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996), The Producers (2001), and Angels in America (2018). Also for his work in theatre he has received six Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Obies, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Drama League Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance for The Nance, the Theatre World John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, the Eugene O'Neill Monte Cristo Award, the New Dramatists Career Achievement Award, the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award, and the Laurence Olivier Award.

Lane has received two Golden Globe Award nominations for The Birdcage and The Producers, the National Board of Review Award for Ensemble Acting for Nicholas Nickleby and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Supporting Actor and for Outstanding Performance by a Cast which they won for The Birdcage. For his work on television Lane has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work in guest starring roles on Frasier, Mad About You, Modern Family, and The Good Wife and won for Only Murders in the Building. He has received two Daytime Emmy Awards for his voice work in Timon & Pumbaa and Teacher's Pet, as well as a nomination for George and Martha for HBO. He has also received the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Actor in a Comedy and an American Comedy Award for The Birdcage and a nomination for Jeffrey.

Personal life

Lane says that when he told his mother at age 21 that he was gay, she said, "I'd rather you were dead", to which he replied, "I knew you'd understand." He then joked that "Once I got her head out of the oven, everything went fine."[6][89]

Lane came out publicly in 1999 after the killing of Matthew Shepard,[6] and has been a long-time board member of and fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.[90] He was honored with the Human Rights Campaign Equality Award,[91] the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vito Russo Award,[92] The Trevor Project Hero Award,[93] and the Matthew Shepard Foundation Making A Difference Award for his work in the LGBT community in 2015.[94]

Lane has made several critical statements against Republican Party figures. He jokingly compared Paul Ryan to the Wicked Witch of the West, due to Ryan's lack of support for Medicaid.[95] In a 2018 interview about playing Roy Cohn in the Broadway revival of Angels in America, Lane accused Donald Trump of being a liar, stating: "Really, what you learn is what [Trump] learned from Roy Cohn: There are certain tactics that are very familiar, that Trump picked up from him. You know, always go on the attack. The counterattack. Hit the accuser ten times harder and deflect. Never admit defeat. And outright lying if all else fails."[96] Lane was an active supporter of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, hosting fundraisers for the Democratic Party.[97][98]

On November 17, 2015, he married his partner of then 18 years, theater producer and writer Devlin Elliott.[99][100] They reside in Manhattan and East Hampton.[101]

See also

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nathan, lane, wisconsin, politician, nathan, lane, born, joseph, lane, february, 1956, american, actor, career, spanning, over, years, been, seen, stage, screen, roles, both, comedic, dramatic, lane, received, numerous, awards, including, three, tony, awards, . For the Wisconsin politician see Nathan E Lane Nathan Lane born Joseph Lane February 3 1956 is an American actor In a career spanning over 40 years he has been seen on stage and screen in roles both comedic and dramatic Lane has received numerous awards including three Tony Awards an Olivier Award three Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award In 2006 Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008 1 2 In 2010 The New York Times hailed Lane as the greatest stage entertainer of the decade 3 Nathan LaneLane after a performance of Angels in America in 2018BornJoseph Lane 1956 02 03 February 3 1956 age 67 Jersey City New Jersey U S OccupationActorYears active1975 presentSpouseDevlin Elliott m 2015 wbr AwardsFull listLane 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 Noel 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 Lane has won three times portraying Pseudolus in Stephen Sondheim s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 Max Bialystock in Mel Brooks The Producers 2001 and Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner s Angels in America 2018 His other Tony nominated roles were for Guys and Dolls 1992 The Nance 2013 and The Front Page 2016 He made his film debut in Ironweed 1987 and has appeared in over 35 films including The Birdcage 1996 Mouse Hunt 1997 and The Producers 2005 He also voiced the wise cracking meerkat Timon in The Lion King 1994 and Snowbell the cat in Stuart Little He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building in 2022 after a record breaking seven nominations in the guest actor category His Emmy nominated roles also include Frasier Mad About You Modern Family and The Good Wife Other television credits include The People v O J Simpson American Crime Story 2016 Penny Dreadful City of Angels 2020 and The Gilded Age 2022 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1980s 2 2 1990s 2 3 2000s 2 4 2010s 2 5 2020s 3 Acting credits 4 Awards and honors 5 Personal life 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditNathan Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City New Jersey on February 3 1956 4 His father Daniel Joseph Lane was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died in 1967 from alcoholism when Lane was eleven 5 His mother Nora Veronica Finnerty was a housewife and secretary who suffered from bipolar disorder and died in 2000 6 7 8 He has two older brothers Daniel Jr and Robert 9 Lane s parents were Catholics and all of his grandparents were Irish immigrants 5 10 He was named after his uncle a Jesuit priest 11 Lane attended Catholic schools in Jersey City including Jesuit run St Peter s Preparatory School where he was voted Best Actor in 1974 and years later received the 2011 Prep Hall of Fame Professional Achievement Award 12 Career EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nathan Lane news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1980s Edit Accepted to Saint Joseph s University in Philadelphia on a drama scholarship he was accompanied on what was supposed to be his first day there by his older brother Dan Discovering that the scholarship would not cover enough of his expenses he decided to leave and work for a year to earn some money His brother said I remember him saying to me College is for people who don t know what they want to do 9 Because there already was a Joseph Lane registered with Actors Equity he changed his name to Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the musical Guys and Dolls 13 He moved to New York City where after a long struggle his career began to take off first with some brief success in the world of stand up comedy with partner Patrick Stack 14 15 and later with Off Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre the Roundabout Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club citation needed He made his Broadway debut in a 1982 revival of Noel Coward s Present Laughter as Roland Maule Drama Desk nomination with George C Scott Kate Burton Dana Ivey Bette Henritze Elizabeth Hubbard Jim Piddock and Christine Lahti 16 His second Broadway appearance was in the 1983 musical Merlin starring Chita Rivera and magician Doug Henning This was followed by Wind in the Willows as Mr Toad Some Americans Abroad at Lincoln Center and the national tour of Neil Simon s Broadway Bound 17 Off Broadway productions included Love the musical version of Murray Schisgal s Luv 18 Measure for Measure directed by Joseph Papp in Central Park for which he received the St Clair Bayfield Award 19 The Common Pursuit The Film Society In a Pig s Valise She Stoops to Conquer 20 The Merry Wives of Windsor and A Midsummer Night s Dream He also appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in The School for Scandal and John Guare s Moon Over Miami 21 1990s Edit Nathan Lane at the 1998 Primetime Emmy Awards In 1991 Lane appeared with George C Scott again in a revival of Paul Osborne s On Borrowed Time at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway 22 In 1992 he starred in the hit revival of Guys and Dolls playing Nathan Detroit the character who lent him his name opposite Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince 23 For this performance he received his first Tony nomination 24 as well as Drama Desk 25 and Outer Critics Circle Awards 26 In 1992 he won an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance 27 His professional association with his close friend the playwright Terrence McNally whom he met in 1987 28 includes roles in The Lisbon Traviata Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards and Outer Critics Circle nomination 29 30 Bad Habits Lips Together Teeth Apart Love Valour Compassion Obie Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards 29 31 32 Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams which opened in 2005 Drama Desk nomination 33 34 The Last Mile on PBS Great Performances and the film version of Frankie and Johnny The early 1990s began a stretch of successful Broadway shows for Lane In 1993 he portrayed Sid Caesar like Max Prince in Neil Simon s Laughter on the 23rd Floor inspired by Simon s early career writing sketches for Your Show of Shows 35 In 1996 he starred in the hit revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for which he won the Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards 17 In 1998 he appeared Off Broadway in Jon Robin Baitz s revised 1984 comedy Mizlansky Zilinsky or Schmucks 36 37 His association with Stephen Sondheim began with the workshop of Assassins citation needed in 1989 In 1999 he appeared with Victor Garber in the workshop of Wise Guys later retitled Road Show 38 His collaboration with Sondheim continued when Lane revised the original book for and starred in the Broadway debut of the composer s The Frogs at Lincoln Center in 2004 39 The Sondheim song Little Dream 40 in the film The Birdcage for which Lane received his first Golden Globe nomination 41 was supposedly written especially for him citation needed The film an American remake of the classic French farce La Cage aux Folles was directed by Mike Nichols with a screenplay by Elaine May and starred Robin Williams Lane and Gene Hackman and went on to be a big success This was followed by the dark comedy Mouse Hunt one of the first films to come out of the newly formed DreamWorks Studios in which he co starred with British comedian Lee Evans and Christopher Walken In 1994 Lane voiced Timon the meerkat in Disney s blockbuster animated film The Lion King and reprised the role in its sequels 42 In 1995 Lane voiced the meerkat in the early episodes of Timon amp Pumbaa In 1995 he played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz in Concert at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children s Defense Fund 43 The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television TNT 44 In 1999 he appeared in the Encores concert revival of Do Re Mi at City Center 45 46 That same year he also voiced the role of Snowbell in the family film Stuart Little opposite his Life With Mikey co star Michael J Fox He is known for his voice work in two Disney animated series Teacher s Pet and Timon amp Pumbaa as well as George and Martha on HBO He received Daytime Emmy Awards for Teacher s Pet and Timon and Pumbaa and a nomination for George and Martha He has hosted Saturday Night Live 47 and The Tony Awards once as host for the 50th anniversary telecast and three times as co host with Glenn Close and Gregory Hines Rosie O Donnell and Matthew Broderick respectively 48 49 50 51 2000s Edit Lane starred in the Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside with Jean Smart and Harriet Harris in 2000 52 In 2001 he starred as Max Bialystock in the blockbuster musical version of Mel Brooks s The Producers a role that earned him his second Tony as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards 53 The following year he would go on to reprise his role as Snowbell in Stuart Little 2 He then appeared as Vincent Crummles in a film adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for which the cast received the Ensemble Acting award from the National Board of Review In 2004 he replaced Richard Dreyfuss in The Producers in the West End Dreyfuss was let go just a week before the show s first preview at London s Theatre Royal Drury Lane 54 Lane went on to win the Olivier Award as Best Actor in a Musical 55 His performance in the film version opposite Broadway co star Matthew Broderick as Leo Bloom earned him his second Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 56 In 2003 he starred Off Broadway in Trumbo Red White and Blacklisted 57 In 2005 Lane rejoined Broderick for a successful limited run of The Odd Couple 58 In 2006 he took on a primarily dramatic role in a revival of Simon Gray s Butley having played the role to great success at The Huntington Theater in Boston in 2003 59 60 He and Broderick received adjacent stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a joint ceremony on January 9 2006 61 and were immortalized in wax as Max and Leo at Madame Tussauds Museum in New York City on January 16 2009 62 In 2008 he played the President of the United States in the David Mamet political satire November directed by Joe Mantello 63 This was followed by the critically acclaimed 2009 revival of Waiting for Godot Outer Critics Circle nomination 64 in which he played Estragon opposite Bill Irwin s Vladimir 65 He was a 2008 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee 66 2010s Edit In 2009 Lane starred in the musical version of The Addams Family as Gomez Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations 67 That year he also received a Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Committed to starring in a revival of the Eugene O Neill play The Iceman Cometh at Chicago s Goodman Theatre in 2012 Lane assumed the role of Hickey with Brian Dennehy playing the role of Larry Slade in a production directed by the Goodman s Artistic Director Robert Falls 14 Receiving rave reviews 68 69 it won six Jeff Awards including Best Ensemble Director and Production 70 and is the most successful play to date in the theater s history 71 In the spring of 2013 Lane returned to Broadway in The Nance a Lincoln Center production of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane that was directed by Jack O Brien For this performance he received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and won the Outer Critics Circle Award and the 2013 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance 72 73 The play aired on PBS Live From Lincoln Center in 2014 74 L R Rupert Grint Stockard Channing Matthew Broderick Megan Mullally Nathan Lane F Murray Abraham Micah Stock in It s Only a Play in 2014 In autumn 2014 he appeared in an all star ensemble of Terrence McNally s revised and updated It s Only a Play with F Murray Abraham Matthew Broderick Stockard Channing Rupert Grint Megan Mullally and Micah Stock 75 The show became one of the biggest hits of the season 76 In February 2015 he reprised the role of Hickey in the Robert Falls production of The Iceman Cometh to great acclaim at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 77 78 He later returned to the Broadway run of It s Only a Play 79 In 2015 he received the Eugene O Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award for his body of work In March 2016 he opened the play White Rabbit Red Rabbit Off Broadway In fall of 2016 he returned to Broadway to rave reviews in an all star revival of Hecht and MacArthur s The Front Page directed by Jack O Brien and produced by Scott Rudin 80 He played the ruthless editor Walter Burns opposite John Slattery as Hildy Johnson and John Goodman as Sheriff Hartman 80 for which he received Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations 81 Following that he played Roy Cohn with Andrew Garfield as Prior Walter in the revival of Angels in America directed by Marianne Elliott at the Lyttlelton Theatre of the National Theatre of Great Britain Lane reprised his acclaimed portrayal on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre and won the Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play In March 2019 Lane starred in Taylor Mac s absurdist black comedy Gary A Sequel to Titus Andronicus at the Booth Theatre directed by George C Wolfe which received seven Tony Award nominations including Best Play 82 It was his 24th Broadway show Lane has received seven Emmy Award nominations for his guest appearances on Frasier Mad About You Modern Family The Good Wife and Only Murders in the Building for which he finally won He has also made appearances on Miami Vice The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Sex and the City Curb Your Enthusiasm Absolutely Fabulous 30 Rock Difficult People and The Blacklist 83 Lane played F Lee Bailey in The People v O J Simpson American Crime Story the first season of American Crime Story which premiered on the FX channel in February 2016 It received 22 Emmy nominations and went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series 84 He played the role of Lewis Michener on Showtime s Penny Dreadful City Of Angels which premiered April 26 2020 and ran for one season He has recurring roles in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building starring Steve Martin and Martin Short receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series This is Lane s first Primetime Emmy Award for after a record breaking seven nominations in the guest actor category making him the most nominated guest actor in Emmy history 85 He also plays a recurring role in HBO period series The Gilded Age written by Julian Fellowes 2020s Edit Lane is co starring in Ari Aster s upcoming A24 film Beau Is Afraid alongside Joaquin Phoenix Amy Ryan and Patti LuPone 86 He is also co starring in another A24 film Fucking Identical Twins directed by Larry Charles and written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp based on their Upright Citizens Brigade musical stage show which is a twisted take on The Parent Trap Jackson and Sharp will play the twins with Lane and Megan Mullally as the parents 87 It also stars Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion He will also be part of the voice cast for Spellbound a new animated film from Skydance In 2023 Lane returned to the Broadway stage in Pictures From Home a play adapted from the photo memoir by Larry Sultan The production is directed by Bartlett Sher and is also starring Danny Burstein and Zoe Wanamaker at the Studio 54 theatre 88 Acting credits EditMain article Nathan Lane on screen and stage Lane has had an extensive career in film television and the theatre He has appeared in such films as The Lion King 1994 The Birdcage 1996 Mouse Hunt 1997 Nicholas Nickleby 2002 and the film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Producers 2005 He is also known for numerous guest roles including Frasier Mad About You 30 Rock Absolutely Fabulous Curb Your Enthusiasm The Blacklist and recurring roles on Modern Family and The Good Wife He has also received critical praise for his roles as F Lee Bailey in the limited series The People v O J Simpson 2016 and in the 2020 Showtime series Penny Dreadful City of Angels as Det Lewis Michener His roles in theatre range from musical comedies Guys and Dolls 1992 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 and The Producers 2001 to dramatic roles in the work of Terrence McNally Jon Robin Baitz and Simon Gray as well as revivals and new plays such as November 2008 Waiting for Godot 2009 The Nance 2013 It s Only a Play and The Iceman Cometh 2015 The Front Page 2016 Angels in America 2018 and Gary A Sequel to Titus Andronicus 2019 Awards and honors EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Nathan Lane Lane has received six Tony Award nominations for his work on Broadway winning three times for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 The Producers 2001 and Angels in America 2018 Also for his work in theatre he has received six Drama Desk Awards six Outer Critics Circle Awards two Obies the Lucille Lortel Award the Drama League Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance for The Nance the Theatre World John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater the Eugene O Neill Monte Cristo Award the New Dramatists Career Achievement Award the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award and the Laurence Olivier Award Lane has received two Golden Globe Award nominations for The Birdcage and The Producers the National Board of Review Award for Ensemble Acting for Nicholas Nickleby and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Supporting Actor and for Outstanding Performance by a Cast which they won for The Birdcage For his work on television Lane has received seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work in guest starring roles on Frasier Mad About You Modern Family and The Good Wife and won for Only Murders in the Building He has received two Daytime Emmy Awards for his voice work in Timon amp Pumbaa and Teacher s Pet as well as a nomination for George and Martha for HBO He has also received the People s Choice Award for Favorite New Actor in a Comedy and an American Comedy Award for The Birdcage and a nomination for Jeffrey Personal life EditLane says that when he told his mother at age 21 that he was gay she said I d rather you were dead to which he replied I knew you d understand He then joked that Once I got her head out of the oven everything went fine 6 89 Lane came out publicly in 1999 after the killing of Matthew Shepard 6 and has been a long time board member of and fundraiser for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS 90 He was honored with the Human Rights Campaign Equality Award 91 the Gay amp Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vito Russo Award 92 The Trevor Project Hero Award 93 and the Matthew Shepard Foundation Making A Difference Award for his work in the LGBT community in 2015 94 Lane has made several critical statements against Republican Party figures He jokingly compared Paul Ryan to the Wicked Witch of the West due to Ryan s lack of support for Medicaid 95 In a 2018 interview about playing Roy Cohn in the Broadway revival of Angels in America Lane accused Donald Trump of being a liar stating Really what you learn is what Trump learned from Roy Cohn There are certain tactics that are very familiar that Trump picked up from him You know always go on the attack The counterattack Hit the accuser ten times harder and deflect Never admit defeat And outright lying if all else fails 96 Lane was an active supporter of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hosting fundraisers for the Democratic Party 97 98 On November 17 2015 he married his partner of then 18 years theater producer and writer Devlin Elliott 99 100 They reside in Manhattan and East Hampton 101 See also EditLGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York CityReferences Edit Nathan Lane Goodman Theatre www goodmantheatre org Lane Hamlisch among Theater Hall of Fame inductees Pittsburgh Post Gazette Archived from the original on January 14 2014 Retrieved January 13 2014 Isherwood Charles May 25 2010 Why It s Good Old Reliable Nathan The New York Times Retrieved April 12 2020 Nathan Lane Biography Biography com Archived from the original on October 17 2016 Retrieved February 2 2016 a b Stated on Finding Your Roots February 22 2022 a b c Vilanch Bruce February 2 1999 The Many Faces of Nathan Lane The Advocate Retrieved August 10 2013 Nathan Lane Biography Yahoo Movies 2008 Retrieved June 9 2008 Nathan Lane Biography Film Reference 2008 Retrieved June 9 2008 a b Wichtel Alex September 2 2001 This Is It As Happy As i Get Baby Nathan Lane The New York Times Magazine Retrieved August 11 2013 Tugend Tom December 30 2005 In Search of Nathan Lane s Jewish Roots Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Vol 58 no 14 Retrieved June 9 2008 Smith David November 7 2004 Bring on the clown The Observer Retrieved June 27 2012 St Peter s Preparatory School website Nathan Lane 74 Nominated for NJ Hall of Fame Archived June 12 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 11 2013 Collins Glenn April 22 1992 AT LUNCH WITH Nathan Lane A Guy Thrives on Broadway The New York Times Retrieved August 10 2013 a b TimeOut Chicago April 12 2012 Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy Interview Retrieved August 11 2013 Groundlings Theatre and School Patrick Stack Retrieved August 11 2013 Playbill Vault Present Laughter Opening Night Cast Retrieved January 16 2016 permanent dead link a b Playbill Vault Nathan Lane Performer Retrieved January 16 2016 Rich Frank April 16 1984 Theater Musical Love A New Version Of Luv The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Actors Equity The St Clair Bayfield Award Archived from the original on January 19 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Nathan Lane Internet Off Broadway Database Archived from the original on April 6 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Nathan Lane Williamstown Theatre Festival Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault On Borrowed Time Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault Guys and Dolls Retrieved January 17 2016 Collins Glenn May 5 1992 Jelly s Last Jam With 11 Leads in Tony Nominations The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Drama Desk 1992 Retrieved January 17 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for 1991 1992 Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Obie Awards Retrieved January 17 2016 Lane Nathan Nathan Lane Reveals How Terrence McNally s Wicked Tongue Changed His Lifef Playbill Retrieved January 17 2016 a b Drama Desk Awards Retrieved January 17 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards Archived from the original on December 26 2018 Retrieved January 17 2016 ObieAwards Retrieved January 17 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for 1994 1995 Archived from the original on March 14 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Variety com August 19 2005 Retrieved January 17 2015 Playbill Vault Retrieved January 17 2016 Gerard Jeremy November 22 1993 Review of Laughter on the 23rd Floor Variety Retrieved January 17 2016 Evans Greg February 17 1998 Review Mizlansky Zilinsky or Schmucks Variety Retrieved January 18 2016 Brantley Ben February 18 1998 Theater Review Moral Even an Amoral Rat May Be Lovable The New York Times Retrieved January 18 2016 Jones Kenneth November 29 1999 Sondheim s Wise Guys Will Not Appear on Bway in April 2000 Playbill Retrieved January 17 2016 The Frogs The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide Retrieved January 17 2016 The Birdcage The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide Retrieved January 17 2016 Golden Globe Awards Retrieved January 17 2016 The Lion King IMDb Retrieved January 17 2016 Wizard of Oz in Concert Dreams Come True 1995 Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 dead link 1995 TNT Presents The Wizard Of Oz In Concert TV Worth Watching November 22 2015 Retrieved January 17 2016 permanent dead link Playbill Vault Nathan Lane and Randy Graff Sing Do Re Mi May 6 9 in NYC Retrieved January 17 2016 Brantley Ben May 8 1999 THEATER REVIEW A Singing Nathan Lane Adds Ham to the Fizz The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Nathan Lane on Saturday Night Live NBC com NBC Retrieved January 19 2016 Year by Year 1996 TonyAwards com Archived from the original on January 26 2016 Retrieved January 19 2016 Year by Year 1995 TonyAwards com Archived from the original on January 27 2016 Retrieved January 19 2016 Year by Year 2000 TonyAwards com Archived from the original on January 26 2016 Retrieved January 19 2016 Year by Year 2001 TonyAwards com Archived from the original on January 26 2016 Retrieved January 19 2016 Playbill Vault The Man Who Came to Dinner Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault Nathan Lane Performer Retrieved January 17 2016 Smith David November 7 2004 Bring on the Clown The Guardian Retrieved January 17 2014 Olivier Winners 2005 Olivier Awards Retrieved January 17 2016 Golden Globe Awards Retrieved January 17 2016 Ernio Hernandez August 23 2003 Nathan Lane Is Trumbo as Bio Play Begins New Off Broadway Run Playbill Retrieved January 17 2016 Ben Brantley October 28 2005 Theater Review The Odd Couple The New York Times Retrieved June 27 2012 Brantley Ben October 26 2006 Zingers Shoot Forth From Inside a Toxic Fog The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Weber Bruce November 28 2003 Theatre Review So Sad It s Funny And Getting Sadder The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Actors Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane attend a ceremony honoring Getty Images Retrieved January 18 2016 Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick attending the New Wax Figures Unveiled at Madame Tussaud s Wax Museum in New York on January 16 2009 held at the Madame Tussaud s Wax Museum in New York City NY USA on 1 16 2009 JTM 041558 www prphotos com Retrieved January 18 2016 November Playbill Vault Archived from the original on December 25 2015 Retrieved January 17 2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards for 2008 2009 Archived from the original on March 14 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Brantley Ben May 1 2009 Theater Review Waiting For Godot The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Gans Andrew January 26 2009 Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony Presented Jan 26 Ivey Hosts Playbill Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault The Addams Family Archived from the original on January 18 2016 Retrieved January 17 2016 Jones Chris May 2 2012 Theater Review The Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre The Chicago Tribune Retrieved January 17 2016 Isherwood Christopher May 3 2012 The Iceman Cometh at Goodman Theater in Chicago The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Jeff Awards Archived from the original on January 2 2018 Retrieved March 1 2013 Brian Dennehy Goodman Theatre 90 Years www goodmantheatre org Archived from the original on February 21 2016 Retrieved January 18 2016 Playbill Vault The Nance Retrieved January 17 2016 Drama League www dramaleague org Archived from the original on November 1 2015 Retrieved January 18 2016 The Nance Starring Nathan Lane Preview Live From Lincoln Center Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault It s Only a Play Retrieved January 17 2016 Cox Gordon February 25 2015 Nathan Lane to Improve Box Office Outlook at Broadway s It s Only a Play Variety Retrieved January 17 2016 Vincentelli Elisabeth February 12 2015 Nathan Lane is a revelation in drinking drama Iceman Cometh New York Post Retrieved February 21 2015 Isherwood Christopher February 25 2015 Review The Iceman Cometh Revived With Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy The New York Times Retrieved January 17 2016 Playbill Vault Nathan Lane Retrieved January 17 2016 a b Stasio Marilyn October 21 2016 Broadway Review The Front Page With John Slattery Nathan Lane Variety Retrieved December 19 2019 Wild Stephi Nathan Lane Take a Look Back on His Vast and Diverse Career Broadway World Retrieved December 19 2019 Gary A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Broadway Booth Theatre Playbill Retrieved March 8 2019 Nathan Lane IMDb Retrieved January 19 2016 Hale Mike December 21 2015 Television This Winter 20 Shows to Keep on Your Radar Screen The New York Times Retrieved January 19 2016 Nathan Lane Wins First Emmy For Only Murders In The Building After Record 7 Career Guest Star Nominations Deadline Hollywood Retrieved January 4 2023 Disappointment Blvd Ari Aster Sets All Star Ensemble To Join Joaquin Phoenix In A24 Film Nathan Lane Patti LuPone Amy Ryan And Kylie Rogers Cast Deadline Hollywood June 21 2021 Retrieved June 27 2021 Megan Thee Stallion Nathan Lane Set for A24 Musical Comedy F cking Identical Twins The Hollywood Reporter February 17 2022 Retrieved February 27 2022 Nathan Lane Danny Burstein amp Zoe Wanamaker Set For Broadway s Pictures From Home In January Deadline Hollywood Retrieved October 25 2022 Dezell Maureen October 19 2003 Nathan Lane goes beyond Broadway The Boston Globe Retrieved April 1 2009 For example see their annual report archive Archived August 7 2013 at the Wayback Machine Lane to Be Honored by Human Rights Campaign Backstage January 30 2007 Archived from the original on April 13 2008 Retrieved June 9 2008 Gans Andrew April 3 2002 GLAAD Honors Glenn Close Nathan Lane amp The Invention of Love Archived June 6 2013 at the Wayback Machine Playbill com Retrieved August 10 2013 Trevor NY Honoring Nathan Lane The Trevor Project 2008 Archived from the original on June 7 2008 Retrieved June 9 2008 Highlights from our 2015 Honors Gala mathewshepard org October 23 2015 Retrieved April 23 2020 Nathan Lane Compares Paul Ryan to Wicked Witch of the West August 25 2012 Nathan Lane jokes he s learning a lot about Trump by playing his lawyer February 10 2018 Nathan Lane Says Harvey Weinstein Threw Him Against a Wall at Hillary Clinton s Birthday Party President Obama s Latest Campaign Co Stars The Wire Cast Members Nathan Lane Harvey Weinstein July 23 2012 Gans Andrew October 26 2014 Nathan Lane and Partner Devlin Elliott Playbill Retrieved October 26 2014 Scnurr Samantha November 20 2015 Nathan Lane Marries Devlin Elliott After 18 Years of Dating E Online Retrieved November 20 2015 Riedel Michael October 20 2004 NATHAN S STORY LANE TELLS POST WHY HE S MAX IN LONDON Retrieved May 17 2020 External links EditNathan Lane at Wikipedia s sister projects Media from Commons Quotations from Wikiquote Data from Wikidata Nathan Lane at Curlie Nathan Lane at the Internet Broadway Database Nathan Lane at the Internet Off Broadway Database Nathan Lane at IMDb Nathan Lane at the TCM Movie Database Nathan Lane at Rotten Tomatoes Nathan Lane at AllMovie 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