Nathan Lane(I)

Actor
Producer
Soundtrack

Nathan Lane at an event for Swing Vote (2008)

A pair of business rivals discover that they're identical twins and decide to swap places in an attempt to trick their divorced parents to get back together.

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Dicks: The Musical (2023)

Nathan Lane is an American actor and singer from New Jersey who is known for playing Timon from The Lion King, Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II from Teacher's Pet, Max Bialystock from The Producers, Snowball from Stuart Little, Hamegg from Astro Boy and Ernie Smuntz from Mouse Hunt. He is married to his husband Devlin Elliott since 2015.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 13 wins & 35 nominations total

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Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally in Dicks: The Musical (2023)

Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Josh Sharp, and Aaron Jackson in Dicks: The Musical (2023)

Nathan Lane, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Ryan in Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Nathan Lane in Only Murders in the Building (2021)

Dana Carvey and Nathan Lane in One of the Boys (1982)

Nathan Lane, Cleavon Little, and Mickey Rooney in One of the Boys (1982)

Elizabeth Berridge, Dana Carvey, and Nathan Lane in One of the Boys (1982)

Nathan Lane and Daniel Zovatto in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)

Nathan Lane, Andrew David Bridges, and Daniel Zovatto in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)

Known for:

The Producers

6.3

Max Bialystock

2005

The Birdcage

7.2

Albert

1996

The Lion King

8.5

Timon(voice)

1994

Mouse Hunt

6.5

Ernie Smuntz

1997

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Actor

The Gilded Age
8.0
TV Series
- Ward McAllister
- 2022–2023
Dicks: The Musical
5.6
- Harris
- 2023
Once Upon a Studio
8.6
Short
- Timon (voice)
- 2023
Beau Is Afraid
6.8
- Roger
- 2023
Only Murders in the Building
8.1
TV Series
- Teddy Dimas
- 2021–2022
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
6.1
TV Series
- Lewis Michener
- 2020
Modern Family
8.5
TV Series
- Pepper Saltzman
- 2010–2019
The Blacklist
8.0
TV Series
- Abraham Stern
- 2018
National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika
9.0
- Roy Cohn
- 2017
National Theatre Live: Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches
8.9
- Roy Cohn
- 2017
Sidney Hall
6.8
- Harold
- 2017
No Pay, Nudity
5.8
- Herschel
- 2016
Carrie Pilby
6.7
- Dr. Petrov
- 2016
Difficult People
7.1
TV Series
- Nathan Lane
- 2016
Maya & Marty
6.6
TV Series
- Connor Grayfield
- 2016

Producer

Soundtrack

Dicks: The Musical
5.6
- performer: "Gay Old Life", "Lonely", "Desperate for Your Love", "Sewer Song", "All Love Is Love"
- 2023
There's Something About Movies
7.5
TV Series
- performer: "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (uncredited)
- 2019
Diminishing Returns
5.0
Podcast Series
- performer: "When You're an Addams"
- performer: "Digga Tunnah"
- 2019
First Viewing
5.2
TV Series
- performer: "It's All Relative"
- 2018
The English Teacher
5.7
- performer: "Putting It Together"
- 2013
The Nutcracker in 3D
4.1
- performer: "It's All Relative", "Story of a Boy"
- 2010
Late Show with David Letterman
7.0
TV Series
- performer: "When You're an Addams" (uncredited)
- 2010
The Producers
6.3
- performer: "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway", "We Can Do It", "Der Guten Tag Hop Clop", "Keep It Gay", "Along Came Bialy", "You Never Say Good Luck on Opening Night", "Prisoners of Love", "Betrayed", "'Til Him"
- producer: "Goodbye!"
- 2005
The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata
6.5
Video
- performer: "That's All I Need", "Hakuna Matata", "Nants' Ingonyama", "Sunrise, Sunset", "Hawaiian War Chant", "It's a Small World" ("Digga Tunnah")
- 2004
Teacher's Pet
5.7
- performer: "I Wanna Be A Boy", "A Boy Needs A Dog", "A Whole Bunch of World", "I'm Moving On", "Proud To Be A Dog"
- 2004
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
6.1
Video
- Soundtrack ("Digga Tunnah")
- 2003
Stuart Little 2
5.5
- performer: "One"
- 2002
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "The King Of Broadway", "We Can Do It", "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop", "Keep It Gay", "Along Came Bialy", "Where Did We Go Right?" (excerpt), "Betrayed", "'Til Him"
- performer: "Sue Me"
- 2001
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
6.9
TV Special
- performer: "Along Came Bialy"
- 2001
Trixie
4.9
- performer: "The Late Late Show"
- 2000

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Official site
- Broadway_org.
Alternative name
- Nathan
Height
- 1.65 m
Born
- February 3, 1956
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Spouse
- Devlin ElliottNovember 17, 2015 - present
Parents
Other works
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Trivia
Born Joseph Lane, he had to change his first name in order to join Actors Equity because there was already another actor named Joseph Lane. He chose the name Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls". Coincidentally, he later played that role in the hugely successful 1992 revival of "Guys and Dolls" on Broadway.