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American actor

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Nathan Lane is an American voice actor, writer, and stage and television actor. Born Joseph Nathan Lane on February 3, 1956, in Jersey City, New Jersey, he began his professional work period in 1975. He speaks English and has received several honors, including a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, a Daytime Emmy Award, and Laurence Olivier Awards. Lane also holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

His career includes nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Associated works listed in library records include *The Birdcage*, *Naughty Mabel Sees It All*, *Naughty Mabel*, *Isn't She Great*, and *Naughty Maaaabell!!! sees it all*. Music platform tags associate his work with Broadway, Disney, and musical soundtracks.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1956
Works
6

Top works

  • The Birdcage
  • Naughty Mabel Sees It All
  • Naughty Mabel
  • Isn't She Great
  • Naughty Maaaabell!!! sees it all

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

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…

Known for

  • Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! — Self - Actor2026
  • The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl — Self2025
  • Mid-Century Modern — Bunny Schneiderman2025
  • Spellbound — Luno - Oracle of the Moon (voice)2024
  • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story — Dominick Dunne2024
  • Elsbeth — Phillip Cross2024
  • Dicks: The Musical — Harris2023
  • Once Upon a Studio — Timon (voice)2023
  • Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid — Self2023
  • Beau Is Afraid — Roger2023

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1956
german audiobook reader

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
350,568
Total plays
1,540,385

Tags

BroadwaySoundtrackDisneymusicalSoundtracks

Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is an award-winning American actor of the stage and screen. Born Joseph Lane to Irish American Catholic parents in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was named after a paternal uncle, a Jesuit priest. His father Daniel was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was 11; his mother Nora was a manic-depressive housewife. Lane attended Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory High School where he was

via Last.fm · Nathan Lane

Key facts

Born
Joseph Lane , ( 1956-02-03 ) February 3, 1956 (age 70) , Jersey City, New Jersey , U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1977–present
Works
Full list
Spouse
Devlin Elliott ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 ) ​
Awards
Full list

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Encyclopedic overview

Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. Known for his versatile roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Actor Award. Lane was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as being "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade".

Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. During that 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. That 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.

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