Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Acting

Born February 3, 1956 · 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 s…

Known for

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Acting(127)

2026Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!Self - Actor

2025Mid-Century ModernBunny Schneiderman

2025The Lion King at the Hollywood BowlSelf

2024SpellboundLuno - Oracle of the Moon (voice)

2024Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryDominick Dunne

2024ElsbethPhillip Cross

2023Dicks: The MusicalHarris

2023Once Upon a StudioTimon (voice)

2023Finally Home: Making Beau is AfraidSelf

2023Beau Is AfraidRoger

2023Digman!Yorbo (voice)

2022Be My Guest with Ina GartenSelf

2022The Gilded AgeWard McAllister

2021Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11Self

2021Only Murders in the BuildingTeddy Dimas

2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensGiacomo

2020Penny Dreadful: City of AngelsLewis Michener

2019Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy CohnSelf

2019Today with Jenna & SheinelleSelf

2018Every Act of LifeSelf

2018The Vanishing of Sidney HallHarold

2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: PerestroikaRoy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica

2017National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium ApproachesRoy M. Cohn/Prior 2

2017Carrie PilbyDr. Petrov

2016No Pay, NudityHershel Thalkin

2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterSelf

2016American Crime StoryF. Lee Bailey

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf

2015Difficult PeopleNathan Lane

2014The NanceChauncey Miles

2014Showing UpSelf

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf

2013The BlacklistAbraham Stern

2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf

2013The English TeacherCarl Kapinas

2013Elaine Stritch: Shoot MeSelf

2012Mirror MirrorBrighton

2011Pride of The Lion KingSelf

2010The NutcrackerUncle Albert

2010I'm Still HereNathan Lane (uncredited)

2010Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)

2010The Marriage RefSelf - Panelist

2009Astro BoyHamegg (voice)

2009Modern FamilyPepper Saltzman

2009The Good WifeClarke Hayden

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2008A Muppets Christmas: Letters to SantaOfficer Meany

2008Swing VoteArt Crumb

2007The Roots of 'Hairspray'Self (voice)

2007ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelf

200630 RockEddie

2006The Dish on DollsStagehand in Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (archive footage)

2005The ProducersMax Bialystock

2004The Lion King 1½Timon (voice)

2004Broadway's Lost Treasures IINathan Detroit (segment "Guys & Dolls")

2004Timon & Pumbaa Virtual Safari 2.0Timon (voice)

2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)

2004Timon & Pumbaa's Virtual Safari 1.5Timon (voice)

2004Behind the Legend: TimonTimon (voice)

2004Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!Richard Levy the Driven

2004Teacher's PetSpot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003Charlie LawrenceCharlie Lawrence

2002Nicholas NicklebyVincent Crummles

2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberMysterious Disco Man

2002Stuart Little 2Snowbell (voice)

2001Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel BrooksSelf

2001Primetime Glick

2001Laughter on the 23rd FloorMax

2001My Favorite Broadway: The Love SongsSelf - Perfomer

2000Curb Your EnthusiasmNathan Lane

2000The Man Who Came to DinnerSheridan Whiteside

2000Teacher's PetSpot Helperman / Scott Leadready II (voice)

2000TrixieKirk Stans

2000Titan A.E.Preed (voice)

2000Love's Labour's LostCostard

2000Isn't She GreatIrving Mansfield

1999Stuart LittleSnowbell (voice)

1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1999George and MarthaGeorge (voice)

1999At First SightPhil Webster

1999Get Bruce!Self

1999Stuart Little: Making It BigSelf

1998The Lion King II: Simba's PrideTimon (voice)

1998Encore! Encore!Joseph Pinoni

1998Sex and the CityBobby Fine

1997Merry Christmas, George BaileyClarence

1997MouseHuntErnie Smuntz

1997The ViewSelf

1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburySelf

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest

1996Around the World With Timon & PumbaaTimon 2 (voice)

1996The BirdcageAlbert

1996The Boys Next DoorNorman Bulansky

1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come TrueThe Cowardly Lion

1995JeffreyFather Dan

1995Circle of Life: An Environmental FableTimon

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994The Lion KingTimon (voice)

1993Addams Family ValuesDesk Sergeant

1993FrasierPhil

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest

1993Life with MikeyEd Chapman

1992Guys and Dolls: Off the RecordHimself / Nathan Detroit

1992The Last MileThe Stage Manager

1992Mad About YouNathan Twilley

1992Unnatural PursuitsLimo Passenger

1991Frankie and JohnnyTim

1991He Said, She SaidWallace "Wally" Thurman

1990Joe Versus the VolcanoBaw - The Waponi Advance Man

1989The Lemon SistersCharlie Sorrell

1987IronweedHarold Allen

1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddHerman in Fantasy Sequence

1984Miami ViceMorty Price

1983Alice in WonderlandMouse

1982One of the BoysJonathan Burns

1976Live from Lincoln CenterChauncey Miles

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1971Great PerformancesMouse

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Host

Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf

Untitled Nathan Lane DocumentarySelf

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