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Nathan Lane

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is an award-winning American actor of stage and screen. He is best known for his roles as Albert in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in MouseHunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and his voice work in The Lion King and Stuart Little. In 2008, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nathan Lane , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 3, 1956 In Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
88
First Appeared:
In the movie The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
Latest Project:
Movie Dicks: The Musical 2023-10-06
Known For
Poster of Charlie Lawrence
Poster of The Man Who Came to Dinner
Poster of A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Filmography
Movie The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl Self 2025
Movie Dicks: The Musical Harris 2023-10-06
Movie Beau Is Afraid Roger 2023-04-14
Movie Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid Self 2023-06-22
Movie Once Upon a Studio Timon (voice) 2023-09-24
Movie Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 Self 2021-09-11
Movie Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens Giacomo 2020-12-01
Movie Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration Himself 2020-04-26
Series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Lewis Michener 2020-04-26
Movie Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn Self 2019-09-29
Movie The Vanishing of Sidney Hall Harold 2018-03-02
Movie Every Act of Life Self 2018-04-23
Movie Broadway: The Next Generation Self 2017-11-16
Movie Carrie Pilby Dr. Petrov 2017-03-31
Movie National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches Roy M. Cohn/Prior 2 2017-07-20
Movie National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika Roy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica 2017-07-27
Movie Mike Nichols: An American Master Self 2016-01-29
Series American Crime Story F. Lee Bailey 2016-02-02
Movie No Pay, Nudity Herschel 2016-11-04
Movie Showing Up Self 2014-02-25
Movie The Nance Chauncey Miles 2014-10-10
Movie Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Himself 2013-04-09
Movie The English Teacher Carl Kapinas 2013-05-16
Movie Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Self 2013-05-20
Movie Mirror Mirror Brighton 2012-03-15
Movie Pride of The Lion King Himself 2011-11-01
Movie The Nutcracker: The Untold Story Uncle Albert 2010-11-24
Movie I'm Still Here Nathan Lane (uncredited) 2010-09-10
Movie Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) 2009-09-05
Movie Astro Boy Ham Egg (voice) 2009-10-15
Series Modern Family Unknown 2009-09-23
Movie Swing Vote Art Crumb 2008-08-01
Movie A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa Officer Meany 2008-12-17
Movie ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Self 2007-04-19
Movie Trumbo Self 2007-09-10
Series 30 Rock Eddie 2006-10-11
Movie The Producers Max Bialystock 2005-12-25
Movie Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Richard Levy the Driven 2004-01-23
Movie Teacher's Pet Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice) 2004-01-16
Movie The Lion King 1½ Timon (voice) 2004-02-06
Movie Behind the Legend: Timon Timon (voice) 2004-02-10
Movie Broadway's Lost Treasures II Nathan Detroit (segment "Guys & Dolls") 2004-10-26
Series Charlie Lawrence Charlie Lawrence 2003-06-15
Movie Stuart Little 2 Snowbell (voice) 2002-07-19
Movie Austin Powers in Goldmember Mysterious Disco Man 2002-07-26
Movie Nicholas Nickleby Vincent Crummles 2002-12-27
Movie Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks Self 2001-10-01
Movie My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs Self - Perfomer 2001-03-06
Movie Laughter on the 23rd Floor Max Prince 2001-05-26
Movie Isn't She Great Irving Mansfield 2000-01-28
Movie Love's Labour's Lost Costard 2000-03-31
Movie Trixie Kirk Stans 2000-06-28
Series Teacher's Pet 2000-09-09
Movie Titan A.E. Preed (voice) 2000-06-16
Movie The Man Who Came to Dinner Sheridan Whiteside 2000-10-07
Movie Get Bruce! Self 1999-01-01
Movie At First Sight Phil Webster 1999-01-15
Movie Stuart Little Snowbell (voice) 1999-12-17
Series George and Martha George (voice) 1999-04-01
Movie The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Timon (voice) 1998-10-24
Series Encore! Encore! 1998-09-22
Movie MouseHunt Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz 1997-12-19
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Movie The Boys Next Door Norman Bulansky 1996-02-04
Movie A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury Self 1996-11-17
Movie The Birdcage Albert 1996-03-08
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Movie Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable Timon (voice) 1995-01-21
Movie Jeffrey Father Dan 1995-08-18
Movie The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True The Cowardly Lion 1995-11-22
Series Timon and Pumbaa 1995-09-08
Movie Toy Story Timon (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 1995-10-30
Movie The Lion King Timon (voice) 1994-06-24
Movie Life with Mikey Ed Chapman 1993-06-04
Series Frasier Phil 1993-09-16
Movie Addams Family Values Desk Sergeant 1993-11-19
Movie Unnatural Pursuits Limo Passenger 1992-01-01
Movie Guys and Dolls: Off the Record Himself / Nathan Detroit 1992-12-07
Movie He Said, She Said Wallace "Wally" Thurman 1991-02-22
Movie Frankie and Johnny Tim 1991-10-11
Movie Joe Versus the Volcano Baw - The Waponi Advance Man 1990-03-09
Movie The Lemon Sisters Charlie Sorrell 1989-12-01
Movie Ironweed Harold Allen 1987-12-18
Series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 1987-05-21
Movie Alice in Wonderland Mouse 1983-10-03
Series One of the Boys 1982-01-23
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Series Tony Awards Unknown 1956-04-01