Nathan Lane
Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Nathan Lane (Willy Loman) made his Broadway debut in the 1982 revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter as Roland Maule (Drama Desk nomination), directed by and starring George C. Scott.
Date of Birth: February 03, 1956 (70)
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BIO
Lane made his professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Nathan Lane (Willy Loman) made his Broadway debut in the 1982 revival of Noël Coward’s Present Laughter as Roland Maule (Drama Desk nomination), directed by and starring George C. Scott. Followed by Merlin, The Wind in the Willows, Some Americans Abroad, On Borrowed Time, Guys and Dolls (Tony nomination, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Producers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Olivier Award in London), The Play What I Wrote, The Frogs, The Odd Couple, Butley, November, Waiting For Godot (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Addams Family (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations and the Drama League Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater Award), The Nance (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League Distinguished Performance Awards), It’s Only A Play, The Front Page (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), Angels in America (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Pictures From Home, and the Goodman Theater production at BAM of The Iceman Cometh. He has been seen Off-Broadway in many plays and in 1992 received the Obie for Sustained Excellence of Performance, including Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Common Pursuit, The Lisbon Traviata (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel Awards), Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Obie Award), Measure for Measure directed by Joe Papp (St. Clair Bayfield Award), The Film Society, Mizlansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks, She Stoops to Conquer, Trumbo, and Do Re Mi at Encores. He has also received the John Willis Lifetime Achievement Award from the Theater World Awards, the Hal Prince Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama Desk Awards, the Sondheim Award from the Signature Theater, and the Eugene O’Neill Monte Cristo Award.
On television he has been seen in numerous guest roles including “Frasier,” “Mad About You,” “Sex and the City,” “30 Rock,” “Absolutely Fabulous,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Difficult People,” and “The Blacklist” as well as recurring roles on “The Good Wife” and “Modern Family.” He received critical acclaim as F. Lee Bailey in “The People vs. OJ,” Det. Lewis Michener in “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” and as Dominick Dunne in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” He was most recently seen as Bunny Schneiderman in “Mid-Century Modern,” Ward McAllister in “The Gilded Age” and as Teddy Dimas in “Only Murders in the Building” for which he received his first Primetime Emmy Award after a record breaking eight nominations in the guest actor category. He has also received two Daytime Emmy Awards and the People’s Choice Award.
He has appeared in 40 films, including Ironweed, Frankie and Johnny, The Lion King, The Birdcage, Mouse Hunt, Stuart Little, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Nicholas Nickleby, The Producers and Beau Is Afraid. He has received two Golden Globe nominations, an American Comedy Award, a SAG Award, and a Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 2008 he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Movies
[ 1987 ] Harold Allen
[ 1989 ] Charlie Sorrell
[ 1990 ] Baw - The Waponi Advance Man
[ 1991 ] Tim
[ 1991 ] Wally Thurman
[ 1993 ] Desk Sergeant
[ 1993 ] Ed Chapman
[ 1994 ] Timon
[ 1995 ] Father Dan
[ 1996 ] Albert
[ 1997 ] Ernie Smuntz
[ 1999 ] Phil Webster
[ 1999 ] Snowbell
[ 2000 ] Costard
[ 2000 ] Irving Mansfield
[ 2000 ] Kirk Stans
[ 2000 ] Preed
[ 2002 ] Mysterious Disco Man
[ 2002 ] Snowbell
[ 2002 ] Vincent Crummles
[ 2004 ] Richard Levy the Driven
[ 2004 ] Spot, Scott
[ 2005 ] Max Bialystock
[ 2008 ] Art Crumb
[ 2009 ] Hamegg
[ 2010 ] Uncle Albert
[ 2012 ] Brighton
[ 2013 ] Carl Kapin
[ 2016 ] Dr. Petrov
[ 2016 ] Herschel
[ 2017 ] Harold
[ 2017 ] Roy Cohn
[ 2017 ] Roy Cohn
[ 2023 ] Oracle of the Sun
[ 2024 ] Luno
TV Shows
Joseph Pinoni
George
Pepper Saltzman
Spot Helperman, Scott Leadready
Bing Shalimar, Herman in Fantasy Sequence
Clarke Hayden
[ 2024 ] Phillip Cross
[ 2024 ] Dominick Dunne
[ 2021-2025 ] Teddy Dimas
[ 2025-2025 ] Bunny Schneiderman
[ 2022-2025 ] Ward McAllister
[ 2023-2025 ] Yorbo (voice)
Awards and Nominations
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Nathan Lane, The Front Page
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Nathan Lane, The Nance
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Nathan Lane, The Addams Family
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Nathan Lane, Waiting for Godot
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Nathan Lane, The Producers
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Nathan Lane, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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Nathan Lane, Love! Valour! Compassion!
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Nathan Lane, Guys and Dolls
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Nathan Lane, The Lisbon Traviata
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Videos
Video: DEATH OF A SALESMAN Final Curtain Call at the Winter Garden
by Joshua Wright - 2026-08-13 10:14:25
Video: Jack Knowles Reacts to Tony Win- 'It's Dedication, Hard Work, and Appreciation'
by Talking Tonys - 2026-06-07 23:15:03
Video: Chloe Lamford Reacts to Tony Win and Shares Easter Eggs from Her Scenic Design
by Talking Tonys - 2026-06-07 23:18:54
Video: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Discuss Reimagining DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-05-28 13:17:57
Joe Mantello on Directing DEATH OF A SALESMAN: 'Sometimes There’s Just Magic'
by Nicole Rosky - 2026-05-28 12:49:39
Video: Nathan Lane Explains How DEATH OF A SALESMAN Achieves Intimacy at the Winter Garden
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-05-05 09:08:42
Video: DEATH OF A SALESMAN Celebrates Opening Night On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - 2026-04-10 18:46:47
Video: Nathan Lane Was 'Mesmerized' Seeing DEATH OF A SALESMAN as a Kid
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-04-01 11:08:14
Video: Nathan Lane Slams 'Stupidity' of Timothée Chalamet’s Opera and Ballet Comments
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-03-12 15:14:19
Video: Lorne Michaels Spotlighted in New Trailer for LORNE Documentary
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-03-05 10:11:24
Video: DEATH OF A SALESMAN Company Discusses Broadway Revival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2026-03-03 12:46:50
Video: Watch the Trailer for New HBO Two-Part Mel Brooks Documentary
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-01-08 12:15:42
Video: Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss & More in FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 12 Trailer
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-10-08 14:27:28
News
by Rachel Stone - Oct 5, 2026
Tony nominee Bill Russell releases a new memoir chronicling his journey from Wyoming to Broadway, with book events featuring theatre stars Alice Ripley, Erin Davie, and Joe DiPietro.
by Tina St. Angelo - Oct 5, 2026
Opening its 15th season, BrightSide Theatre in Naperville is presenting The Addams Family Musical which runs through October 18,. The musical, written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, is the first time the familiar characters created by Charles Addams appeared on stage.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 30, 2026
The American Prize-winning New York City Children's Chorus announced its 2026-2027 season featuring six concerts across the city, including the release of its third album, Lullaby, and performances at Radio City Music Hall alongside the Rockettes.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2026
D. Sabella, Broadway's original Mary Sunshine in CHICAGO, will celebrate the iconic musical's 30th anniversary with a behind-the-scenes one-man show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
by Adela González Pérez - Sep 23, 2026
Con motivo de su noche de gala, repasamos el viaje del musical desde su origen en Nueva York hasta su llegada a España en 2017 y su renovada puesta en escena actual.
by Michael Quintos - Sep 22, 2026
To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rapturous crowds for three consecutive nights at the Samueli Theater from September 10-12, 2026.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2026
Broadway fans can now get a jumpstart on the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, as online pre-bidding is open. Participating shows include The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon! and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), plus more.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2026
This Halloween, The Green Room 42 will present the premiere of SHOW NO FEAR, a new real-world horror play from writer-director Aaron Mark. Learn more here!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 31, 2026
The Laurie Beechman Theatre will host a series of Halloween-themed shows, including BROADWAY BLOODBATH, THE JOE ICONIS HAUNTED HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, and drag brunches with Paige Turner in New York City.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2026
Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will present Joy Behar's world premiere comedy BONKERS IN THE BOROUGHS, along with Nancy Atlas's THE HOWL CONCERT, the HA HA HAMPTONS comedy tour and a screening of THE BIRDCAGE.
by Joshua Wright - Aug 26, 2026
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films, will step into the role again - this time onstage and as a grown man - in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center will present its 2026 Monte Cristo Award to Tony, Pulitzer, and Academy Award-winning playwright and O’Neill alumnus John Patrick Shanley at a gala celebration.
by Team BWW - Aug 19, 2026
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is a stylish, suspenseful mystery that traps a killer aboard the world's most famous train. Rob Bartlett plays Hercule Poirot, the acclaimed actor, comedian, writer, and…
by Marissa Faith Curley - Aug 15, 2026
Marvel Studios officially unveiled the principal cast of its new X-Men movie at D23, giving the MCU’s mutant franchise its first major lineup, reported Marvel.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 13, 2026
NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS will welcome guests including Nathan Lane, Maya Rudolph, Pedro Pascal, Billy Eichner and Josh Groban across a week of upcoming episodes.
by Joshua Wright - Aug 13, 2026
Broadway's record-setting revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman has taken its final bow - and a video from the final curtain call is now making the rounds online. The production played its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on Sunday, August 9, closing after 36 previews and 129 total performances.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 12, 2026
NBC released guest schedules for LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, featuring Lena Dunham, Nathan Lane, Maya Rudolph, Lisa Kudrow, Tiffany Haddish and Josh Groban among the upcoming week's lineup.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 12, 2026
Two-time Tony nominee Bill Russell has written a memoir chronicling his path from a South Dakota upbringing to a career as a Broadway writer, with a New York book signing planned to mark its release.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 11, 2026
NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS will welcome guests including Ayo Edebiri, Nathan Lane, Maya Rudolph and Lisa Kudrow across a week of upcoming episodes.
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2026
Music Theatre of Idaho will present The Addams Family in October. Performances will run at Nampa Civic Center. Learn more about the upcoming production here.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Nathan Lane has appeared on Broadway in 27 shows.
Nathan Lane has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Nathan Lane's first West End show was The Producers which opened in 2004
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Death of a Salesman, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Best Featured Actor in a Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Angels in America, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Angels in America, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Angels in America, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Angels in America, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Front Page, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Front Page, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Front Page, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Nance, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Nance, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Nance, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Nance, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Addams Family, Distinguished Achivement in Musical Theatre (Drama League Awards), Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Addams Family, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Waiting for Godot, Best Actor in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for The Producers, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Producers, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Producers, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Producers, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Best Actor - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Outstanding Featured Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion, Best Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Best Off Broadway Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Guys and Dolls, Sustained Excellence of Performance (Obie Awards), Best Actor - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Guys and Dolls , Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Guys and Dolls, Outstanding Lead Actor (The Lortels) for The Lisbon Traviata, Best Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Lisbon Traviata, Best Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Lisbon Traviata , Best Actor - Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Lisbon Traviata , Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Lisbon Traviata and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Present Laughter.
Nathan Lane has won numerous prestigious awards throughout his Broadway career. His accolades include Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Death of a Salesman. He received Best Featured Actor in a Play from BroadwayWorld Awards and multiple awards for Angels in America, including Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play from the Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play from the Tony Awards. For The Producers, Lane earned Best Actor in a Musical from the Olivier Awards, Outstanding Actor in a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical from the Tony Awards. He also received similar recognition for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, including Outstanding Actor in a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards, Best Actor in a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical from the Tony Awards. Additional honors include Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play from the Drama Desk Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Best Actor in a Play from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Outstanding Actor in a Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for Guys and Dolls, and Best Actor in a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Guys and Dolls. Lane has also received the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre from the Drama League Awards, Sustained Excellence of Performance from the Obie Awards, and Outstanding Lead Actor from The Lortels for The Lisbon Traviata.
Nathan Lane has written 1 shows including The Frogs (Bookwriter).
