Nathan Lane

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Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane, 1956) is an American actor and writer.

In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Ernie Smuntz, Max Bialystock in The Birdcage, Max Bialystock in the musical The Producers, Ernie Smuntz in Mouse Hunt, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened.

Timon and Stuart Little as Snowbell, and Martin Little as Frostlock, who have appeared on Modern Family, The Good Wife, and F. Lee Bailey's American Crime Story. He has received three Tony Awards, including a Best Actor in a Musical, along with six Drama Desk honors, six Outer Critics Circle prizes, two Obes, and the Laurence Olivier Award.

He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, six Primetime Emmy nominations, a Screen Actor Guild Award, two Daytime Emmy Awards, and a People's Choice Award.

Lane was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2006 as a member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006, and in 2008, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

Early life

Nathan Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, on February 3, 1956. When Lane was eleven years old, his father, Daniel Joseph Lane, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism in 1967. Nora Veronica (Finnerty), his mother, suffered from bipolar disorder and died in 2000. Daniel Jr. and Robert are his two older brothers. Lane's parents were Catholic, and both of his grandparents were Irish immigrants. He was named after his uncle, a Jesuit priest, was named after him. Lane attended Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory School, where he was named Best Actor in 1974 and later received the 2011 Prep Hall of Fame Professional Achievement Award.

Personal life

Lane says that "I'd rather you die" he told his mother at age 21 that he was gay, she said. "Once I got her head out of the oven, it was fine," he mused.

Lane came out in 1999 following Matthew Shepard's death, and he has been a long-serving board member and fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In 2015, he was honoured with the Human Rights Campaign Equality Award, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vito Russo Award, and the Matthew Shepard Foundation Making A Difference Award for his contributions to the LGBT community.

Lane has made several dismissive remarks against Republican Party figures. Due to Ryan's lack of funding for Medicaid, he compared Paul Ryan to the Wicked Witch of the West. In a 2018 interview about playing Roy Cohn in the Broadway revival of Angels in America, Lane accused Donald Trump of being a liar. "Really, what you learn from Roy Cohn is what [Trump] learned from him." You should always go on the offensive, as they say. The counterattack. Punish the accuser ten times more often than deflect. Never deny defeat. And outright lying if all else fails. Lane, a loyal promoter of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, was a frequent participant of Democratic Party fundraisers.

Devlin Elliott, a writer and editor, married his partner of over 18 years on November 17, 2015. They live in Manhattan and East Hampton.

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Career

He was accompanied by his older brother Dan on what was supposed to be his first day at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia on a drama scholarship. Knowing that the scholarship would not cover enough of his expenses, he decided to leave and work for a year to make some money. "I remember him saying to me, 'College is for people who have no idea what they want to do," his brother said. Since there was already a Joseph Lane on Actors' Equity, he shortened his name to Nathan after the musical Guys and Dolls' character Nathan Detroit. After a long struggle, he began his career with partner Patrick Stack, and then with Off-Broadway performances at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre, and the Manhattan Theatre Club. He made his Broadway debut in 1982 as Roland Maule as Mayor No. Laughter (Drama Desk nomination) with George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, Bette Hubbard, Elizabeth Hubbard, Jim Piddock, and Christine Lahti.

He appeared on Broadway for the second time in Merlin's 1983 Broadway musical, starring Chita Rivera and magician Doug Henning. Mr. Toad, Some Americans Abroad at Lincoln Center, and Neil Simon's Broadway Bound's national tour were accompanied by Wind in the Willows.

Love (the musical version of Murray Schisgal's Luv), Measure for Measure directed by Joseph Papp in Central Park for which he received the St. Clair Bayfield Award, The Common Pursuit, The Film Society, and A Midsummer Night's Dream were among the Off-Broadway productions. In The School for Scandal and John Guare's Moon Over Miami, he appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Lane appeared in George C. Scott's On Borrowed Time at the Circle in 1991, as a result of Paul Osborne's On Borrowed Time at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway. He appeared in Guys and Dolls, portraying Nathan Detroit, the man lent him his name, opposite Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince. He received his first Tony nomination, as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his appearance. He was voted for Sustained Excellence of Achievement by an Obie in 1992.

Terrence McNally, a playwright who appeared in The Lisbon Traviata and Lucille Lortel Awards, as well as an Outer Critics Circle nomination, was part of his professional relationship with the playwright, Teeth Apart, Love!

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(Obie, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards): Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams, which opened in 2005 (Drama Desk nomination), The Last Mile on PBS Great Performances, and the film version of Frankie and Johnny.

Lane's early 1990s began a string of hit Broadway shows. In 1993, he portrayed Sid Caesar-like Max Prince in Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor, inspired by Simon's early career writing sketches for Your Show of Shows. He appeared in the hit revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in 1996, for which he received the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. In 1998, he appeared Off-Broadway in Jon Robin Baitz' revised 1984 comedy Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks.'

Stephen Sondheim's career began with the Assassin workshop. In 1989, the first lady in the United Kingdom performed a revolution. He appeared with Victor Garber in the Wise Guys workshop in 1999 (later retitled Road Show). When Lane revised the original book for and appeared in the composer's debut The Frogs at Lincoln Center in 2004, he continued his collaboration with Sondheim. According to "Little Dream," a Sondheim song for which Lane received his first Golden Globe nomination, it was allegedly written specifically for him. Mike Nichols directed the film, an American remake of the classic French farce La Cage aux Folles, and stars Robin Williams, Lane, and Gene Hackman, and it went on to be a huge success. This was followed by the dark comedy Mouse Hunt, one of the first films to be released from the recently formed DreamWorks Studios, in which he co-starred British comedian Lee Evans and Christopher Walken.

Lane portrayed Timon, the meerkat in Disney's blockbuster animated film The Lion King, in 1994 and resurrecting the role in its sequels. In the early episodes of Timon & Pumbaa, Lane portrayed the meerkat. In 1995, he appeared in The Wizard of Oz as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz in a concert at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The show was first shown on Turner Network Television (TNT).

In 1999, he appeared in the Encores!

Do Re Mi's revival in the City Center is on display. In the same year, he appeared in Stuart Little, the life of Snowbell in the family film Stuart Little, opposite his Life With Mikey co-star Michael J. Fox. He is best known for his voice work in two Disney animated series, Teacher's Pet and Timon & Pumbaa, as well as George and Martha on HBO. George and Martha were nominated for the Daytime Emmy Awards for Teacher's Pet and Timon and Pumbaa, as well as a one for George and Martha. He has hosted Saturday Night Live and The Tony Awards (once as host for the 50th anniversary telecast, and three times as co-host, with Glenn Close and Gregory Hines; Rosie O'Donnell; and Matthew Broderick respectively).

Lane appeared in the Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner in 2000 as Sheridan Whiteside, with Jean Smart and Harriet Harris.

Max Bialystock appeared in Mel Brooks' blockbuster musical version of The Producers in 2001, earning him his second Tony as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle accolades. He will reprise his role as Snowbell in Stuart Little 2 next year. In a film version of Nicholas Nickleby starring Vincent Crummles, the actor received the National Board of Review's Ensemble Acting award. Richard Dreyfuss was replaced by him in The Producers in the West End in 2004. Dreyfuss was released just a week before the show's first preview at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Lane went on to win the Olivier Award as the Best Actor in a Musical. Matthew Broderick, co-stars on Broadway, received his second Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for his second stint. He appeared in Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted in 2003.

Lane returned to Broderick in 2005 for a brief run of The Odd Couple. He played a principal part in Simon Gray's Butley's revival in 2006, having appeared in several major Boston theater performances in 2003. In a joint ceremony on January 9, 2006, Max and Leo are immortalized in wax as Max and Leo at the Madame Tussauds Museum in New York City on January 16, 2009. In 2008, he appeared as the President of the United States in the David Mamet political parody, directed by Joe Mantello. This was followed by the critically acclaimed 2009 revival of Waiting for Godot (Outer Critics Circle nomination), in which he appeared in Estragon opposite Bill Irwin's Vladimir. Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2008, he was inducted into the class of Fame.

Lane appeared in the musical version of The Addams Family as Gomez in 2010 (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations). He was also coveted for his Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater that year. Lane, who had committed to acting in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh revival at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in 2012, assumed the role of Hickey, with Brian Dennehy playing Larry Slade in a production directed by Robert Falls. It has received six Jeff Awards, including Best Ensemble, Director, and Production, and is the most popular performance in the theater's history, earning six of them. Lane appeared in The Nance, a Lincoln Center production of a new play by Douglas Carter Beane directed by Jack O'Brien in the spring of 2013. He received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and was recognized for his role in this film, as well as the 2013 Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement. In 2014, PBS Live From Lincoln Center presented the play.

He appeared in an all-star ensemble of Terrence McNally's updated and updated It's Only a Play, with F. Murray Abraham, Matthew Broderick, Stockard Channing, Rupert Grint, Megan Mullally, and Micah Stock in autumn 2014. The show became one of the season's biggest hits. Hickey, the role of Hickey in Robert Falls' production of The Iceman Cometh, received acclaim at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February 2015. He appeared on It's Only a Play on Broadway later in the year. He received the Eugene O' Neill Theater Center Monte Cristo Award for his body of work in 2015. He began the play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit Off-Broadway, in March 2016. In an all-star revival of Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page, directed by Jack O'Brien and produced by Scott Rudin, he returned to Broadway in the fall of 2016. Walter Burns, a ruthless editor who appeared as Hildy Johnson and John Goodman in the film, for which he received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations, respectively. Following his appearance in Prior Walter in the revival of Angels in America directed by Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre of Great Britain, he appeared Roy Cohn with Andrew Garfield as Prior Walter. Lane revived his legendary appearance at the Neil Simon Theatre in front of a Play Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Lane appeared in Taylor Mac's absurdist black comedy Gary: A sequel to Titus Andronicus directed by George C. Wolfe, which received seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Play. It was his 24th Broadway performance.

Lane has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards for his guest appearances on Frasier, Mad About You, Modern Families, The Good Wife, and Only Murders in the Building for which he has since been recognized. He has also appeared on Miami Vice, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Absolutely Fabulous, 30 Rock, Difficult People, and The Blacklist.

In The People vs. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the first season of American Crime Story, which premiered on the FX channel in February 2016, Lane played F. Lee Bailey. It earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, receiving 22 Emmy nominations and moving on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series. Lewis Michener appeared on Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, which premiered on April 26, 2020 and lasted for one season. He appears in Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin and Martin Short, as well as the HBO series The Gilded Age, written by Julian Fellowes.

Lane appears in Ari Aster's forthcoming A24 film,Disappointment Blvd. Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Ryan, and Patti LuPone appeared on the tour. He is also co-starring in another A24 film, Fucking Identical Twins, directed by Larry Charles and written by Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, based on their Upright Citizens Brigade musical stage show, which is a twisted adaptation of The Parent Trap. The parents, Jackson and Sharp, will appear as the twins with Lane and Megan Mullally. Bowen Yang and Megan Thee Stallion appear in the film. He will also be in charge of Spellbound, a Skydance original animated film.

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