Acting credits
118
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Nathan Lane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 77Series: 41Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 78729
IMDb ID: nm0001447
Known for: Acting
Born: February 3, 1956
Age: 70
Place of birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q491264
Also known as
Натан Лейн • ناتان لین • Joseph Lane
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
Biography
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 professional theatre debut in 1978 in an off-Broadway production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He gained widespread recognition for his roles in Broadway productions such as "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "The Producers," and "Angels in America". His film credits include "The Lion King," "The Birdcage," "Mouse Hunt," and "The Producers". In addition to his stage and film work, Lane has appeared in various television series, including "Modern Family," "The Good Wife," and "Only Murders in the Building". He has been married to Devlin Elliott since 2015.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nathan Lane.
as Self
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl
2025 • Movie
as Luno - Oracle of the Moon (voice)
Spellbound
2024 • Movie
as Harris
Dicks: The Musical
2023 • Movie
as Timon (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023 • Movie
as Self
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023 • Movie
as Roger
Beau Is Afraid
2023 • Movie
as Self
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
2021 • Movie
as Giacomo
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020 • Movie
as Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019 • Movie
as Self
Every Act of Life
2018 • Movie
as Harold
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 • Movie
as Roy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika
2017 • Movie
as Roy M. Cohn/Prior 2
National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches
2017 • Movie
as Dr. Petrov
Carrie Pilby
2017 • Movie
as Hershel Thalkin
No Pay, Nudity
2016 • Movie
as Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
2016 • Movie
as Chauncey Miles
The Nance
2014 • Movie
as Self
Showing Up
2014 • Movie
as Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013 • Movie
as Carl Kapinas
The English Teacher
2013 • Movie
as Himself
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
2013 • Movie
as Brighton
Mirror Mirror
2012 • Movie
as Self
Pride of The Lion King
2011 • Movie
as Uncle Albert
The Nutcracker
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nathan Lane.
as Self - Actor • 2 eps
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026 • Series
as Bunny Schneiderman • 10 eps
Mid-Century Modern
2025 • Series
as Dominick Dunne • 5 eps
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024 • Series
as Phillip Cross • 1 eps
Elsbeth
2024 • Series
as Yorbo (voice) • 1 eps
Digman!
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 • Series
as Ward McAllister • 13 eps
The Gilded Age
2022 • Series
as Teddy Dimas • 10 eps
Only Murders in the Building
2021 • Series
as Lewis Michener • 10 eps
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019 • Series
as F. Lee Bailey • 10 eps
American Crime Story
2016 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Nathan Lane • 1 eps
Difficult People
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Abraham Stern • 1 eps
The Blacklist
2013 • Series
as Pepper Saltzman • 10 eps
Modern Family
2009 • Series
as Clarke Hayden • 15 eps
The Good Wife
2009 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Eddie • 1 eps
30 Rock
2006 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
1 eps
Primetime Glick
2001 • Series
as Nathan Lane • 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 • Series
as Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II (voice) • 47 eps
Teacher's Pet
2000 • Series