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Encyclopedia > Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane

Birth name Joseph Lane
Born February 3, 1956 (1956-02-03) (age 51)
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Years active 1982-present

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Biography

Early life

Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents.[1][2] He was named after a paternal uncle, a Jesuit priest.[3] His father, Daniel, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was 11; his mother, Nora, was a manic-depressive housewife and secretary who died in 2000.[4][5][6] He has two brothers, Robert and Daniel. Lane attended Roman Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory High School where he was elected Best Actor in 1974. Location of Jersey City within New Jersey. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... // There are two major types of truck drivers: Owner operators are individuals that own the trucks they drive and can either lease their trucks by contract with a trucking company to haul freight for that company using their trucks or haul loads for a number of companies and is self... Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The skyline of Jersey City, as seen from Lower New York Bay. ... St. ...


Career

Deciding between college and an acting career, Lane opted for the latter, saying that college was for people who didn't know what they wanted to do, while he did. Because there already was a Joseph Lane registered with Actors Equity, he changed his name to Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the musical Guys and Dolls. He moved to New York City where, after a long struggle, his career began to take off, first with off-Broadway productions at Second Stage Theatre, the Roundabout Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club, and then his 1982 Broadway debut in a revival of Noel Coward's Present Laughter with a cast headed by George C. Scott, Kate Burton, Dana Ivey, and Christine Lahti. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Guys And Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... Guys and Dolls Original Broadway Cast recording (1950) Guys And Dolls is a hit 1950 musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Second Stage Theatre // Director Carole Rothman and actress Robyn Goodman founded Second Stage Theatre in 1979 to give second stagings to contemporary American plays that originally failed to find an audience due to scheduling problems, inappropriate venues or limited performance runs. ... The Manhattan Theatre Club is a theatrical company which produces new plays and musicals at the Biltmore Theatre and the New York City Center. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Sir Noël Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Present Laughter is a comedic play written by Noel Coward and first staged in 1939 as part of a double bill with his lower middle-class domestic drama This Happy Breed; in 1941 the double bill was expanded to include Cowards new play Blithe Spirit. ... George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 - September 22, 1999) was a stage and film actor, director, and producer. ... Kate Burton (born on 10 September 1957 in Geneva, Switzerland) is an American actress. ... Dana Ivey (born August 14, 1942) is an American actress. ... Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress. ...

Matthew Broderick (top), Nathan Lane in a poster for the 2005 revival of The Odd Couple

His second Broadway appearance was in the 1983 box-office failure Merlin, starring Chita Rivera, and magician Doug Henning. Commenting on the show, Lane later said, "Doug Henning's greatest magic trick was getting the show produced." This was followed by Wind In The Willows as Toad,Some Americans Abroad at Lincoln Center and On Borrowed Time at Circle-in-the-Square with George C. Scott again. In 1992, he starred in the revival of Guys and Dolls, receiving his first Tony nomination, playing the character who lent him his name opposite Peter Gallagher and Faith Prince. Image File history File links NathanLane1. ... Image File history File links NathanLane1. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A Dancers Life poster Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933) is a Tony Award-winning American actress, dancer, and singer known for her musical theater roles. ... Doug James Henning (born May 3, 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, died February 7, 2000 of liver disease) was a Canadian magician, illusionist, and escape artist. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... On Borrowed Time is a 1939 film. ... Guys and Dolls Original Broadway Cast recording (1950) Guys And Dolls is a hit 1950 musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser. ... Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor. ... Faith Prince (born 5 August 1957) is an American actress. ...


His professional association with close friend, playwright Terrence McNally, includes roles in Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata, Bad Habits, Love! Valour! Compassion! and Dedication. The early 1990s began a highly successful stretch of Broadway shows for Lane. 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. In 1994, he starred in the highly successful revival of Larry Gelbart's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, for which he won a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. His association with Sondheim continued when he appeared with Victor Garber in the workshop of Wiseguys (later Bounce) and again in 2004 when he revised the original book for and starred in the Broadway debut of the composer's The Frogs at Lincoln Center. He also sang a song written especially for him by Sondheim in the film The Birdcage. In 1999 he starred in the Roundabout revival of The Man Who Came To Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside with Jean Smart and Harriet Harris. Prior to that he starred in the Encores production of Do,Re,Mi. In addition to all the McNally plays he has appeared in numerous other Off-B'way productions including the musical of Luv,Measure For Measure in Central Park, The Film Society, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, In A Pig's Valise, Trumbo,She Stoops To Conquer, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1939), is an American playwright. ... This article should appear in one or more categories. ... The Lisbon Traviata is a play by Terrence McNally. ... Bad Habits has several meanings: Bad Habits, a 1998 album by Matthew Robinson. ... Love! Valour! Compassion! is a 1995 play by Terrence McNally following the summer of a group of gay men and their family and friends at a summer home in New York. ... Dedication (Lat. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar on September 8, 1922) is an Emmy-winning comic actor and writer, best known as the leading man on the 1950s television sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... Poster for the original Broadway production Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a Broadway play by Neil Simon. ... Your Show of Shows was a live sketch comedy television series appearing weekly in the United States, from 1950 until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. ... Larry Gelbart (b. ... Hi! Youre car can speak <a href=http://immobilizer. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Theatrical poster for the 2004 Broadway production of The Frogs. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... The Birdcage is a 1996 LGBT comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. ... Encores EP is a live EP by Dire Straits, released shortly after their live album On the Night. ... Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, written in 1603. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


In 1995 he performed in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True a musical performance of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT), and issued on CD and video in 1996. Lane won his second Tony Award for his portrayal of Max Bialystock in the musical version of Mel Brooks's The Producers opposite Matthew Broderick, with whom he competed for the honor. He later replaced Richard Dreyfuss in the role at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane at the last minute and went on to win the Olivier Award as Best Actor in a Musical. He recreated his performance for the film version, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy. The Childrens Defense Fund is a child advocacy group. ... Max Bialystock is a fictional character and main protagonist who first appeared in Mel Brooks 1969 movie, The Producers, played by Zero Mostel. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Producers may refer to one of the following: American actor and writer director Mel Brooks comedy about two con-men who attempt to cheat theatre investors out of their investment money. ... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ... Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The present-day Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, sketched when it was new, in 1813. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...


Lane has performed two roles originated by Zero Mostel, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Max Bialystock in The Producers. He declined the role of Tevye in the 2004 Broadway revival of Fiddler On The Roof because he didn't want to be seen as always following in Mostel's footsteps. Coincidentally, both of Lane's Tony Awards were for Mostel's roles. Mostel in Sirocco (1951) Zero Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was a Brooklyn-born stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof , Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max... For the film, see Fiddler on the Roof (film) Fiddler on the Roof is a well-known Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ...


In 2005, Lane rejoined Broderick for a wildly successful limited run of The Odd Couple. In 2006, he changed gears to take on a primarily dramatic role in a revival of Simon Gray's Butley. He and Broderick were awarded adjacent stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a joint ceremony on January 9, 2006. They were also immortalized as Max and Leo at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. Walter Matthau and Art Carney in the 1965 Broadway production The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spinoffs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. ... Simon James Holliday Gray, CBE (October 21, 1936-) is an English playwright. ... A 1974 film starring Alan Bates, based on the play of the same name by Simon Gray. ... Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Personal life

When he was 21 and told his mother he was gay, her reply was: "I'd rather you were dead." Lane shot back: "I knew you'd understand".[7]


Lane, who came out publicly after the death of Matthew Shepard, jokingly describes himself as an "old-fashioned homosexual, not one of those new fangled gays who are born joining parades."[8] When he was asked once by a reporter whether he was gay, rather than providing a blunt yes-or-no answer, he famously declared, "I'm 40, single and I work a lot in the musical theatre. You do the math." He has been a long-time board member of and fundraiser for B'way Cares/Equity Fights Aids, and he has been honored by The Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and The Trevor Project for his work in the gay community. Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was fatally attacked near Laramie, on the night of October 6 – October 7, 1998 in what was widely reported by international news media as a savage beating because of his homosexuality. ...


Though he played a chef in Mousehunt, as mentioned on an episode of Martha in which he appeared as a guest, he is not good in the kitchen. He resides in New York, has a long-time partner, and remains very good friends with Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks and Ernie Sabella. Mousehunt is a 1997 slapstick comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski, scored by Alan Silvestri and released by DreamWorks SKG. Starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, it concerns two brothers who, upon inheriting an antique house, must rid it of a troublesome mouse who comedically foils their efforts to exterminate... Martha is a U.S. daytime television talk show that will start in September, 2005. ... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Ernie Sabella (born September 19, 1949) has been an actor on Broadway, television and film since the late 1970s. ...


Awards and nominations

Television

He has received three nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards, in 1995 for Disney's Timon and Pumbaa, and in 2000 for Disney's Teacher's Pet. He has also received two Emmy nominations for guest appearances on Frasier and Mad About You. In 1999 he won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In general sense, teachers pet refers to a student at school who is especially liked by the teachers or likes the teachers and receives special treatment. ...


Film

  • 1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (The Birdcage, nominee)
  • 1997 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo (The Birdcage, nominee along with Robin Williams)
  • 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (The Birdcage, nominee)
  • 1997 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (The Birdcage, won)
  • 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (The Producers, nominee)
  • 1996 American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture-The Birdcage *2002 National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble Performance-Nicholas Nickleby

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Theatre

  • 1983 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Present Laughter, nominee) *1984 St.Clair Bayfield Award for Shakespearean Performance in ["Measure For Measure", winner]
  • 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (The Lisbon Traviata, winner)
  • 1992 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance
  • 1992 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls, winner)
  • 1992 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls, nominee)
  • 1995 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Love! Valour! Compassion!, winner)
  • 1995 Obie Award for Ensemble Acting (Love! Valour! Compassion!)
  • 1996 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, winner)
  • 1996 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, winner)
  • 2001 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (The Producers, winner)
  • 2001 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (The Producers, winner)
  • 2005 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical (The Producers, winner)
  • 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, nominee)

As well as four Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the Lucille Lortel Award for The Lisbon Traviata. Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical is awarded to the actor who was voted as the best actor in a musical play, whether a new production or a revival. ...


Additional honors

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Work

Television

His television credits include a recurring role on One of the Boys with Mickey Rooney and Dana Carvey, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989), the title role in The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), the voice of the title character in the animated series Teacher's Pet, as well as Timon & Pumbaa and George and Martha, and guest appearances on Mad About You, Sex and the City, Frasier, Saturday Night Live, The Tony Awards as host and co-host four times, Great Performances- The Last Mile and as host for the 30th anniversary, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Absolutely Fabulous and most recently 30 Rock. He has starred in two television films, The Boys Next Door and Laughter on the 23rd Floor. His attempts at a regular series of his own Encore! Encore! (1998) and Charlie Lawrence (2003), were ratings disappointments. A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character, but appears from time to time during the series run. ... One of the Boys is a single released by Mott the Hoople, in Canada, Germany, Holland and the United States, though not in the UK. The song was featured in a episode of the BBC British Drama series Life on Mars. Categories: | | ... The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd was an NBC/Lifetime dramedy that debuted in 1987. ... The title role is the role (or position) of the character after whom a literary work (e. ... The Man Who Came to Dinner, comedy in three acts written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. ... In general sense, teachers pet refers to a student at school who is especially liked by the teachers or likes the teachers and receives special treatment. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... George and Martha is an animated childrens television show which is comprised of 26 episodes made in 1999. ... Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999. ... Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... Frasier is an American situation comedy starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Great Performances was a television series devoted to the performing arts which ran on the US television station PBS from 1972. ... The Last Mile DVD The Last Mile is a short (15 minute) comedy-drama written by Terrence McNally for Public televisions Great Performances 20th Anniversary Special (1992). ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy, though not in the traditional sitcom format, starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David. ... Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and June Whitfield. ... 30 Rock is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated NBC sitcom that debuted in the United States on October 11, 2006. ... The Boys Next Door is a movie: The Boys Next Door (movie) or a post-punk band, which became The Birthday Party, featuring Nick Cave. ... Poster for the original Broadway production Laughter on the 23rd Floor is a Broadway play by Neil Simon. ...


Filmography

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References

  1. ^ http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/19/nathan_lane_goes_beyond_broadway/
  2. ^ http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?051230+search
  3. ^ http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1345473,00.html
  4. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_Feb_2/ai_53729227/pg_2
  5. ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018675/bio
  6. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Nathan-Lane.html
  7. ^ Nathan Lane Bio.
  8. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_Feb_2/ai_53729227 Citizen Lane; Bruce Vilanch, The Advocate; 1999-02-02; Retrieved on 2007-07-05
  9. ^ http://www.thetrevorproject.org/staging/trevorny2007.html
  10. ^ The Nathan Lane Page - Current News. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.

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Awards
Preceded by
Matthew Broderick
for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
1996
for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Succeeded by
James Naughton
for Chicago
Preceded by
Brian Stokes Mitchell
for Kiss Me, Kate
Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
2001
for The Producers
Succeeded by
John Lithgow
for Sweet Smell of Success

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Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a contemporary award-winning American actor of the stage and screen.
His father, Daniel Lane, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was 11; his mother, Nora, was a manic-depressive housewife.
Lane himself was forced to retire in December 2004 for the same reason.
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Nathan was born Joseph Lane on February 3, 1956, in Jersey City, New Jersey to Daniel Lane, a truck driver, and Nora Lane, a secretary.
Nathan is the voice of "Timon the Meercat" from The Lion King.
Nathan "came out" in 1999 to the general public, but he told his family about it when he was 21 years old.
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