Lane, Nathan 1956–

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LANE, Nathan 1956–

(Joe Lane)

PERSONAL

Original name, Joseph Lane; born February 3, 1956, in Jersey City, NJ; son of Daniel Lane (a truck driver); mother, a secretary. Education: Attended St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City, NJ.

Addresses: Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Simon Halls, PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Career: Actor, voice artist, and singer. Performed in nightclubs with Patrick Stark in the comedy team Stark and Lane; also performed at dinner theatres and in summer stock productions. Appeared in commercials and print advertisements; appeared in The More You Know, a series of public service announcements. Performer at benefits; participant in a discussion panel at Arts & Leisure Weekend, TimesTalks, New York Times, 2004. Also delivered singing telegrams and worked as a telemarketer, pollster, and bail interviewer. Also known as Joe Lane.

Member: Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors: Drama Desk Award, best actor in a play, and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, both 1990, and Lucille Lortel Award, League of Off–Broadway Theatres and Producers, 1991, all for The Lisbon Traviata; Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, best actor in a musical, and Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best performance by a leading actor in a musical, all 1992, for Guys and Dolls; Obie Award, Village Voice, sustained excellence, 1992; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, 1995, for "Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice...," Frasier; Drama Desk Award, best featured actor in a play, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Obie Award (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, all 1995, for Love! Valour! Compassion!; Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding performer in an animated program, 1996, for The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa; Antoinette Perry Award, best performance by a leading actor in a musical, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award, both outstanding actor in a musical, all 1996, for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; American Comedy Award nomination, funniest supporting actor in a motion picture, 1996, for Jeffrey; Actor Award (with others), Screen Actors Guild, outstanding performance by a cast in a theatrical motion picture, American Comedy Award, funniest leading actor in a motion picture, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy or musical, Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy or musical, Actor Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild, outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Robin Williams), best onscreen duo, all 1997, for The Birdcage; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, 1998, for "Good Old Reliable Nathan," Mad about You; People's Choice Award, favorite male performer in a new television series, 1999, for Encore! Encore!; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in an animated program, 2000, for George and Martha; Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding performer in an animated program, 2001, for Teacher's Pet; Antoinette Perry Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award, all best actor in a musical, 2001, for The Producers; National Board of Review Award (with others), best ensemble performance, 2002, for Nicholas Nickleby; Vito Russo Entertainer Award, GLAAD Media awards, Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation, 2002; inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, 2003; portrayed as a wax figure at Madame Tussaud's wax museum.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Jerz, 1976.

Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls (musical), New York City, 1977.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Equity Library Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Roland Maule, Present Laughter, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1982–1983.

Prince Fergus, Merlin (musical), Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1983.

Harry, Love, Audrey Wood Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Patrick, "Raving," One–Act Play Marathon 84, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1984.

Tony Lumpkin, She Stoops to Conquer, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1984.

The Common Pursuit, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1984–1985.

Leonard, Haji Rahaji, and Jed Rubin, A Backer's Audition, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1985.

Pompey, Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Toad, The Wind in the Willows (musical), Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1985.

Nick Finchling, The Common Pursuit, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1986–1987.

Harvey Wheatcraft, Claptrap, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1987.

Stanley, Broadway Bound, Shubert Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1987, also Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles.

Jonathan Balton, The Film Society, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1988.

"Hidden in This Picture" (one–act), Uncounted Blessings, St. Clement's Church Theatre, New York City, 1988.

A Pig's Valise (also known as In a Pig's Valise), Second Stage Theatre, 1989.

Mendy, The Lisbon Traviata, Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Theatre, 1989, then Promenade Theatre, 1989–1990.

Henry McNeil, Some Americans Abroad, Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Hugh Gumbs, Bad Habits, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1990.

Mr. Brink (Death), On Borrowed Time, Circle in the Square, 1991–1992.

Sam Truman, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Stage I Theatre, 1991, then Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1993.

Nathan Detroit, Guys and Dolls, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, beginning 1992.

Cohost, Broadway Canteen Seventh Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Max Prince, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, 1993–1994.

Buzz Hauser, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Manhattan Theatre Club, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Host, Angela Lansbury—A Celebration (benefit performance), Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1996.

Pseudolus, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical), St. James Theatre, New York City, 1996–1998.

Cohost, Classical Action: Performing Arts against AIDS (benefit concert), Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, 1998.

David Mizlansky, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, or "Schmucks," Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, 1998.

Hubert Cram, "Do Re Mi," City Center Encores!, City Center Theatre, 1999.

Sheridan Whiteside (title role), The Man Who Came to Dinner, Roundabout Theatre Company, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Max Bialystock, The Producers (musical), Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2001, then St. James Theatre, 2001–2002, 2003–2004.

Title role, Butley, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, Boston, MA, 2003.

Dalton Trumbo, Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted (also known as Trumbo), Westside Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Mystery guest star, The Play What I Wrote, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Great Joy! A Holiday Celebration from Broadway (benefit performance), New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Dionysos, The Frogs (musical), Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 2004.

Appeared in the musical workshop production Wise Guys.

Major Tours:

Stanley, Broadway Bound, U.S. cities, 1987.

Film Appearances:

Harold Allen, Ironweed, TriStar, 1987.

Ben, Joe versus the Volcano (also known as Joe vs. the Volcano), Warner Bros., 1990.

Charlie Sorrel, The Lemon Sisters, Miramax, 1990.

Tim, Frankie and Johnny, Paramount, 1991.

Wally Thurman, He Said, She Said, Paramount, 1991.

Desk sergeant, Addams Family Values (also known as Addams Family II), Paramount, 1993.

Ed Chapman, Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break), Buena Vista, 1993.

Voice of Timon, The Lion King (animated; also known as King of the Jungle), Buena Vista, 1994, also released in an IMAX format.

Father Dan, Jeffrey, Orion, 1995.

Voice of Timon, Stand by Me (short animated musical), Buena Vista, 1995.

Albert Goldman (Starina), The Birdcage (also known as Bird Cage, Birds of a Feather, and La cage aux folles), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1996.

Ernie Smuntz, Mouse Hunt (also known as Mousechase), DreamWorks SKG, 1997.

Voice of Timon, Timon and Pumbaa's Wild Adventure: Live and Learn (animated), Disney Studios, 1997.

Voice of Timon, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998.

Himself, Get Bruce!, Miramax, 1999.

Phil Webster, At First Sight, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1999.

Voice of Snowbell (Snow), Stuart Little, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1999.

The Best Man, Universal/October Films/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1999.

Costard, Love's Labour's Lost (also known as Peines d'amour perdues), 2000.

Irving Mansfield, Isn't She Great? (also known as Ist sie nicht grossartig?), Universal, 2000.

Kirk Stans, Trixie, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

Voice of Preed, Titan A.E. (animated; also known as Titan: After Earth), 2000.

Mysterious disco man, Austin Powers in Goldmember (also known as Austin Powers: Goldmember), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Vincent Crummles, Nicholas Nickleby, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2002.

Voice of Snowbell, Stuart Little 2, Columbia, 2002.

Cabbages and Queens, 2003.

Richard Levy the Driven, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, DreamWorks SKG, 2004.

Voices of Spot/Scott and other characters, Teacher's Pet (animated; also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet), Buena Vista, 2004.

Voice of Timon, The Lion King 1 1/2 (animated; also known as Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata), Buena Vista, 2004.

Max Bialystock, The Producers (musical), Universal, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Jonathan Burns, One of the Boys (also known as O'Malley), NBC, 1982.

Voice of Timon, The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa (animated; also known as Timon and Pumbaa), CBS and syndicated, 1995–1996 The Disney Channel, c. 1997–1998.

Joseph Pinoni, Encore! Encore!, NBC, 1998–1999.

Voice of George the hippo, George and Martha (animated), HBO, 1999–2000.

Voice of Timon, One Saturday Morning (animated; also known as Disney's One Saturday Morning), ABC, c. 2000.

Voice of Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II, Teacher's Pet (animated; also known as Disney's Teacher's Pet), ABC, 2000–2002.

Title role, Charlie Lawrence, CBS, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Stage manager, Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" (also known as Valley of the Dolls), CBS, 1981.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Max Prince, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Mouse, Alice in Wonderland, 1983.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1985.

Voice, Coney Island, PBS, 1991.

Stage manager, "The Last Mile," Great Performances' 20th Anniversary Special, PBS, 1992.

Guys and Dolls off the Record, PBS, 1992.

Cowardly Lion, The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (also known as The Wizard of Oz in Concert), TNT, 1995.

Norman Bulansky, "The Boys Next Door," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996.

Spotlight: The Birdcage, Comedy Central, 1996.

Clarence the Angel, Merry Christmas, George Bailey, PBS, 1997.

Comic Relief VIII, HBO, 1998.

Hollywood & Vinyl: Disney's 101 Greatest Musical Moments, VH1, 1998.

Host, An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre, ABC, 1999.

Himself, Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special, NBC, 1999.

Himself, Stuart Little: Making It Big, 1999.

Nathan Lane's Tribute to Danny Kaye, PBS, 1999.

Host, "Venice's Grand Canal," Great Streets, PBS, 2000.

Himself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000.

Sheridan Whiteside (title role), The Man Who Came to Dinner, PBS, 2000.

Himself, "My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs," Great Performances, PBS, 2001.

Himself, Recording "The Producers": A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks, PBS, 2001.

Himself, Broadway Legends, Trio Channel, 2002.

Comedy Central Presents the NY Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase, Comedy Central, 2002.

Cohost, Great Performances 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song, PBS, 2003.

Harry for the Holidays, NBC, 2003.

Evening at Pops: Keith Lockhart's 10th Anniversary Special, PBS, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Host, The 49th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1995.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1995.

Host, The 50th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1996.

Presenter, The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Presenter, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, UPN, 1997.

Presenter, VH1 97 Fashion Awards, VH1, 1997.

Presenter, The 50th Emmy Awards, NBC, 1998.

Presenter, The 52nd Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 1998.

Cohost, The 54th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2000.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 2000.

Host, The 55th Annual Tony Awards, CBS and PBS, 2001.

The First Ten Awards: Tony 2001, PBS, 2001.

Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Monty (some sources cite Morty) Price, "Buddies," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985.

Bing Shalimar, "Here's a Leisurely Stroll through the Park," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC and Lifetime, 1989.

Bing Shalimar, "Here's Why You Order from the Spanish Side of the Menu," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC and Lifetime, 1989.

Herman in fantasy sequence, "Here Are Just a Few Things That Could Possibly Go Wrong," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC and Lifetime, 1990.

Bing Shalimar, "Here's How to Break the Other Leg," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC and Lifetime, 1991.

Himself, "Mickey Rooney: Hollywood's Little Giant," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

Phil, "Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool Me Twice...," Frasier, NBC, 1995.

Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, multiple appearances, beginning 1995.

Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996, 2000.

Guest, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1997.

Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1997.

Nathan Twilley, "Good Old Reliable Nathan," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1998.

Guest, The Howard Stern Show, 1999.

Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Jacqueline Susann, Lifetime, 1999.

Guest, Primetime Glick, Comedy Central, 2001.

Bobby Fine, "I Love a Charade," Sex and the City, HBO, 2002.

Guest, V Graham Norton, 2003.

Guest, The View, ABC, 2003.

Himself, "Opening Night," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2004.

Appeared as a guest on Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo; The Merv Griffin Show, syndicated; and The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated. Lane's performance as the voice of Timon has been featured in broadcasts of the animated programs House of Mouse, PokeMadness 3000, and Teletubbies: The Revenge.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Title role, Charlie Lawrence (also known as Life of the Party), CBS, 2002.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Charlie Lawrence, CBS, 2003.

Radio Appearances; Episodic:

Guest, The Howard Stern Radio Show, 1999.

Guest, Radio Playbill, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Albums; Cast Recordings:

Guys and Dolls, RCA, 1992.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 1996.

Do Re Mi, DRG, 1999.

The Producers, Sony, 2001.

The Man Who Came to Dinner, Image Entertainment, 2003.

Sherry! (studio cast recording), Angel Records, 2004.

Videos:

Himself, Film–Fest DVD: Issue 4—Hawaii, 2000.

(Uncredited) Voice of Timon, Behind the Legend: Timon (short film), included in The Lion King 1 1/2 (also known as Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata), Buena Vista, 2004.