Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane, February 3, 1956) is an American actor and writer. He is known for voicing Timon in The Lion King (1994). He won three Tony Awards, an Screen Actors Guild Award, an Emmy Award, and an Drama Desk Award.

Nathan Lane
Lane after a performance of Angels in America in 2018
Born	Joseph Lane (1956-02-03) February 3, 1956 (age 69) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Devlin Elliott
Parent(s)	Daniel Lane (father) Nora Lane (mother)

In television, he is known for his roles in Modern Family, The Good Wife and The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

Lane won three Tony Awards for his stage roles in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers and for Angels in America.

Lane was born on February 3, 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[1] He studied at St. Peter's Preparatory High School. He is openly gay. In 2015, Lane married Devlin Elliott.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Ironweed	Harold Allen
1990	The Lemon Sisters	Charlie Sorrell
	Joe Versus the Volcano	Baw, Waponi Advance Man
1991	He Said, She Said	Wally Thurman
	Frankie and Johnny	Tim
1993	Life with Mikey	Ed Chapman
	Addams Family Values	Desk Sergeant
1994	The Lion King	Timon	Voice
1995	Jeffrey	Father Dan
1996	The Birdcage	Albert Goldman
	Around the World with Timon & Pumbaa	Timon	Voice
1997	Mouse Hunt	Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Timon	Voice Direct-to-video
	The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale	The Imperial Dresser	Voice
1999	Stuart Little	Snowbell	Voice
	At First Sight	Phil
	Get Bruce!	Himself	Documentary
2000	Isn't She Great	Irving Mansfield
	Love's Labours Lost	Costard
	Titan A.E.	Preed	Voice
	Trixie	Kirk Stans
2002	Stuart Little 2	Snowbell	Voice
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Mysterious Disco Man
	Nicholas Nickleby	Vincent Crummles
2004	Teacher's Pet	Spot AKA Scott Leadready II	Voice
	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Richard Levy the Driven
	The Lion King 1½	Timon	Voice Direct-to-video
2005	The Producers	Max Bialystock
2007	Trumbo	Himself	Documentary
2008	Swing Vote	Art Crumb
2009	Astro Boy	Hammegg	Voice
2010	I'm Still Here	Nathan Lane	Uncredited
	The Nutcracker	Uncle Albert
2012	Mirror Mirror	Brighton
2013	The English Teacher	Mr. Kapinas
2016	Carrie Pilby	Dr. Petrov
	No Pay, Nudity	Herschel Thalkin
2017	The Vanishing of Sidney Hall	Harold
	National Theatre Live: Angels in America	Roy Cohn