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Nathan Lane (born February 3, 1956) is a
contemporary, award-winning American actor of the
stage and screen.

Born Joseph Lane, the actor changed his name to
Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit from the
musical Guys and Dolls.

Lane's career began on Broadway theatre|Broadway,
most notably in the first production of Terrence
McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart. His first
large film role was supplying the voice of Timon
in Disney's The Lion King. After spending much of
the 1990s working on movies, which included the
popular film The Birdcage, Lane returned to the
Great White Way in the hit musical The Producers.
He is openly gay.

In 2004 Mr. Lane revised the book for and starred
in Stephen Sondheim's musical adaptation of
Aristophanes' The Frogs at the Vivian Beaumont
Theatre at Lincoln Center. The production also
starred Roger Bart, Peter Bartlett, John Byner,
Burke Moses, and Michael Siberry. Lane's first
connection with the show came when he performed
the leading role of Dionysos in a concert staging
in honor of Sondheim's birthday. The concert was
recorded on Nonesuch, and included Brian Stokes
Mitchell and Davis Gaines. The 2004 production of
the show contained 7 additional songs, and was
recorded by PS Classics.

In October 2004 Lane assumed the lead role of 'Max
Bialystock' in the London stage production of Mel
Brooks' The Producers. He had already played the
role during the show's New York run, and was a
last-minute replacement for Richard Dreyfuss, who
had dropped out of the London run during
rehearsals, citing back problems. Lane himself was
forced to retire in December 2004 for the same
reason.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90336.html
The play was a commercial success, and for his
ten-week run Lane was paid £400,000; in Februrary
2005 he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a
Musical (the show itself also winning Best New
Musical, with Conleth Hill winning Supporting Role
in a Musical for his performance as Roger DeBris,
the flamboyant director who must play Adolf Hitler
in the number "Springtime for Hitler").
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,4484-14938
09,00.html

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0001447|name=Nathan Lane
* ibdb name|id=33099|name=Nathan Lane
* http://www.nathanlane.com/ An unofficial fan
site
* http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1293/ Another
unofficial fan site
* http://www.righty-o.com/Cool/nlane/ A compendium
to the unofficial fan sites