Biography
Nathan Lane is an American actor born Joseph Lane on 3 February 1956 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has worked in theatre, film and television since the late 1970s.
Lane is known for his Broadway performances in productions including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Producers and Angels in America. His film roles include Timon in The Lion King (1994) and its sequels, Snowbell in Stuart Little (1999), and Roger in Beau Is Afraid (2023). On television he has appeared as Pepper Saltzman in Modern Family and in Only Murders in the Building.
He has received three Tony Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane married Devlin Elliott in 2015.
