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Acting

Nathan Lane

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 2004 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: The Lion King
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Nathan Lane Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Crime
1.8, average 3.6
Tension
4.3, average 6.0
Mystery
2.5, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 4
Coming-of-Age Story 4
Feel-Good Movie 4
Family-Friendly 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Lighthearted 3
Talking Animals 2
Whimsical 2
AIDS Awareness 2
New York City 2
Showbiz Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

O Pequeno Stuart Little 2

as Snowbell (voice)

2020s

12 titles · average score 66

Mid-Century Modern

73

TV show · as Bunny Schneiderman

Elsbeth

68

TV show · as Phillip Cross

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

52

TV show · as Dominick Dunne

Spellbound

51

as Luno - Oracle of the Moon (voice)

Dicks: The Musical

58

as Harris

Beau Is Afraid

65

as Roger

Once Upon a Studio

83

as Timon (voice)

Digman!

57

TV show · as Yorbo (voice)

The Gilded Age

77

TV show · as Ward McAllister

Only Murders in the Building

85

TV show · as Teddy Dimas

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

61

TV show · as Lewis Michener

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

as Giacomo

2010s

14 titles · average score 62

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall

42

as Harold

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part One: Millennium Approaches

84

as Roy M. Cohn/Prior 2

National Theatre Live: Angels In America — Part Two: Perestroika

85

as Roy M. Cohn/The Angel Antarctica

Carrie Pilby

64

as Dr. Petrov

American Crime Story

83

TV show · as F. Lee Bailey

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

65

TV show · as Self - Guest/Musical Guest / Self

Difficult People

79

TV show · as Nathan Lane

The Nance

as Chauncey Miles

The Blacklist

80

TV show · as Abraham Stern

Mirror Mirror

51

as Brighton

The Nutcracker

23

as Uncle Albert

I'm Still Here

53

as Nathan Lane (uncredited)

2000s

28 titles · average score 61

Astro Boy

55

as Hamegg (voice)

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Pepper Saltzman

The Producers

57

as Max Bialystock

The Lion King 1½

70

as Timon (voice)

Teacher's Pet

66

as Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II / Scott Manly-Manning (voice)

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!

54

as Richard Levy the Driven

Charlie Lawrence

TV show · as Charlie Lawrence

Nicholas Nickleby

72

as Vincent Crummles

Stuart Little 2

64

as Snowbell (voice)

Teacher's Pet

66

TV show · as Spot Helperman / Scott Leadready II (voice)

Isn't She Great

34

as Irving Mansfield

Titan A.E.

57

as Preed (voice)

1990s

24 titles · average score 64

George and Martha

51

TV show · as George (voice)

Stuart Little

60

as Snowbell (voice)

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

65

as Timon (voice)

Encore! Encore!

TV show · as Joseph Pinoni

MouseHunt

57

as Ernie Smuntz

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

as Clarence

The Birdcage

76

as Albert

The Boys Next Door

69

as Norman Bulansky

The Lion King

88

as Timon (voice)

Life with Mikey

37

as Ed Chapman

He Said, She Said

42

as Wallace "Wally" Thurman

Frankie and Johnny

68

as Tim

1980s

6 titles · average score 52

The Lemon Sisters

25

as Charlie Sorrell

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

49

TV show · as Bing Shalimar / Herman in Fantasy Sequence

Ironweed

58

as Harold Allen

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Morty Price

Alice in Wonderland

as Mouse

One of the Boys

TV show · as Jonathan Burns

1970s

2 titles · average score 78

Live from Lincoln Center

86

TV show · as Chauncey Miles

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Mouse