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Nathan Lane
Age: 54
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Place: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Born: Feb. 3rd, 1956
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Nathan Lane's Main TV Roles
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TRIVIA:
- Was considered to play the role of "George Costanza" in _"Seinfeld (1990)"_.
- May 28, 1991: Starred in the first production of 'Terrence McNally' (qv)'s play Lips Together, Teeth Apart with 'Swoosie Kurtz' (qv), 'Christine Baranski' (qv), and 'Anthony Heald' (qv).
- Was a guest at 'Sarah Jessica Parker' (qv)'s 40th birthday.
- Won two Tony Awards as best actor in a musical: in 1996 for playing Pseudolus in the revival of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and in 2001 for playing Max Bialystock in The Producers. He was also nominated in the same category in 1992 for playing Nathan Detroit in the revival of Guys and Dolls.
- Played the Cowardly Lion in _The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) (TV)_ (qv). Co-hosted the 1995 Tony Awards. Hosted the 1996 Tony Awards Telecast.
- Attended St. Peter's Preparatory High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, class of 1974, where he was voted Best Actor.
- Starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in The Producers and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 'Zero Mostel' (qv) played both characters in the earlier film versions. Lane won Tony Awards for both roles. When he accepted his second Tony, he looked up and thanked Mostel's spirit for inhabiting him somehow.
- Frequently works with 'Matthew Broderick (I)' (qv). They appeared together in the films _The Lion King (1994)_ (qv), _The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (V)_ (qv), _The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V)_ (qv) and _The Producers (2005)_ (qv). They also appeared together in the original Broadway production of The Producers, and in a revival of The Odd Couple.
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