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Joseph Lane was born on 3 February 1956, in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA, of Irish descent. Nathan is a writer and actor, best known for his roles in the films “The Birdcage”, “The Producers” and “MouseHunt”. He’s also known to be the voice of Timon in “The Lion King”, and Snowbell in “Stuart Little”. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Nathan Lane? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $18 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. Aside from films, he’s had recurring roles in numerous television shows. He’s also well known for his stage performances, and all of these have ensured the current position of his wealth.

Nathan attended St. Peter’s Preparatory High School, and had his first acting experience there. He then received a drama scholarship to attend Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. However, upon learning that he could not cover all of his expenses while at school, he decided to spend a year earning some money. There was already a Joseph Lane registered with the Actors Equity, so he changed his name to Nathan after the character Nathan Detroit. He moved to New York, and became well known for his stand-up comedy routines. He became a part of off-Broadway and Broadway productions, with his debut in the revival of “Present Laughter”, and then appeared in the musical “Merlin” which was followed by “Wind in the Willows” portraying Mr. Toad. Some of his other productions include “Measure for Measure”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The School for Scandal”. His net worth was well established.

In the 1990s, his theatre career was going strong and he appeared in productions of “Guys and Dolls”, and “On Borrowed Time”. He was starting to get nominations for various awards too, winning a few in the process. He then appeared in “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. In 1994, he got the opportunity to become a part of the animated film “The Lion King” as Timon the meerkat – the film would become very successful, but he would continue his stage career afterwards.

In the 2000s, he appeared in the musical version of Mel Brook’s “The Producers” which earned him a Tony Award. He would then become a part of its film version which stars Matthew Broderick, and it earned him a Golden Globe. He became a part of “The Odd Couple” and “Butley”, before in 2009 starring in “Waiting for Godot” which had great reviews from critics. A year prior to that, he was inducted to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. In 2010, he appeared in a musical version of “The Addams Family”, and then “The Iceman Cometh”. One of his most recent performances was in “It’s Only a Play” which stars Rupert Grint, Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally.

For his personal life, it is known that Nathan came out as gay after the death of Matthew Shepard, a declaration that his mother didn’t approve of. He’s been very active in the LGBT community, and has been a part of various LGBT and human rights movements. In 2015, he married his long-time partner Devlin Elliot.

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Jonathan Lane Quotes

• I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
• I’m one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.
• People have to do things in their own time, and that’s what I did.
• One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, ‘I love you on The Good Wife (2009). I just can’t tell whether I should like you or hate you!’
• I’m still the fat kid from high school who never had a date.
• I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.
• I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it’s going to annoy someone.
• I’m really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I’m a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I’m happy to be Jewish.
• Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
• There doesn’t seem to be a lot of middle ground with me.
• [his response to a question about his sexual orientation] I’m forty, single and work a lot in musical theatre. You do the math.
• [on ‘The Lion King’] I just thought that it was amazing that they’ve gone this far, because it was so dark, I mean it was again, the death of a parent. But then the most twisted thing was Jeremy Irons coming out of nowhere and saying to him ‘Simba, what have you done?’ I’ll always remember that thinking ‘Wow, they’re also going to lay in guilt,’ and sending him off, banishing him, and trying to kill him but he gets away. But I thought ‘that’s really something,’ that’s the darkest they’ve been since Bambi that I can recall. Because the film at that point had gotten so heavy, when Ernie and I came on, there was such relief when I saw it with an audience. People laughed twice as hard because they were so glad to see two upbeat characters. And it was great fun to do, and Ernie and I just had a blast.
• The thing that everyone remembers about ‘Bambi’ is that moment. ‘The Lion King,’ took it to quite an extreme, because it was an action sequence, his father was killed in a wildebeest stampede – I related, because mine was too. It’s an ugly story, I won’t go into it now. And the guilt, the evil uncle laying some guilt on him. But the minimal version, and maybe the more upsetting and terrifying is just hearing the gunshot, and hearing Bambi’s voice saying ‘Mother? Mother?’ That’s even, maybe worse.
• [on Robin Williams] I feel I have to say something more than just ‘heartbreaking and shocking’ which everyone has said and I feel as well, but something a little more personal. Thus the following: One day in 1995 while riffing in the character of a snobby French toy store owner, Robin made me laugh so hard and so long that I cried. It seemed to please him no end. Yesterday I cried again at the thought that he was gone. What I will always remember about Robin, perhaps even more than his comic genius, extraordinary talent, and astounding intellect, was his huge heart – his tremendous kindness, generosity, and compassion as an acting partner, colleague, and fellow traveler in a difficult world.
• [on accepting his first Tony Award] This means a lot to me because, as you know, I’m an enormously unstable, desperately needy little man.
• [on William Duell] The audience adored him. The first time around he’d get a huge laugh. The second time he’d get a huge laugh. The third time, he’d just hold up his fingers – and it brought the house down.
• “I told my mother I was gay, and she s…and she…and then her face went white, and then she said, ‘I would rather you were dead’. And I said, ‘I knew you’d understand’. And then once I got her head out of the oven, everything was fine. She came from a generation where, yes, of course, she would have preferred if I was straight and had gotten married, but she, uh, you know, she was very accepting. What she enjoyed most is when I was in a musical. She would always say, um, ‘I’m not saying this because I’m your mother; I’m saying it because it’s true: you were the best one'” [To James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (1994)].
• [Coming “Out” following the death of Matthew Shepard] “It was like somebody slapped me awake. At this point it’s selfish not to do whatever you can….If I do this story and say I’m a gay person, it might make it easier for somebody else.”
• [on being gay] “From the time I told my mother, I’ve been living openly. But really, I was born in 1956. I’m one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades. My family referred to them as “fags”, and that was it.”
• “You have to be loud…it’s the theater.” – asked by a reporter about his “loud” persona on stage.
• [About working in the Broadway flop “Merlin”] “Doug Henning’s greatest magic trick was making the audience disappear”.
• There’s not a day in my life I’m not proud of being gay but I just wasn’t ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, ‘Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in The Birdcage, where’s all that coming from? You’re so good at all that girlie stuff!’
• I fell in love with the whole ritual. The lights going down, the curtain going up, telling a story to a large group of people in the dark. It was one of those moments where you think, ‘I can do that.’ You’re in control on stage. And I love telling the whole story in one fell swoop. With movies, you never think, ‘I nailed it.’ In theater you get to go back and do it again, which to me is much more satisfying.
• I don’t know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

Jonathan Lane Important Facts

• Nathan Lane and Devlin Elliott had been romantic partners for 18 years before they got married in November 2015.
• When Nathan Lane and Devlin Elliott got married in November 2015 at New York’s city hall, the witnesses were the comedian and writer Mike Birbiglia and Birbiglia’s wife, Jen Stein.
• He was awarded the 1990 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for “The Lisbon Traviata” at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
• He was awarded the 1990 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Featured Performance for “The Lisbon Traviata” at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
• Has played a mouse chaser three times: Mousehunt (1997), then he voiced a cat in Stuart Little (1999) and Stuart Little 2 (2002).
• He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performance Arts Category.
• Starring in the Addams Family on Broadway. [March 2010]
• Appeared in a reading of Arthur Miller’s newest play (and first comedy), “Resurrection Blues”, in New York City. [August 2004]
• After replacing Richard Dreyfuss in the London production of “The Producers”, a back injury forced him to leave the show 2 weeks before the end of his contract. [December 2004]
• Will continue starring in extension of “Odd Couple” revival until June 4, 2006 [April 2006]
• Currently on Broadway in New York. [March 2008]
• Opened in a Broadway revival of Simon Gray’s “Butley”. His portrayal of the primarily dramatic title role is a change of pace from his usual comic and/or musical performances. [October 2006]
• Starring in the revival of “The Odd Couple” on Broadway with fellow former star of “The Producers”, Matthew Broderick through April 2, 2006. [October 2005]
• Chicago, IL: Playing Theodore “Hickey” Hickman in the Goodman Theatre production of “The Iceman Cometh” [April 2012]
• Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End: flew in at three days’ notice to replace Richard Dreyfuss as “Max Bialystock” in the London production of “The Producers”, initially until Jan 8 2005. He stars opposite his fellow Mousehunt (1997) star, British comedian Lee Evans. [October 2004]
• He was nominated for a 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for Arts and Entertainment.
• Irish-American.
• His favorite animated film is Finding Nemo (2003).
• Played Gomez Addams in a musical version of “The Addams Family”.
• His Tony Award-winning performances in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “The Producers” were both roles originally created by Zero Mostel.
• Was considered to play the role of George Costanza on Seinfeld (1989).
• Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker’s 40th birthday.
• Frequently works with Matthew Broderick. They appeared together in the films The Lion King (1994), The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride (1998), The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004) and The Producers (2005). They also appeared together in the original Broadway production of “The Producers”, and in a revival of “The Odd Couple”.
• (January 9, 2006) Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• 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”.
• His second Broadway show was “Merlin”, one of the most notoriously expensive flops in Broadway history. The show was conceived as a vehicle for the magic of Doug Henning, with Henning in the title role; other stars of the production included Chita Rivera and a young Christian Slater.
• Attended St. Peter’s Preparatory High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, class of 1974, where he was voted Best Actor.
• May 28, 1991: Starred in the first production of Terrence McNally’s play “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” with Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski and Anthony Heald.
• Starred on Broadway as Max Bialystock in “The Producers” and Pseudolus in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”. Zero Mostel played both characters in the earlier film versions. Lane won Tony Awards for both roles. When he accepted his second Tony Award, he said he shared the award with Zero Mostel who was an inspiration to all who saw him.
• Born Joseph Lane, he had to change his first name in order to join Actors Equity because there was already another actor named Joseph Lane. He chose the name Nathan after the character of Nathan Detroit from the Broadway musical “Guys and Dolls”. Coincidentally, he later played that role in the hugely successful 1992 revival of “Guys and Dolls” on Broadway.
• Hosted the 1996 Tony Awards telecast and co-hosted them in 1995 (with Glenn Close and Gregory Hines), 2000 (with Rosie O’Donnell) and 2001 (with Matthew Broderick).

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