His first starring role was in the Mike Nichols' comedy The Birdcage (1996) for which he earned the Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Lane made his feature film debut in Héctor Babenco's Ironweed (1987) and continued acting in supporting roles in films such as Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), and Addams Family Values (1993).
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He won his third Tony Award for his performance as Roy Cohn in the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America in 2017 to 2018. He has since has continued to act on stage in various plays and musicals commercial and dramatic ranging from The Addams Family (2009), The Nance (2013), It's Only a Play (2014) and The Front Page (2016).
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For his performance he earned his second Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and Olivier Award. He gained fame portraying Max Bialystock opposite Matthew Broderick in Mel Brooks' Broadway musical The Producers in 2001. In 1992, he won his first Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Guys and Dolls (1992). Over the next decade he would continue working in theatre acting in several plays written by Terrence McNally. Lane started his career in various productions off-broadway until 1982 when he made his Broadway debut in a revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter winning a Drama Desk Award. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade". In a career spanning over 40 years he has been seen on stage and screen in roles both comedic and dramatic.
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Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane February 3, 1956) is an American actor and writer.