Nathan Lane

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1956 age 0

   Born

2. 1990 age 34

   CreditJoe Versus the Volcano

3. 1993 age 37

   CreditAddams Family Values

4. 1996 age 40

   CreditThe Birdcage

5. 1997 age 41

   CreditMouse Hunt

6. 1999 age 43

   CreditStuart Little

7. 2002 age 46

   CreditAustin Powers in Goldmember

   CreditStuart Little 2

8. 2012 age 56

   CreditMirror Mirror

9. 2023 age 67

   CreditBeau Is Afraid

• ASAlan Silvestri3 titles
• CBChristine Baranski3 titles
• JTJohn Travolta3 titles
• MFMichael J. Fox3 titles
• RHRachael Harris3 titles
• RMRob Minkoff2 titles
• SSSteven Spielberg2 titles
• DSDavid Schwimmer2 titles
• DWDouglas Wick2 titles
• EWE. B. White2 titles

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• I can remember seeing the movie for the first time at a revival house in L.A. and laughing with everyone else, and never imagining that I would be doing Max one day, even though by then I had already memorized the entire movie.

  Nathan Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I think of myself as an actor and not a movie star. I like doing movies; I enjoy it. But, essentially, I'm a theater actor. That's the only place I feel like I actually am a star. In the theater, I can put people in the seats and sell tickets.

  Nathan Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I had to develop a sense of humor I'm sure it's a defense mechanism. It was, 'Before they make fun of me, I'll make a joke.' Being funny is just a point of view about life in general. Sometimes it's born out of difficult childhoods, where you have to develop a sense of humor. Ultimately, it's a gift.

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• There's a freedom there and an understanding of my career and the things I've done. I'm seen here as primarily a comic actor, which is OK, but I can go to New York and I do something that's very emotional. It would be lovely at some point to do something like that on film.

  Nathan Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0

• But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships—although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.

  Nathan Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I guess there's some sort of unspoken show business rule, [speaks in British accent] 'You do the theater, and then you move into television, and then, of course, that is your steppingstone to film stardom.' I've done it every which way. I've done theater for many, many years and then had some success in films. I would do television sporadically. I thought this was a good time to try it.

  Nathan Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0