Known For: American actor (born 1956)
Category: Actors
Occupation: voice actor, writer, television actor, stage actor, film actor, actor
Country: United States of America
City: Jersey City
Date of Birth: Friday, 03 February 1956
Language English
Also known as Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane is an American actor. Since 1975, he has been seen on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. Lane has received numerous awards, including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2010, The New York Times hailed Lane as "the greatest stage entertainer of the decade".
| BirthPlace | Jersey City |
| Education | Q7591407 |
| Awards | Q28470, Q1179189, Q1723064, Q1723064, Q17985761, Q5305702, Q4167639, Q4167639, Q125749677 |
| Wikipedia | Nathan_Lane |
Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 3, 1956. His father Daniel Joseph Lane was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died in 1967 from alcoholism when Nathan was eleven. His mother Nora Veronica (née Finnerty) was a housewife and secretary who suffered from bipolar disorder and died in 2000. Nathan has two older brothers Daniel Jr. and Robert. Their parents were Catholics and all of their grandparents were Irish immigrants. He was named Joseph after his uncle, a Jesuit priest. Nathan attended Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory School, where he was voted Best Actor in 1974, and in 2011 received the Prep Hall of Fame Professional Achievement Award.
