The actor remembers the late comic as a “genius” while speaking to Jesse Tyler Ferguson Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in "The Birdcage" (CREDIT: MGM/UA) Sharon Knolle January 28, 2025 @ 6:07 PM ...

Nathan Lane says Robin Williams played a key role in making sure he didn’t have to come out when the two men appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” more than a quarter of a century ago.

And for Nathan Lane, who costarred in the comedy alongside Robin Williams, Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest, it's a work that still garners a lot of attention from fans. "It hasn't gone away at all.

In 2023, Lane remembered Williams stepping up during a promotional interview on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that saw Winfrey’s questioning over his feminine “Birdcage” character become a ...

Lane thought his profile in Hollywood would be raised significantly after the success off 1996’s “The Birdcage,” directed by Mike Nichols and co-starring Robin Williams.

I’ll never know what people say. Homophobia is alive and well still.” That same year, Lane had his big-screen breakthrough opposite Robin Williams.

July 21 marks what would’ve been Robin Williams’ 74th birthday and, on social media, plenty of fans and entertainment-based accounts are commemorating the occasion. Zachary Williams – Robin’s son with ...

Shania Russell Thu, February 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM PST 7 min read Monica Schipper/WireImage; Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage; Amy Sussman/Getty Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, and Morgan Freeman ...

Tony and Emmy winner Nathan Lane is best known for The Producers, The Lion King and The Birdcage, but there were also roles he did not get — and for the wrong reasons. Asked in a recent interview with ...