“I had expressed my fears beforehand to the late, great Robin Williams, who kindly said to me, ‘Don’t worry, Nathan. You don’t have to discuss it if you’re not ready,'” said Lane.

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 came out of the closet to his mother and two brothers at age 21, and says he marched in Pride parades as far back as the late 1970s. But it wasn’t until he started playing gay roles ...

In 1993, Robin Williams starred in Mrs. Doubtfire, a comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine.

I t’s been more than a decade now since the world has been without Robin Williams. The beloved actor and comedian sadly died ...

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.

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.

Nathan Lane Praises ‘Birdcage’ Co-Star Robin Williams for Protecting Him Before He Came Out as Gay The star of stage and screen was among a cadre of LGBTQ talent that took a spin in the ...