Biography
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogy (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning "Kinky Boots". He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 58
self 25
TV Shows 23
Voice 15
Writer 6
Narrator 1
Screenplay 1
Louis
Bros (2022)
Movie
5.5
Narrator
Disarm Hate (2020)
Movie
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
TV
Musical / Writer
Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019)
Movie
6
Musical / Writer
Funny Girl (2018)
Movie
Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
Big Mouth (2017)
TV
8.09
Esmerelda (voice)
Animal Crackers (2017)
Movie
Musical
Newsies (2017)
Movie
Edna Turnblad / Teleplay
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Movie
10
Writer
The Wiz Live! (2015)
Movie
Harvey Fierstein (voice)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
TV
6.24
Self - Honoree
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
TV
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Foodfight! (2012)
Movie
Harvey Fierstein
Smash (2012)
TV
7
Judge Francis Flamm
The Good Wife (2009)
TV
6.01
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Heat Miser
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
Movie
Sheila (voice)
Farce of the Penguins (2006)
Movie
Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
TV
7.13
Yao (voice)
Mulan II (2004)
Movie
6.31
Kenneth
Duplex (2003)
Movie
6
Merv Green
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Movie
Bennett
Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
Movie
Don / Writer
Common Ground (2000)
Movie
Elmer (voice) / Writer
The Sissy Duckling (1999)
Movie
Gary Millstein
Double Platinum (1999)
Movie
Dish Macense
Jump (1999)
Movie
Buster Keaton (voice) / Tracy (voice)
Family Guy (1999)
TV
6.34
Argus Panoptes (voice)
Hercules (1998)
TV
8.67
Good Stuff Leo
Safe Men (1998)
Movie
Yao (voice)
Mulan (1998)
Movie
6.89
Art Hoarder
White Lies (1997)
Movie
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Three Little Pigs (1997)
Movie
Easter Bunny
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Movie
The Moyle
Everything Relative (1996)
Movie
Marty Gilbert
Independence Day (1996)
Movie
6.03
Yves DuBois
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
Movie
Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
TV
Sid Loomis
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Movie
4
Dennis Sinclair
Daddy's Girls (1994)
TV
Harvey Fierstein
Ellen (1994)
TV
6
Bob Lakin
The Harvest (1993)
Movie
Karl (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.68
Arnold Beckoff / Theatre Play / Screenplay
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Movie
6
Arthur / Teleplay / Theatre Play
Tidy Endings (1988)
Movie
The derelict
Apology (1986)
Movie
Bernie Whitlock
Garbo Talks (1984)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Movie
4
Stan Hatter
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
The Demon (voice)
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Movie
Mark Newberger
Cheers (1982)
TV
6.12
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Self - Winner
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Writer
Common Ground
TV
Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1952-06-06 (73 years old)
Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States
Religion
atheism
Citizenships
United States
Residences
Ridgefield, United States
Awards
VH1 Trailblazer Honors, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hull-Warriner Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Theatre World Award
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