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 78
Movies 55
TV Shows 23
self 23
Voice 13
Writer 5
Narrator 2
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
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
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Movie
10
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
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
Gary Millstein
Double Platinum (1999)
Movie
Dish Macense
Jump (1999)
Movie
Tracy (voice) / Buster Keaton (voice)
Family Guy (1999)
TV
6.7
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
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
6.75
Arthur
Tidy Endings (1988)
Movie
The Derelict
Apology (1986)
Movie
Bernie Whitlock
Garbo Talks (1984)
Movie
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 ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1952-06-06 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesRidgefield, United States of America
AwardsVH1 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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