Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Acting

Birthday

1952/06/06 (73 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also know as

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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.

Acting
White Lies
1.7

(1997) White Lies

as Art Hoarder

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2.0

(2004) Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

as Self

Bros
6.7

(2022) Bros

as Louis

Jump
1.5

(1999) Jump

as Dish Macense

The Demon Murder Case
5.9

(1983) The Demon Murder Case

as The Demon (voice)

5.8

(1997) Three Little Pigs

as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
7.0

(2004) Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

as Self (voice)

The Year Without a Santa Claus
5.8

(2006) The Year Without a Santa Claus

as Heat Miser

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
0.0

(1994) Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

as ---

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
0.0

(1990) The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

as Self

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
0.0

(1993) An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

as Self

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
6.5

(2019) Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

as Self

Animal Crackers
6.3

(2017) Animal Crackers

as Esmerelda (voice)

Hairspray Live!
7.3

(2016) Hairspray Live!

as Edna Turnblad

The Making of the Wiz Live!
0.0

(2015) The Making of the Wiz Live!

as Self

Foodfight!
1.9

(2012) Foodfight!

as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
7.2

(2007) ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

as Self

Words and Music by Jerry Herman
0.0

(2007) Words and Music by Jerry Herman

as Self

Farce of the Penguins
4.1

(2006) Farce of the Penguins

as Sheila (voz)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
0.0

(2006) The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Host

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
7.2

(2005) Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Mulan II
6.5

(2004) Mulan II

as Yao (voice)

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2.6

(2004) Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

as Self

Duplex
6.1

(2003) Duplex

as Kenneth

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
9.4

(2003) The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

as Self

Death to Smoochy
5.9

(2002) Death to Smoochy

as Merv Green

Playing Mona Lisa
5.7

(2000) Playing Mona Lisa

as Bennett

Common Ground
4.7

(2000) Common Ground

as Don

Safe Men
5.5

(1998) Safe Men

as Good Stuff Leo

Mulan
7.9

(1998) Mulan

as Yao (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
5.9

(1996) Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Easter Bunny

Kull the Conqueror
5.0

(1997) Kull the Conqueror

as Juba

Everything Relative
1.6

(1996) Everything Relative

as The Moyle

Independence Day
6.9

(1996) Independence Day

as Marty Gilbert

The Celluloid Closet
7.1

(1996) The Celluloid Closet

as Self

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
4.6

(1995) Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

as Yves DuBois

Bullets Over Broadway
7.1

(1994) Bullets Over Broadway

as Sid Loomis

Mrs. Doubtfire
7.2

(1993) Mrs. Doubtfire

as Frank

The Harvest
4.5

(1993) The Harvest

as Bob Lakin

Tidy Endings
1.0

(1988) Tidy Endings

as Arthur

Torch Song Trilogy
7.3

(1988) Torch Song Trilogy

as Arnold Beckoff

MaMa's Pushcart
0.0

(1988) MaMa's Pushcart

as ---

Apology
4.3

(1986) Apology

as The derelict

Garbo Talks
6.2

(1984) Garbo Talks

as Bernie Whitlock

The Times of Harvey Milk
7.2

(1984) The Times of Harvey Milk

as Narrator (voice)

Double Platinum
8.0

(1999) Double Platinum

as Gary Millstein

The Sissy Duckling
4.7

(1999) The Sissy Duckling

as Elmer (voice)

The Making of 'Independence Day'
5.9

(1996) The Making of 'Independence Day'

as Self

Disarm Hate
1.0

(2020) Disarm Hate

as Narrator

Russian Broadway Shut Down
0.0

(2014) Russian Broadway Shut Down

as ---

Rescued from the Closet
6.0

(2001) Rescued from the Closet

as Self

0.0

(2002) Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

as Self

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
0.0

(2020) Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

as Performer

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
0.0

(1991) In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

as Andrew

Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
0.0

(2015) Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

as Self (Archive)

How I Met Your Mother
8.1

(2005) How I Met Your Mother

as Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
5.9

(2016) Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

as Self

Family Guy
7.4

(1999) Family Guy

as Buster Keaton (voice)

Intimate Portrait
4.5

(1993) Intimate Portrait

as Self

Hercules
6.9

(1998) Hercules

as Argus Panoptes (voice)

Tony Awards
5.9

(1956) Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3

(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6.0

(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Mrs. Leaperman (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.1

(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Trailblazer Honors
7.5

(2014) Trailblazer Honors

as Self - Honoree

Family Guy
7.4

(1999) Family Guy

as Tracy (voice)

Daddy's Girls
0.0

(1994) Daddy's Girls

as Dennis Sinclair

The Simpsons
8.0

(1989) The Simpsons

as Karl (voice)

Miami Vice
7.5

(1984) Miami Vice

as Benedict

Saturday Night Live
7.0

(1975) Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Smash
6.4

(2012) Smash

as Harvey Fierstein

BoJack Horseman
8.5

(2014) BoJack Horseman

as Harvey Fierstein (voice)

Big Mouth
7.6

(2017) Big Mouth

as Older Guy Town Resident (voice)

Cheers
7.6

(1982) Cheers

as Mark Newberger

Murder, She Wrote
7.5

(1984) Murder, She Wrote

as Stan Hatter

Ellen
6.1

(1994) Ellen

as Harvey Fierstein

The Good Wife
7.6

(2009) The Good Wife

as Judge Francis Flamm

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
7.8

(2019) The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)