Harvey Fierstein
Acting
Born: 1952-06-06 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 Boot
🎬 Movies (30)
Commitment to Life
2023
Self (archive footage)
Bros
2022
Louis
Disarm Hate
2020
Narrator
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020
Performer
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019
Self
Kinky Boots: The Musical
2019
Musical
Animal Crackers
2018
Esmerelda (voice)
Funny Girl
2018
Musical
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
Newsies
2017
Musical
Hairspray Live!
2016
Edna Turnblad
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
Self
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015
Self (Archive)
The Wiz Live!
2015
Writer
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Foodfight!
2012
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins
2006
Sheila (voz)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Host
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Self - Host
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
Self (voice)
Mulan II
2004
Yao (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004
Self
Duplex
2003
Kenneth
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
Self
Death to Smoochy
2002
Merv Green
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
Self
📺 TV Shows (24)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
Self - Honoree
BoJack Horseman
2014
Harvey Fierstein (voice)
Smash
2012
Harvey Fierstein
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
The Good Wife
2009
Judge Francis Flamm
Nurse Jackie
2009
John Decker
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
Family Guy
1999
Tracy (voice)
Hercules
1998
Argus Panoptes (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
Daddy's Girls
1994
Dennis Sinclair
Ellen
1994
Harvey Fierstein
Intimate Portrait
1993
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Harvey Fierstein
The Simpsons
1989
Karl (voice)
Miami Vice
1984
Benedict
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Stan Hatter
Cheers
1982
Mark Newberger
Saturday Night Live
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
Self - Winner