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.
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Filmography
all 73
Movies 55
self 20
TV Shows 18
Voice 11
Writer 5
Narrator 2
Lewis
Bros (2022)
Movie
5.5
Narrator
Disarm Hate (2020)
Movie
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
TV
Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
Movie
Writer
Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019)
Movie
6
Musical
Funny Girl (2018)
Movie
Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
Big Mouth (2017)
TV
7.53
Esmerelda (voice)
Animal Crackers (2017)
Movie
Writer
Newsies (2017)
Movie
Edna Turnblad
Hairspray Live! (2016)
Movie
10
Self
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016)
TV
Writer
The Wiz Live! (2015)
Movie
Self
The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015)
Movie
Harvey Fierstein (voice)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
TV
6.24
Honoree
Trailblazer Honors (2014)
TV
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
Movie
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Foodfight! (2012)
Movie
Harvey Fierstein
Smash (2012)
TV
7
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
TV
Sheila (voice)
Farce of the Penguins (2007)
Movie
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)
Movie
Himself
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)
Movie
Heat Miser
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
Movie
Host
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
Movie
Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
TV
7.09
Self - Host
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
Movie
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
Movie
Yao
Mulan II (2004)
Movie
6.31
Self
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)
Movie
Actor
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Movie
Kenneth
Duplex (2003)
Movie
6
Self
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)
Movie
Merv Green
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Movie
Self
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Movie
Bennett
Playing Mona Lisa (2000)
Movie
Writer
Common Ground (2000)
Movie
Elmer
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
6.7
The Big Bad Wolf
Three Little Pigs (1999)
Movie
Argus Panoptes (voice)
Hercules (1998)
TV
6.22
Leo
Safe Men (1998)
Movie
Yao
Mulan (1998)
Movie
6.89
Juba
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Movie
Art Hoarder
White Lies (1997)
Movie
Easter Bunny
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
Movie
The Moyle
Everything Relative (1996)
Movie
Self
The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996)
Movie
Marty Gilbert
Independence Day (1996)
Movie
6.03
Self
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Movie
2
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
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)
Movie
Dennis Sinclair
Daddy's Girls (1994)
TV
Frank Hillard
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Movie
6.63
Self
Intimate Portrait (1993)
TV
Bob Lakin
The Harvest (1993)
Movie
Self
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993)
Movie
Self
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)
Movie
Karl (voice)
The Simpsons (1989)
TV
6.75
Arnold
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
Movie
6
Arthur
Tidy Endings (1988)
Movie
MaMa's Pushcart (1988)
Movie
The Derelict
Apology (1986)
Movie
Bernie Whitlock
Garbo Talks (1984)
Movie
Narrator
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Movie
4
Miami Vice (1984)
TV
7
The Demon (voice)
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Movie
Self - Winner
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Writer
Common Ground
TV
Ratings
Average 5.79
Based on 3.46 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1954-06-06 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
Religionatheism
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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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