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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Acting

Born: June 6, 1952Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For
Filmography
Bros

Bros

Louis

2022
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Performer

2020
Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate

Narrator

2020
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Self

2019
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Esmerelda (voice)

2018
Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

Edna Turnblad

2016
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

Self (Archive)

2015
The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Self

2015
Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014
Foodfight!

Foodfight!

Fat Cat Burglar (voice)

2012
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Self

2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Self

2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Heat Miser

2006
Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

Sheila (voz)

2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Host

2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

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

Self - Host

2005
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Self

2004
Mulan II

Mulan II

Yao (voice)

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

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

Self

2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Self (voice)

2004
Duplex

Duplex

Kenneth

2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

Self

2003

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Self

2002
Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

Merv Green

2002
Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

Self

2001
Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

Bennett

2000
Common Ground

Common Ground

Don

2000
The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

Elmer (voice)

1999
Double Platinum

Double Platinum

Gary Millstein

1999
Jump

Jump

Dish Macense

1999
Safe Men

Safe Men

Good Stuff Leo

1998
Mulan

Mulan

Yao (voice)

1998
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

Juba

1997
White Lies

White Lies

Art Hoarder

1997

Three Little Pigs

The Big Bad Wolf (voice)

1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Easter Bunny

1996
Everything Relative

Everything Relative

The Moyle

1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

Self

1996
Independence Day

Independence Day

Marty Gilbert

1996
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

Self

1996
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Yves DuBois

1995
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

Sid Loomis

1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Self

1994
Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

Frank

1993
The Harvest

The Harvest

Bob Lakin

1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Self

1993
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

Andrew

1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

Self

1990
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

Arnold Beckoff

1988
Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

Arthur

1988
MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988
Apology

Apology

The derelict

1986
Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

Bernie Whitlock

1984
The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

Narrator (voice)

1984
The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

The Demon (voice)

1983