Harvey Fierstein

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

June 6, 1952 (74 yrs)

place of birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

also known as

Harvey Forbes Fierstein

total credits

50 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

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Mulan
7.9

Mulan

1998as Yao (voice)
Independence Day
6.9

Independence Day

1996as Marty Gilbert
Mrs. Doubtfire
7.2

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993as Frank
Mulan II
6.5

Mulan II

2004as Yao (voice)
Bros
6.7

Bros

2022as Louis
Duplex
6.1

Duplex

2003as Kenneth
Hairspray Live!
7.3

Hairspray Live!

2016as Edna Turnblad
Animal Crackers
6.3

Animal Crackers

2018as Esmerelda (voice)
Death to Smoochy
5.9

Death to Smoochy

2002as Merv Green
Bullets Over Broadway
7.1

Bullets Over Broadway

1994as Sid Loomis
Safe Men
5.5

Safe Men

1998as Good Stuff Leo
Foodfight!
2.0

Foodfight!

2012as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Kull the Conqueror
5.0

Kull the Conqueror

1997as Juba
The Celluloid Closet
7.2

The Celluloid Closet

1996as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
7.2

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

2005as Self - Host
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
4.7

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1995as Yves DuBois
White Lies
3.8

White Lies

1997as Art Hoarder
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
6.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996as Easter Bunny
The Harvest
4.8

The Harvest

1993as Bob Lakin
Apology
5.1

Apology

1986as The derelict
Farce of the Penguins
4.2

Farce of the Penguins

2006as Sheila (voz)
Double Platinum
8.0

Double Platinum

1999as Gary Millstein
The Times of Harvey Milk
7.3

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984as Narrator (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006as Host
Rescued from the Closet
6.5

Rescued from the Closet

2001as Self
Common Ground
5.0

Common Ground

2000as Don
The Making of 'Independence Day'
6.1

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996as Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
4.5

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017as Self (archive)
Jump
4.3

Jump

1999as Dish Macense
The Sissy Duckling
5.1

The Sissy Duckling

1999as Elmer (voice)
Garbo Talks
6.3

Garbo Talks

1984as Bernie Whitlock
Playing Mona Lisa
6.0

Playing Mona Lisa

2000as Bennett
Commitment to Life

Commitment to Life

2023as Self (archive footage)
Torch Song Trilogy
7.3

Torch Song Trilogy

1988as Arnold Beckoff
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
7.2

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007as Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002as Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus
5.8

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006as Heat Miser
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
9.4

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003as Self
Everything Relative
2.9

Everything Relative

1996as The Moyle
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
6.0

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004as Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014
The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015as Self
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

1993as Self
The Demon Murder Case
6.2

The Demon Murder Case

1983as The Demon (voice)
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

2020as Performer
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

2007as Self
Tidy Endings
4.0

Tidy Endings

1988as Arthur
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990as Self
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
6.5

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019as Self
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

1994as Self