Harvey Fierstein
ActingPersonal 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.
Known For
Filmography
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