Harvey Fierstein

Acting

Harvey Fierstein

Born June 6, 1952Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA81 credits

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

Bros
6.7

Bros

Movie

2022

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Movie

2020

Disarm Hate
1.0

Disarm Hate

Movie

2020

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
7.8

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

TV

2019

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
6.5

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Movie

2019

Kinky Boots: The Musical
7.7

Kinky Boots: The Musical

Movie

2019

Filmography

Bros
2022Brosas LouisMovie
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadwayas PerformerMovie
Disarm Hate
2020Disarm Hateas NarratorMovie
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistanceas skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)TV
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019Fiddler: A Miracle of Miraclesas SelfMovie
Kinky Boots: The Musical
2019Kinky Boots: The MusicalWriterMovie
Funny Girl
2018Funny GirlWriterMovie
Animal Crackers
2018Animal Crackersas Esmerelda (voice)Movie
Big Mouth
2017Big Mouthas Older Guy Town Resident (voice)TV
Hairspray Live!
2016Hairspray Live!as Edna TurnbladMovie
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016Full Frontal with Samantha Beeas SelfTV
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfireas Self (Archive)Movie
The Wiz Live!
2015The Wiz Live!WriterMovie
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!as SelfMovie
BoJack Horseman
2014BoJack Horsemanas Harvey Fierstein (voice)TV
Trailblazer Honors
2014Trailblazer Honorsas Self - HonoreeTV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014Late Night with Seth Meyersas SelfTV
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014Russian Broadway Shut DownMovie
Foodfight!
2012Foodfight!as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)Movie
Smash
2012Smashas Harvey FiersteinTV
The Good Wife
2009The Good Wifeas Judge Francis FlammTV
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenas Self - GuestTV
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadwayas SelfMovie
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007Words and Music by Jerry Hermanas SelfMovie
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006The Year Without a Santa Clausas Heat MiserMovie
Farce of the Penguins
2006Farce of the Penguinsas Sheila (voz)Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Playsas HostMovie
How I Met Your Mother
2005How I Met Your Motheras Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)TV
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awardsas Self - HostMovie
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wildeas SelfMovie
Mulan II
2004Mulan IIas Yao (voice)Movie
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtisas SelfMovie
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Meas Self (voice)Movie
Duplex
2003Duplexas KennethMovie
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Seriesas SelfMovie
D
2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentaryas SelfMovie
Death to Smoochy
2002Death to Smoochyas Merv GreenMovie
Rescued from the Closet
2001Rescued from the Closetas SelfMovie
Playing Mona Lisa
2000Playing Mona Lisaas BennettMovie
Common Ground
2000Common Groundas DonMovie
The Sissy Duckling
1999The Sissy Ducklingas Elmer (voice)Movie
Double Platinum
1999Double Platinumas Gary MillsteinMovie
Jump
1999Jumpas Dish MacenseMovie
Family Guy
1999Family Guyas Buster Keaton (voice)TV
Hercules
1998Herculesas Argus Panoptes (voice)TV
Safe Men
1998Safe Menas Good Stuff LeoMovie
Mulan
1998Mulanas Yao (voice)Movie
Kull the Conqueror
1997Kull the Conqueroras JubaMovie
White Lies
1997White Liesas Art HoarderMovie
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1997Three Little Pigsas The Big Bad Wolf (voice)Movie
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmasas Easter BunnyMovie
Everything Relative
1996Everything Relativeas The MoyleMovie
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996The Making of 'Independence Day'as SelfMovie
Independence Day
1996Independence Dayas Marty GilbertMovie
The Celluloid Closet
1996The Celluloid Closetas SelfMovie
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hydeas Yves DuBoisMovie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Childas Mrs. Leaperman (voice)TV
Bullets Over Broadway
1994Bullets Over Broadwayas Sid LoomisMovie
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protestas SelfMovie
Daddy's Girls
1994Daddy's Girlsas Dennis SinclairTV
Ellen
1994Ellenas Harvey FiersteinTV
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993Mrs. Doubtfireas FrankMovie
Intimate Portrait
1993Intimate Portraitas SelfTV
The Harvest
1993The Harvestas Bob LakinMovie
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friendsas SelfMovie
The Larry Sanders Show
1992The Larry Sanders Showas Harvey FiersteinTV
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
1991In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Storyas AndrewMovie
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?as SelfMovie
The Simpsons
1989The Simpsonsas Karl (voice)TV
Torch Song Trilogy
1988Torch Song Trilogyas Arnold BeckoffMovie
Tidy Endings
1988Tidy Endingsas ArthurMovie
MaMa's Pushcart
1988MaMa's PushcartMovie
Apology
1986Apologyas The derelictMovie
Garbo Talks
1984Garbo Talksas Bernie WhitlockMovie
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984The Times of Harvey Milkas Narrator (voice)Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wroteas Stan HatterTV
Miami Vice
1984Miami Viceas BenedictTV
The Demon Murder Case
1983The Demon Murder Caseas The Demon (voice)Movie
Cheers
1982Cheersas Mark NewbergerTV
Saturday Night Live
1975Saturday Night Liveas Self - Cameo (uncredited)TV
Tony Awards
1956Tony Awardsas Self - WinnerTV