7.6Acting
Harvey Fierstein
- Born
- 1952-06-06
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
87 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bros
2022 · Movie
Louis
Disarm Hate
2020 · Movie
Narrator
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020 · Movie
Performer
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019 · Movie
Self
Kinky Boots: The Musical
2019 · Movie
Musical
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019 · TV Show
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
Animal Crackers
2018 · Movie
Esmerelda (voice)
Funny Girl
2018 · Movie
Musical · Writer
Big Mouth
2017 · TV Show
Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
Newsies
2017 · Movie
Musical
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 · TV Show
Self
Hairspray Live!
2016 · Movie
Edna Turnblad · Teleplay
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015 · Movie
Self (Archive)
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015 · Movie
Self
The Wiz Live!
2015 · Movie
Writer
BoJack Horseman
2014 · TV Show
Harvey Fierstein (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014 · Movie
Cast
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · TV Show
Self - Honoree
Foodfight!
2012 · Movie
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Smash
2012 · TV Show
Harvey Fierstein
Nurse Jackie
2009 · TV Show
John Decker
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
Judge Francis Flamm
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · TV Show
Self - Guest
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 · Movie
Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 · Movie
Self
Farce of the Penguins
2006 · Movie
Sheila (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
Host
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006 · Movie
Heat Miser
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Movie
Self - Host
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · TV Show
Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004 · Movie
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004 · Movie
Self (voice)
Mulan II
2004 · Movie
Yao (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Movie
Self (uncredited)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004 · Movie
Self
Duplex
2003 · Movie
Kenneth
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003 · Movie
Self
Death to Smoochy
2002 · Movie
Merv Green
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002 · Movie
Self
One on One with Vito Russo
2001 · Movie
Self (archive)
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Movie
Self
Common Ground
2000 · Movie
Don · Writer
Playing Mona Lisa
2000 · Movie
Bennett
Double Platinum
1999 · Movie
Gary Millstein
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
Buster Keaton (voice) · Tracy (voice)
Jump
1999 · Movie
Dish Macense
The Sissy Duckling
1999 · Movie
Elmer (voice) · Writer
Hercules
1998 · TV Show
Argus Panoptes (voice)
Mulan
1998 · Movie
Yao (voice)
Safe Men
1998 · Movie
Good Stuff Leo
Kull the Conqueror
1997 · Movie
Juba
Three Little Pigs
1997 · Movie
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
White Lies
1997 · Movie
Art Hoarder
Everything Relative
1996 · Movie
The Moyle
Independence Day
1996 · Movie
Marty Gilbert
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996 · Movie
Easter Bunny
The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Movie
Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996 · Movie
Self
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995 · Movie
Yves DuBois
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · TV Show
Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 · Movie
Sid Loomis
Daddy's Girls
1994 · TV Show
Dennis Sinclair
Ellen
1994 · TV Show
Harvey Fierstein
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994 · Movie
Self
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993 · Movie
Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
Self
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993 · Movie
Frank
The Harvest
1993 · Movie
Bob Lakin
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · TV Show
Harvey Fierstein
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
1991 · Movie
Andrew
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990 · Movie
Self
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Karl (voice)
MaMa's Pushcart
1988 · Movie
Cast
Tidy Endings
1988 · Movie
Arthur · Teleplay · Theatre Play
Torch Song Trilogy
1988 · Movie
Arnold Beckoff · Theatre Play · Screenplay
Apology
1986 · Movie
The derelict
Garbo Talks
1984 · Movie
Bernie Whitlock
Miami Vice
1984 · TV Show
Benedict
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV Show
Stan Hatter
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Demon Murder Case
1983 · Movie
The Demon (voice)
Cheers
1982 · TV Show
Mark Newberger
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Winner