Harvey Fierstein
Known for acting · Born 6 June 1952 · 74 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
92 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
Mulan
1998
Mulan II
2004
Duplex
2003
Independence Day
1996
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Torch Song Trilogy
1988
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
Hairspray Live!
2016
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
The Wiz Live!
2015
Death to Smoochy
2002
Acting (83)
2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)Film
2022BrosLouisFilm
2020Disarm HateNarratorFilm
2020Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of BroadwayPerformerFilm
2019The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceskekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
2019Fiddler: A Miracle of MiraclesSelfFilm
2018Animal CrackersEsmerelda (voice)Film
2017Big MouthOlder Guy Town Resident (voice)Series
2017The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive footage)Film
2016Hairspray Live!Edna TurnbladFilm
2016Full Frontal with Samantha BeeSelfSeries
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!SelfFilm
2015Another Take on… Mrs. DoubtfireSelf (Archive)Film
2014BoJack HorsemanHarvey Fierstein (voice)Series
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelfSeries
2014Trailblazer HonorsSelf - HonoreeSeries
2014Russian Broadway Shut DownFilm
2012Foodfight!Fat Cat Burglar (voice)Film
2012SmashHarvey FiersteinSeries
2009The Good WifeJudge Francis FlammSeries
2009Nurse JackieJohn DeckerSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
2007ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelfFilm
2007Words and Music by Jerry HermanSelfFilm
2006Farce of the PenguinsSheila (voice)Film
2006The Year Without a Santa ClausHeat MiserFilm
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHostFilm
2005How I Met Your MotherLily's Smoking Voice (voice)Series
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSelf - HostFilm
2004Mulan IIYao (voice)Film
2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie CurtisSelfFilm
2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!Self (uncredited)Film
2004Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of MeSelf (voice)Film
2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelfFilm
2003DuplexKennethFilm
2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelfFilm
2002Death to SmoochyMerv GreenFilm
2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes DocumentarySelfFilm
2001Rescued from the ClosetSelfFilm
2001One on One with Vito RussoSelf (archive)Film
2000Common GroundDonFilm
2000Playing Mona LisaBennettFilm
1999Family GuyBuster Keaton (voice), Tracy (voice)Series
1999Double PlatinumGary MillsteinFilm
1999The Sissy DucklingElmer (voice)Film
1999JumpDish MacenseFilm
1998MulanYao (voice)Film
1998HerculesArgus Panoptes (voice)Series
1998Safe MenGood Stuff LeoFilm
1997Kull the ConquerorJubaFilm
1997White LiesArt HoarderFilm
1997Three Little PigsThe Big Bad Wolf (voice)Film
1996Independence DayMarty GilbertFilm
1996The Celluloid ClosetSelfFilm
1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasEaster BunnyFilm
1996The Making of 'Independence Day'SelfFilm
1996Everything RelativeThe MoyleFilm
1995Dr. Jekyll and Ms. HydeYves DuBoisFilm
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMrs. Leaperman (voice)Series
1994Bullets Over BroadwaySid LoomisFilm
1994EllenHarvey FiersteinSeries
1994Daddy's GirlsDennis Sinclair · 13 episodesSeries
1994Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and ProtestSelfFilm
1993Mrs. DoubtfireFrankFilm
1993The HarvestBob LakinFilm
1993Intimate PortraitSelfSeries
1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and FriendsSelfFilm
1992The Larry Sanders ShowHarvey FiersteinSeries
1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS StoryAndrewFilm
1990The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?SelfFilm
1989The SimpsonsKarl (voice)Series
1988Torch Song TrilogyArnold BeckoffFilm
1988Tidy EndingsArthurFilm
1988MaMa's PushcartFilm
1986ApologyThe derelictFilm
1984Miami ViceBenedictSeries
1984Murder, She WroteStan HatterSeries
1984The Times of Harvey MilkNarrator (voice)Film
1984Garbo TalksBernie WhitlockFilm
1983The Demon Murder CaseThe Demon (voice)Film
1982CheersMark NewbergerSeries
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)Series
1956Tony AwardsSelf - WinnerSeries
Writing (9)
2019Kinky Boots: The MusicalMusicalFilm
2018Funny GirlMusical, WriterFilm
2017NewsiesMusicalFilm
2016Hairspray Live!TeleplayFilm
2015The Wiz Live!WriterFilm
2000Common GroundWriterFilm
1999The Sissy DucklingWriterFilm
1988Torch Song TrilogyTheatre Play, ScreenplayFilm
1988Tidy EndingsTheatre Play, TeleplayFilm