Personal Info
Known ForActing
Born1952-06-06
BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Harvey Fierstein
Acting
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.
Filmography
Acting (59)
2023
Commitment to Lifeas Self (archive footage)
2022
Brosas Louis
6.6
2020
2020
Disarm Hateas Narrator
1.0
2019
6.5
2018
Animal Crackersas Esmerelda (voice)
6.4
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carras Self (archive footage)
5.0
2016
Hairspray Live!as Edna Turnblad
7.3
2015
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfireas Self (Archive)
2015
The Making of the Wiz Live!as Self
2012
Foodfight!as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
2.0
2007
7.2
2007
2006
The Year Without a Santa Clausas Heat Miser
5.8
2006
Farce of the Penguinsas Sheila (voice)
4.3
2006
2005
7.2
2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wildeas Self
6.0
2004
Mulan IIas Yao (voice)
6.5
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!as Self (uncredited)
7.6
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Meas Self (voice)
8.0
2003
Duplexas Kenneth
6.1
9.4
2002
Death to Smoochyas Merv Green
5.9
2001
Rescued from the Closetas Self
6.5
2001
One on One with Vito Russoas Self (archive)
2000
Playing Mona Lisaas Bennett
6.0
2000
Common Groundas Don
5.0
1999
The Sissy Ducklingas Elmer (voice)
5.1
1999
Double Platinumas Gary Millstein
7.9
1999
Jumpas Dish Macense
4.3
1998
Safe Menas Good Stuff Leo
5.5
1998
Mulanas Yao (voice)
7.9
1997
Kull the Conqueroras Juba
5.0
1997
White Liesas Art Hoarder
3.8
1997
Three Little Pigsas The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
5.8
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmasas Easter Bunny
6.0
1996
Everything Relativeas The Moyle
2.9
1996
Independence Dayas Marty Gilbert
6.9
1996
6.1
1996
The Celluloid Closetas Self
7.2
1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hydeas Yves DuBois
4.7
1994
Bullets Over Broadwayas Sid Loomis
7.1
1993
Mrs. Doubtfireas Frank
7.2
1993
The Harvestas Bob Lakin
4.8
1993
1991
1988
Torch Song Trilogyas Arnold Beckoff
7.4
1988
Tidy Endingsas Arthur
4.0
1988
1986
Apologyas The derelict
5.1
1984
Garbo Talksas Bernie Whitlock
6.3
1984
The Times of Harvey Milkas Narrator (voice)
7.3
1983
The Demon Murder Caseas The Demon (voice)
6.2
Production & Directing (12)
2019
Kinky Boots: The MusicalMusical
7.8
2018
Funny GirlMusical
8.0
2018
Funny GirlWriter
8.0
2017
NewsiesMusical
8.0
2016
Hairspray Live!Teleplay
7.3
2015
The Wiz Live!Writer
7.0
2000
Common GroundWriter
5.0
1999
The Sissy DucklingWriter
5.1
1988
Torch Song TrilogyTheatre Play
7.4
1988
Torch Song TrilogyScreenplay
7.4
1988
Tidy EndingsTheatre Play
4.0
1988
Tidy EndingsTeleplay
4.0