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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 06, 1954 (71)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
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

Bros

Bros

2022

as Louis

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

2017

as Esmerelda (voice)

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

2016

as Edna Turnblad

Foodfight!

Foodfight!

2012

as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)

The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006

as Heat Miser

Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

2006

as Sheila (voice)

Mulan II

Mulan II

2004

as Yao (voice)

Duplex

Duplex

2003

as Kenneth

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002

as Merv Green

Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

2000

as Bennett

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

as Don

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

1999

as Elmer (voice)

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

as Gary Millstein

Jump

Jump

1999

as Dish Macense

Mulan

Mulan

1998

as Yao (voice)

Safe Men

Safe Men

1998

as Good Stuff Leo

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

1997

as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)

White Lies

White Lies

1997

as Art Hoarder

Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

1997

as Juba

Everything Relative

Everything Relative

1996

as The Moyle

Independence Day

Independence Day

1996

as Marty Gilbert

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1995

as Yves DuBois

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994

as Sid Loomis

The Harvest

The Harvest

1993

as Bob Lakin

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

as Frank

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

as Arnold Beckoff

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

as Arthur

Apology

Apology

1986

as The derelict

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984

as Narrator (voice)

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

1984

as Bernie Whitlock

The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

1983

as The Demon (voice)

Kinky Boots: The Musical

Kinky Boots: The Musical

2019

Writer, Musical

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

2018

Writer, Musical

Newsies

Newsies

2017

Musical

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

2016

Teleplay

The Wiz Live!

The Wiz Live!

2015

Writer

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

Writer

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

1999

Writer

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Theatre Play, Screenplay

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

Teleplay, Theatre Play

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Organization Category Movie
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actress The Edge of Seventeen Nominated
Television Credits

Daddy's Girls

as Dennis Sinclair

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 21, 1994

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Aug 30, 2019

How I Met Your Mother

as Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 2005

Family Guy

as Buster Keaton (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1999

Hercules

as Argus Panoptes (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1998

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Mrs. Leaperman (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1995

The Simpsons

as Karl (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Family Guy

as Tracy (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1999

Smash

as Harvey Fierstein

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 06, 2012

BoJack Horseman

as Harvey Fierstein (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 22, 2014

Big Mouth

as Older Guy Town Resident (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2017

Cheers

as Mark Newberger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1982

Murder, She Wrote

as Stan Hatter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Ellen

as Harvey Fierstein

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1994

The Good Wife

as Judge Francis Flamm

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jul 16, 2009

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 08, 2016

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1993

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Trailblazer Honors

as Self - Honoree

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 27, 2014

Miami Vice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1984

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

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2025 1 15 47 5
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