Harvey Fierstein
Acting
BornJune 6, 1952 · 74
FromBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
GenderMale
59
Movies
25
TV Shows
12
Crew Credits
67
Years Active
★ 2
Popularity
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.
AKA Harvey Forbes Fierstein
Known For
Top 8 by popularity
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
★ 4.92009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009★ 4.9
as Self - Guest
Filmography
59 titles
1998Mulanas Yao (voice) ★ 7.9 Watch 
1996Independence Dayas Marty Gilbert ★ 6.9 Watch 
1993Mrs. Doubtfireas Frank ★ 7.2 Watch 
2003Duplexas Kenneth ★ 6.1 Watch 
2004Mulan IIas Yao (voice) ★ 6.5 Watch 
1998Safe Menas Good Stuff Leo ★ 5.5 Watch 
2012Foodfight!as Fat Cat Burglar (voice) ★ 2.0 Watch 
2022Brosas Louis ★ 6.6 Watch 
2002Death to Smoochyas Merv Green ★ 5.9 Watch 
2023Commitment to Lifeas Self (archive footage) Watch 
2018Animal Crackersas Esmerelda (voice) ★ 6.4 Watch 
1994Bullets Over Broadwayas Sid Loomis ★ 7.1 Watch 
2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wildeas Self ★ 6.0 Watch 
2001One on One with Vito Russoas Self (archive) Watch 
1996Everything Relativeas The Moyle ★ 2.9 Watch 
1997Kull the Conqueroras Juba ★ 5.0 Watch 
2000Playing Mona Lisaas Bennett ★ 5.7 Watch 
2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadwayas Self ★ 7.2 Watch 
1995Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hydeas Yves DuBois ★ 4.7 Watch 
2016Hairspray Live!as Edna Turnblad ★ 7.4 Watch 
1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmasas Easter Bunny ★ 6.0 Watch 
2017The Fabulous Allan Carras Self (archive footage) ★ 5.0 Watch 
1997White Liesas Art Hoarder ★ 3.8 Watch 
1988Torch Song Trilogyas Arnold Beckoff ★ 7.4 Watch 
2006Farce of the Penguinsas Sheila (voice) ★ 4.3 Watch 
1996The Celluloid Closetas Self ★ 7.3 Watch 
2014Russian Broadway Shut Down Watch 
2006The Year Without a Santa Clausas Heat Miser ★ 5.8 Watch 
1984The Times of Harvey Milkas Narrator (voice) ★ 7.3 Watch 
1983The Demon Murder Caseas The Demon (voice) ★ 6.1 Watch 
2020Disarm Hateas Narrator ★ 1.0 Watch 
2001Rescued from the Closetas Self ★ 6.5 Watch 
2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Playsas Host Watch 
2004Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Meas Self (voice) ★ 8.0 Watch 
1999Double Platinumas Gary Millstein ★ 7.9 Watch 
2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!as Self (uncredited) ★ 7.6 Watch 
2000Common Groundas Don ★ 5.0 Watch 
2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awardsas Self - Host ★ 7.2 Watch Three Little Pigs
1999The Sissy Ducklingas Elmer (voice) ★ 5.1 Watch 
2004Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtisas Self ★ 4.1 Watch 
1996The Making of 'Independence Day'as Self ★ 6.1 Watch 
1984Garbo Talksas Bernie Whitlock ★ 6.3 Watch 
2015The Making of the Wiz Live!as Self Watch 
2003The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Seriesas Self ★ 9.4 Watch 
2007Words and Music by Jerry Hermanas Self Watch 
2019Fiddler: A Miracle of Miraclesas Self ★ 6.5 Watch 
1999Jumpas Dish Macense ★ 4.3 Watch 
1988Tidy Endingsas Arthur ★ 4.0 Watch 
2020Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadwayas Performer Watch 
2002Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentaryas Self Watch 
1993The Harvestas Bob Lakin ★ 4.7 Watch 
1990The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?as Self Watch 
1986Apologyas The derelict ★ 5.1 Watch 
1991In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Storyas Andrew Watch 
1988MaMa's Pushcart Watch 
1993An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friendsas Self Watch 
2015Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfireas Self (Archive) Watch 
1994Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protestas Self Watch