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
| Birth Location | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Born | 1954-06-06 |
Movies
Bros
as Lewis
2022
Disarm Hate
as Narrator
2020
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Himself
2019
Animal Crackers
as Esmerelda (voice)
2017
Hairspray Live!
as Edna Turnblad
2016
The Making of the Wiz Live!
as Himself
2015
Foodfight!
as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
2012
Farce of the Penguins
as Sheila (voice)
2007
2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Himself
2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Heat Miser
2006
2006
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
2004
Mulan II
as Yao (voice)
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
2004
Duplex
as Kenneth
2003
2003
Death to Smoochy
as Merv Green
2002
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
Playing Mona Lisa
as Bennett
2000
Common Ground
as Don
2000
The Sissy Duckling
as Elmer (voice)
1999
Double Platinum
as Gary Millstein
1999
Jump
as Dish Macense
1999
Three Little Pigs
as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1999
Safe Men
as Good Stuff Leo
1998
Mulan
as Yao (voice)
1998
Kull the Conqueror
as Juba
1997
White Lies
as Art Hoarder
1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Easter Bunny
1996
Everything Relative
as The Moyle
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
1996
Independence Day
as Marty Gilbert
1996
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
1996
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Yves DuBois
1995
Bullets Over Broadway
as Sid Loomis
1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Frank
1993
The Harvest
as Bob Lakin
1993
1993
1990
Torch Song Trilogy
as Arnold Beckoff
1988
Tidy Endings
as Arthur
1988
1988
Apology
as The derelict
1986
Garbo Talks
as Bernie Whitlock
1984
The Times of Harvey Milk
as Narrator (voice)
1984
The Demon Murder Case
as The Demon (voice)
1983
Movies
Kinky Boots: The Musical
Musical
2019
Funny Girl
Musical
2018
Newsies
Musical
2017
Hairspray Live!
Teleplay
2016
The Wiz Live!
Writer
2015
Common Ground
Writer
2000
The Sissy Duckling
Writer
1999
Torch Song Trilogy
Theatre Play
1988
Torch Song Trilogy
Screenplay
1988
Tidy Endings
Teleplay
1988
Tidy Endings
Theatre Play
1988