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Harvey Fierstein

Acting 73 years old Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA ★ 1.6
Born: June 6, 1952

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.

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Known For

Mulan
Mulan Yao (voice) 1998
Independence Day
Independence Day Marty Gilbert 1996
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire Frank 1993
Duplex
Duplex Kenneth 2003
Mulan II
Mulan II Yao (voice) 2004

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Bros
Bros Louis 2022

Filmography

Acting Credits (78)

Bros
Bros Louis 2022
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway Performer 2020
Disarm Hate
Disarm Hate Narrator 2020
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) 2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Self 2019
Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers Esmerelda (voice) 2018
Big Mouth
Big Mouth Older Guy Town Resident (voice) 2017
Hairspray Live!
Hairspray Live! Edna Turnblad 2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Self 2016
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire Self (Archive) 2015
The Making of the Wiz Live!
The Making of the Wiz Live! Self 2015
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman Harvey Fierstein (voice) 2014
Trailblazer Honors
Trailblazer Honors Self - Honoree 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Russian Broadway Shut Down 2014
Foodfight!
Foodfight! Fat Cat Burglar (voice) 2012
Smash
Smash Harvey Fierstein 2012
The Good Wife
The Good Wife Judge Francis Flamm 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Self 2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Words and Music by Jerry Herman Self 2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Year Without a Santa Claus Heat Miser 2006
Farce of the Penguins
Farce of the Penguins Sheila (voz) 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Host 2006
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother Lily's Smoking Voice (voice) 2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Self - Host 2005
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde Self 2004
Mulan II
Mulan II Yao (voice) 2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis Self 2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me Self (voice) 2004
Duplex
Duplex Kenneth 2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Self 2003
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary Self 2002
Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy Merv Green 2002
Rescued from the Closet
Rescued from the Closet Self 2001
Playing Mona Lisa
Playing Mona Lisa Bennett 2000
Common Ground
Common Ground Don 2000
The Sissy Duckling
The Sissy Duckling Elmer (voice) 1999
Double Platinum
Double Platinum Gary Millstein 1999
Jump
Jump Dish Macense 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy Buster Keaton (voice) 1999
Family Guy
Family Guy Tracy (voice) 1999
Hercules
Hercules Argus Panoptes (voice) 1998
Safe Men
Safe Men Good Stuff Leo 1998
Mulan
Mulan Yao (voice) 1998
Kull the Conqueror
Kull the Conqueror Juba 1997
White Lies
White Lies Art Hoarder 1997
Three Little Pigs
Three Little Pigs The Big Bad Wolf (voice) 1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas Easter Bunny 1996
Everything Relative
Everything Relative The Moyle 1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
The Making of 'Independence Day' Self 1996
Independence Day
Independence Day Marty Gilbert 1996
The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet Self 1996
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Yves DuBois 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Mrs. Leaperman (voice) 1995
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway Sid Loomis 1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest Self 1994
Daddy's Girls
Daddy's Girls Dennis Sinclair 1994
Ellen
Ellen Harvey Fierstein 1994
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire Frank 1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait Self 1993
The Harvest
The Harvest Bob Lakin 1993
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends Self 1993
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show Harvey Fierstein 1992
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story Andrew 1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? Self 1990
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Karl (voice) 1989
Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff 1988
Tidy Endings
Tidy Endings Arthur 1988
MaMa's Pushcart
MaMa's Pushcart 1988
Apology
Apology The derelict 1986
Garbo Talks
Garbo Talks Bernie Whitlock 1984
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk Narrator (voice) 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote Stan Hatter 1984
Miami Vice
Miami Vice Benedict 1984
The Demon Murder Case
The Demon Murder Case The Demon (voice) 1983
Cheers
Cheers Mark Newberger 1982
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975

Writing Credits (13)

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