Harvey Fierstein

Acting·Jun 6, 1952·Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Commitment to Life2023 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Bros2022 · Louis	Louis
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway2020 · Performer	Performer
Disarm Hate2020 · Narrator	Narrator
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles2019 · Self	Self
Funny Girl2018 · Writer	Writer
Animal Crackers2018 · Esmerelda (voice)	Esmerelda (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · Self (archive)	Self (archive)
Hairspray Live!2016 · Edna Turnblad	Edna Turnblad
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire2015 · Self (Archive)	Self (Archive)
The Wiz Live!2015 · Writer	Writer
The Making of the Wiz Live!2015 · Self	Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down2014 · Actor	Actor
Foodfight!2012 · Fat Cat Burglar (voice)	Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007 · Self	Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman2007 · Self	Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus2006 · Heat Miser	Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins2006 · Sheila (voice)	Sheila (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006 · Host	Host
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards2005 · Self - Host	Self - Host
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004 · Self	Self
Mulan II2004 · Yao (voice)	Yao (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis2004 · Self	Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!2004 · Self (uncredited)	Self (uncredited)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me2004 · Self (voice)	Self (voice)
Duplex2003 · Kenneth	Kenneth
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series2003 · Self	Self
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary2002 · Self	Self
Death to Smoochy2002 · Merv Green	Merv Green
Rescued from the Closet2001 · Self	Self
One on One with Vito Russo2001 · Self (archive)	Self (archive)
Playing Mona Lisa2000 · Bennett	Bennett
Common Ground2000 · Don, Writer	Don, Writer
The Sissy Duckling1999 · Elmer (voice), Writer	Elmer (voice), Writer
Double Platinum1999 · Gary Millstein	Gary Millstein
Jump1999 · Dish Macense	Dish Macense
Safe Men1998 · Good Stuff Leo	Good Stuff Leo
Mulan1998 · Yao (voice)	Yao (voice)
Kull the Conqueror1997 · Juba	Juba
White Lies1997 · Art Hoarder	Art Hoarder
TThree Little Pigs1997 · The Big Bad Wolf (voice)	The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1996 · Easter Bunny	Easter Bunny
Everything Relative1996 · The Moyle	The Moyle
Independence Day1996 · Marty Gilbert	Marty Gilbert
The Making of 'Independence Day'1996 · Self	Self
The Celluloid Closet1996 · Self	Self
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde1995 · Yves DuBois	Yves DuBois
Bullets Over Broadway1994 · Sid Loomis	Sid Loomis