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Known for Acting
Born 1952-06-06 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Commitment to Life (2023) — Self (archive footage)
Bros (2022) — Louis
Disarm Hate (2020) — Narrator
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway (2020) — Performer
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019) — Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) — skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) · 7 episodes
Animal Crackers (2018) — Esmerelda (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) — Self (archive footage)
Big Mouth (2017) — Older Guy Town Resident (voice) · 1 episode
Hairspray Live! (2016) — Edna Turnblad
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016) — Self · 1 episode
The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015) — Self
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire (2015) — Self (Archive)
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self · 1 episode
Trailblazer Honors (2014) — Self - Honoree · 1 episode
BoJack Horseman (2014) — Harvey Fierstein (voice) · 1 episode
Foodfight! (2012) — Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Smash (2012) — Harvey Fierstein · 1 episode
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest · 3 episodes
The Good Wife (2009) — Judge Francis Flamm · 1 episode
Nurse Jackie (2009) — John Decker · 1 episode
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) — Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007) — Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006) — Heat Miser
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) — Host
Farce of the Penguins (2006) — Sheila (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005) — Self - Host
How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Lily's Smoking Voice (voice) · 1 episode
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004) — Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004) — Self (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004) — Self
Mulan II (2004) — Yao (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004) — Self (uncredited)
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003) — Self
Duplex (2003) — Kenneth
Death to Smoochy (2002) — Merv Green
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary (2002) — Self
Rescued from the Closet (2001) — Self
One on One with Vito Russo (2001) — Self (archive)
Common Ground (2000) — Don
Playing Mona Lisa (2000) — Bennett
Jump (1999) — Dish Macense
Double Platinum (1999) — Gary Millstein
The Sissy Duckling (1999) — Elmer (voice)
Family Guy (1999) — Buster Keaton (voice) · 1 episode
Family Guy (1999) — Tracy (voice) · 1 episode
Safe Men (1998) — Good Stuff Leo
Mulan (1998) — Yao (voice)
Hercules (1998) — Argus Panoptes (voice) · 1 episode
White Lies (1997) — Art Hoarder
Three Little Pigs (1997) — The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Kull the Conqueror (1997) — Juba
Everything Relative (1996) — The Moyle
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) — Easter Bunny
The Celluloid Closet (1996) — Self
Independence Day (1996) — Marty Gilbert
The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996) — Self
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) — Yves DuBois
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — Mrs. Leaperman (voice) · 1 episode
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994) — Self
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) — Sid Loomis
Daddy's Girls (1994) — Dennis Sinclair · 13 episodes
Ellen (1994) — Harvey Fierstein · 1 episode
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993) — Self
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) — Frank
The Harvest (1993) — Bob Lakin
Intimate Portrait (1993) — Self · 1 episode
The Larry Sanders Show (1992) — Harvey Fierstein · 1 episode
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story (1991) — Andrew
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990) — Self
The Simpsons (1989) — Karl (voice) · 1 episode
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) — Arnold Beckoff
MaMa's Pushcart (1988)
Tidy Endings (1988) — Arthur
Apology (1986) — The derelict
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) — Narrator (voice)
Garbo Talks (1984) — Bernie Whitlock
Miami Vice (1984) — Benedict · 1 episode
Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Stan Hatter · 1 episode
The Demon Murder Case (1983) — The Demon (voice)
Cheers (1982) — Mark Newberger · 1 episode
Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 episode
Tony Awards (1956) — Self - Winner · 1 episode