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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Actor · Born June 6, 1952 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Acted in 51

2020s

  1. 2022

    Bros

    Louis

    71
  2. 2020

    Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

    Performer

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Simpsons

    Karl (voice) · 1 episode

    84
  2. 1988

    Torch Song Trilogy

    Arnold Beckoff

  3. Tidy Endings

    Arthur

  4. MaMa's Pushcart

    Movie

  5. 1986

    Apology

    The derelict

  6. 1984

    Garbo Talks

    Bernie Whitlock

    62

  7. Murder, She Wrote

    Stan Hatter · 1 episode

    74

  8. Miami Vice

    Benedict · 1 episode

    75
  9. 1983

    The Demon Murder Case

    The Demon (voice)

  10. 1982

    Cheers

    Mark Newberger · 1 episode

    79

Wrote 9

2010s

  1. 2019

    Kinky Boots: The Musical

    Musical

  2. 2018

    Funny Girl

    Musical, Writer

  3. 2017

    Newsies

    Musical

    81
  4. 2016

    Hairspray Live!

    Teleplay

    72
  5. 2015

    The Wiz Live!

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2000

    Common Ground

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1988

    Torch Song Trilogy

    Theatre Play, Screenplay

  2. Tidy Endings

    Theatre Play, Teleplay

Appearances31

2020s

  1. 2023

    Commitment to Life

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020

    Disarm Hate

    Narrator

2000s

  1. 2009

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Self - Guest · 3 episodes

    54
  2. 2007

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    Self

  3. Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Self

  4. 2006

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    Host

  5. 2005

    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

    Self - Host

  6. 2004

    Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

    Self

  7. Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

    Self

  8. Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

    Self (uncredited)

  9. Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Self (voice)

  10. 2003

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    Self

  11. 2002

    Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

    Self

  12. 2001

    Rescued from the Closet

    Self

  13. One on One with Vito Russo

    Self (archive)

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Making of 'Independence Day'

    Self

  2. The Celluloid Closet

    Self

  3. 1994

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

    Self

  4. 1993

    Intimate Portrait

    Self · 1 episode

  5. An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

    Self

  6. 1990

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

    Self