Harvey Fierstein
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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- Born:
- Jun 6, 1954 In Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 49
- First Appeared:
- In the series Miami Vice 1984-09-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Three Little Pigs 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Three Little Pigs | The Big Bad Wolf (Voice) | 2022 |
| Movie | Disarm Hate | Narrator | 2020-03-15 |
| Movie | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Himself | 2019-08-23 |
| Series | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) | 2019-08-30 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Esmerelda (voice) | 2017-06-12 |
| Series | Big Mouth | Older Guy Town Resident (voice) | 2017-09-29 |
| Movie | Hairspray Live! | Edna Turnblad | 2016-12-07 |
| Series | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Self | 2016-02-08 |
| Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Himself | 2015-11-25 |
| Series | BoJack Horseman | Harvey Fierstein (voice) | 2014-08-22 |
| Series | Smash | Harvey Fierstein | 2012-02-06 |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Fat Cat Burglar | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Words and Music by Jerry Herman | Himself | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Unknown | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Sheila (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Host | 2006-05-02 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Host | 2005-08-07 |
| Series | How I Met Your Mother | Lily's Smoking Voice (voice) | 2005-09-19 |
| Movie | Mulan II | Yao (voice) | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis | Himself | 2004-05-05 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Unknown | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Duplex | Kenneth | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Death to Smoochy | Merv Green | 2002-03-28 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Don | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Playing Mona Lisa | Bennett | 2000-05-01 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | Double Platinum | Gary Millstein | 1999-05-16 |
| Movie | Mulan | Yao (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | Safe Men | Leo | 1998-08-17 |
| Movie | Kull the Conqueror | Juba | 1997-08-29 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Easter Bunny | 1997-09-03 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Himself | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | Independence Day | Marty Gilbert | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | Everything Relative | The Moyle | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Himself | 1996-06-29 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Yves DuBois | 1995-08-25 |
| Series | Daddy's Girls | Dennis Sinclair | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | Sid Loomis | 1994-10-14 |
| Movie | Mrs. Doubtfire | Frank | 1993-11-24 |
| Movie | The Harvest | Bob Lakin | 1992-10-16 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Karl (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | MaMa's Pushcart | Unknown | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Tidy Endings | Unknown | 1988-08-14 |
| Movie | Torch Song Trilogy | Arnold Beckoff | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Apology | The derelict | 1986-07-27 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Garbo Talks | Bernie Whitlock | 1984-10-12 |
| Movie | The Times of Harvey Milk | Narrator (voice) | 1984-10-07 |
