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.
Filmography (83 titles)
MovieCommitment to Life
Self (archive footage) · 2023
6.6MovieBros
Louis · 2022
MovieShoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Performer · 2020
1.0MovieDisarm Hate
Narrator · 2020
7.8ShowThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) · 2019
6.5MovieFiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Self · 2019
6.4MovieAnimal Crackers
Esmerelda (voice) · 2018
7.6ShowBig Mouth
Older Guy Town Resident (voice) · 2017
4.5MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive) · 2017
7.3MovieHairspray Live!
Edna Turnblad · 2016
5.9ShowFull Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self · 2016
MovieAnother Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
Self (Archive) · 2015
MovieThe Making of the Wiz Live!
Self · 2015
8.5ShowBoJack Horseman
Harvey Fierstein (voice) · 2014
7.5ShowTrailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree · 2014
5.1ShowLate Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2014
MovieRussian Broadway Shut Down
2014
1.9MovieFoodfight!
Fat Cat Burglar (voice) · 2012
6.4ShowSmash
Harvey Fierstein · 2012
7.6ShowThe Good Wife
Judge Francis Flamm · 2009
5.0ShowWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2009
7.1ShowNurse Jackie
John Decker · 2009
7.2MovieShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self · 2007
MovieWords and Music by Jerry Herman
Self · 2007
5.8MovieThe Year Without a Santa Claus
Heat Miser · 2006
4.2MovieFarce of the Penguins
Sheila (voice) · 2006
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Host · 2006
8.1ShowHow I Met Your Mother
Lily's Smoking Voice (voice) · 2005
7.2MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Self - Host · 2005
6.0MovieHappy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self · 2004