Harvey Fierstein

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.

Known for

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Bros

2022 ⭐ 6.7

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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 ⭐ 6.5

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Animal Crackers

2018 ⭐ 6.3

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Hairspray Live!

2016 ⭐ 7.3

Career timeline

2023

Commitment to Life

Self (archive footage) · 2023

2022

Bros

Louis · 2022

⭐ 6.7

2020

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Performer · 2020

Disarm Hate

Narrator · 2020

⭐ 1.0

2019

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Self · 2019

⭐ 6.5

2018

Animal Crackers

Esmerelda (voice) · 2018

⭐ 6.3

2017

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Self (archive) · 2017

⭐ 4.5

2016

Hairspray Live! Notable

Edna Turnblad · 2016

⭐ 7.3

2015

Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

Self (Archive) · 2015

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Self · 2015

2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

2012

Foodfight!

Fat Cat Burglar (voice) · 2012

⭐ 2.0

2007

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Notable

Self · 2007

⭐ 7.2

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Self · 2007

2006

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Heat Miser · 2006

⭐ 5.8

Farce of the Penguins

Sheila (voz) · 2006

⭐ 4.2

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Host · 2006

2005

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

Self - Host · 2005

⭐ 7.2

2004

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Self · 2004

⭐ 6.0

Mulan II Notable

Yao (voice) · 2004

⭐ 6.5

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

Self · 2004

⭐ 3.5

2003

Duplex Notable

Kenneth · 2003

⭐ 6.1

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Notable

Self · 2003

⭐ 9.4

2002

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Self · 2002

Death to Smoochy

Merv Green · 2002

⭐ 5.9

2001

Rescued from the Closet

Self · 2001

⭐ 6.5

2000

Playing Mona Lisa

Bennett · 2000

⭐ 6.0

Common Ground

Don · 2000

⭐ 5.0

1999

The Sissy Duckling

Elmer (voice) · 1999

⭐ 5.1

Double Platinum Notable

Gary Millstein · 1999

⭐ 8.0

Jump

Dish Macense · 1999

⭐ 4.3

1998

Safe Men

Good Stuff Leo · 1998

⭐ 5.5

Mulan Notable

Yao (voice) · 1998

⭐ 7.9

Frequently appears with

Billy Eichner

Bobby

Luke Macfarlane

Aaron

Guy Branum

Henry

Miss Lawrence

Wanda

Ts Madison

Angela

Sheldon Harnick

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Austin Pendleton

Self

Chaim Topol

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

Joel Grey

Self

Full filmography

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Commitment to Life

2023

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Bros

2022 ⭐ 6.7

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Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

2020

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Disarm Hate

2020 ⭐ 1.0

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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 ⭐ 6.5

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Animal Crackers

2018 ⭐ 6.3

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The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017 ⭐ 4.5

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Hairspray Live!

2016 ⭐ 7.3

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Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

2015

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The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

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Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

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Foodfight!

2012 ⭐ 2.0

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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007 ⭐ 7.2

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Words and Music by Jerry Herman

2007

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The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006 ⭐ 5.8

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Farce of the Penguins

2006 ⭐ 4.2

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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

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

2005 ⭐ 7.2

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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004 ⭐ 6.0

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Mulan II

2004 ⭐ 6.5