Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1952-06-0674
Place of birth:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)2023-02-100.00
- BrosLouis2022-09-306.6578
- Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of BroadwayPerformer2020-07-130.00
- The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceskekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)2019-08-307.8435
- Fiddler: A Miracle of MiraclesSelf2019-08-236.512
- Animal CrackersEsmerelda (voice)2018-07-216.3203
- Big MouthOlder Guy Town Resident (voice)2017-09-297.61,225
- The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive)2017-05-194.56
- Hairspray Live!Edna Turnblad2016-12-077.3167
- Another Take on… Mrs. DoubtfireSelf (Archive)2015-12-300.00
- The Making of the Wiz Live!Self2015-11-250.00
- BoJack HorsemanHarvey Fierstein (voice)2014-08-228.52,881
- Trailblazer HonorsSelf - Honoree2014-06-277.52
- Foodfight!Fat Cat Burglar (voice)2012-06-151.9156
- SmashHarvey Fierstein2012-02-066.475
- The Good WifeJudge Francis Flamm2009-09-227.6672
- Nurse JackieJohn Decker2009-06-087.1246
- ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelf2007-04-197.214
- Words and Music by Jerry HermanSelf2007-04-010.00
- The Year Without a Santa ClausHeat Miser2006-12-115.820
- Farce of the PenguinsSheila (voice)2006-12-014.255
- The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHost2006-05-020.00
- How I Met Your MotherLily's Smoking Voice (voice)2005-09-198.15,753
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSelf - Host2005-08-077.24
- Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelf2004-12-276.02
- Mulan IIYao (voice)2004-11-036.52,523
- Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie CurtisSelf2004-05-053.56
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of MeSelf (voice)2004-02-248.03
- DuplexKenneth2003-09-266.11,813
- The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelf2003-01-019.45
- Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes DocumentarySelf2002-09-170.00
- Death to SmoochyMerv Green2002-03-295.9442
- Rescued from the ClosetSelf2001-05-296.52
- Playing Mona LisaBennett2000-05-016.015
- Common GroundDon2000-01-295.021
- The Sissy DucklingElmer (voice)1999-09-145.111
- Double PlatinumGary Millstein1999-05-168.016
- JumpDish Macense1999-04-174.33
- Family GuyBuster Keaton (voice)1999-01-317.44,992
- Family GuyTracy (voice)1999-01-317.44,992
- HerculesArgus Panoptes (voice)1998-08-316.9330
- Safe MenGood Stuff Leo1998-08-075.557
- MulanYao (voice)1998-06-187.910,484
- Kull the ConquerorJuba1997-08-295.0164
- White LiesArt Hoarder1997-04-013.84
- Three Little PigsThe Big Bad Wolf (voice)1997-01-015.83
- Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasEaster Bunny1996-12-246.012
- Everything RelativeThe Moyle1996-09-132.95
- Independence DayMarty Gilbert1996-07-026.910,491
- The Making of 'Independence Day'Self1996-06-296.19
- The Celluloid ClosetSelf1996-03-157.2116
- Dr. Jekyll and Ms. HydeYves DuBois1995-08-254.757
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMrs. Leaperman (voice)1995-03-126.311
- Bullets Over BroadwaySid Loomis1994-10-147.1674
- Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and ProtestSelf1994-09-230.00
- Daddy's GirlsDennis Sinclair1994-09-2110.01
- EllenHarvey Fierstein1994-03-296.156
- Mrs. DoubtfireFrank1993-11-247.26,652
- Intimate PortraitSelf1993-11-144.55
- The HarvestBob Lakin1993-11-054.822
- An Evening with Lily Tomlin and FriendsSelf1993-01-220.00
- The Larry Sanders ShowHarvey Fierstein1992-08-157.790
- The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?Self1990-08-310.00
- The SimpsonsKarl (voice)1989-12-178.010,842
- Torch Song TrilogyArnold Beckoff1988-12-147.3105
- Tidy EndingsArthur1988-08-144.03
- MaMa's Pushcart1988-01-010.00
- ApologyThe derelict1986-07-275.19
- Garbo TalksBernie Whitlock1984-10-126.333
- The Times of Harvey MilkNarrator (voice)1984-10-077.3119
- Murder, She WroteStan Hatter1984-09-307.5448
- Miami ViceBenedict1984-09-167.5511
- The Demon Murder CaseThe Demon (voice)1983-03-066.216
- CheersMark Newberger1982-09-307.6678