Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Date of Birth:

Jun 06, 1954

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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:

Animal Crackers Animal Crackers

2017

Torch Song Trilogy Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Garbo Talks Garbo Talks

1984

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

Death to Smoochy Death to Smoochy

2002

Bullets Over Broadway Bullets Over Broadway

1994

Safe Men Safe Men

1998

Mulan II Mulan II

2004

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1995

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007

Words and Music by Jerry Herman Words and Music by Jerry Herman

2007

The Harvest The Harvest

1993

MaMa's Pushcart MaMa's Pushcart

1988

The Making of 'Independence Day' The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996

The Sissy Duckling The Sissy Duckling

1999

Disarm Hate Disarm Hate

2020

Russian Broadway Shut Down Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Rescued from the Closet Rescued from the Closet

2001

Double Platinum Double Platinum

1999

Tidy Endings Tidy Endings

1988

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019

Apology Apology

1986

Mrs. Doubtfire Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk

1984

The Celluloid Closet The Celluloid Closet

1996

Everything Relative Everything Relative

1996

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

1994

The Year Without a Santa Claus The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

1993

Duplex Duplex

2003

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004

Three Little Pigs Three Little Pigs

1997

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

Bros Bros

2022

Jump Jump

1999

The Demon Murder Case The Demon Murder Case

1983

Mulan Mulan

1998

Kull the Conqueror Kull the Conqueror

1997

Hairspray Live! Hairspray Live!

2016

Playing Mona Lisa Playing Mona Lisa

2000

The Making of the Wiz Live! The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

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

2005

Common Ground Common Ground

2000

Independence Day Independence Day

1996

Foodfight! Foodfight!

2012

Farce of the Penguins Farce of the Penguins

2006

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

2004

White Lies White Lies

1997

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