Actor
Harvey Fierstein
74 years · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · 60 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 60
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Bros
2022 · Louis
On Netflix
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020 · Performer
Disarm Hate
2020 · Narrator
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019 · Self
Funny Girl
2018 · Writer
On BroadwayHD
Animal Crackers
2018 · Esmerelda (voice)
On Netflix
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive footage)
On Amazon Prime Video
Hairspray Live!
2016 · Edna Turnblad
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015 · Self (Archive)
The Wiz Live!
2015 · Writer
On BroadwayHD
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015 · Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014 · Actor
Foodfight!
2012 · Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
On Xumo Play
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 · Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007 · Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006 · Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins
2006 · Sheila (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Host
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Self - Host
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004 · Self
Mulan II
2004 · Yao (voice)
On Disney Plus
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004 · Self
On Kanopy
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Self (uncredited)