Harvey Fierstein

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Mulan

    Mulan

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

    Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

  • Smash

    Smash

  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Mulan II

    Mulan II

  • Bullets Over Broadway

    Bullets Over Broadway

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

  • An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

    An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

  • Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

    Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

  • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

  • Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

  • Duplex

    Duplex

  • Torch Song Trilogy

    Torch Song Trilogy

  • Kull the Conqueror

    Kull the Conqueror

  • Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

  • Garbo Talks

    Garbo Talks

  • Trailblazer Honors

    Trailblazer Honors

  • ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

  • Foodfight!

    Foodfight!

  • Apology

    Apology

  • The Year Without a Santa Claus

    The Year Without a Santa Claus

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Death to Smoochy

    Death to Smoochy

  • Common Ground

    Common Ground

  • The Sissy Duckling

    The Sissy Duckling

  • The Harvest

    The Harvest

  • Farce of the Penguins

    Farce of the Penguins

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

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Daddy's Girls

    Daddy's Girls

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Bros

    Bros

  • Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

  • Jump

    Jump

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

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

  • Playing Mona Lisa

    Playing Mona Lisa

  • In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

    In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

  • The Making of the Wiz Live!

    The Making of the Wiz Live!

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

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

  • Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

    Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

  • Tidy Endings

    Tidy Endings

  • The Demon Murder Case

    The Demon Murder Case

  • The Making of 'Independence Day'

    The Making of 'Independence Day'

  • Hairspray Live!

    Hairspray Live!

  • Everything Relative

    Everything Relative

  • Double Platinum

    Double Platinum

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

    Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

  • The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

  • Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

  • Three Little Pigs

    Three Little Pigs

  • Russian Broadway Shut Down

    Russian Broadway Shut Down

  • Disarm Hate

    Disarm Hate

  • MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart