Harvey Fierstein

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

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

  • The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Mulan

    Mulan

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

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

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

  • Smash

    Smash

  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

    Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The Making of 'Independence Day'

    The Making of 'Independence Day'

  • Mulan II

    Mulan II

  • Duplex

    Duplex

  • Apology

    Apology

  • The Year Without a Santa Claus

    The Year Without a Santa Claus

  • Common Ground

    Common Ground

  • Foodfight!

    Foodfight!

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Garbo Talks

    Garbo Talks

  • The Harvest

    The Harvest

  • Jump

    Jump

  • Tidy Endings

    Tidy Endings

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

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

  • Trailblazer Honors

    Trailblazer Honors

  • Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

  • Bros

    Bros

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

  • Farce of the Penguins

    Farce of the Penguins

  • Kull the Conqueror

    Kull the Conqueror

  • Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Torch Song Trilogy

    Torch Song Trilogy

  • Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

  • ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

  • Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

    Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

  • In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

    In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Playing Mona Lisa

    Playing Mona Lisa

  • The Sissy Duckling

    The Sissy Duckling

  • Everything Relative

    Everything Relative

  • Bullets Over Broadway

    Bullets Over Broadway

  • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • The Demon Murder Case

    The Demon Murder Case

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Death to Smoochy

    Death to Smoochy

  • Daddy's Girls

    Daddy's Girls

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

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

  • The Making of the Wiz Live!

    The Making of the Wiz Live!

  • Hairspray Live!

    Hairspray Live!

  • Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

  • Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

    Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

  • Double Platinum

    Double Platinum

  • Disarm Hate

    Disarm Hate

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

    Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

  • MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart

  • 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

  • The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

  • Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

    Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

  • An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

    An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends