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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • BoJack Horseman

    BoJack Horseman

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Cheers

    Cheers

  • Big Mouth

    Big Mouth

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • The Larry Sanders Show

    The Larry Sanders Show

  • Mulan

    Mulan

  • Ellen

    Ellen

  • Hercules

    Hercules

  • Independence Day

    Independence Day

  • Common Ground

    Common Ground

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

    Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

  • Tidy Endings

    Tidy Endings

  • Smash

    Smash

  • Duplex

    Duplex

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Foodfight!

    Foodfight!

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

    The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

  • Jump

    Jump

  • Mulan II

    Mulan II

  • Trailblazer Honors

    Trailblazer Honors

  • Playing Mona Lisa

    Playing Mona Lisa

  • Everything Relative

    Everything Relative

  • Kull the Conqueror

    Kull the Conqueror

  • Bros

    Bros

  • Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers

  • Bullets Over Broadway

    Bullets Over Broadway

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Death to Smoochy

    Death to Smoochy

  • Torch Song Trilogy

    Torch Song Trilogy

  • Hairspray Live!

    Hairspray Live!

  • Farce of the Penguins

    Farce of the Penguins

  • Disarm Hate

    Disarm Hate

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

  • Daddy's Girls

    Daddy's Girls

  • ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

    ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

  • Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

    Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

  • Garbo Talks

    Garbo Talks

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

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

  • Apology

    Apology

  • Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

  • White Lies

    White Lies

  • The Demon Murder Case

    The Demon Murder Case

  • Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

    Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

  • The Sissy Duckling

    The Sissy Duckling

  • Double Platinum

    Double Platinum

  • The Harvest

    The Harvest

  • Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

    Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

  • The Year Without a Santa Claus

    The Year Without a Santa Claus

  • Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

    Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

  • Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

    Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

  • The Making of 'Independence Day'

    The Making of 'Independence Day'

  • 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

  • Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

    Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

  • Russian Broadway Shut Down

    Russian Broadway Shut Down

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

    The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

  • Three Little Pigs

    Three Little Pigs

  • The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

    The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

  • Words and Music by Jerry Herman

    Words and Music by Jerry Herman

  • MaMa's Pushcart

    MaMa's Pushcart

  • An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

    An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

  • Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

    Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

  • In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

    In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story