Biography
Harvey Fierstein
Acting
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…
Career works
81
Movies
57
Series
24
Career average
6.3/10
Birth date
06/06/1952
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Commitment to Life
2023
Bros
2022 · 6.6
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020
Disarm Hate
2020 · 1.0
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019 · 6.5
Animal Crackers
2018 · 6.3
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · 4.5
Hairspray Live!
2016 · 7.3
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Foodfight!
2012 · 2.0
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007 · 7.2
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006 · 5.8
Series
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019 · 7.8
Big Mouth
2017 · 7.6
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 · 5.9
BoJack Horseman
2014 · 8.5
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · 7.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · 5.2
Smash
2012 · 6.4
The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · 5.0
Nurse Jackie
2009 · 7.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · 8.1
Family Guy
1999 · 7.4
Hercules
1998 · 6.9
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
Daddy's Girls
1994 · 10.0