Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

🎂 6th June 1952 (73 yrs) 📍 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Mulan

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.

Harvey Fierstein

Movies Featuring Harvey Fierstein

Bros

Bros (2022)

as Louis
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway (2020)

as Performer
Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate (2020)

as Narrator
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)

as Self
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers (2017)

as Esmerelda (voice)
Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live! (2016)

as Edna Turnblad
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire

Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire (2015)

as Self (Archive)
The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015)

as Self
Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)

Foodfight!

Foodfight! (2012)

as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007)

as Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007)

as Self
The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)

as Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins (2006)

as Sheila (voz)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

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

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)

as Self - Host
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)

as Self
Mulan II

Mulan II (2004)

as Yao (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)

as Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)

as Self (voice)
Duplex

Duplex (2003)

as Kenneth
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series (2003)

as Self
No Image

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary (2002)

as Self
Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy (2002)

as Merv Green
Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet (2001)

as Self
Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa (2000)

as Bennett
Common Ground

Common Ground (2000)

as Don
The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling (1999)

as Elmer (voice)
Double Platinum

Double Platinum (1999)

as Gary Millstein
Jump

Jump (1999)

as Dish Macense
Safe Men

Safe Men (1998)

as Good Stuff Leo
Mulan

Mulan (1998)

as Yao (voice)
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

as Juba
White Lies

White Lies (1997)

as Art Hoarder
No Image

Three Little Pigs (1997)

as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)

as Easter Bunny
Everything Relative

Everything Relative (1996)

as The Moyle
The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day' (1996)

as Self
Independence Day

Independence Day (1996)

as Marty Gilbert
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet (1996)

as Self
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)

as Yves DuBois
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

as Sid Loomis
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest (1994)

as Self
Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

as Frank
The Harvest

The Harvest (1993)

as Bob Lakin
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993)

as Self
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story (1991)

as Andrew
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? (1990)

as Self
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

as Arnold Beckoff
Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings (1988)

as Arthur
MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart (1988)

Apology

Apology (1986)

as The derelict
Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks (1984)

as Bernie Whitlock
The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

as Narrator (voice)
The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case (1983)

as The Demon (voice)