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Harvey Fierstein

Playwright / Writer / Screenwriter / Actor / Theatre Director | * 06/06/1952 (71) | Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA))
Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( FIRE-steen; born June 6, 1954) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He is best known for his theater work in Torch Song Trilogy and Hairspray and film roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II. Fierstein won two Tony Awards, Best Actor in a Play and Best Play, for Torch Song Trilogy. He received his third Tony Award, Best Book of a Musical, for the musical La Cage aux Folles and his fourth, the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, a role he revived in its live television event, Hairspray Live! Fierstein also wrote the books for the Tony Award-winning musica... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Harvey Fierstein

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Hull-Warriner Award Vh1 Trailblazer Honors
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Movies with Harvey Fierstein as Actor(43)

as Lewis2022 Bros
as Narrator2020 Disarm Hate
as Esmerelda (voice)2017 Animal Crackers
as Edna Turnblad2016 Hairspray Live!
as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)2012 Foodfight!
as Sheila (voice)2007 Farce of the Penguins
as Yao (voice)2004 Mulan II
as Kenneth2003 Duplex
as Merv Green2002 Death to Smoochy
as Bennett2000 Playing Mona Lisa
as Don2000 Common Ground
as Dish Macense1999 Jump
as Elmer (voice)1999 The Sissy Duckling
as Gary Millstein1999 Double Platinum
as Yao (voice)1998 Mulan
as Leo1998 Safe Men
as Juba1997 Kull the Conqueror
as Art Hoarder1997 White Lies
as The Moyle1996 Everything Relative
as himself1996 The Celluloid Closet
as Marty Gilbert1996 Independence Day
as Yves DuBois1995 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Sid Loomis1994 Bullets Over Broadway
as Frank1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
as Bob Lakin1993 The Harvest
as Arnold Beckoff1988 Torch Song Trilogy
as Arthur1988 Tidy Endings
as The derelict1986 Apology
as Narrator (voice)1984 The Times of Harvey Milk
as Bernie Whitlock1984 Garbo Talks
as The Demon (voice)1983 The Demon Murder Case

TV Shows/Series with Harvey Fierstein as Actor(12)

as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Older Guy Town Resident (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Harvey Fierstein (voice)2014 BoJack Horseman
as himself2012 Smash
as Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)2005 How I Met Your Mother
as Tracy (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Buster Keaton (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Argus Panoptes (voice)1998 Hercules
as Dennis Sinclair1994 Daddy's Girls
as Karl (voice)1989 The Simpsons

Movies with Harvey Fierstein as Crew(11)

Writing/Musical2019 Kinky Boots: The Musical
Writing/Musical2018 Funny Girl
Writing/Musical2017 Newsies
Writing/Teleplay2016 Hairspray Live!
Writing/Writer2015 The Wiz Live!
Writing/Writer2000 Common Ground
Writing/Writer1999 The Sissy Duckling
Writing/Screenplay1988 Torch Song Trilogy
Writing/Theatre Play1988 Torch Song Trilogy
Writing/Theatre Play1988 Tidy Endings
Writing/Teleplay1988 Tidy Endings

Additional Information

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Full Name: Harvey Fierstein
Born: Friday, 06/06 1952 (June) in Brooklyn, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 71 years + 297 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Pratt Institute, High School of Art and Design
Harvey Fierstein frequently works together with these people:
Rachael MacFarlane (63x, Actress)
Tress MacNeille (39x, Actress)
John Viener (38x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (32x, Actor)
Ralph Garman (32x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Steve Callaghan (29x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Alexandra Breckenridge (27x, Actress)
Gary Cole (24x, Actor)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4493, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024