Acting
Harvey Fierstein
EN cinema · 63 credits
Born
6 June 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Harvey Forbes Fierstein
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
Filmography
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Bros
as Louis
Disarm Hate
as Narrator
Animal Crackers
as Esmerelda (voice)
Funny Girl
Musical, Writer
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
Newsies
Musical
Hairspray Live!
as Edna Turnblad, Teleplay
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive)
Foodfight!
as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins
as Sheila (voice)
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
Mulan II
as Yao (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Self (uncredited)
Duplex
as Kenneth
Death to Smoochy
as Merv Green
One on One with Vito Russo
as Self (archive)
Common Ground
as Don, Writer
Playing Mona Lisa
as Bennett
Jump
as Dish Macense
Double Platinum
as Gary Millstein
The Sissy Duckling
as Elmer (voice), Writer
Safe Men
as Good Stuff Leo
Mulan
as Yao (voice)
White Lies
as Art Hoarder
Three Little Pigs
1997
Three Little Pigs
as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Everything Relative
as The Moyle
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Easter Bunny
Independence Day
as Marty Gilbert
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Yves DuBois
Bullets Over Broadway
as Sid Loomis
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Frank
The Harvest
as Bob Lakin
Torch Song Trilogy
as Arnold Beckoff, Theatre Play, Screenplay
Tidy Endings
as Arthur, Teleplay, Theatre Play
Apology
as The derelict
The Times of Harvey Milk
as Narrator (voice)
Garbo Talks
as Bernie Whitlock
The Demon Murder Case
as The Demon (voice)