Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is a U.S. actor and playwright, noted for the early (1982) distinction of winning Tony Awards for both writing and playing the lead role in his long-running play Torch Song Trilogy, about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family, as well as writing the award-winning book to the musical La Cage aux Folles. He has since become a champion for gay civil rights. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harvey Fierstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Harvey is also the co-creator of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical, Kinky Boots, alongside famed musician Cyndi Lauper.
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- Born:
- Jun 6, 1952 In Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 51
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Demon Murder Case 1983-03-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bros 2022-09-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bros | Louis | 2022-09-30 |
| Movie | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Himself | 2019-08-23 |
| Series | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) | 2019-08-30 |
| Movie | Animal Crackers | Esmerelda (voice) | 2017-06-23 |
| Movie | Hairspray Live! | Edna Turnblad | 2016-12-07 |
| Movie | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Himself | 2015-11-25 |
| Movie | Russian Broadway Shut Down | 2014-01-23 | |
| Movie | Foodfight! | Fat Cat Burglar (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
| Movie | Words and Music by Jerry Herman | Himself | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007-04-19 |
| Movie | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Host | 2006-05-02 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Sheila (voice) | 2006-12-01 |
| Movie | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Heat Miser | 2006-12-11 |
| Movie | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Self - Host | 2005-08-07 |
| Series | How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
| Movie | Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis | Self | 2004-05-05 |
| Movie | Mulan II | Yao (voice) | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Duplex | Kenneth | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Death to Smoochy | Merv Green | 2002-03-29 |
| Movie | Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Don | 2000-01-29 |
| Movie | Playing Mona Lisa | Bennett | 2000-05-01 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | Jump | Dish Macense | 1999-04-17 |
| Movie | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer (voice) | 1999-09-14 |
| Movie | Double Platinum | Gary Millstein | 1999-05-16 |
| Movie | Mulan | Yao (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | Safe Men | Good Stuff Leo | 1998-08-07 |
| Movie | White Lies | Art Hoarder | 1997-04-01 |
| Movie | Kull the Conqueror | Juba | 1997-08-29 |
| Movie | The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-01-30 |
| Movie | Independence Day | Marty Gilbert | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Easter Bunny | 1996-12-24 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | 1996-06-29 |
| Movie | Everything Relative | The Moyle | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Yves DuBois | 1995-08-25 |
| Series | Daddy's Girls | Dennis Sinclair | 1994-09-21 |
| Movie | Bullets Over Broadway | Sid Loomis | 1994-10-14 |
| Movie | Mrs. Doubtfire | Frank | 1993-11-24 |
| Movie | The Harvest | Bob Lakin | 1993-11-05 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | MaMa's Pushcart | 1988-01-01 | |
| Movie | Tidy Endings | Arthur | 1988-08-14 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Torch Song Trilogy | Arnold Beckoff | 1988-12-14 |
| Movie | Apology | The derelict | 1986-07-27 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Garbo Talks | Bernie Whitlock | 1984-10-12 |
| Movie | The Times of Harvey Milk | Narrator (voice) | 1984-10-07 |
| Movie | The Demon Murder Case | The Demon (voice) | 1983-03-06 |