Personal Info
Harvey Forbes Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
Acting
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Bros
as Louis
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
as Performer
Disarm Hate
as Narrator
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
Animal Crackers
as Esmerelda (voice)
Hairspray Live!
as Edna Turnblad
The Making of the Wiz Live!
as Self
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive)
Russian Broadway Shut Down
TV Shows
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) · 7 ep.
Big Mouth
as Older Guy Town Resident (voice) · 1 ep.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self · 1 ep.
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self · 1 ep.
BoJack Horseman
as Harvey Fierstein (voice) · 1 ep.
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree · 1 ep.
Smash
as Harvey Fierstein · 1 ep.
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 3 ep.
The Good Wife
as Judge Francis Flamm · 1 ep.
Nurse Jackie
as John Decker · 1 ep.
