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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Bros
Character: Louis
MOVIE • 2022
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Character: Performer
MOVIE • 2020
Disarm Hate
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 2020
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Character: skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
TV • 2019
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Big Mouth
Character: Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
TV • 2017
Animal Crackers
Character: Esmerelda (voice)
MOVIE • 2017
Hairspray Live!
Character: Edna Turnblad
MOVIE • 2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Character: Self
TV • 2016
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2015
BoJack Horseman
Character: Harvey Fierstein (voice)
TV • 2014
Trailblazer Honors
Character: Self - Honoree
TV • 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
TV • 2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Character:
MOVIE • 2014
Foodfight!
Character: Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
MOVIE • 2012
Smash
Character: Harvey Fierstein
TV • 2012
The Good Wife
Character: Judge Francis Flamm
TV • 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2009
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Crew
Crew Credits
Kinky Boots: The Musical
Role: Musical
MOVIE • 2019
Kinky Boots: The Musical
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
Funny Girl
Role: Musical
MOVIE • 2018
Funny Girl
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2018
Newsies
Role: Musical
MOVIE • 2017
Hairspray Live!
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 2016
The Wiz Live!
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2015
Common Ground
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2000
The Sissy Duckling
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1999
Torch Song Trilogy
Role: Theatre Play
MOVIE • 1988
Torch Song Trilogy
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1988
Tidy Endings
Role: Teleplay
MOVIE • 1988
Tidy Endings
Role: Theatre Play
MOVIE • 1988