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
Independence Day
(1996)
Marty Gilbert
Mulan
(1998)
Yao (voice)
Mulan II
(2004)
Yao (voice)
Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993)
Frank
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
(1995)
Yves DuBois
Bros
(2022)
Lewis
Animal Crackers
(2017)
Esmerelda (voice)
Duplex
(2003)
Kenneth
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Sid Loomis
Death to Smoochy
(2002)
Merv Green
Foodfight!
(2012)
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Hairspray Live!
(2016)
Edna Turnblad
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Arnold Beckoff
Kull the Conqueror
(1997)
Juba
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Self
Safe Men
(1998)
Good Stuff Leo
Full Filmography
Acting
The Demon Murder Case
(1983)
The Demon (voice)
Garbo Talks
(1984)
Bernie Whitlock
The Times of Harvey Milk
(1984)
Narrator (voice)
Apology
(1986)
The derelict
Tidy Endings
(1988)
Arthur
MaMa's Pushcart
(1988)
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Arnold Beckoff
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
(1990)
Self
The Harvest
(1993)
Bob Lakin
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
(1993)
Self
Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993)
Frank
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
(1994)
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Sid Loomis
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
(1995)
Yves DuBois
Independence Day
(1996)
Marty Gilbert
The Making of 'Independence Day'
(1996)
Self
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
(1996)
Easter Bunny
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Self
Everything Relative
(1996)
The Moyle
White Lies
(1997)
Art Hoarder
Kull the Conqueror
(1997)
Juba
Mulan
(1998)
Yao (voice)
Safe Men
(1998)
Good Stuff Leo
Double Platinum
(1999)
Gary Millstein
Jump
(1999)
Dish Macense
Three Little Pigs
(1999)
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Sissy Duckling
(1999)
Elmer (voice)
Common Ground
(2000)
Don
Playing Mona Lisa
(2000)
Bennett
Rescued from the Closet
(2001)
Self
Death to Smoochy
(2002)
Merv Green
Duplex
(2003)
Kenneth
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
(2003)
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
(2004)
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
(2004)
Self (voice)
Mulan II
(2004)
Yao (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
(2004)
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
(2005)
Self - Host
The Year Without a Santa Claus
(2006)
Heat Miser
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(2006)
Host
Farce of the Penguins
(2007)
Sheila (voice)
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
(2007)
Himself
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
(2007)
Self
Foodfight!
(2012)
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Russian Broadway Shut Down
(2014)
The Making of the Wiz Live!
(2015)
Himself
Hairspray Live!
(2016)
Edna Turnblad
Animal Crackers
(2017)
Esmerelda (voice)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
(2019)
Himself
Disarm Hate
(2020)
Narrator
Bros
(2022)
Lewis
Writing
Tidy Endings
(1988)
Theatre Play and Teleplay
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Screenplay and Theatre Play
The Sissy Duckling
(1999)
Writer
Common Ground
(2000)
Writer
The Wiz Live!
(2015)
Writer
Hairspray Live!
(2016)
Teleplay
Newsies
(2017)
Musical
Funny Girl
(2018)
Musical
Kinky Boots: The Musical
(2019)
Musical