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)
Mrs. Doubtfire
(1993)
Frank
Mulan II
(2004)
Yao (voice)
Bros
(2022)
Lewis
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
(1995)
Yves DuBois
Duplex
(2003)
Kenneth
Animal Crackers
(2017)
Esmerelda (voice)
Kull the Conqueror
(1997)
Juba
Hairspray Live!
(2016)
Edna Turnblad
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Sid Loomis
Foodfight!
(2012)
Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Self
Death to Smoochy
(2002)
Merv Green
White Lies
(1997)
Art Hoarder
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Arnold Beckoff
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
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Arnold Beckoff
MaMa's Pushcart
(1988)
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
Bullets Over Broadway
(1994)
Sid Loomis
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
(1994)
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
(1995)
Yves DuBois
The Making of 'Independence Day'
(1996)
Self
Independence Day
(1996)
Marty Gilbert
Everything Relative
(1996)
The Moyle
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
(1996)
Easter Bunny
The Celluloid Closet
(1996)
Self
White Lies
(1997)
Art Hoarder
Kull the Conqueror
(1997)
Juba
Safe Men
(1998)
Good Stuff Leo
Mulan
(1998)
Yao (voice)
Double Platinum
(1999)
Gary Millstein
The Sissy Duckling
(1999)
Elmer (voice)
Three Little Pigs
(1999)
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Jump
(1999)
Dish Macense
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
Mulan II
(2004)
Yao (voice)
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
(2004)
Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
(2004)
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
(2004)
Self (voice)
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
(2005)
Self - Host
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
(2006)
Host
The Year Without a Santa Claus
(2006)
Heat Miser
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
(2007)
Himself
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
(2007)
Self
Farce of the Penguins
(2007)
Sheila (voice)
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
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Screenplay and Theatre Play
Tidy Endings
(1988)
Theatre Play and Teleplay
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