Acting
Harvey Fierstein
Born June 6, 1952 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
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Commitment to Life
2023·Documentary
6.6
Bros
2022·Comedy
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Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020·Music
1.0
Disarm Hate
2020
6.5
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019·Documentary
6.4
Animal Crackers
2018·Comedy
4.5
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017·Documentary
7.3
Hairspray Live!
2016·Romance
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Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015·Documentary
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The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015·Documentary
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Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
1.9
Foodfight!
2012·Adventure
7.2
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007·Documentary
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Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007·Documentary
5.8
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006·Comedy
4.2
Farce of the Penguins
2006·Comedy
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006·Documentary
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005·Music
6.0
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004·Documentary
6.5
Mulan II
2004·Animation
3.5
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004·Documentary
7.6
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004·Music
8.0
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004·Animation
6.1
Duplex
2003·Comedy