Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

1954-06-06

THE 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,

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

White Lies

White Lies

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Bros

Bros

Jump

Jump

The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

Foodfight!

Foodfight!

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Mulan II

Mulan II

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Duplex

Duplex

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

Common Ground

Common Ground

Safe Men

Safe Men

Mulan

Mulan

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

Everything Relative

Everything Relative

Independence Day

Independence Day

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

The Harvest

The Harvest

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

Apology

Apology

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary