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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1954-06-06

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Movies and TV shows :

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

1993

0.0

Movie
Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

2017

6.2

Movie
Apology

Apology

1986

4.9

Movie
poster

Big Mouth

2017

7.7

TV
poster

BoJack Horseman

2014

8.6

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

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

2005

7.2

Movie
Bros

Bros

2022

6.7

Movie
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994

7.1

Movie
poster

Cheers

1982

7.6

TV
Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

4.7

Movie
poster

Daddy's Girls

1994

0.0

TV
Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002

5.9

Movie
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002

0.0

Movie
Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate

2020

1.0

Movie
Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

7.8

Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1995

4.7

Movie
Duplex

Duplex

2003

6.1

Movie
poster

Ellen

1994

6.4

TV
Everything Relative

Everything Relative

1996

1.8

Movie
poster

Family Guy

1999

7.4

TV
Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

2006

4.0

Movie
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019

6.5

Movie
Foodfight!

Foodfight!

2012

1.9

Movie
poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

2016

5.9

TV
Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

1984

6.1

Movie
Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

2016

7.3

Movie
poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

6.0

TV
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

2.0

Movie
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004

7.0

Movie
poster

Hercules

1998

6.8

TV
poster

How I Met Your Mother

2005

8.2

TV
Independence Day

Independence Day

1996

6.9

Movie
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
Jump

Jump

1999

1.5

Movie
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

1997

5.2

Movie
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988

0.0

Movie
poster

Miami Vice

1984

7.5

TV
Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

7.2

Movie
Mulan

Mulan

1998

7.9

Movie
Mulan II

Mulan II

2004

6.5

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

2000

5.8

Movie
Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

2001

6.0

Movie
Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

0.0

Movie
Safe Men

Safe Men

1998

5.6

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

5.9

Movie
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007

7.0

Movie
poster

Smash

2012

6.6

TV
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

1994

0.0

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

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

2004

3.0

Movie
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

0.0

Movie
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

0.0

Movie
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996

7.2

Movie
poster

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

2019

7.8

TV
The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

1983

6.0

Movie
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

9.4

Movie
poster

The Good Wife

2009

7.6

TV
The Harvest

The Harvest

1993

5.2

Movie
The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996

5.8

Movie
The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

0.0

Movie
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

1999

6.0

Movie
The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984

7.3

Movie
The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006

6.0

Movie
Three Little Pigs

Three Little Pigs

1997

5.8

Movie
Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

1.0

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

7.3

Movie
poster

Trailblazer Honors

2014

7.5

TV
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
White Lies

White Lies

1997

0.0

Movie
Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

2007

0.0

Movie