Acting
Harvey Fierstein
Born Jun 6, 1952 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Acting
Commitment to Life
2023
Documentary
Bros
2022
Comedy · Romance
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
2020
Music
Disarm Hate
2020
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Family
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
2019
Documentary
Animal Crackers
2018
Comedy · Animation · Adventure
Big Mouth
2017
Comedy · Animation
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Documentary
Hairspray Live!
2016
Romance · Comedy · Drama
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
2015
Documentary
The Making of the Wiz Live!
2015
Documentary
BoJack Horseman
2014
Animation · Comedy · Drama
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Foodfight!
2012
Adventure · Comedy · Animation
Smash
2012
Drama
The Good Wife
2009
Drama
Nurse Jackie
2009
Drama · Comedy
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
Documentary
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
2007
Documentary · Music
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006
Comedy · Family · TV Movie
Farce of the Penguins
2006
Comedy · Romance · Documentary
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Documentary
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Comedy
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Music · Documentary
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Mulan II
2004
Animation · Comedy · Family
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
2004
Documentary
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
Music · Comedy · Family
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004
Animation · Family · Documentary
Duplex
2003
Comedy
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
2003
Documentary
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
2002
Comedy · Documentary
Death to Smoochy
2002
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Documentary
One on One with Vito Russo
2001
Playing Mona Lisa
2000
Comedy
Common Ground
2000
TV Movie · Drama
The Sissy Duckling
1999
Animation · Family · TV Movie
Double Platinum
1999
Drama · Music · TV Movie
Jump
1999
Drama · Comedy
Family Guy
1999
Animation · Comedy
Hercules
1998
Comedy · Kids · Animation
Safe Men
1998
Comedy · Crime
Mulan
1998
Animation · Family · Adventure
Kull the Conqueror
1997
Fantasy · Adventure
White Lies
1997
Comedy · Romance
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Family · Music · Adventure
Everything Relative
1996
Drama
Independence Day
1996
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
Documentary · Science Fiction · Action
The Celluloid Closet
1996
Documentary · History
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
Comedy · Horror · Science Fiction
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Animation
Bullets Over Broadway
1994
Comedy · Crime
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
1994
Documentary
Daddy's Girls
1994
Comedy
Ellen
1994
Comedy
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Comedy · Drama · Family
The Harvest
1993
Thriller · Mystery
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993
Comedy · TV Movie · Documentary
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Comedy
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
1991
Drama · TV Movie
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Comedy
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
Torch Song Trilogy
1988
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Tidy Endings
1988
Drama · TV Movie
MaMa's Pushcart
1988
Documentary
Apology
1986
Horror · Thriller · TV Movie
Garbo Talks
1984
Comedy · Drama
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984
Documentary
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Miami Vice
1984
Crime · Drama
The Demon Murder Case
1983
TV Movie · Horror
Cheers
1982
Comedy
Written
Kinky Boots: The Musical
2019
Music · Comedy · Drama
Funny Girl
2018
Music
Newsies
2017
Music · Comedy · Drama
Hairspray Live!
2016
Romance · Comedy · Drama
The Wiz Live!
2015
TV Movie · Music