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Harvey Fierstein
ACTOR

Harvey Fierstein

Known for The Simpsons · How I Met Your Mother · Family Guy

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…

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Born
Jun 6, 1952
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

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Known For

TVThe Simpsons
The SimpsonsKarl (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
TVHow I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your MotherLily's Smoking Voice (voice) · 2005
★ 8.1
TVFamily Guy
Family GuyBuster Keaton (voice) · 1999
★ 7.4
TVBoJack Horseman
BoJack HorsemanHarvey Fierstein (voice) · 2014
★ 8.5
TVCheers
CheersMark Newberger · 1982
★ 7.6
TVThe Good Wife
The Good WifeJudge Francis Flamm · 2009
★ 7.6
TVMiami Vice
Miami ViceBenedict · 1984
★ 7.4
TVSaturday Night Live
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
★ 6.9

Filmography

Movies

The Demon Murder CaseThe Demon (voice)
1983
Garbo TalksBernie Whitlock
1984
The Times of Harvey MilkNarrator (voice)
1984
ApologyThe derelict
1986
MaMa's Pushcart
1988
Tidy EndingsArthur
1988
Tidy EndingsTeleplay
1988
Tidy EndingsTheatre Play
1988
Torch Song TrilogyArnold Beckoff
1988
Torch Song TrilogyTheatre Play
1988
Torch Song TrilogyScreenplay
1988
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?Self
1990
In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS StoryAndrew
1991
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and FriendsSelf
1993
Mrs. DoubtfireFrank
1993
The HarvestBob Lakin
1993
Bullets Over BroadwaySid Loomis
1994
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and ProtestSelf
1994
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. HydeYves DuBois
1995
Everything RelativeThe Moyle
1996
Independence DayMarty Gilbert
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasEaster Bunny
1996
The Celluloid ClosetSelf
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'Self
1996
Kull the ConquerorJuba
1997
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Three Little PigsThe Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1997
White LiesArt Hoarder
1997
MulanYao (voice)
1998
Safe MenGood Stuff Leo
1998
Double PlatinumGary Millstein
1999
JumpDish Macense
1999
The Sissy DucklingElmer (voice)
1999
The Sissy DucklingWriter
1999
Common GroundDon
2000
Common GroundWriter
2000
Playing Mona LisaBennett
2000
One on One with Vito RussoSelf (archive)
2001
Rescued from the ClosetSelf
2001
Death to SmoochyMerv Green
2002
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes DocumentarySelf
2002
DuplexKenneth
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait SeriesSelf
2003
Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelf
2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of MeSelf (voice)
2004
Mulan IIYao (voice)
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!Self (uncredited)
2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie CurtisSelf
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSelf - Host
2005
Farce of the PenguinsSheila (voice)
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysHost
2006
The Year Without a Santa ClausHeat Miser
2006
ShowBusiness: The Road to BroadwaySelf
2007
Words and Music by Jerry HermanSelf
2007
Foodfight!Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
2012
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Another Take on… Mrs. DoubtfireSelf (Archive)
2015
The Making of the Wiz Live!Self
2015
The Wiz Live!Writer
2015
Hairspray Live!Edna Turnblad
2016
Hairspray Live!Teleplay
2016
NewsiesMusical
2017
The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive footage)
2017
Animal CrackersEsmerelda (voice)
2018
Funny GirlMusical
2018
Funny GirlWriter
2018
Fiddler: A Miracle of MiraclesSelf
2019
Kinky Boots: The MusicalMusical
2019
Disarm HateNarrator
2020
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of BroadwayPerformer
2020
BrosLouis
2022
Commitment to LifeSelf (archive footage)
2023

Television

Tony AwardsSelf - Winner · 1 eps
1956
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
1975
CheersMark Newberger · 1 eps
1982
Miami ViceBenedict · 1 eps
1984
Murder, She WroteStan Hatter · 1 eps
1984
The SimpsonsKarl (voice) · 1 eps
1989
The Larry Sanders ShowHarvey Fierstein · 1 eps
1992
Intimate PortraitSelf · 1 eps
1993
Daddy's GirlsDennis Sinclair · 13 eps
1994
EllenHarvey Fierstein · 1 eps
1994
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMrs. Leaperman (voice) · 1 eps
1995
HerculesArgus Panoptes (voice) · 1 eps
1998
Family GuyBuster Keaton (voice) · 1 eps
1999
Family GuyTracy (voice) · 1 eps
1999
How I Met Your MotherLily's Smoking Voice (voice) · 1 eps
2005
Nurse JackieJohn Decker · 1 eps
2009
The Good WifeJudge Francis Flamm · 1 eps
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 3 eps
2009
SmashHarvey Fierstein · 1 eps
2012
BoJack HorsemanHarvey Fierstein (voice) · 1 eps
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf · 1 eps
2014
Trailblazer HonorsSelf - Honoree · 1 eps
2014
Full Frontal with Samantha BeeSelf · 1 eps
2016
Big MouthOlder Guy Town Resident (voice) · 1 eps
2017
The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceskekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) · 7 eps
2019

Photos

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