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.

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Known For

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989 • as Karl (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999 • as Buster Keaton (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999 • as Tracy (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 • as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 • as Self

Filmography

2023

Commitment to Life
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/10/2023

2022

Bros
Bros
as Louis
Movie - Released: 9/30/2022

2020

Disarm Hate
Disarm Hate
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 3/15/2020
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway
as Performer
Movie - Released: 7/13/2020

2019

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/23/2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
TV - Released: 8/30/2019

2018

Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers
as Esmerelda (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/21/2018

2017

Big Mouth
Big Mouth
as Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
TV - Released: 9/29/2017

2016

Hairspray Live!
Hairspray Live!
as Edna Turnblad
Movie - Released: 12/7/2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self
TV - Released: 2/8/2016

2015

The Making of the Wiz Live!
The Making of the Wiz Live!
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/25/2015
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire
as Self (Archive)
Movie - Released: 12/30/2015

2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie - Released: 1/23/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
Trailblazer Honors
Trailblazer Honors
as Self - Honoree
TV - Released: 6/27/2014
BoJack Horseman
BoJack Horseman
as Harvey Fierstein (voice)
TV - Released: 8/22/2014

2012

Foodfight!
Foodfight!
as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/15/2012
Smash
Smash
as Harvey Fierstein
TV - Released: 2/6/2012

2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 7/16/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Judge Francis Flamm
TV - Released: 9/22/2009
Nurse Jackie
Nurse Jackie
as John Decker
TV - Released: 6/8/2009

2007

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/19/2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/1/2007

2006

The Year Without a Santa Claus
The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Heat Miser
Movie - Released: 12/11/2006
Farce of the Penguins
Farce of the Penguins
as Sheila (voz)
Movie - Released: 12/1/2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Host
Movie - Released: 5/2/2006

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 8/7/2005
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
as Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
TV - Released: 9/19/2005

2004

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/27/2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Self (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/24/2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/5/2004
Mulan II
Mulan II
as Yao (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/3/2004

2003

Duplex
Duplex
as Kenneth
Movie - Released: 9/26/2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

2002

Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy
as Merv Green
Movie - Released: 3/29/2002
Movie
Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/17/2002

2001

Rescued from the Closet
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/29/2001

2000

Common Ground
Common Ground
as Don
Movie - Released: 1/29/2000
Playing Mona Lisa
Playing Mona Lisa
as Bennett
Movie - Released: 5/1/2000

1999

Jump
Jump
as Dish Macense
Movie - Released: 4/17/1999
Double Platinum
Double Platinum
as Gary Millstein
Movie - Released: 5/16/1999
The Sissy Duckling
The Sissy Duckling
as Elmer (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/14/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Buster Keaton (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Tracy (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999

1998

Mulan
Mulan
as Yao (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/18/1998
Safe Men
Safe Men
as Good Stuff Leo
Movie - Released: 8/7/1998
Hercules
Hercules
as Argus Panoptes (voice)
TV - Released: 8/31/1998

1997

White Lies
White Lies
as Art Hoarder
Movie - Released: 4/1/1997
Movie
Three Little Pigs
as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Kull the Conqueror
Kull the Conqueror
as Juba
Movie - Released: 8/29/1997

1996

Independence Day
Independence Day
as Marty Gilbert
Movie - Released: 6/25/1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Easter Bunny
Movie - Released: 12/24/1996
Everything Relative
Everything Relative
as The Moyle
Movie - Released: 9/13/1996
The Celluloid Closet
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/15/1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/29/1996

1995

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
as Yves DuBois
Movie - Released: 8/25/1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
TV - Released: 3/12/1995

1994

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/23/1994
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
as Sid Loomis
Movie - Released: 10/14/1994
Daddy's Girls
Daddy's Girls
as Dennis Sinclair
TV - Released: 9/21/1994
Ellen
Ellen
as Harvey Fierstein
TV - Released: 3/29/1994

1993

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/22/1993
The Harvest
The Harvest
as Bob Lakin
Movie - Released: 11/5/1993
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
as Frank
Movie - Released: 11/24/1993
Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait
as Self
TV - Released: 11/14/1993

1992

The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show
as Harvey Fierstein
TV - Released: 8/15/1992

1991

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story
as Andrew
Movie - Released: 9/18/1991

1990

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/31/1990

1989

The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Karl (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

Torch Song Trilogy
Torch Song Trilogy
as Arnold Beckoff
Movie - Released: 12/14/1988
MaMa's Pushcart
MaMa's Pushcart
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
Tidy Endings
Tidy Endings
as Arthur
Movie - Released: 8/14/1988

1986

Apology
Apology
as The derelict
Movie - Released: 7/27/1986

1984

Garbo Talks
Garbo Talks
as Bernie Whitlock
Movie - Released: 10/12/1984
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/7/1984
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
as Benedict
TV - Released: 9/16/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Stan Hatter
TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

The Demon Murder Case
The Demon Murder Case
as The Demon (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/6/1983

1982

Cheers
Cheers
as Mark Newberger
TV - Released: 9/30/1982

1975

Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 4/1/1956