Harvey Fierstein
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.
Born: June 6, 1952
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a collection of four programs offering an up-close look at the remarkable lives of the hit show's stars. Valerie Harper, John Ritter and Alex Trebek narrate this tribute, with guests including Angela Lansbury, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Rosie O'Donnell and many others.
BoJack Horseman
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
How I Met Your Mother
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Double Platinum
The story of a mother driven to reach the heights of superstardom at the cost of abandoning her only child.
Mulan
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Return to the world of Thra, where three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power and set out to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.
The Larry Sanders Show
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
Big Mouth
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
The Good Wife
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Filmography
as Louis
as Narrator
as skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
as Older Guy Town Resident (voice)
as Esmerelda (voice)
as Edna Turnblad
as Self (Archive)
as Self
as Harvey Fierstein (voice)
as Self - Honoree
as Self
as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
as Harvey Fierstein
as Judge Francis Flamm
as Self - Guest
as Heat Miser
as Sheila (voz)
as Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)
as Self
as Yao (voice)
as Self (voice)
as Kenneth
as Merv Green
as Self
as Bennett
as Don
as Elmer (voice)
as Gary Millstein
as Dish Macense
as Buster Keaton (voice)
as Tracy (voice)
as Argus Panoptes (voice)
as Good Stuff Leo
as Yao (voice)
as Juba
as Art Hoarder
as Easter Bunny
as The Moyle
as Marty Gilbert
as Self
as Yves DuBois
as Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
as Sid Loomis
as Dennis Sinclair
as Harvey Fierstein
as Frank
as Self
as Bob Lakin
as Harvey Fierstein
as Karl (voice)
as Arnold Beckoff
as Arthur
as The derelict
as Bernie Whitlock
as Narrator (voice)
as Stan Hatter
as Benedict
as The Demon (voice)
as Mark Newberger
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)