Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

1952-06-06 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 63 Credits

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 Boot...

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Bros

Bros

2022

as Louis

6.7
Acting

Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

2020

as Performer

Acting

You are invited to join recording artist and Broadway star Shoshana Bean and her cast of friends for a musical evening of Broadway tunes.

Disarm Hate

Disarm Hate

2020

as Narrator

1.0
Acting

Nine LGBTQs come together after the Pulse Massacre to join one man, a hairdresser and activist from New Jersey without political experience, as he bui...

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019

as Himself

6.5
Acting

The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition"...

Kinky Boots: The Musical

Kinky Boots: The Musical

2019

Musical, Writer

7.9
Writing

Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compa...

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

2018

Musical, Writer

8.5
Writing

The life of Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway's biggest stars under producer Florenz Ziegfield. Whi...

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

2017

as Esmerelda (voice)

6.2
Acting

A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.

Newsies

Newsies

2017

Musical

8.0

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze ...

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

2016

as Edna Turnblad

7.4
Acting

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

Hairspray Live!

Hairspray Live!

2016

Teleplay

7.4

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

The Wiz Live!

The Wiz Live!

2015

Writer

7.0
Writing

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michae...

The Making of the Wiz Live!

The Making of the Wiz Live!

2015

as Self

Acting

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special will give an exclusive backstage look at this h...

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Acting

Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performance. The Russian Broadway community responds.

Foodfight!

Foodfight!

2012

as Fat Cat Burglar (voice)

1.9
Acting

The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

2007

as Self

7.2
Acting

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker. Berinstei...

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

Words and Music by Jerry Herman

2007

as Self

Acting

WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage aux Folles. Jerry Herman an...

The Year Without a Santa Claus

The Year Without a Santa Claus

2006

as Heat Miser

5.6
Acting

Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.

Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

2006

as Sheila (voice)

4.0
Acting

In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

2006

as Host

Acting

The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips fro...

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

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

2005

as Self - Host

7.2
Acting

Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great m...

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004

as Self

2.0
Acting

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver 150 of the Irish scribe...

Mulan II

Mulan II

2004

as Yao (voice)

6.5
Acting

Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever...

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

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

2004

as Self

3.0
Acting

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her ...

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

2004

as Self (voice)

7.0
Acting

Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities, ...

Duplex

Duplex

2003

as Kenneth

6.1
Acting

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

2003

as Self

9.4
Acting

Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a co...

Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary

2002

as Self

Acting

A short documentary about the making of Danny Devito’s film Death to Smoochy.

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002

as Merv Green

5.9
Acting

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by s...

Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

2001

as Self

6.0
Acting

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the his...

Playing Mona Lisa

Playing Mona Lisa

2000

as Bennett

5.7
Acting

A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame will be rekindled both for the piano and a new...

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

as Don

4.9
Acting

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's an...

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

Writer

4.9
Writing

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's an...

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

1999

as Elmer (voice)

5.1
Acting

Elmer, a sensitive duckling whose schoolmates tease him. However, after his unusual talents help him save a life, the other members of the flock learn...

The Sissy Duckling

The Sissy Duckling

1999

Writer

5.1
Writing

Elmer, a sensitive duckling whose schoolmates tease him. However, after his unusual talents help him save a life, the other members of the flock learn...

Double Platinum

Double Platinum

1999

as Gary Millstein

8.0
Acting

The story of a mother driven to reach the heights of superstardom at the cost of abandoning her only child.

Jump

Jump

1999

as Dish Macense

1.5
Acting

Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than he is.

Safe Men

Safe Men

1998

as Good Stuff Leo

5.5
Acting

Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...

Mulan

Mulan

1998

as Yao (voice)

7.9
Acting

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 pro...

Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

1997

as Juba

5.1
Acting

A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle. In an effort to regain the throne, the former king's heirs resurrect Akiv...

White Lies

White Lies

1997

as Art Hoarder

1.7
Acting

A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she off...

Three Little Pigs

1997

as The Big Bad Wolf (voice)

5.8
Acting

A vegan wolf moves in with the Three Pigs in a parody of MTV's Real World.

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

as Easter Bunny

5.9
Acting

Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be lik...

Everything Relative

Everything Relative

1996

as The Moyle

1.8
Acting

Old college chums get together for a weekend reunion that is bound to open old wounds and perhaps heal them. New romances find a spark while old ones ...

The Making of 'Independence Day'

The Making of 'Independence Day'

1996

as Self

5.9
Acting

We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our guide through 'Area ID4' (a rip-...

Independence Day

Independence Day

1996

as Marty Gilbert

6.9
Acting

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996

as Self

7.2
Acting

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serv...

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

1995

as Yves DuBois

4.7
Acting

A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it. He ends up as an...

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994

as Sid Loomis

7.1
Acting

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a...

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest

1994

Acting

Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall 25: Globa...

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

as Frank

7.2
Acting

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his k...

The Harvest

The Harvest

1993

as Bob Lakin

4.7
Acting

A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, th...

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

1993

as Self

Acting

On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performe...

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

1991

as Andrew

Acting

Two high school journalists write a story about a teen HIV support group, and are stunned by some of the stories they hear.

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1990

as Self

Acting

Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches.

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

as Arnold Beckoff

7.4
Acting

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988

Theatre Play, Screenplay

7.4
Writing

Arnold is a gay man working as a drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

as Arthur

1.0
Acting

A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath ...

Tidy Endings

Tidy Endings

1988

Theatre Play, Teleplay

1.0

A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while coping with the emotional aftermath ...

MaMa's Pushcart

MaMa's Pushcart

1988

Acting

With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard, El...

Apology

Apology

1986

as The derelict

4.7
Acting

For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by the testimony ...

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

1984

as Bernie Whitlock

6.2
Acting

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: ...

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984

as Narrator (voice)

7.3
Acting

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassina...

The Demon Murder Case

The Demon Murder Case

1983

as The Demon (voice)

5.9
Acting

A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.