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Harvey Fierstein
AKA: Harvey Forbes Fierstein
Acting
Born: 1952
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Known For
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)
2019 · US
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Self
2016 · US
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Honoree
2014 · US
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014 · US
Smash
Harvey Fierstein
2012 · US
Nurse Jackie
John Decker
2009 · US
Hercules
Argus Panoptes (voice)
1998 · US
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Mrs. Leaperman (voice)
1995 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | 2019 | skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) |
| Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | 2016 | Self |
| Trailblazer Honors | 2014 | Self - Honoree |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | Self |
| Smash | 2012 | Harvey Fierstein |
| Nurse Jackie | 2009 | John Decker |
| Hercules | 1998 | Argus Panoptes (voice) |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | Mrs. Leaperman (voice) |
| Ellen | 1994 | Harvey Fierstein |
| The Larry Sanders Show | 1992 | Harvey Fierstein |
| The Simpsons | 1989 | Karl (voice) |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1984 | Stan Hatter |
| Miami Vice | 1984 | Benedict |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975 | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| Tony Awards | 1956 | Self - Winner |