Harvey Fierstein

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Mulan

As Yao (voice)

Mrs. Doubtfire

As Frank

Independence Day

As Marty Gilbert

Death to Smoochy

As Merv Green

Bullets Over Broadway

As Sid Loomis

Torch Song Trilogy

As Arnold Beckoff

Related people

Collaborators & neighbours

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  Robin Williams

  Shared 2 credits

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  Lisa Jakub

  Shared 2 credits

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  Will Smith

  Shared a credit

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  Edward Norton

  Shared a credit

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  Randy Quaid

  Shared a credit

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  Eddie Murphy

  Shared a credit

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  Danny DeVito

  Shared a credit

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  Pierce Brosnan

  Shared a credit

Acted

Death to Smoochy

2002 · Merv Green

Mulan

1998 · Yao (voice)

Independence Day

1996 · Marty Gilbert

Bullets Over Broadway

1994 · Sid Loomis

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993 · Frank

Torch Song Trilogy

1988 · Arnold Beckoff

Wrote

Torch Song Trilogy

1988