Harvey Fierstein - Actor Profile

Harvey Fierstein

Acting
50Total Films
9.4 Highest Rated
Born: Jun 6, 1952
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

About 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.

Best Harvey Fierstein Movies Ranked

Must-watch hits from Harvey Fierstein's career based on audience ratings.

Complete Filmography & Success Status

Tracking the career evolution and box office verdicts of Harvey Fierstein.

YearMovieCharacterSuccessMore
2022 Bros Louis Hit Similar →
2020 Disarm Hate Narrator Flop Similar →
2019 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Self Hit Similar →
2017 Animal Crackers Esmerelda (voice) Average Similar →
2016 Hairspray Live! Edna Turnblad Hit Similar →
2015 The Making of the Wiz Live! Self Flop Similar →
2012 Foodfight! Fat Cat Burglar (voice) Flop Similar →
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway Self Hit Similar →
2007 Words and Music by Jerry Herman Self Flop Similar →
2006 The Year Without a Santa Claus Heat Miser Average Similar →
2006 Farce of the Penguins Sheila (voz) Flop Similar →
2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays Host Flop Similar →
2005 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Self - Host Hit Similar →
2004 Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde Self Flop Similar →
2004 Mulan II Yao (voice) Hit Similar →
2004 Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis Self Flop Similar →
2004 Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me Self (voice) Hit Similar →
2003 Duplex Kenneth Average Similar →
2003 The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series Self Super Hit Similar →
2002 Death to Smoochy Merv Green Average Similar →
2001 Rescued from the Closet Self Average Similar →
2000 Playing Mona Lisa Bennett Average Similar →
2000 Common Ground Don Flop Similar →
1999 The Sissy Duckling Elmer (voice) Flop Similar →
1999 Double Platinum Gary Millstein Super Hit Similar →
1999 Jump Dish Macense Flop Similar →
1998 Safe Men Good Stuff Leo Average Similar →
1998 Mulan Yao (voice) Super Hit Similar →
1997 Kull the Conqueror Juba Flop Similar →
1997 White Lies Art Hoarder Flop Similar →
1997 Three Little Pigs The Big Bad Wolf (voice) Average Similar →
1996 Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas Easter Bunny Average Similar →
1996 Everything Relative The Moyle Flop Similar →
1996 The Making of 'Independence Day' Self Average Similar →
1996 Independence Day Marty Gilbert Hit Similar →
1996 The Celluloid Closet Self Hit Similar →
1995 Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Yves DuBois Flop Similar →
1994 Bullets Over Broadway Sid Loomis Hit Similar →
1994 Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest Self Flop Similar →
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Frank Hit Similar →
1993 The Harvest Bob Lakin Flop Similar →
1993 An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends Self Flop Similar →
1990 The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? Self Flop Similar →
1988 Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff Hit Similar →
1988 Tidy Endings Arthur Flop Similar →
1988 MaMa's Pushcart - Flop Similar →
1986 Apology The derelict Flop Similar →
1984 Garbo Talks Bernie Whitlock Average Similar →
1984 The Times of Harvey Milk Narrator (voice) Hit Similar →
1983 The Demon Murder Case The Demon (voice) Average Similar →

Harvey Fierstein - Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best movie of Harvey Fierstein?

According to audience ratings, the best movie starring Harvey Fierstein is "The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series" with a rating of 9.4/10.

How many movies has Harvey Fierstein acted in?

Harvey Fierstein has been featured in at least 50 major films throughout their career.

What are some other popular movies by Harvey Fierstein?

Other notable films include "Double Platinum", "Mulan", and "Torch Song Trilogy".