Harvey Fierstein

Q: Has Harvey Fierstein won any awards?

Yes, Harvey Fierstein has won four Tony Awards for Best Actor and Best Play. He has also received numerous nominations and accolades throughout his career.

Q: What was Harvey Fierstein's first film?

Harvey Fierstein made his film debut in 'Fiddler on the Roof' in 1971. His early career included both stage and television appearances.

Q: What is Harvey Fierstein's estimated net worth?

Harvey Fierstein's estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting his successful career in theater, film, and television.

Q: What is one of Harvey Fierstein's notable contributions to LGBTQ+ representation?

Harvey Fierstein has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and representation in the arts, especially through his work in 'Torch Song Trilogy,' which addresses themes of identity and acceptance.

Q: What is Harvey Fierstein's acting style known for?

Harvey Fierstein's acting style is characterized by his powerful voice and emotional depth, often bringing a unique blend of humor and poignancy to his roles.

Q: Has Harvey Fierstein worked in television?

Yes, Harvey Fierstein has appeared in various television shows, including 'The Simpsons,' 'Nurse Jackie,' and 'The Good Wife,' showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Q: What was the impact of 'Kinky Boots' on Harvey Fierstein's career?

The success of 'Kinky Boots' further solidified Harvey Fierstein's reputation as a leading figure in musical theater, earning him critical acclaim and expanding his audience.

Known for

Mulan (1998)

IMDb 7.6 / 10

1998 / Action, Adventure / 84mins

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...

Independence Day (1996)

IMDb 7.0 / 10

1996 / Action, Adventure / 145 min

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major...

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

IMDb 7.1 / 10

1993 / Comedy, Drama / 125 min

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

Name

Harvey Fierstein

Height

5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Born

6 July 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spouses

Mudrick (2018–present)

Children

None

Parents

Jack Fierstein, Miriam Fierstein

Estimated Net Worth

$5 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2023	Movie Commitment to Life Against a rich Hollywood backdrop, "Commitment to Life" documents the true story of the fight against HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2022	Movie Bros Two gay men are possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.	Louis	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway You are invited to join recording artist and Broadway star Shoshana Bean and her cast of friends for a musical...	Performer	Not rated
2020	Movie Disarm Hate Nine LGBTQs come together after the Pulse Massacre to join one man, a hairdresser and activist from New Jersey without...	Narrator	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2019	TV 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...	skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2019	Movie Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie Animal Crackers A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by...	Esmerelda (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	TV Big Mouth Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals...	Older Guy Town Resident (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie The Fabulous Allan Carr Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties...	Self (archive)	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2016	Movie Hairspray Live! A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.	Edna Turnblad	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2016	TV Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview...	Self	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire "A 2015 pilot I made for a BBC webseries, rejected after I got into an argument with the commissioner." -...	Self (Archive)	Not rated
2015	Movie The Making of the Wiz Live! Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special...	Self	Not rated
2014	TV BoJack Horseman Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not...	Harvey Fierstein (voice)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV Trailblazer Honors One-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.	Self - Honoree	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	TV Late Night with Seth Meyers Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	Movie Russian Broadway Shut Down Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performance. The Russian Broadway community responds.	Unknown character	Not rated
2012	Movie Foodfight! The evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.	Fat Cat Burglar (voice)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2012	TV Smash Celebrating the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater, following a cross section of dreamers and schemers who all have...	Harvey Fierstein	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV 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...	Judge Francis Flamm	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV Nurse Jackie Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie...	John Decker	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2007	Movie ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway is an American documentary film, directed by Dori Berinstein, a Broadway Producer, Writer and Filmmaker....	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	Movie Words and Music by Jerry Herman WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of one of Broadway's iconic figures: the composer/lyricist of Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie The Year Without a Santa Claus Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the...	Heat Miser	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie Farce of the Penguins In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of...	Sheila (voz)	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2006	Movie The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest...	Host	Not rated
2005	TV How I Met Your Mother A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best...	Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2005	Movie Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation...	Self - Host	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2004	Movie Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie Mulan II Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in...	Yao (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak...	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2004	Movie Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of...	Self (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2003	Movie Duplex When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is...	Kenneth	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2003	Movie 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...	Self	TMDB 9.4 / 10
2002	Movie Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary A short documentary about the making of Danny Devito’s film "Death to Smoochy."	Self	Not rated
2002	Movie Death to Smoochy Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over...	Merv Green	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2001	Movie Rescued from the Closet Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet....	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie One on One with Vito Russo Interview with Vito Russo featured on “The Celluloid Closet” DVD.	Self (archive)	Not rated
2000	Movie Playing Mona Lisa A young pianist is looking for love in all the wrong places once her fiancee drops her. Maybe her flame...	Bennett	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	Movie Common Ground This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins...	Don	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Sissy Duckling Elmer, a sensitive duckling whose schoolmates tease him. However, after his unusual talents help him save a life, the other...	Elmer (voice)	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1999	Movie Double Platinum The story of a mother driven to reach the heights of superstardom at the cost of abandoning her only child.	Gary Millstein	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1999	Movie Jump Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than...	Dish Macense	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Tracy (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Buster Keaton (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1998	TV Hercules Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of...	Argus Panoptes (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	Movie Safe Men Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are...	Good Stuff Leo	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1998	Movie Mulan When Imperial China calls one man from every family to defend the empire from invading Huns, a young woman disguises...	Yao (voice)	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1997	Movie Kull the Conqueror A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old king in battle. In an effort to regain the throne,...	Juba	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1997	Movie White Lies A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a...	Art Hoarder	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1997	Movie Three Little Pigs A vegan wolf moves in with the Three Pigs in a parody of MTV's Real World.	The Big Bad Wolf (voice)	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1996	Movie Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and...	Easter Bunny	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1996	Movie Everything Relative Old college chums get together for a weekend reunion that is bound to open old wounds and perhaps heal them....	The Moyle	TMDB 2.9 / 10
1996	Movie The Making of 'Independence Day' We take a look at various fields of development for the motion picture, Independence Day (1996). Jeff Goldblum is our...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	Movie Independence Day Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events...	Marty Gilbert	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1996	Movie The Celluloid Closet Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	Movie Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde A scientist creating perfumes inherits his great grandfather Dr. Jekyll's formula and decides to use modern technology to improve it....	Yves DuBois	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Mrs. Leaperman (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie Bullets Over Broadway After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the...	Sid Loomis	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1994	Movie Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest Finished a quarter century after the earth-shaking protests that forever altered the public perception of LGBTQ people in America, Stonewall...	Self	Not rated
1994	TV Daddy's Girls Daddy's Girls is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in the fall of 1994. The series followed Dudley Walker,...	Dennis Sinclair	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1994	TV Ellen Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work...	Harvey Fierstein	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1993	Movie Mrs. Doubtfire Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly...	Frank	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1993	TV Intimate Portrait Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1993	Movie The Harvest A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently...	Bob Lakin	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1993	Movie An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez,...	Self	Not rated
1992	TV The Larry Sanders Show Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure...	Harvey Fierstein	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1991	Movie In The Shadow Of Love: A Teen AIDS Story Two high school journalists write a story about a teen HIV support group, and are stunned by some of the...	Andrew	Not rated
1990	Movie The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches.	Self	Not rated
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Karl (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1988	Movie Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s...	Arnold Beckoff	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1988	Movie Tidy Endings A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while...	Arthur	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1988	Movie MaMa's Pushcart With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and...	Unknown character	Not rated
1986	Movie Apology For her upcoming exhibition, "Apology," Lily, a New York conceptual artist, is designing a sound and sculpture installation inspired by...	The derelict	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1984	Movie Garbo Talks When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother,...	Bernie Whitlock	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1984	Movie The Times of Harvey Milk Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1984	TV Murder, She Wrote An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.	Stan Hatter	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1984	TV Miami Vice The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on...	Benedict	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie The Demon Murder Case A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.	The Demon (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1982	TV Cheers The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people...	Mark Newberger	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	Movie Kinky Boots: The Musical Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly...	Musical Writing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2018	Movie Funny Girl The life of Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway's...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Funny Girl The life of Fanny Brice, who rose from the Lower East Side of New York to become one of Broadway's...	Musical Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Newsies A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer,...	Musical Writing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	Movie Hairspray Live! A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.	Teleplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2015	Movie The Wiz Live! Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Common Ground This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1999	Movie The Sissy Duckling Elmer, a sensitive duckling whose schoolmates tease him. However, after his unusual talents help him save a life, the other...	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1988	Movie Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s...	Theatre Play Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1988	Movie Torch Song Trilogy Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1988	Movie Tidy Endings A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while...	Teleplay Writing	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1988	Movie Tidy Endings A man, whose companion dies of AIDS, confronts his lover's ex-wife and the two end up building a friendship while...	Theatre Play Writing	TMDB 4.0 / 10

Commitment to Life

2023

Bros

2022 / TMDB 6.6

Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway

2020

Disarm Hate

2020 / TMDB 1.0

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

2019 / TMDB 6.5

Animal Crackers

2018 / TMDB 6.3

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