Harvey Fierstein

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 6, 1954 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Popular Genres
Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Career Span
1983 – 2022

Harvey Fierstein

6 wins
113 nominations
3 Oscars
53 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 6, 1954
From
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Career
1983 – 2022

Award Recognition

6
Wins
113
Nominations
3
Oscars

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Mulan
Independence Day
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bros
Mulan II
Death to Smoochy
Duplex
Animal Crackers
Hairspray Live!
White Lies

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