Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright
Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for playing his voice role as Yao in the 1998 animated movie Mulan. He won two Tony Awards and two Drama Desk Awards.
Fierstein was born on June 6, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He was raised Jewish,[2] but he is an atheist.[3] Fierstein is openly gay.[4] He now lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Fierstein is an activist for Gay Rights as supporter for the Democratic Party.[5]
Filmography
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change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Bernie Whitlock | |
| The Times of Harvey Milk | Narrator | Voice role | |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Arnold Beckoff | |
| 1992 | The Harvest | Bob Lakin | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Francis "Frank" Hillard | |
| Bullets Over Broadway | Sid Loomis | ||
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Yves DuBois | |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Himself | Interview about LGBT movies |
| Independence Day | Marty Gilbert | ||
| Everything Relative | The Moyle | ||
| Elmo Saves Christmas | Easter Bunny | ||
| 1997 | White Lies | Art Hoarder | |
| Kull the Conqueror | Juba | ||
| Three Little Pigs | The Big Bad Wolf | Voice role (short film) | |
| 1998 | Mulan | Yao | Voice role |
| Safe Men | Leo | ||
| 1999 | Jump | Dish Macense | |
| 2000 | Playing Mona Lisa | Bennett | |
| Unreleased | Kingdom of the Sun | Huaca | Voice role |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Bob Shelby | |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Merv Green | |
| 2003 | Duplex | Kenneth | |
| 2004 | Mulan II | Yao | Voice role |
| 2006 | Farce of the Penguins | Sheila | Voice role |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Fat Cat Burglar | Voice role |
| 2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | Book Writer | Short film |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Esmerelda | Voice role |
| 2019 | The Little Mermaid: An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience | Ursula | Voice role |
| 2020 | Disarm Hate | Narrator | Voice role (documentary) |
Television
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | Demon | Voice role (television film) |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Benedict | Episode: "The Fix" |
| Apology | The Derelict | Television film | |
| 1988 | Tidy Endings | Arthur | Television film |
| 1990 | The Simpsons | Karl | Voice role (Episode: "Simpson and Delilah") |
| 1991 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Andrew | Episode: "In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story" |
| 1992 | Cheers | Mark Newberger | Episode: "Rebecca's Lover... Not" |
| Murder, She Wrote | Stan Hatter | Episode: "The Dead File" | |
| 1994 | Daddy's Girl | Dennis Sinclair | Series regular (3 episodes) |
| 1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Harvey Fierstein | Episode: "The Matchmaker" |
| Fame L.A. | Jeremy Pinter | Episode: "Do or Die" | |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mrs. Leaperman | Voice role (Episode: "Thumbelina") | |
| 1998 | Ellen | Himself | Episode: "It's a Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay World!" |
| Hercules | Argus Panoptes | Voice role (Episode: "Hercules and the Bacchanal") | |
| Stories from My Childhood | Grambo | Voice role (Episode: "Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet") | |
| 1999 | Double Platinum | Gary Millstein | Television film |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer | Voice role (television film) |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Don | Television film |
| Behind the Music | Himself | Episode: "1984" | |
| 2004 | Biography | Himself | Episode: "John Waters" |
| 2004–07 | Sesame Street | Himself | Recurring role (3 episodes) |
| 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Heat Miser | Television film |
| 2008 | Family Guy | Tracy | Voice role (Episode: "The Former Life of Brian") |
| 2009 | How I Met Your Mother | Lily's smoking voice (voice) | Episode: "Last Cigarette Ever" |
| 2010 | Nurse Jackie | John Decker | Episode: "Monkey Bits" |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | Judge Francis Flamm | Episode: "Feeding the Rat" |
| 2012 | Submissions Only | Auditioner #5 | Episode: "Another Interruption" |
| 2013 | Smash | Himself | Episode: "The Fallout" |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Himself | Episode: "Harvey Fierstein & Kim Zolciak" | |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live! | Himself | Episode: "Bill Hader/Hozier" |
| 2015 | Family Guy | Buster Keaton | Voice role (Episode: "Stewie Is Enceinte") |
| The Wiz Live! | — | Television special (teleplay writer) | |
| 2016 | Hairspray Live! | Edna Turnblad | Television special (also teleplay writer) |
| 2017 | BoJack Horseman | iOvulate bracelet | Voice role (Episode: "Commence Fracking") |
| 2018-2020 | Big Mouth | Jerome | Voice role (Episode: "Guy Town", "Horrority House") |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Himself | Episode: "Jane Curtin & Harvey Fierstein" | |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Gourmand | Recurring voice role (7 episodes) |
Video games
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan | Yao | |
| Mulan Story Studio | |||
| 2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | English version | |
| 2007 | Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix |
References
change- ↑ "Harvey Fierstein Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ Mark J. Terrill (27 November 2003). "'Hairspray' drag queen to play Mrs. Claus at Macy's parade". USATODAY. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ McKinley, Jesse (2005-01-02). "Fierstein As Tevye: Sounds Crazy, No?". The New York Times. p. 2.5.
I mean, I don't believe in God, I don't believe in heaven or hell, but I pray three or four times a day.
- ↑ "Harvey Fierstein". PBS.org. Broadway: The American Musical. Archived from the original on 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ↑ "Harvey Fierstein political contributions". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
Other websites
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- Harvey Fierstein at the Internet Broadway Database
- Harvey Fierstein on IMDb
- Review of Torch Song Trilogy, with information about Fierstein Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- TonyAwards.com Interview with Harvey Fierstein Archived 2007-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Donald L. Brooks' memoir of early casting of Fierstein and commissioning and directing Fierstein's first play. Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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