Harvey Fierstein
Acting
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.
Known for
Mulan
1998
Independence Day
1996
Duplex
2003
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Mulan II
2004
Bros
2022
Safe Men
1998
Disarm Hate
2020
Death to Smoochy
2002
Animal Crackers
2018
Foodfight!
2012
Newsies
2017
The Wiz Live!
2015