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.

Harvey Fierstein

Acting Born June 6, 1952 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Simpsons

Karl (voice)

Family Guy

Buster Keaton (voice)

Family Guy

Tracy (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

How I Met Your Mother

Lily's Smoking Voice (voice)

The Good Wife

Judge Francis Flamm

Cheers

Mark Newberger

Murder, She Wrote

Stan Hatter

Miami Vice

Benedict

BoJack Horseman

Harvey Fierstein (voice)