Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein

June 6, 1954 (70 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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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The Simpsons The Simpsons
Family Guy Family Guy
Family Guy Family Guy
How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother
The Good Wife The Good Wife

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