Harvey Fierstein: movies and TV shows
Harvey Fierstein has 96 credits in the archive: 71 films and 25 TV series, from 1956 to 2023. Highest rated: Daddy's Girls (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2023 · busiest year: 1988 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Commitment to Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2022 | Bros | Louis | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2020 | Disarm Hate | Narrator | Film | 1.0 | 68 |
| 2020 | Shoshana Bean and Friends: An Evening of Broadway | Performer | Film | — | 68 |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | skekAyuk (The Gourmand) (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2019 | Kinky Boots: The Musical | Film | 7.8 | 67 | |
| 2019 | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles | Self | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2018 | Animal Crackers | Esmerelda (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2018 | Funny Girl | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 2018 | Funny Girl | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 2017 | Big Mouth | Older Guy Town Resident (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 2017 | Newsies | Film | 8.0 | 65 | |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | Self | TV | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2016 | Hairspray Live! | Edna Turnblad | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2016 | Hairspray Live! | Film | 7.3 | 64 | |
| 2015 | The Wiz Live! | Film | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 2015 | The Making of the Wiz Live! | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2015 | Another Take on… Mrs. Doubtfire | Self (Archive) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 62 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Harvey Fierstein (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 62 |
| 2014 | Trailblazer Honors | Self - Honoree | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | Film | — | 62 | |
| 2012 | Smash | Harvey Fierstein | TV | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Fat Cat Burglar (voice) | Film | 1.9 | 60 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge Francis Flamm | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie | John Decker | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2007 | Words and Music by Jerry Herman | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2006 | Farce of the Penguins | Sheila (voice) | Film | 4.2 | 54 |
| 2006 | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Heat Miser | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Host | Film | — | 54 |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Lily's Smoking Voice (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 53 |
| 2005 | Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards | Self - Host | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 2004 | Mulan II | Yao (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde | Self | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2004 | Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis | Self | Film | 3.5 | 52 |
| 2004 | Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me | Self (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2003 | Duplex | Kenneth | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2003 | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Self | Film | 9.4 | 51 |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy | Merv Green | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 2002 | Death to Smoochy: Behind the Scenes Documentary | Self | Film | — | 50 |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet | Self | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2001 | One on One with Vito Russo | Self (archive) | Film | — | 49 |
| 2000 | Playing Mona Lisa | Bennett | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Don | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Film | 5.0 | 48 | |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Buster Keaton (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Tracy (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1999 | Double Platinum | Gary Millstein | Film | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Elmer (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1999 | The Sissy Duckling | Film | 5.1 | 47 | |
| 1999 | Jump | Dish Macense | Film | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1998 | Mulan | Yao (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 46 |
| 1998 | Hercules | Argus Panoptes (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1998 | Safe Men | Good Stuff Leo | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1997 | Kull the Conqueror | Juba | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1997 | Three Little Pigs | The Big Bad Wolf (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1997 | White Lies | Art Hoarder | Film | 3.8 | 45 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Marty Gilbert | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1996 | Everything Relative | The Moyle | Film | 2.9 | 44 |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Self | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1996 | The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Easter Bunny | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mrs. Leaperman (voice) | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1995 | Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | Yves DuBois | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1994 | Ellen | Harvey Fierstein | TV | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1994 | Bullets Over Broadway | Sid Loomis | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1994 | Daddy's Girls | Dennis Sinclair | TV | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1994 | Stonewall 25: Global Voices of Pride and Protest | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 41 |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Frank | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1993 | The Harvest | Bob Lakin | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 1993 | An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Harvey Fierstein | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1991 | In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story | Andrew | Film | — | 39 |
| 1990 | The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Karl (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Arnold Beckoff | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1988 | MaMa's Pushcart | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1988 | Tidy Endings | Arthur | Film | 4.0 | 36 |
| 1988 | Tidy Endings | Film | 4.0 | 36 | |
| 1988 | Tidy Endings | Film | 4.0 | 36 | |
| 1986 | Apology | The derelict | Film | 5.1 | 34 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Stan Hatter | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Benedict | TV | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1984 | The Times of Harvey Milk | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Bernie Whitlock | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | The Demon (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1982 | Cheers | Mark Newberger | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 4 |