Harvey Fierstein Net Worth

Harvey Fierstein net worth is
$2 Million

Harvey Fierstein Wiki Biography

Harvey Forbes Fierstein was born on the 6th June 1954, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, and is an actor and playwright, probably still best recognized for starring in the role of Arnold Beckoff in his own play “Torch Song Trilogy” (1983), and portraying Edna Turnblad in the musical “Hairspray” (2003) among others. He is also known as the author of several books. His career has been active since the early 1970s.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Harvey Fierstein is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Harvey’s net worth is over $2 million, accumulated through his successful involvement in the entertainment industry.

Harvey Fierstein Net Worth $2 Million

Harvey Fierstein hails from a Jewish family; he is the younger son of Irving Fierstein, who worked as a handkerchief manufacturer, and Jacqueline Harriet, who was a school librarian; his brother is film producer Ronald K. Fierstein. While in high school, he was very interested in writing, so he attended creative writing classes. Beside that, he also wanted to become an actor, so he performed at a number of small clubs. Upon matriculation, he enrolled at Pratt University, graduating with a BFA degree in 1973.

Harvey’s career began when he made his debut in the play “Pork” (1971) at New York’s La Mama Experimental Theater Club. Subsequently, he started to write his own plays, and the first one was performed at La Mama in the following year, entitled “International Stud”, which marked the beginning of an increase of his net worth. By the end of the decade, Harvey had written such plays as “Fugue In A Nursery” and “Widows And Children First” among others.

In 1982, Harvey decided to form a new play called “Torch Song Trilogy”, from three previous plays – “International Stud”, “Furgue In A Nursery”, and “Widows And Children First”. In the play he starred as Arnold Beckoff and it had enormous success as he won Tony Awards for Best Play and for Best Actor in a Play, also two Drama Desk Awards and the Theatre World Award. The play was later adapted into the film, which added a considerable amount to his net worth. During the same decade, he won another Tony Award for his book for “La Cage Aux Folles” (1983), in the category for Best Book of a Musical. Parallel with his activity in theater, Harvey also appeared on screens in such TV series and film titles as “Garbo Talks” (1984), portraying Bernie Whitlock, “Miami Vice” (1986), and “Tidy Endings” (1988).

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In the 1990s, Harvey continued to line up success after success, starring in a number of titles, including in the role of Bob Lakin in “The Harvest” (1992), playing Frank in “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993), as Dennis Sinclair in the TV series “Daddy’s Girls” (1994), and portraying Marty Gilbert in “Independence Day” (1996), alongside Will Smith and Bill Pullman. All of these roles increased his net worth by a large margin.

The new millennium didn’t change too much for Harvey, as he became active again in the theater, playing Edna Turnblad in the musical “Hairspray” in 2002, for which he won another Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Two years later, he was cast in the role of Tevye in the musical “Fiddler On The Roof”. In 2007, he published the book for the musical “A Catered Affair”, in which he starred, winning the Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical. At the same time, he was cast in such TV series and film titles as “Death To Smoochy” (2002), “The Year Without A Santa Claus” (2006), and guest-starred in “How I Met Your Mother” in 2009. All of these appearances contributed to his wealth.

To speak further about his career, Harvey wrote the book for the musical “Newsies” in 2012, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Book of a Musical, and in the following year, the book for “Kinky Boots”, which earned him 13 nominations for Tony Awards, winning six. Most recently, he appeared in the film “Hairspray Live!” (2016), and his net worth is certainly rising.

Regarding his personal life, Harvey Fierstein is openly gay; his current residence is in Ridgefield, Connecticut.



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Full Name	Harvey Fierstein
Net Worth	$2 Million
Date Of Birth	June 6, 1954
Place Of Birth	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Height	6′ 2½” (1.89 m)
Profession	Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Education	Pratt Institute
Nationality	American
Parents	Jacqueline Harriet Fierstein, Irving Fierstein
Siblings	Ronald K. Fierstein
Twitter	https://twitter.com/harveyfierstein
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001213/
Awards	Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk …
Nominations	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, Virgin Atlantic Best New Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Lambda Literary Award for Children’s/Young Adult, Outer …
Movies	Hairspray Live!, Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, Mulan, Torch Song Trilogy, Death to Smoochy, Duplex, Mulan II, Bullets over Broadway, Playing Mona Lisa, Garbo Talks, Kull the Conqueror, Safe Men, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Foodfight!, Elmo Saves Christmas, Everything Relative, Double Platinum
TV Shows	Daddy’s Girls

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#	Trademark
1	Gruff yet smooth voice

#	Quote
1	Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.
2	[on the late Robin Williams] Robin was friend, boss, brother, inspiration. His generosity and intelligence knew no limits. Only his home planet could destroy him.
3	[on Torch Song Trilogy (1988)] I’m happy that we made it. Is it everything I wanted it to be? Is anything ever? I fought with [director] Paul Bogart because I had based the entire third act on a song by Big Maybelle. When we went to make the movie, Paul refused to put it in the movie. We used a beautiful Ella Fitzgerald recording of “This Time the Dream’s on Me”, which is very pretty, but it doesn’t have that emotion. But to Paul, it did. It’s life. I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
4	Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.
5	The great thing about suicide is that it’s not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.
6	Always admit when you’re wrong. You’ll save thousands in therapy… and a few friendships too.
7	Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don’t, or they wouldn’t have to say they did.

#	Fact
1	He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 11, 2016.
2	His trademark voice is the result of over-developed ventricular folds in his throat, which produce a hoarse-sounding double voice.
3	He pronounces his last name “fire-steen”.
4	Is good friends with actor/director Danny DeVito.
5	Following a severe bout of depression following the break up with a lover, Fierstein wrote about the painful experience and the end result was “The International Stud”, which was produced at the Theater for the New City in 1976 (later at La MaMa in 1978) with Fierstein introducing and starring as his Arnold Beckoff character, a gay man whose bisexual lover dumps him for a female. Fierstein went on to write two more plays about Arnold and introduced “Fugue in a Nursery” and “Widows and Children First!”, in 1979 at La MaMa, with Fierstein again playing the lead. Eventually, Fierstein integrated the three Arnold plays into a single play, “Torch Song Trilogy”, which was first presented off-off-Broadway in 1981, and the rest is history.
6	In the 2003 New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade, he was Mrs. Claus, dressed in drag.
7	With his Tony Award win for “Hairspray”, along with his three previous wins, he ties with Tommy Tune for most Tony Awards for different categories.
8	Won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 2003 Tony Awards for his role in the play “Hairspray”.
9	Was known only for playing drag roles off-off Broadway (often in plays he wrote himself) until he played his first male role in Robert Patrick III’s “The Haunted Host” in Boston. The play was such a personal success for him that when he had to leave the show for four days for his father’s funeral, the show closed.
10	Won the Humanitas Prize in the Children’s Animation Category for: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) for episode “The Sissy Duckling” (2000).
11	Won a GLAAD Award for Visibility category (1994).
12	The essence of Fierstein’s landmark “Torch Song Trilogy” (1988) was autobiographical, since he began performing as a drag queen in Manhattan clubs as early as age 15.
13	Has won four Tony Awards from only four nominations: two in 1983, as Best Actor (Play) and Author of Best Play for “Torch Song Trilogy”, a performance he recreated in the film version of the same title, Torch Song Trilogy (1988); a third in 1984, the Book (Musical) Tony for writing the libretto of “La Cage aux Folles”; and the fourth in 2003, as Best Actor (Musical) in the Divine role of Edna Turnblad in “Hairspray”. These four awards tie him with Tommy Tune for the most Tony Awards in different categories.

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Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mulan Story Studio	1998	Video Game	Yao (voice)
Hercules	1998	TV Series	Argus Panoptes
Safe Men	1998		Leo
Mulan	1998		Yao (voice)
Stories from My Childhood	1998	TV Series	Grambo
Kull the Conqueror	1997		Juba
White Lies	1997		Art Hoarder
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	1997	TV Series	Mrs. Leaperman
Fame L.A.	1997	TV Series	Jeremy Pinter
The Larry Sanders Show	1997	TV Series	Harvey Fierstein
Elmo Saves Christmas	1996	Video	Easter Bunny
Everything Relative	1996		The Moyle
Independence Day	1996		Marty Gilbert
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	1995		Yves DuBois
Daddy’s Girls	1994	TV Series	Dennis Sinclair
Bullets Over Broadway	1994		Sid Loomis
Mrs. Doubtfire	1993		Frank
Murder, She Wrote	1992	TV Series	Stan Hatter
The Harvest	1992		Bob Lakin
Cheers	1992	TV Series	Mark Newberger
ABC Afterschool Specials	1991	TV Series	Andrew
The Simpsons	1990	TV Series	Karl
Torch Song Trilogy	1988		Arnold Beckoff
Tidy Endings	1988	TV Movie	Arthur
Apology	1986	TV Movie	The Derelict
Miami Vice	1986	TV Series	Benedict
Garbo Talks	1984		Bernie Whitlock
The Demon Murder Case	1983	TV Movie	Demon (voice)
Animal Crackers	2017	post-production	Esmerelda (voice)
Hairspray Live!	2016	TV Movie pre-production	Edna Turnblad
Broadway 4D	2016		Edna Turnblad
Family Guy	2008-2015	TV Series	Buster Keaton / Tracy
Russian Broadway Shut Down	2014	Short	Book Writer
Foodfight!	2012		Fat Cat Burglar (voice)
Submissions Only	2012	TV Series	Auditioner #5
The Good Wife	2011	TV Series	Judge Francis Flamm
Nurse Jackie	2010	TV Series	John Decker
How I Met Your Mother	2009	TV Series	Lily’s Smoking Voice
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	2007	Video Game	Yao (English version, voice)
The Year Without a Santa Claus	2006	TV Movie	Heat Miser
Farce of the Penguins	2006		Sheila (voice)
Kingdom Hearts II	2005	Video Game	Yao (English version, voice)
Mulan II	2004	Video	Yao (voice)
Duplex	2003		Kenneth
Death to Smoochy	2002		Merv Green
Playing Mona Lisa	2000		Bennett
Common Ground	2000	TV Movie	Don
X-Chromosome	1999	TV Series	Mom / Little Mom Head (voice)
The Sissy Duckling	1999	TV Movie	Elmer (voice)
Double Platinum	1999	TV Movie	Gary Millstein
Jump	1999		Dish Macense

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Bye Bye Birdie Live!	2017	TV Movie teleplay by announced
Hairspray Live!	2016	TV Movie teleplay by pre-production
The Wiz Live!	2015	TV Movie
The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards	2011	TV Special writer
Common Ground	2000	TV Movie written by – segment “Amos and Andy”
The Sissy Duckling	1999	TV Movie
Torch Song Trilogy	1988	play / screenplay
Tidy Endings	1988	TV Movie play “Safe Sex” / teleplay

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sesame Street	2007	TV Series performer – 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance	2007	TV Series performer – 1 episode
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway	2007	Documentary performer: “You Can’t Stop the Beat”
Mulan II	2004	Video performer: “A Girl Worth Fighting For Redux”
The 57th Annual Tony Awards	2003	TV Special performer: “You Can’t Stop the Beat”
The Sissy Duckling	1999	TV Movie performer: “I’m Me!” / writer: “I’m Me!”, “Time Takes Time”
Mulan	1998	performer: “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”, “A Girl Worth Fighting For”
Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	performer: “Matchmaker” – uncredited

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Myth, the Magic, the Man	1993	TV Movie special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Today	2016	TV Series	Himself – Guest
The Making of the Wiz Live!	2015	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Insider	2014	TV Series	Himself – Kinky Boots
Saturday Night Live	2014	TV Series	Himself
The 68th Annual Tony Awards	2014	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: Casa Valentina & Nominee: Best Play
The Broadway.com Show	2013-2014	TV Series	Himself
Spotlight on Broadway	2013	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1994-2013	TV Series	Himself – Guest
CBS News Sunday Morning	2013	TV Series documentary	Himself – Guest
The 67th Annual Tony Awards	2013	TV Movie documentary	Himself – Nominee: Best Book of a Musical
The Wendy Williams Show	2011-2013	TV Series	Himself – Guest
Watch What Happens: Live	2013	TV Series	Himself – Guest
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf	2013	TV Series	Himself – Guest
Smash	2013	TV Series	Himself
The 66th Annual Tony Awards	2012	TV Movie documentary	Himself – Presenter: Hairspray & Nominee: Best Book of a Musical
Working in the Theatre	1983-2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 78th Annual Drama League Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself
The 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards	2011	TV Special	Himself – Host
Show People with Paul Wontorek	2011	TV Series	Himself
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards	2009	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: Best Revival of a Play & Best Play
The Heyman Hustle	2009	TV Series	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2008	TV Series	Himself
From Man to Mrs.: The Evolution of ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’	2008	Video documentary short	Himself
Sesame Street	2004-2007	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien	1995-2007	TV Series	Himself – Guest
The 61st Annual Tony Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway	2007	Documentary	Himself
Words and Music by Jerry Herman	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 60th Annual Tony Awards	2006	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: 60th Anniversary
51st Annual Drama Desk Awards	2006	TV Special	Himself
Great Performances	2005	TV Series	Himself – Narrator / Himself – Host
The 59th Annual Tony Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
50th Annual Drama Desk Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself – Host
Live with Kelly and Michael	2005	TV Series	Himself – Guest
Late Show with David Letterman	2005	TV Series	Himself – Guest
In the Life	2001-2005	TV Series documentary	Himself / Himself – Host
Broadway: The American Musical	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Biography	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 58th Annual Tony Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself – Presenter: Best Book of a Musical
49th Annual Drama Desk Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself – Host
Superstar in a Housedress	2004	Documentary	Himself
Duplex: Behind the Scenes Special	2004	Video short	Himself
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me	2004	TV Movie documentary voice
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade	2003	TV Special	Himself
The 57th Annual Tony Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself – Performer & Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Musical
100 Years of Hope and Humor	2003	TV Special	Himself
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself – Presenter
VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself – Performer
The Rosie O’Donnell Show	2002	TV Series	Himself – Guest
Broadway’s Best	2002	TV Movie	Himself
Rescued from the Closet	2001	Video documentary	Himself
Intimate Portrait	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
Behind the Music	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Ellen	1998	TV Series	Himself
Politically Incorrect	1997	TV Series	Himself
The Making of ‘Independence Day’	1996	TV Short documentary	Himself
HBO First Look	1996	TV Series documentary	Himself
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion	1996	TV Movie documentary	Marty Gilbert (footage from ‘Independence Day’)
The 50th Annual Tony Awards	1996	TV Special	Himself – Previous Winner
The Celluloid Closet	1995	Documentary	Himself
The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself – Presenter
The 5th Annual GLAAD Media Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show	1989-1994	TV Series	Himself – Guest
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself – Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
One on One with John Tesh	1992	TV Series	Himself – Guest
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?	1990	TV Movie	Himself
The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards	1989	TV Special	Himself
Mama’s Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La MaMa E.T.C.	1988	Documentary	Himself
The Times of Harvey Milk	1984	Documentary	Narrator (voice)
The 38th Annual Tony Awards	1984	TV Special	Himself – Winner: Best Book of a Musical
Breakaway	1983	TV Series	Himself
The 37th Annual Tony Awards	1983	TV Special	Himself – Winner: Best Play & Best Actor in a Play
Our Time	1983	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1983	TV Series	Himself

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Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
La mandrágora	2005	TV Series
Sesame Street	2005	TV Series	Himself
One on One with Vito Russo	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years	2000	TV Movie documentary	Marty Gilbert
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All	1998	Video short

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Live Performance	On April 11, 2016. At 6243 Hollywood Blvd.
2012	Golden Apple Award	Casting Society of America, USA
2000	Humanitas Prize	Humanitas Prize	Children’s Animation Category	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
1994	Visibility Award	GLAAD Media Awards
1989	ACE	CableACE Awards	Writing a Dramatic Special	Tidy Endings (1988)
1985	Emmy	News & Documentary Emmy Awards	Outstanding Interview/Interviewer – Programs	The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1994	ACCA	Awards Circuit Community Awards	Best Cast Ensemble	Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
1992	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Cheers (1982)
1989	Independent Spirit Award	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead	Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
1989	ACE	CableACE Awards	Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special	Tidy Endings (1988)

Known for movies

Independence Day (1996)
as Marty Gilbert

Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
as Frank

Mulan (1998)
as Yao

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
as Narrator