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'''Harvey Fierstein''' (born June 6, 1952) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his very gravelly, deep-pitched voice.
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'''Harvey Forbes Fierstein''' (born June 6, 1952) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his very gravelly, deep-pitched voice. He voiced [[Karl]], [[Homer Simpson]]'s assistant, in the [[season 2]] episode "[[Simpson and Delilah]]". He was asked to return as Karl in the [[season 14]] episode "[[Three Gays of the Condo]]", but declined because the script didn't have "that ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' twist".
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== Biography ==
 
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Fierstein has numerous acting credits on Broadway, in film, and on television. He originated the role of Edna Turnblad in the Broadway musical [[wikipedia:Hairspray (musical)|''Hairspray'']]''.'' He has also played [[wikipedia:Tevye|Tevye]] in [[wikipedia:Fiddler on the Roof|''Fiddler on the Roof'']].
 
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Fierstein is openly gay in real life, and has become an unofficial celebrity spokesperson on gay civil rights issues.
 
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On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Fierstein voiced [[Karl]], [[Homer]]'s assistant in the episode "[[Simpson and Delilah]]."
 
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*Fierstein's status as an openly gay celebrity has given rise to widespread speculation that his ''Simpsons'' character Karl is either gay or bisexual. However, there is a lot of ambiguous information regarding Karl's sexual orientation, and not enough information to definitively settle the question.
 
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*Fierstein [[Intended guest stars|rejected the chance]] to reprise the role of Karl in "[[Three Gays of the Condo]]."
 
  
 
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*[http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=6157 Harvey Fierstein] at the [[wikipedia:Internet Broadway Database|'''Internet Broadway Database''']]
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Revision as of 19:29, April 9, 2012

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see Harvey Fierstein (character).
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Harvey Forbes Fierstein (born June 6, 1952) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his very gravelly, deep-pitched voice. He voiced Karl, Homer Simpson's assistant, in the season 2 episode "Simpson and Delilah". He was asked to return as Karl in the season 14 episode "Three Gays of the Condo", but declined because the script didn't have "that Simpsons twist".

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