
Roscoe Orman
Acting
Born: 1944-06-11 · Bronx - New York - USA
Biography
While a student at New York's High School of Art and Design, Orman made his theatrical debut in the 1962 topical revue "If We Grow Up." He was an early member of the Free Southern Theater for two years in the mid-1960s and a founding member of Harlem, New York's New Lafayette Theatre, where he acted in and directed numerous plays. His many other stage appearances have included roles in "Julius Caesar" and "Coriolanus" at Joseph Papp's Public Theater, the Broadway production of August Wilson's Pu
🎬 Movies (30)

Original Sound
2026
Fred

Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Self (archive footage)

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
Self

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Self

You Can't Take My Daughter
2020
McDevitt

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
2020
Gordon

All These Small Moments
2019
Dr. Rogers

Holiday Rush
2019
Reginald Miller

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Gordon

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015
Self

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
Gordon

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012
Roscoe

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
Dr. Grady

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011

Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster
2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
Gordon (uncredited) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
2009
Gordon Robinson

Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009

30 Days
2006
Jo Jo

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2006
Gordon

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
Gordon (archive footage)

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Gordon

American Pimp
2000
Willie Dynamite

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Gordon

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs
1999
Gordon

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
1999
Gordon (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
Gordon

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Gordon

New Jersey Drive
1995
Judge

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Gordon
📺 TV Shows (10)

New Amsterdam
2018
Rodger Conway

The Night Of
2016
Jury Foreman

Alpha House
2013
Randall

The Wire
2002
Off. Oscar Requer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Jerome Howard

Sex and the City
1998
Train Waiter

Law & Order
1990
Trial Judge

Kojak
1973
Lieutenant Connors

Sanford and Son
1972

Sesame Street
1969
Gordon Robinson