Roscoe Orman

Actor Jun 11 (age 81) Bronx - New York - USA 1969–2026 (57 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

F/X

Captain Wallenger

Film

Sesame Street

Gordon Robinson

Film

Striking Distance

Sid

Film

Holiday Rush

Reginald Miller

Film

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self (archive footage)

Film

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Gordon

Film

Follow That Bird

Gordon

Film

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Self

Filmography

Acting (55)

Movies (44)

Original Sound

2026 Upcoming

as Fred

Apr 24

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

6.3

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

as Self

7.5

You Can't Take My Daughter

2020

as McDevitt

7.2

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special

2020

as Gordon

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

as Gordon

Holiday Rush

as Reginald Miller

All These Small Moments

2019

as Dr. Rogers

6.6

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015

as Self

7.4

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

2015

as Gordon

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

2012

as Dr. Grady

4.3

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers

2012

as Roscoe

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures

2011

Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

2010

as Gordon (uncredited) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo

2009

as Gordon Robinson

6.0

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

2009

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006

as Gordon (archive footage)

6.8

30 Days

2006

as Jo Jo

1.0

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time

2006

as Gordon

7.1

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

2004

as Gordon

American Pimp

2000

as Willie Dynamite

5.7

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999

as Gordon

6.4

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs

1999

as Gordon

5.0

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

1999

as Gordon (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

1998

as Gordon

5.8

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Gordon

New Jersey Drive

as Judge

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Gordon

Striking Distance

as Sid

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Gordon

6.0

Sesame Street: Sing Along

as Gordon

F/X

as Captain Wallenger

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

1986

as Gordon Robinson

Follow That Bird

1985

as Gordon

6.4

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

as Gordon

Coriolanus

as Adrian

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

as Gordon (uncredited)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978

as Gordon

7.3

Sesame Street at Night?

1977

as Gordon (archive footage)

Willie Dynamite

1974

as Willie

6.2

Harlem Theater

1969

Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games

as Gordon

Television (11)

New Amsterdam

as Rodger Conway

The Night Of

as Jury Foreman

Alpha House

as Randall

The Wire

as Off. Oscar Requer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Bryant Davis

Sex and the City

as Train Waiter

Law & Order

as Trial Judge

Hard Time on Planet Earth

1989

as Captain Ralston

6.0

Kojak

1973

as Lieutenant Connors

Sanford and Son

Sesame Street

as Gordon Robinson