Roscoe Orman
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Original Sound
2026
as Fred
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self
You Can't Take My Daughter
2020
as McDevitt
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
2020
as Gordon
All These Small Moments
2019
as Dr. Rogers
Holiday Rush
2019
as Reginald Miller
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Gordon
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019
as Gordon Robinson (archive footage)
New Amsterdam
2018
as Rodger Conway
The Night Of
2016
as Jury Foreman
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015
as Self
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015
as Gordon
Alpha House
2013
as Randall
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012
as Roscoe
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
as 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
as Gordon (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: P is for Princess
2010
as Gordan Robinson
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
2009
as Gordon Robinson
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009
30 Days
2006
as Jo Jo
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2006
as Gordon
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
as Gordon (archive footage)
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
as Gordon
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Gordon
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
2002
The Wire
2002
as Off. Oscar Requer
American Pimp
2000
as Willie Dynamite
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
as Gordon
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs
1999
as Gordon
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
1999
as Gordon (archive footage)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Bryant Davis
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jerome Howard
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998
as Gordon
Sex and the City
1998
as Train Waiter
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
as Gordon
New Jersey Drive
1995
as Judge
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Gordon
Striking Distance
1993
as Sid
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993
as Gordon
Law & Order
1990
as Mr. Cameron
Law & Order
1990
as Trial Judge
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989
as Self – Gordon Robinson
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Gordon
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987
as Gordon
F/X
1986
as Captain Wallenger
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986
as Gordon Robinson
Follow That Bird
1985
as Gordon
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
as Gordon
Coriolanus
1979
as Adrian
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Gordon (uncredited)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978
as Gordon
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Willie
Kojak
1973
as Lieutenant Connors
Sanford and Son
1972
Harlem Theater
1969
Sesame Street
1969
as Gordon Robinson