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Roscoe Orman

Roscoe Orman

Actor · Born 1944-06-11 · Bronx - New York - USA

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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 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Fences", and Matt Robison's one-man play "The Confessions of Stepin Fetchit" at the American Place Theatre. Orman is the recipient of an Audelco Theatre Award and a five-time nominee. He made his feature film debut in the title role of Universal Studios' 1974 drama, Willie Dynamite and has also appeared in such films as F/X, Striking Distance, New Jersey Drive, Follow That Bird, Twilight's Last Gleaming,The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and "Jeremy Fink And The Meaning of Life". His television credits include work on such shows as All My Children, Kojak, Sanford and Son, Cosby, Sex and the City, The Wire, andLaw & Order. He most recently appeared on episode 5 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Bryant Davis
  2. The Wire (2002) — Off. Oscar Requer
  3. Sex and the City (1998) — Train Waiter
  4. The Night Of (2016) — Jury Foreman
  5. New Amsterdam (2018) — Rodger Conway
  6. Striking Distance (1993) — Sid
  7. Law & Order (1990) — Mr. Cameron
  8. F/X (1986) — Captain Wallenger
  9. Sesame Street (1969) — Gordon Robinson
  10. Holiday Rush (2019) — Reginald Miller
  11. Kojak (1973) — Lieutenant Connors
  12. Sanford and Son (1972)
  13. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) — Gordon
  14. Follow That Bird (1985) — Gordon
  15. Alpha House (2013) — Randall
  16. Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  17. New Jersey Drive (1995) — Judge
  18. I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015) — Self
  19. All These Small Moments (2019) — Dr. Rogers
  20. Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022) — Self
  21. American Pimp (2000) — Willie Dynamite
  22. Willie Dynamite (1974) — Willie
  23. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) — Self
  24. You Can't Take My Daughter (2020) — McDevitt
  25. Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) — Gordon
  26. Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) — Gordon
  27. Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! (1998) — Gordon
  28. Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019) — Gordon
  29. Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983) — Gordon
  30. A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006) — Gordon (archive footage)
  31. Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time (2006) — Gordon
  32. Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (2004) — Gordon
  33. 30 Days (2006) — Jo Jo
  34. Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988) — Gordon
  35. Coriolanus (1979) — Adrian
  36. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2012) — Dr. Grady
  37. Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) — Gordon
  38. Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs (1999) — Gordon
  39. Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987) — Gordon
  40. Harlem Theater (1969)