
Roscoe Orman
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.…
Filmography

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019 · 9.3

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
1999 · 9.0

The Wire
2002 · 8.6

New Amsterdam
2018 · 8.3

The Night Of
2016 · 8.0

Original Sound
2026 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 · 7.7

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · 7.6

Sanford and Son
1972 · 7.5

Sex and the City
1998 · 7.4

Kojak
1973 · 7.3

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
2002 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Alpha House
2013 · 7.2

You Can't Take My Daughter
2020 · 7.2

Sesame Street
1969 · 7.1

Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
2006 · 7.1

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993 · 7.0

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · 7.0

Harlem Theater
1969 · 7.0

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · 6.8

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006 · 6.7

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983 · 6.6

F/X
1986 · 6.6

All These Small Moments
2019 · 6.5

Follow That Bird
1985 · 6.4

Willie Dynamite
1974 · 6.4

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999 · 6.2

New Jersey Drive
1995 · 6.2

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998 · 6.1

Sesame Street: P is for Princess
2010 · 6.0

Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo
2009 · 6.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996 · 6.0

Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987 · 6.0

Striking Distance
1993 · 5.9

American Pimp
2000 · 5.9

Holiday Rush
2019 · 5.6

Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019 · 5.5

Coriolanus
1979 · 5.0

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs
1999 · 5.0

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012 · 3.8

30 Days
2006 · 2.8

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011 · 0.0

Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009 · 0.0

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · 0.0

Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games
— · 0.0

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004 · 0.0

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986 · 0.0

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · 0.0

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015 · 0.0

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012 · 0.0

The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
2020 · 0.0

Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster
2010 · 0.0