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Roscoe Orman

American actor and writer (born 1944)

Roscoe Orman

Orman at the 2007 Texas Book Festival

Born

Roscoe Hunter Orman


(1944-06-11) 11 June 1944 (age 80)

The Bronx, New York, U.S.

Other names
  • Roscoe H. Orman
  • Roscoe H Orman
EducationHigh School of Art and Design
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • artist
  • child advocate
Years active1962–present
Notable workSesame Street
Spouse

Kimberley LaMarque Orman

(m. 2012)​
PartnerSharon Orman (1970–2010)
Children4

Roscoe Hunter Orman (born June 11, 1944) is an American actor, writer, artist and child advocate, best known for playing Gordon Robinson, one of the central human characters on Sesame Street.[1]

Early life and career

While a student at New York City'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 in New Orleans for two years in the mid-1960s and a founding member

Roscoe Orman

ACTOR

1944 - Today

Roscoe Orman

Roscoe Hunter Orman (born June 11, 1944) is an American actor, writer, artist and child advocate, best known for playing Gordon Robinson, one of the central human characters on Sesame Street. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roscoe Orman has received more than 706,189 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Roscoe Orman is the 11,464th most popular actor (down from 10,732nd in 2019), the 16,500th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,586th in 2019) and the 5,399th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.87

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roscoe Orman ranks 11,464 out of 13,578. Before him are Eleanor Tomlinson, John Simmit, María Julia Mantilla, MC Jin, Kristoffer Polaha, and Sean Stone. After him are Carolyn Hennesy, Ma

 

Roscoe Orman
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Roscoe Orman
A Biography

A Bronx native, Roscoe is most widely known as “Gordon” on “Sesame Street”, a role he has portrayed for over four decades, beginning in 1974.  Roscoe began his acting studies at the Circle In The Square Theatre School with Michael Kahn. He made his professional debut in the musical revue If We Grow Up. Roscoe toured for two years as a member of the Free Southern Theater of New Orleans and served as the company's artistic director for one season. A founding member of Robert Macbeth’s New Lafayette Theatre, he appeared in most of the company's productions, including Whose Got His Own, WeRighteous Bombers, The Duplex, The Devil Catchersand as Art in The Fabulous Miss Marie, among others.

Other stage roles have included Jack in Clara’s Ole Man, Scag in The Great McDaddy, Du

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