Roscoe Hunter Orman is an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Gordon on Sesame Street. Orman joined the show in 1974, becoming the third actor to play Gordon on the show. Orman is also an accomplished stage, film, and television actor, children's book writer,...
Kimberley LaMarque Orman (m. 2013), Sharon Orman (m. ?–2013)
Children
Miles Orman, Rasheda Orman, Cheyenne Orman, Solana Orman
Nicknames
Roscoe H. Orman , Roscoe Ormon , Roscoe Hunter Orman , Roscoe H Orman
Movies
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Sesame Street: Silly Storytime, 30 Days, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, New Jersey Drive, Striking Distance, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, Willie Dynamite
TV Shows
Sesame Street
Star Sign
Gemini
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Trademark
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Clean shaven head, long before it became fashionable
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Fact
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Former partner of Sharon Joiner-Orman (1970-2010). They had four children together but never legally married.
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In addition to his 4 children with Sharon Joiner-Orman, he also had a daughter Kalah from another relationship in the late 1980s.
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Thought to have been deceased by fans, he is alive and well. On August 8, 2002, news had spread that an actor who played Gordon on Sesame Street (1969) had died. This news led many to think it was Orman, but in fact it was actually talented writer and actor Matt Robinson, who originated the role in 1969. [August 2002]
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Performed at the Delaware Theatre Company (Wilmington, Delaware) in a production Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" with Louisa Flanigam and Scott Wakefield. [March 2007]
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His son Miles Orman played forward on the basketball team of Marist College.
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983
TV Movie
Gordon
Coriolanus
1979
Video
Adrian
Julius Caesar
1979
Video
Marcus Brutus
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978
TV Movie
Gordon
Insight
1977
TV Series
Body Guard
Kojak
1977
TV Series
Lieutenant Connors
Sanford and Son
1975
TV Series
Al Robinson
Willie Dynamite
1974
Willie
All My Children
1970
TV Series
Tyrone (1976)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse
1990
Video short performer: "Waiting For The Bell To Ring"
Sesame Street, Special
1988
TV Movie performer: "Sing Your Synonyms"
Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs
1986
Video short performer: "Snuffle Lullabye" 1985 - uncredited
Follow That Bird
1985
performer: "Ain't No Road Too Long"
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978
TV Movie performer: "True Blue Miracle"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2014
Documentary
Himself
From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert for Sandy Hook
2013
TV Movie
Himself
The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
2009
TV Special
Himself / Gordon (#3)
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
2009
Documentary
Himself
Tavis Smiley
2006
TV Series
Himself
American Pimp
1999
Documentary
Willie Dynamite
Elmopalooza!
1998
TV Special
Gordon
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
TV Special
Gordon
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993
TV Special
Gordon
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
1989
TV Special
Gordon Robinson
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006
Video
Gordon
Sesame Street: Computer Caper
2002
Video
Gordon
Sesame Street
1988-1994
TV Series
Gordon
Sesame Street: Bedtime Stories and Songs
1986
Video short
Gordon
Known for movies
All My Children (1970) as Tyrone (1976)
Sesame Street (1974-2014) as Gordon / Trash Gordon / Gordon Robinson / Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) / Big Murray (Gordon) / Hard Head Henry Harris / Boxer Gordon / Hardhead Henry Harris / Subject #2 (Gordon)
Striking Distance (1993) as Sid, Eddie Eiler's Partner
$700 Thousand
