Alliance Boys & Girls Club in New York City, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office commended Orman's life work and willingness to embrace new technology to help encourage children to read books, by naming October 8, 2008, AudibleKids Day in New York City. In 2016, his contract with Sesame Street was not renewed, as part of Sesame's Workshop's retooling of the series, but the organization said that Orman would continue to represent it at public events. He returned to play Gordon in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as well as a couple of YouTube videos released in 2018, a 2019 CNN town hall, Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism alongside former Sesame Street cast member Sonia Manzano, and a TV special released the same year, "The Power of We", also about racism. Personal life Orman has five children with his former partner Sharon Orman, and is the grandfather of eight. His son Miles Orman played Gordon and Susan's adopted son Miles Robinson on Sesame Street from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. He and his wife, Kimberley LaMarque Orman, reside in New Jersey. Filmography References External links Interview from Wisconsin Public Television with Roscoe Orman—the actor talks about his career and experiences playing Gordon Robinson on Sesame Street. Roscoe Orman Interview in the Archive of American Television Interview 'Sesame Street' star is an accidental role model - Associated Press 1944 births Living people People from Montclair, New Jersey American children's writers African-American male actors African-American writers Male actors from New Jersey Writers from New Jersey 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male singers Singers from New York City High School of Art and Design alumni 21st-century American male actors 20th-century African-American male singers 21st-century African-American people Audiobook narrators