About
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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
Sesame StreetSeries • 1969
The WireSeries • 2002
Sex and the CitySeries • 1998
New AmsterdamSeries • 2018
KojakSeries • 1973
Sanford and SonSeries • 1972
The Night OfSeries • 2016
Alpha HouseSeries • 2013
Striking DistanceMovie • 1993
F/XMovie • 1986
The Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandMovie • 1999
Follow That BirdMovie • 1985
New Jersey DriveMovie • 1995
Holiday RushMovie • 2019
Willie DynamiteMovie • 1974
You Can't Take My DaughterMovie • 2020
All These Small MomentsMovie • 2019
Christmas Eve on Sesame StreetMovie • 1978
American PimpMovie • 2000