Humans of Sesame Street

Recurring human characters on Sesame Street with tenures of five or more seasons.

Bob
Season 1 - present

Gordon
Season 1 - present

Susan
Season 1 - present

Mr. Hooper
Seasons 1 - 14

Luis
Season 3 - present

Maria
Season 3 - present

David
Seasons 3 - 20

Linda
Seasons 4 - 34

Buffy
Seasons 5 - 11

Olivia
Seasons 8 - 19

Uncle Wally
Seasons 16 - 23

Miles
Seasons 17 - 34

Gina
Season 19 - present

Mr. Handford
Seasons 21 - 29

Gabi
Season 20 - present

Savion
Seasons 22 - 26

Ruthie
Seasons 25 - 32

Carlo
Seasons 25 - 29

Celina
Seasons 25 - 29

Tarah
Seasons 26 - 32

Alan
Season 30 - present

Mr. Noodle
Season 30 - 42

Marco
Season 37 - present

Chris
Season 38 - present

Leela
Season 39 - present

Cast list

Current cast

• Bob McGrath as Bob (since 1969)
• Loretta Long as Susan (since 1969)
• Roscoe Orman as Gordon (since 1974)
• Sonia Manzano as Maria (since 1971)
• Emilio Delgado as Luis (since 1971)
• Alison Bartlett as Gina (since 1987)
• Desiree Miller as Gabi (since 1993)
• Alan Muraoka as Alan (since 1998)
• Chris Knowings as Chris (since 2007)
• Nitya Vidyasagar as Leela (since 2008)

Former cast members

• Matt Robinson as Gordon (1969-1972)
• Hal Miller as Gordon (1972-1973)
• Will Lee as Mr. Hooper (1969-1982)
• Brandon Maggart as Buddy (1969-1970)
• James Catusi as Jim (1969-1970)
• Jada Rowland as Jennie (1969-1970)
• Jaime Sánchez as Miguel (1970-1971)
• Alan Arkin as Larry (1970-1971)
• Barbara Dana as Phyllis (1970-1971)
• Larry Block as Tom (1971-1972)
• Northern Calloway as David (1971-1989)
• Raúl Juliá as Rafael (1971-1972)
• Charlotte Rae as Molly (1971-1972)
• Panchito Gomez as Antonio (1971-1972)
• Joe Ponazecki as Wally (1971-1974)
• Paul Price as Ralph (1971-1974)
• Chet O'Brien as Mr. Macintosh (1971-1992)
• Linda Bove as Linda (1972-2003)
• Malvina Reynolds as Kate (1972-1973)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie as Buffy (1975-1981)
• Alaina Reed as Olivia (1976-1988)
• Eddie Castrodad as Petey (1984-1986)
• Bill McCutcheon as Uncle Wally (1984-1992)
• Gedde Watanabe as Hiroshi (1988-1990)
• Leonard Jackson as Mr. Handford (1989-1990)
• David L. Smyrl as Mr. Handford (1990-1998)
• Ward Saxton as Mike (1989-1991)
• Lillias White as Lillian (1990-1993)
• Eugene Byrd as Jelani (1990-1991)
• Alexis Cruz as Alex (1990-1991)
• Savion Glover as Savion (1991-1995)
• Ruth Buzzi as Ruthie (1993-2000)
• Annette Calud as Celina (1993-1998)
• Angel Jemmott as Angela (1993-1995)
• Jou Jou Papailler as Jamal (1993-1995)
• Carlo Alban as Carlo (1993-1998)
• Miles Orman as Miles (1993-1997)
• Imani Patterson as Miles (1997-2003)
• Olamide Faison as Miles (2003-2009)
• Rachel & Sylvae McDaniel as Kayla (1993-1995)
• Tarah Schaeffer as Tarah (1993-2000)
• Lonnell Williams as Lonnell (1993-1994)
• Nathan Zoob as Nathan (1993-1994)
• Lexine Bondoc as Lexine (1993-1998)
• Bill Irwin as Mr. Noodle (1998-1999, 2001-2012)
• Michael Jeter as Mr. Noodle (2000-2003)
• Kristin Chenoweth as Ms. Noodle (2001-2006)
• Kermit Love as Willy

See also

• Sesame Street cast in other roles
• Sesame Street cast photos
• Sesame Street human recasts
• Sesame Street humans' alternate identities