Jerome Preston Bates

Jerome Preston Bates (b. 1954) is a New York actor who appeared in Sesame Street Episode 2750, in a brief speaking role as a passerby in Uncle Wally's flashback. 
Bates' TV credits include a stint on All My Children as Derek Frye, multiple roles on Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU, recurring on Oz as a guard, and appearances on NYPD Blue, Third Watch, and New York Undercover. Films include the 2000 version of Shaft, Peebles (with Craig Robinson and Emilio Delgado), It Runs in the Family (with Bernadette Peters), and The Out-of-Towners (with Steve Martin). 
A busy stage actor, Bates has understudied principal or leading roles in Broadway plays, beginning with 1996's Seven Guitars and including the 2022 revival of Death of a Salesman (understudying both Wendell Pierce and André De Shields). Off-Broadway plays include Amulets Against the Dragon Forces (with John Spencer) and a 2006 production of King Lear. 
File:Jeromeprestonbates-2750.jpg|In Episode 2750
==External links==
*IMDb
*Internet Broadway Database
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Category:Sesame Street Guest Stars