Alan Muraoka is an Emmy Award winning actor/director/and producer. He is most recognizable for his role in the Emmy-winning series, Sesame Street, where he has played Alan, the proprietor of Hooper’s Store for 28 seasons. With Sesame Street Alan has performed at the White House (for the Obamas and the Bidens), the Pentagon, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and with the Boston Pops, Alan has appeared in 7 Broadway shows; Disney’s Aladdin, the Roundabout Theatre revival of Pacific Overtures, The King and I, My Favorite Year, Shogun, the Musical, Mail, and most notably Miss Saigon, where he played the lead role of the Engineer. He is featured in the films, It Could Happen to You, and Day of Independence. Other television credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Disney’s Hamster and Gretel,  City on The Hill, 30 Rock, Brotherhood, Late Night With David Letterman, and The Tonight Show, as well as numerous commercials.

As a director of both television and theatre, Mr. Muraoka received a 2021 Emmy Award for  co-directing Sesame Street: The Power of We. He also received a 2021 NAACP Image Award nomination as Best Director for this show. He was nominated for 3 Emmy Awards for Sesame Street-See Us Coming Together, an AANHPI special which introduced the first Korean American muppet named Ji-Young. He co-directed Sesame Street: Family Day, which introduced the first same-sex family to the show, and the show received the 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Best Children’s Program.

In 2026 Alan was inducted into the Emmy Awards Silver Circle for his 27 years of work on Sesame Street.

Mr. Muraoka received critical praise for his Off-Broadway revival of Falsettoland (National Asian American Theater Company).  Other New York directing credits include: Avenue Q (off-Broadway Resident Director), Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder (2022 Telly Award Winning Virtual Production), The Report (NY Fringe Festival), Ann Harada: American Songbook (Lincoln Center),), Telly Leung: Playlist and What Makes a Man? (54 Below), Grand Hotel (NYU/Cap 21), John Tartaglia AD-LIBerty (Joe's Pub), & Christmas Eve With Christmas Eve (BC/EFA Benefits).

Regional Directing Credits: Something Rotten (Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Great Race (Rose Theatre), The Nice List (Bristol Riverside Theatre),  Clue (Dallas Theatre Center), Elf (Pioneer Theatre),  Gold Mountain (Utah Shakespeare Festival),  Awesomer & Awesomer (Legacy Theatre), South Pacific (Olney Theatre), Once On This Island (Olney Theatre), At the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City: The King and I, Xanadu, Disney’s High School Musical and Disney’s High School Musical 2. Other regional credits include Disney's High School Musical (MUNY, Casa Manana), Urinetown (Trinity University), and Associate Director for Up In The Air(Kennedy Center). He has directed for Jazz at Lincoln Center and for the ABC Talent Showcase.