Alan Muraoka

Alan Muraoka is an American actor and theatre director who plays Alan, the current owner of Hoopers Store, on the television show Sesame Street.

Alan Muraoka was born in Mission Hills, Los Angeles. Muraokas first experience as a performer came at the age of ten, where he appeared as The Candy Man at a movie theatre during the intermission of a double feature. According to the biography on his official site, he performed throughout high school where he also had his first experience as a director Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Source: Wikipedia