Rhasaan Orange is an American actor. Orange portrayed police officer Thomas Edward 'Tek' Kramer on the NBC

NBC

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 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

. As a child, he made regular appearances on the PBS

Public Broadcasting Service

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 children's series Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

. Several times Orange was taken off contract at DAYS and then put back on in lieu of more airtime.

On December 15, 2006, The New York Daily News reported that Rhasaan will no longer be on Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

. Last date to air was January 22, 2007.

Rhasaan can now be found acting on Eddie Bravo's YouTube channel. Orange acts as a Brazilian man with broken English named "Renato Laranja". Renato is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt and a 27-time Mundial champion. In reality, Rhasaan is a BJJ brown belt under Bravo and the "Renato Saga" is just an inside joke that turned into a hit with Bravo's channel subscribers. Many of Bravo's subscribers are unaware that Renato Laranja is a fictional character.

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Roles

• Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
  
   - Tek Kramer (2003–2007)
• Sight for Sore Eyes, A (film)
• Undressed (2001)
• Jack & Jill (2001)
• Guiding Light
  Guiding Light
  Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
  
   (1999)
• Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...