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Oz (TV Series 1997–2003)

TV_MA  100 min  -  Crime | Drama | Thriller
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A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.

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Tom Fontana
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Cast

Series cast summary:
Ernie Hudson ...
Warden Leo Glynn (56 episodes, 1997-2003)
Lee Tergesen ...
Tobias Beecher (56 episodes, 1997-2003)
J.K. Simmons ...
Vern Schillinger (56 episodes, 1997-2003)
Dean Winters ...
Ryan O'Reily (56 episodes, 1997-2003)
George Morfogen George Morfogen ...
Bob Rebadow (56 episodes, 1997-2003)
Terry Kinney ...
Tim McManus (55 episodes, 1997-2003)
Rita Moreno ...
Sister Peter Marie Reimondo (55 episodes, 1997-2003)
Harold Perrineau ...
Augustus Hill (55 episodes, 1997-2003)
Eamonn Walker ...
Kareem Said (51 episodes, 1997-2003)
Lauren Vélez ...
Dr. Gloria Nathan (48 episodes, 1997-2003)
Tom Mardirosian ...
Agamemnon Busmalis (47 episodes, 1998-2003)
Kirk Acevedo ...
Miguel Alvarez (46 episodes, 1997-2003)
BD Wong ...
Father Ray Mukada (46 episodes, 1997-2003)
Chuck Zito ...
Chucky Pancamo (46 episodes, 1998-2003)
Philip Scozzarella Philip Scozzarella ...
Officer Joseph Mineo (46 episodes, 1997-2003)
Scott William Winters ...
Cyril O'Reily (45 episodes, 1998-2003)
Granville Adams Granville Adams ...
Zahir Arif (43 episodes, 1997-2003)
Craig muMs Grant Craig muMs Grant ...
Poet (42 episodes, 1997-2003)
Otto Sanchez ...
Chico Guerra (40 episodes, 1998-2003)
Christopher Meloni ...
Chris Keller (38 episodes, 1998-2003)
Robert Clohessy ...
Officer Sean Murphy (38 episodes, 1999-2003)
Kristin Rohde Kristin Rohde ...
Officer Claire Howell (35 episodes, 1999-2003)
Carl DiMaggio Carl DiMaggio ...
Officer Len Lopresti (34 episodes, 1999-2003)
Evan Seinfeld ...
Jaz Hoyt (33 episodes, 1998-2003)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ...
Simon Adebisi (32 episodes, 1997-2000)
Timothy L. Brown Timothy L. Brown ...
Officer Jason Armstrong (32 episodes, 1997-2003)
R.E. Rodgers R.E. Rodgers ...
James Robson (30 episodes, 1998-2003)
Zeljko Ivanek ...
Governor James Devlin (27 episodes, 1997-2003)
David Zayas ...
Enrique Morales (27 episodes, 2000-2003)
Steven Wishnoff ...
Tony Masters (27 episodes, 1999-2003)
Sean Dugan Sean Dugan ...
Timmy Kirk (26 episodes, 1998-2003)
Edie Falco ...
Officer Diane Whittlesey (23 episodes, 1997-2000)
J.D. Williams ...
Kenny Wangler (23 episodes, 1997-2000)
Anthony Chisholm Anthony Chisholm ...
Burr Redding (23 episodes, 2001-2003)
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Storyline

Oz chronicles life inside an experimental cell block in the Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility: Level Four called Emerald City. Under unit manager Tim McManus and Warden Leo Glynn, the inmates in Em City all struggle to fulfill their own needs. Some fight for power; either power over the drug trade or power over the other inmate factions. Others want money, either through slinging 'tits' (drugs), gambling or other scams. Others, Corrections officers and inmates alike, simply want to survive long enough to make parole or even to see tomorrow. The show gives a no-holds-barred account of prison life with all the plots, subplots and conflicts given context and explaination by the show's wheelchair-bound narrator, Augustus Hill. Written by Michael Hofer  

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Plot Keywords:

Prison | Gay | Parole | Christian | Italian  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Kylmä rinki See more »

Filming Locations:

Bayonne, New Jersey, USA See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(series finale)  | (53 episodes)  | (season 4 finale)  | (season 2 finale)

Sound Mix:

Stereo (1997-1998) | Dolby (1999-)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The full name of the prison known as "Oz" was Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary. The name was later changed to Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level 4 See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Doctor Gloria Nathan (Lauren Velez) talks to Ryan O'Reilly (Dean Winters) about his cancerous tumour in his chest, she says that the lump is "under the left nipple". However, he was clearly bleeding from the right nipple and ever clutching the right one while in the infirmary... See more »

Quotes

Augustus Hill: OZ. The name on the street for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, Level 4.
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Connections

Referenced in Homicide: The Movie (2000) See more »