Oz

1997 • 6 Seasons • 56 Episodes

“Life's not a word. It's a sentence.”

★ 8.0 / 10 (830 votes)

Crime Drama

Synopsis

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

About This Series

Oz is a 1997 crime, drama series created by Tom Fontana. The series spans 6 seasons and 56 episodes. It has earned an audience rating of 8.0 out of 10 based on 830 votes on TMDB. The series stars Lee Tergesen, Harold Perrineau, Dean Winters, Eamonn Walker, Ernie Hudson among its cast of 20 credited actors.

Cast

Lee Tergesen

as Tobias Beecher

Harold Perrineau

as Augustus Hill

Dean Winters

as Ryan O'Reily

Eamonn Walker

as Kareem Saïd

Ernie Hudson

as Leo Glynn

Terry Kinney

as Tim McManus

Rita Moreno

as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons

as Vernon Schillinger

Kirk Acevedo

as Miguel Alvarez

Craig muMs Grant

as Poet

BD Wong

as Father Ray Mukada

Tom Mardirosian

as Agamemnon Busmalis

Christopher Meloni

as Chris Keller

Scott William Winters

as Cyril O'Reily

Ra Hanna

as Nacim Bismilla

David Zayas

as Enrique Morales

Chuck Zito

as Chucky Pancamo

Granville Adams

as Zahir Arif

George Morfogen

as Bob Rebadow

Luna Lauren Vélez

as Dr. Gloria Nathan

Crew