Oz
Oz

Series·1997–2003·6 Seasons

Oz

Life's not a word. It's a sentence.

Created By

Tom Fontana

Country

US

Language

English

Episodes

56

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The Story

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.

Producer

Jim Finnerty, Irene Burns

Themes

prisonexperimentdystopiarevengebetrayalracismdrugsinmatecatholicismaryanprison lifeabuse of power

Production House

The Levinson/Fontana Company
Rysher Entertainment

Audience Score

81%

834 votes

Skip6%
Timepass13%
Go for it37%
Perfection44%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

Cast

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Tobias Beecher

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Augustus Hill

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Ryan O'Reily

Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Walker

Kareem Saïd

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Leo Glynn

Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Tim McManus

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Vernon Schillinger

Kirk Acevedo

Kirk Acevedo

Miguel Alvarez

Craig muMs Grant

Craig muMs Grant

Poet

BD Wong

BD Wong

Father Ray Mukada

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Agamemnon Busmalis

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Chris Keller

Scott William Winters

Scott William Winters

Cyril O'Reily

Ra Hanna

Ra Hanna

Nacim Bismilla

David Zayas

David Zayas

Enrique Morales

Chuck Zito

Chuck Zito

Chucky Pancamo

Granville Adams

Zahir Arif

// crew

Crew

Jim Finnerty

Executive Producer

Irene Burns

Producer

Tom Fontana

Tom Fontana

Executive Producer

Barry Levinson

Barry Levinson

Executive Producer

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