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Oz
Oz
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Oz

1997
Crime
Drama

Status

Ended

Release

1997 - 2003

Seasons / Eps

6 / 56

Where to Watch

Streaming availability by country

Provider type

Streaming

2
HBO Max
HBO Max Amazon Channel

Rent

1
Amazon Video

Buy

4
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
Fandango At Home
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Storyline

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

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Ended
Seasons
6
Episodes
56
Runtime
0m
Avg. Episode Runtime
58m
Release Date
Jul 12, 1997
Last Air Date
Feb 23, 2003
Languages
English
Created By
Tom Fontana
Tom Fontana
Director
Adam Bernstein
Adam Bernstein
Alex Zakrzewski
Alex Zakrzewski
Darnell Martin
Darnell Martin
Keith Samples
J. Miller Tobin
Production
The Levinson/Fontana Company
The Levinson/Fontana Company
Rysher Entertainment
Rysher Entertainment
Production Countries
United States of America
Official Website

Top Cast

214 Cast Members

Lee Tergesen

Lee Tergesen

Tobias Beecher

56 Episodes

Harold Perrineau

Harold Perrineau

Augustus Hill

56 Episodes

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Ryan O'Reily

56 Episodes

Eamonn Walker

Eamonn Walker

Kareem Saïd

56 Episodes

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Leo Glynn

56 Episodes

Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney

Tim McManus

56 Episodes

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

56 Episodes

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Vernon Schillinger

56 Episodes

Kirk Acevedo

Kirk Acevedo

Miguel Alvarez

56 Episodes

Craig muMs Grant

Craig muMs Grant

Poet

56 Episodes

BD Wong

BD Wong

Father Ray Mukada

56 Episodes

George Morfogen

George Morfogen

Bob Rebadow

56 Episodes

Luna Lauren Vélez

Luna Lauren Vélez

Dr. Gloria Nathan

44 Episodes

Ra Hanna

Ra Hanna

Nacim Bismilla

49 Episodes

Tom Mardirosian

Tom Mardirosian

Agamemnon Busmalis

48 Episodes

Granville Adams

Zahir Arif

48 Episodes

Chuck Zito

Chuck Zito

Chucky Pancamo

46 Episodes

Scott William Winters

Scott William Winters

Cyril O'Reily

45 Episodes

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Chris Keller

43 Episodes

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Simon Adebisi

40 Episodes

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