History Characters / OzOthers

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He puts a guard in hospital just for the promise of some nice junk food. That'd be hard to overlook and would likely undermine his likability were said guard not [[AxCrazy Claire Howell]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He's bullied by the Homeboys the second he gets into Oz, but Goergen's such an asshole that it's hard to feel bad, especially since he's a massive bully himself.

[[folder:Rebadow]]
!!Bob Rebadow
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"God told me."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/GeorgeMorfogen

->''Prisoner 65R814. Convicted September 9, 1965 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. Commuted to life.''

The oldest inmate on the show and a prominent member of "The Others", the group in Oz which generally stays away from trouble and gang related warfare. His age as well as experience in Oz makes his interactions with several other inmates dynamic; some see him as a mentor, others a survivor, and a few a vulnerable old man.

* AlliterativeName : Robert Rebadow.
* BeneathNotice: The reason Morales picks him to kill Hernandez and claim self-defense.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** [[spoiler:When two of the Aryans discover their escape tunnel and intimidate them into handing it over, he and Busmalis booby trap it so that the Aryans get buried and suffocate.]]
** [[spoiler:Hernandez also found this out the hard way.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Clayton Hughes tries to question him about his father's murder, but Rebadow doesn't remember anything. To Hughes it was the most important day in a young boy's life, but to Rebadow it was just another random act of senseless violence.
* ButtMonkey: Quite a bit but he always seems to recover.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: He's generally regarded as crazy due to claiming to talk to God. Not only does he often given very good advice and guidance, but he sometimes shows knowledge he couldn't possibly have known otherwise such as knowing the name of Tobias' wife immediately upon meeting him.
* CoolOldGuy: Part of how he survives in a hell-hole like Oz is that he's so damn likable that no one wants to mess with him.
* EvilFeelsGood: After Rebadow [[spoiler:murders Hernandez]], he claims he's never felt more alive.
* FakeGuestStar: Appeared in every single episode but was always listed as a guest star.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Busmalis.
* TheManTheyCouldntHang: He survived an execution in the electric chair, thanks to the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 causing a power surge just as his executioner threw the switch.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: See TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
* NervesOfSteel: Never panics or shows fear despite being an older man in a maximum security prison surrounded by younger men.
* NiceGuy: He stays out of trouble and is the only one to treat Beecher kindly on his first day in Oz.
* OddCouple: With Busmalis. Arguably even more so with Groves before that, due to their age gap.
* OnlySaneMan: He's one of the only characters in the show to avoid trouble.
* TheOldConvict: The oldest, in fact.

[[folder:Busmalis]]
!!Agamemnon Busmalis
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomMardirosian

->''Prisoner 98B242. Convicted March 10, 1998 - Grand theft larceny, breaking and entering. Sentence: 10 years, up for parole in four.''

A bank burglar who tries numerous times to escape OZ and strikes up a friendship with Rebadow.

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Had his only violent outburst in the series after he is denied the right to have a child with his wife.]]
* CatchPhrase: "This is the best ''[[ShowWithinAShow Miss Sally]]'' ever."
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ManChild: Likely the oldest fan of ''Miss Sally's Schoolyard'' in the world. Unlike the other inmates, his interest in the show extends far beyond the well-endowed hostess.
* NiceGuy: Nicer even than Rebadow.
* OddCouple: With Rebadow.
* TunnelKing: Utilized for robbing banks; his reason for being in Oz (and modus operandi for several escape attempts).
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[[folder:Kosygin]]
!!Yuri Kosygin
->'''Played By:''' Creator/OlekKrupa

A quiet and thoughtful Russian inmate, who previously worked as a hitman.
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'''Robson:''' [[BadassIsraeli That's only the Israelis.]]

* FishOutOfWater: He expects living in Oz to be like barracks, i.e. large numbers of me in close proximity with strict rules. What he doesn't realise is there are significant difference between prison and the military, namely that people in the military choose to be there and can leave if they want to.

* BerserkButton: Adam is ''extremely'' homophobic and the mere mention of homosexuality or being around someone he knows is gay or bi sends him into a violent rage.

* DropTheHammer: How he destroyed the statue; it's also the "deadly weapon" he was charged with concealing, which presumably bumped up his sentence.

* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: Tarrant's crime, taking a hammer to a statue (and concealing said hammer to transport it), is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. The fact that he's not any kind of hardened criminal makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with him shooting four other people and then turning the gun on himself]].

* OddCouple: With Busmalis.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He mentions having a daughter who's dental surgery he needs to pay for.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: Dies after two episodes, yet Cyril ends up being sentenced to death for stabbing Chen to death.

[[folder:Montgomery]]
!!Martin Montgomery
->'''Played By:''' [[Music/{{KISS}} Peter Criss]]

A minor-league baseball player who gets involved with one of O'Reily's schemes.

* TheAlcoholic: He would even get drunk while playing baseball.
* BatterUp: He's in jail for attacking an umpire and a player with a bat during a game.
* {{Blackmail}}: Tries to bribe O'Reily for his silence regarding Keenan's murder.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler: Receives one courtesy of Stanton. He doesn't die, but he loses the ability to talk.]]
* JerkJock: Even when he isn't drunk, he's pretty unpleasant.
* ShoutOut: Stanton mentions that he can't sing anymore. Criss is an occasional vocalist for rock band Music/{{KISS}}.
* SmugSnake: He's an oily bastard who thinks he can blackmail O'Reily. It doesn't end well for him.
* TooDumbToLive: He tried to con [[ManipulativeBastard Ryan O'Reily]]. Of course it didn't go well for him.

[[folder:Kelsch]]
!!Lionel Kelsch
-> '''Played by:''' Creator/TonyHoyt
A prisoner hired as a hitman by the governor in the final episodes. At first he just provides a distraction for another man to kill Loewen then he gets paid to kill more people himself to cover that up.

* BaldOfEvil: a hairless hired killer.
* HeroKiller: He murders [[spoiler:Warden Glynn]].
* TheStoolPigeon: Quickly folds under questioning and sells out his bosses.
* VillainCred: He brags about his killings to the other inmates.

[[folder: Penders]]
!!Greg Penders
-> '''Player by:''' Creator/JohnLurie
-> "Prisoner number 97P528, Greg Penders. Convicted May 7, 1997 - Criminally negligent homicide. Sentence: 17 years, up for parole in 9."
An unaffiliated prisoner doing time for criminally negligent homicide.

* TheDragon: Penders seemingly steps up as this during Clayton's manic takeover of Solitary for pragmatic reasons,though he kills the latter, eventually seeking brownie points with Glynn by doing so.
* HairTriggerTemper: When a guard harasses Penders as he trains a seeing eye dog he ends up siccing the dog on the guard. He also blows up at Nathan when given a bad medical diagnosis although he apologizes when she tells him it's treatable.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: He was threatening a man with a waved gun and it went off.
* OpportunisticBastard: He saves Warden Glynn from Hughes at least partially for brownie points with the warden and during the drug trial plot line sues the prison when it looks like it has bad side effects even though it turned out that the others who took it dying was because of murder.

[[folder:Galino]]
!!Ralph Galino
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DomenickLombardozzi
A building contractor sent to Oz after one of his buildings collapsed killing several people.

* StopBeingStereotypical: He refuses to associates with Pancamo or the other Italians, frustrated they give all Italians a reputation as mobsters.
* StatusCellPhone: He brings a cell phone into the prison which is quickly tricked out of him by people wanting to use it to conduct business.

* {{Jerkass}}: He's an arrogant, stern prick who bullies Beecher out of homophobia.

* VillainsPutShopping: He spends most of his free time hanging out with Beecher, Busmalis, Rebadow and Hill engaging in their various SeinfeldianConversation{{s}}.

* BullyingADragon: He spends the second half of Season 4 trying to threaten Hill into killing Redding. [[spoiler:Hill eventually has enough [[BewareTheNiceOnes and poisons him with eggs, triggering a lethal allergic reaction.]]]]

* VillainousBreakdown: When he's executed, he halts his flippant attitude and shows fear.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He is apparently not legally insane, but there is clearly something not right in his head.

* CoolOldGuy: A friendly, somewhat caring old man whose capable of laying out Miguel with one punch while being bullied by him and later dupes the penal system to spare himself from execution, earning Moses' respect.

* VigilanteExecution: Implied to be the circumstances behind his incarceration. [[spoiler:The man he killed murdered Sister Pete’s husband, something Giles was aware of]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: By Claire Howell [[spoiler:and his last one]].

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Antonio Nappa suggests Jara may be influencing Adebisi with magic when Adebisi has an intense vision of him, although it's just as likely that Simon is just crazy.

* TheChessmaster: Even outfoxed Ryan O'Reily; one of two characters to do so.

** AffablyEvil: On the other hand, he can a good fellow to hang around with if you're no threat or use to him, he gets along quite well with Busmalis, Rebadow and even Hill.

* ManipulativeBastard: He's not bad at it, but O'Reily knows better.

* ProperlyParanoid: His fear of Kosygin and later O'Reily are both quite well-founded.

* CoolOldGuy: One wonders if he really needs to be in the cop Cell Block at all.

* NiceGuy: So much that even inmates who detest cops genuinely like and get along well with him.