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* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Poor Richie Hanlon never sees Stanislofsky's retaliation coming.]]
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* HoneyTrap: Pulls one on gay inmate Richie Hanlon in the showers. [[spoiler:Stanislofsky goes in for a kiss, and instead cuts Hanlon's jugular with a razor blade he'd hidden IN HIS MOUTH]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: His fear of Kosygin and later O'Reily are both quite well-founded.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Despite his sad storyline, you will find many viewers applauding Tarrant for [[spoiler:taking out two of the most detestable characters on the show, Wangler and Pierce]].
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* DespairEventHorizon: What's especially tragic about his story is that it's not the actual bullying that sends him over, it's Tarrant's own impulsive reaction to it. You can pretty much see on his face the minute he crosses it [[spoiler:when he stops shooting, looks out for a moment, and takes in what he's done. Then one of the SORT Team members tells him there's no way out...]].
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* 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.]]
** Hernandez also found this out the hard way.
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!!Lemuel Idzik
->'''Played By:''' Joel Grey
->''Prisoner number 03I462, Lemuel Idzik. Convicted February 2, 2003 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. [[spoiler:Later convicted of an additional murder; he was sentenced to death, but the death sentence was later commuted back to life imprisonment.]]''
A nihilistic old man who believes all of life and existence is worthless. [[spoiler:He murders Kareem Said and Omar White, with the intention of getting executed for that.]]
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:After his death sentence is overturned.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Everyone else considers him to be crazy.
* DeathSeeker: He really wants someone to assist his suicide. [[spoiler:After Omar White refuses to do the deed, Idzik kills him so he can go on death row.]]
* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: He's obsessed with the eventual and inevitable end of the universe.
* NietzscheWannabe: He believes that because everything will end billions of years later, nothing that people do can ever matter.
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!!Lemuel Idzik
->'''Played By:''' Joel Grey
->''Prisoner number 03I462, Lemuel Idzik. Convicted February 2, 2003 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. [[spoiler:Later convicted of an additional murder; he was sentenced to death, but the death sentence was later commuted back to life imprisonment.]]''
A nihilistic old man who believes all of life and existence is worthless. [[spoiler:He murders Kareem Said and Omar White, with the intention of getting executed for that.]]
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:After his death sentence is overturned.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Everyone else considers him to be crazy.
* DeathSeeker: He really wants someone to assist his suicide. [[spoiler:After Omar White refuses to do the deed, Idzik kills him so he can go on death row.]]
* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: He's obsessed with the eventual and inevitable end of the universe.
* NietzscheWannabe: He believes that because everything will end billions of years later, nothing that people do can ever matter.
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** Hernandez also found this out the hard way.
* EvilFeelsGood: After Rebadow [[spoiler:murders Hernandez]], he claims he's never felt more alive.
* TheGulag: He was imprisoned in one prior to immigrating to the U.S.
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A French inmate arrested for destroying a statue at an art museum, he is woefully unprepared for prison life.
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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision S Strike]]: She uses the word "shit" in her television interview, then immediately freaks out that it means the clip can't be used on TV.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Basil's ordered to kill someone in order to progress in the ranks of Adebisi's group. He's also being blackmailed by a fellow inmate who knows he's a cop. No points for guessing how he deals with both problems at once...
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* FragileFlower: He's a teary mess when reporting his stolen shoes to [=McManus=].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Hilariously, ''Schillinger'' pulls this on him.
-->'''Schillinger:''' You the guy that smashed that statue?
-->'''Tarrant:''' Oui.
-->'''Schillinger:''' Fuckin' sicko bastard.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: His crime seems not to warrant sentencing to a maximum security facility like Oz. Arguably, this trope is intentionally used on his character to drive home the point of [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the corrupting influence of the American prison system]] (a theme made explicit in the episode) by showing how prison drives even a harmless FragileFlower like Tarrant to violence.
-->'''Schillinger:''' You the guy that smashed that statue?
-->'''Tarrant:''' Oui.
-->'''Schillinger:''' Fuckin' sicko bastard.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: His crime seems not to warrant sentencing to a maximum security facility like Oz. Arguably, this trope is intentionally used on his character to drive home the point of [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the corrupting influence of the American prison system]] (a theme made explicit in the episode) by showing how prison drives even a harmless FragileFlower like Tarrant to violence.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tarrant's total screentime is actually only about less than 15 minutes, minutes in a single episode, but by unwittingly playing the effects of his role in Adebisi's plan, has a larger impact on rampage affect many other characters and continue to fuel the plot well into the season.
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* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This 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]].
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* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His Tarrant's crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This 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]].
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dear '''God''' this poor man is possibly the character least equipped to handle prison in the entire series. The other inmates treat him accordingly. When Tarrant finally does hit the breaking point he ends up with a kill count on par with some of the series regulars.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dear '''God''' this poor man is possibly the character least equipped to handle prison in ever featured on the entire series.show. The other inmates treat him accordingly. When Tarrant finally does hit the breaking point he ends up with a kill count on par with some of the series regulars.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He is immediately singled out for bullying, in particular over his NiceShoes (and later the slippers he's humiliatingly stuck with after he's forced to give up said shoes).
* InSeriesNickname: Frenchy.
* InSeriesNickname: Frenchy.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tarrant only has about 15 minutes total screentime, but by unwittingly playing his role in Adebisi's plan, has a larger impact on the season.
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with his suicide after killing four other people]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tarrant is a frail-looking guy who goes to tears when his shoes are taken; naturally, the sponsor selected for him is [[TheBrute Hoyt]].
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with his suicide after killing four other people]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tarrant is a frail-looking guy who goes to tears when his shoes are taken; naturally, the sponsor selected for him is [[TheBrute Hoyt]].
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tarrant Tarrant's total screentime is actually only has about 15 minutes total screentime, minutes, but by unwittingly playing his role in Adebisi's plan, has a larger impact on the season.
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends withhis suicide after killing him shooting four other people]].
people and then turning the gun on himself]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tarrant is afrail-looking guy frail art-vandalizing intellectual who goes to tears when his shoes are taken; naturally, the sponsor selected for him is [[TheBrute Hoyt]].
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, taking a hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dear '''God''' this poor man is possibly the character least equipped for to handle prison in the entire series. The other inmates treat him accordingly. When Tarrant finally does hit the breaking point he ends up with a kill count on par with some of the series regulars.
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* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, while taking a bit more serious than jaywalking, hammer to a statue, is almost laughably harmless compared to the hardened murderers and rapists he's locked up with. crimes committed by the rest of the cast. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with his suicide after killing four other people]].people]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tarrant is a frail-looking guy who goes to tears when his shoes are taken; naturally, the sponsor selected for him is [[TheBrute Hoyt]].
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The inevitable result of Wangler's torment.
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[[folder:Guillaume Tarrant]]
!!Guillaume Tarrant
->'''Played By:''' Lothaire Bluteau
->''Prisoner number 00T416. Convicted January 2, 2000 - Destruction of private property, concealment of a deadly weapon. Sentence: 10 years, up for parole in 3.''
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: He tries to get through the day reading a thick book in solitude, and pushes away attempts to socialize. It doesn't end well for him.
* KarmicDeath: Snaps and deals one out to [[spoiler:Wangler]].
* NaiveNewcomer: Hardly begins to cover it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tarrant only has about 15 minutes total screentime, but by unwittingly playing his role in Adebisi's plan, has a larger impact on the season.
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, while a bit more serious than jaywalking, is almost laughably harmless compared to the hardened murderers and rapists he's locked up with. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with his suicide after killing four other people]].
* UnwittingPawn: To Adebisi.
* TheWoobie: Dear '''God''' this poor man is possibly the character least equipped for prison in the entire series. The other inmates promptly seize on this.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The inevitable result of Wangler's torment.
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[[folder:Guillaume Tarrant]]
!!Guillaume Tarrant
->'''Played By:''' Lothaire Bluteau
->''Prisoner number 00T416. Convicted January 2, 2000 - Destruction of private property, concealment of a deadly weapon. Sentence: 10 years, up for parole in 3.''
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: He tries to get through the day reading a thick book in solitude, and pushes away attempts to socialize. It doesn't end well for him.
* KarmicDeath: Snaps and deals one out to [[spoiler:Wangler]].
* NaiveNewcomer: Hardly begins to cover it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Tarrant only has about 15 minutes total screentime, but by unwittingly playing his role in Adebisi's plan, has a larger impact on the season.
* [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife Smashing Art Statues Will Ruin Your Life]]: His crime, while a bit more serious than jaywalking, is almost laughably harmless compared to the hardened murderers and rapists he's locked up with. This makes him [[TraumaCongaLine terribly easy prey for the other prisoners]], and eventually [[spoiler:ends with his suicide after killing four other people]].
* UnwittingPawn: To Adebisi.
* TheWoobie: Dear '''God''' this poor man is possibly the character least equipped for prison in the entire series. The other inmates promptly seize on this.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The inevitable result of Wangler's torment.
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* Catchphrase: "This is the best ''[[ShowWithinAShow Miss Sally]]'' ever."
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He gets sent to solitary and then just disappears. A deleted scene reveals that he was killed by a woman posing as a State Department employee.
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TheMole: Working undercover with the Homeboys just like Markstrom before him. Unlike Markstrom, however, Basil never really gains their trust.
*RedemptionEqualsDeathRedemptionEqualsDeath: He eventually confesses to his various crimes, and then is killed while in custody.
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* {{Jerkass}}
{{Jerkass}}: Interestingly, he's one of the only people seen on death row not to be even vaguely sympathetic.
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KarmicDeath: Gets strangled to death by Moses Dyell after calling him "Negro" one too many times.
*PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: About half of his dialogue consists of throwing racial slurs at Moses.
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Said. Not much more than a surface similarity, since he's not around long enough to get much characterization.
*WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?: Back in his day, he carried on a relationship with Ryan O'Reilly's mother.
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[[TheSmurfettePrinciple The sole female inmate of Oz]]. She sparks quite a few romance attempts, notably from Adebisi. Cunning and manipulative, she seduced many guardians to obtain small favors.
* AffablyEvil: She's quite friendly despite being completely insane.
* [[spoiler: ADeathInTheLimelight: Her last two episodes shed a lot more light on her backstory and character.]]
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* DistaffCounterpart: Is pretty much this to all the other inmates.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Which makes her foul mouthed moments even funnier.
* AffablyEvil: She's quite friendly despite being completely insane.
* [[spoiler: ADeathInTheLimelight: Her last two episodes shed a lot more light on her backstory and character.]]
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ManipulativeBitch: Shirley uses her sexuality and intelligence to manipulate many of the men around her, including Schillinger.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Richie Hanlon and NatGinzburg.Ginzburg, both of whom are gay.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Richie Hanlon and Nat
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Shirley claims that she was raped by her father-in-law, and the daughter she killed was the product of the rape. It's unclear if she's telling the truth or just trying to get a rise out of her husband.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:When two of the Aryans discover their escape tunnel and intimidate them into handing it over, he and Rebadow Busmalis booby trap it so that the Aryans get buried and suffocate.]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!Other Inmates
[[folder:Shirley Bellinger]]
!!Shirley Bellinger
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shirley_Bellinger_2187.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"All I wanted was for someone to pay attention and now that they finally are, I see that my life then, or now, isn't worth shit."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Kathryn Erbe
->''Prisoner 97B642. Convicted December 6, 1997 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. [[spoiler: Sentence commuted in 1999, then commutation of sentence revoked in 2000.'']]
[[TheSmurfettePrinciple The sole female inmate of Oz]]. She sparks quite a few romance attempts, notably from Adebisi. Cunning and manipulative, she seduced many guardians to obtain small favors.
* AffablyEvil: She's quite friendly despite being completely insane.
* DistaffCounterpart: Is pretty much this to all the other inmates.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Which makes her foul mouthed moments even funnier.
* HelloNurse: She is very attractive indeed... and she knows it.
* ManipulativeBitch
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Richie Hanlon and Nat Ginzburg.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She's openly racist and turned down Adebisi for being black. [[VillainousBreakdown He doesn't take it well]].
* StepfordSmiler: She talks brightly about her own upcoming death.
* TheSociopath
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* TearsOfFear
* TheVamp: She has no problems with using sex as a weapon to get what she wants.
* VillainousBreakdown: When she is about to be executed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bob Rebadow]]
!!Bob Rebadow
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bob_Rebadow_6094.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"God told me."'']]
->'''Played By:''' George Morfogen
->''Prisoner 65R814. Convicted September 9, 1965 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. Commuted to life.''
An elderly inmate serving a life term after being convicted for murder committed in a fit of rage in the 1960s. As a survivor of a botched execution and prison veteran, he is considered to be quite wise and often provides fatherly advice to Beecher and others.
* {{Badass}}: How else can you describe a guy who spends everyday with the most vicious killers and never seems remotely scared?
* BadassGrandpa
* BaldOfAwesome
* 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.
* CoolOldGuy
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Busmalis.
* JayWalkingWillRuinYourLife: He was sentenced to death for a purely impulsive killing that was painted as premeditated.
* NiceGuy
* OddCouple (with Busmalis)
* OnlySaneMan
* TheOldConvict
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agamemnon Busmalis]]
!!Agamemnon Busmalis
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Agamemnon_Busmalis_8140.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Tom Mardirosian
->''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.
* CloudCuckoolander
* CoolOldGuy
* NiceGuy
* NiceHat: His fishing hat.
* OddCouple: With Rebadow.
* TunnelKing: Utilized for robbing banks; his reason for being in Oz (and modus operandi for several escape attempts).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yuri Kosygin]]
!!Yuri Kosygin
->'''Played By:''' Olek Krupa
A quiet and thoughtful Russian inmate, who previously worked as a hitman.
* {{Badass}}
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Seems to be the quintessential cold-hearted assassin until revealing his MonsterSobStory to a fellow Mafiyoso, his stoic facade finally melting into murderous glee (the last thing we see on his face).
* TheDreaded
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Making a shank out of the temple pieces of your glasses definitely qualifies.
* TheMafiya
* ProfessionalKiller
* PutOnABus: Thrown out of Em City and out of sight, forever.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donald Groves]]
!!Donald Groves
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Donald_Groves_1337.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I only ate my mom. I was saving my dad for Thanksgiving."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Sean Whitesell
->''Prisoner 97G414. Convicted July 3, 1997 - Two counts of Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without parole. [[spoiler: Convicted later August 21, 1997 - One count of Murder in the first degree in connection with death of corrections officer Lawrence Smith. Sentence: Death.]]''
A quiet young inmate sent to OZ for killing and eating his parents. He possesses all the qualities that would normally make him a target of stronger inmates, but the disturbing nature of his crime combined with a creepy, solitary demeanor means he's left alone by others.
* AffablyEvil: Calm, polite, friendly and utterly homicidal.
* TheAtoner: Feels extremely guilty for murdering the guard and breaks down in tears when meeting the guard's mother says she forgives him.
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Exactly what goes on in Groves' head is a complete mystery.
* DeadpanSnarker
* ImAHumanitarian
* PsychopathicManchild: The first thing he did after knocking his parents out? Change the T.V. to cartoons.
* TheSociopath
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* TheQuietOne
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johnny Basil]]
!!Desmond Mobay/Johnny Basil
->'''Played By:''' Lance Reddick
An undercover cop sent into OZ to uncover the source of the drug trade. However, things soon become very real for him.
* {{Badass}}
* BaldOfAwesome
* BecomingTheMask
* ButtMonkey
* TheMole
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alvin Yood]]
!!Alvin Yood
->'''Played By:''' Tom Ligon
->''Prisoner 01Y218. Convicted January 20, 2001 for aggravated assault of a minor. Sentence of 12 years, up for parole in seven.''
A middle-aged former sheriff sent to OZ for assaulting a suspect.
* BigEater
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* NiceGuy: So much that even inmates who detest cops genuinely like him and he seems to get on fine with everyone.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Why he was sent to OZ.
* TheSheriff: He was this before he was sent to OZ.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mark Miles]]
!!Mark Miles
->'''Played By:''' Mike Quill
->''Prisoner 97M573. Convicted July 10, 1997 - three counts of murder in first degree. Sentence: Death.''
A Death Row racist who killed his entire family.
* EvilIsPetty: When he can't commit murder, he settles for intense racism, homophobia and just being a very unpleasant person.
* {{Jerkass}}
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richard L'Italien]]
!!Richard L'Italien
->'''Played By:''' Eric Roberts
A remorseless Death Row inmate who reveals himself to be a SerialKiller.
* AffablyEvil
* AxCrazy
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted. Upon being told that he is going to be executed for killing one women, he reveals the name of another women he killed. Not stopping there, he recites the names of another ''37'' women he's murdered, that no one ever knew about.
* HeManWomanHater: He exclusively kills women, but claims to love them...he believes that when you love someone, they possess you. He will not be possessed.
* SerialKiller
* VillainousBreakdown: When he's executed, he halts his flippant attitude and shows fear.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nikolai Stanislofsky]]
!!Nikolai Stanislofsky
A clever and cunning Russian Jew.
* TheChessmaster: Even outfoxed Ryan O'Reilly, the only character to do so.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Knew he was going to die and made peace with it.
* JewishAndNerdy: A bit of a tech genius as well as a clever criminal.
* KosherNostra
* TheMafiya
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jahfree Neema]]
!!Jahfree Neema
* MalcolmXerox
* ScaryBlackMan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Kareem Said.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?
[[/folder]]
!Other Inmates
[[folder:Shirley Bellinger]]
!!Shirley Bellinger
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shirley_Bellinger_2187.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"All I wanted was for someone to pay attention and now that they finally are, I see that my life then, or now, isn't worth shit."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Kathryn Erbe
->''Prisoner 97B642. Convicted December 6, 1997 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. [[spoiler: Sentence commuted in 1999, then commutation of sentence revoked in 2000.'']]
[[TheSmurfettePrinciple The sole female inmate of Oz]]. She sparks quite a few romance attempts, notably from Adebisi. Cunning and manipulative, she seduced many guardians to obtain small favors.
* AffablyEvil: She's quite friendly despite being completely insane.
* DistaffCounterpart: Is pretty much this to all the other inmates.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Which makes her foul mouthed moments even funnier.
* HelloNurse: She is very attractive indeed... and she knows it.
* ManipulativeBitch
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Richie Hanlon and Nat Ginzburg.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She's openly racist and turned down Adebisi for being black. [[VillainousBreakdown He doesn't take it well]].
* StepfordSmiler: She talks brightly about her own upcoming death.
* TheSociopath
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* TearsOfFear
* TheVamp: She has no problems with using sex as a weapon to get what she wants.
* VillainousBreakdown: When she is about to be executed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bob Rebadow]]
!!Bob Rebadow
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bob_Rebadow_6094.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"God told me."'']]
->'''Played By:''' George Morfogen
->''Prisoner 65R814. Convicted September 9, 1965 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death. Commuted to life.''
An elderly inmate serving a life term after being convicted for murder committed in a fit of rage in the 1960s. As a survivor of a botched execution and prison veteran, he is considered to be quite wise and often provides fatherly advice to Beecher and others.
* {{Badass}}: How else can you describe a guy who spends everyday with the most vicious killers and never seems remotely scared?
* BadassGrandpa
* BaldOfAwesome
* 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.
* CoolOldGuy
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Busmalis.
* JayWalkingWillRuinYourLife: He was sentenced to death for a purely impulsive killing that was painted as premeditated.
* NiceGuy
* OddCouple (with Busmalis)
* OnlySaneMan
* TheOldConvict
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agamemnon Busmalis]]
!!Agamemnon Busmalis
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Agamemnon_Busmalis_8140.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Tom Mardirosian
->''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.
* CloudCuckoolander
* CoolOldGuy
* NiceGuy
* NiceHat: His fishing hat.
* OddCouple: With Rebadow.
* TunnelKing: Utilized for robbing banks; his reason for being in Oz (and modus operandi for several escape attempts).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yuri Kosygin]]
!!Yuri Kosygin
->'''Played By:''' Olek Krupa
A quiet and thoughtful Russian inmate, who previously worked as a hitman.
* {{Badass}}
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Seems to be the quintessential cold-hearted assassin until revealing his MonsterSobStory to a fellow Mafiyoso, his stoic facade finally melting into murderous glee (the last thing we see on his face).
* TheDreaded
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Making a shank out of the temple pieces of your glasses definitely qualifies.
* TheMafiya
* ProfessionalKiller
* PutOnABus: Thrown out of Em City and out of sight, forever.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donald Groves]]
!!Donald Groves
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Donald_Groves_1337.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I only ate my mom. I was saving my dad for Thanksgiving."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Sean Whitesell
->''Prisoner 97G414. Convicted July 3, 1997 - Two counts of Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without parole. [[spoiler: Convicted later August 21, 1997 - One count of Murder in the first degree in connection with death of corrections officer Lawrence Smith. Sentence: Death.]]''
A quiet young inmate sent to OZ for killing and eating his parents. He possesses all the qualities that would normally make him a target of stronger inmates, but the disturbing nature of his crime combined with a creepy, solitary demeanor means he's left alone by others.
* AffablyEvil: Calm, polite, friendly and utterly homicidal.
* TheAtoner: Feels extremely guilty for murdering the guard and breaks down in tears when meeting the guard's mother says she forgives him.
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Exactly what goes on in Groves' head is a complete mystery.
* DeadpanSnarker
* ImAHumanitarian
* PsychopathicManchild: The first thing he did after knocking his parents out? Change the T.V. to cartoons.
* TheSociopath
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic
* TheQuietOne
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johnny Basil]]
!!Desmond Mobay/Johnny Basil
->'''Played By:''' Lance Reddick
An undercover cop sent into OZ to uncover the source of the drug trade. However, things soon become very real for him.
* {{Badass}}
* BaldOfAwesome
* BecomingTheMask
* ButtMonkey
* TheMole
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alvin Yood]]
!!Alvin Yood
->'''Played By:''' Tom Ligon
->''Prisoner 01Y218. Convicted January 20, 2001 for aggravated assault of a minor. Sentence of 12 years, up for parole in seven.''
A middle-aged former sheriff sent to OZ for assaulting a suspect.
* BigEater
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadpanSnarker
* NiceGuy: So much that even inmates who detest cops genuinely like him and he seems to get on fine with everyone.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Why he was sent to OZ.
* TheSheriff: He was this before he was sent to OZ.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mark Miles]]
!!Mark Miles
->'''Played By:''' Mike Quill
->''Prisoner 97M573. Convicted July 10, 1997 - three counts of murder in first degree. Sentence: Death.''
A Death Row racist who killed his entire family.
* EvilIsPetty: When he can't commit murder, he settles for intense racism, homophobia and just being a very unpleasant person.
* {{Jerkass}}
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* VillainousBreakdown
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richard L'Italien]]
!!Richard L'Italien
->'''Played By:''' Eric Roberts
A remorseless Death Row inmate who reveals himself to be a SerialKiller.
* AffablyEvil
* AxCrazy
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted. Upon being told that he is going to be executed for killing one women, he reveals the name of another women he killed. Not stopping there, he recites the names of another ''37'' women he's murdered, that no one ever knew about.
* HeManWomanHater: He exclusively kills women, but claims to love them...he believes that when you love someone, they possess you. He will not be possessed.
* SerialKiller
* VillainousBreakdown: When he's executed, he halts his flippant attitude and shows fear.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nikolai Stanislofsky]]
!!Nikolai Stanislofsky
A clever and cunning Russian Jew.
* TheChessmaster: Even outfoxed Ryan O'Reilly, the only character to do so.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Knew he was going to die and made peace with it.
* JewishAndNerdy: A bit of a tech genius as well as a clever criminal.
* KosherNostra
* TheMafiya
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jahfree Neema]]
!!Jahfree Neema
* MalcolmXerox
* ScaryBlackMan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Kareem Said.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?
[[/folder]]
