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[[folder:Prison Administration]]

!!Warden Leo Glynn
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"People, we've got three murders in two weeks. I got the Commissioner yelling in my ear and the press shoved up my ass. The Governor's threatening to send in the feds. And my daughter wants to move into an apartment with her boyfriend. Somebody, help me out here."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Ernie Hudson

-->'''Glynn''': ''Look, we're doing everything we can to keep the number of reported rapes down.''
-->'''Sister Pete''': ''Reported? Listen to you, your own daughter was raped!''
-->'''Glynn''': ''Well... this is different. This is Oz.''

The warden of the prison. Though presented as the fair and honest caretaker of the prison, over the course of the series Glynn goes slowly mad with power as his political ambitions, family crisises (most notably his daughter's rape), and various other conflicts pop up in his job as warden.

* AmbitionIsEvil
* {{Badass}}
* BitchInSheepsClothing: A mild example.
* ButtMonkey
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope
* KnightTemplar
* NotSoAboveItAll: He is not above treating the prisoners poorly or playing favorites with issues.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: For the most part.
* RevengeBeforeReason: After his daughter his raped by a latino, he focuses his rage on the first latino he sees: Miguel Alvarez.
* SanitySlippage: Mostly it's a power craze, but the various stresses he deals with and his repeated problems in his personal life don't do him any favors.
* SaveTheVillain: Averted. Schillinger pleads to be allowed to help one of his sons, and Glynn shuts him down hard, flat-out admitting that it's payback for Schillinger fucking with him in the past. When Schillinger frantically protests that his son will die, Glynn more or less says "Maybe you'll have better luck with your other son." [[spoiler: He doesn't.]]
* TheSpock
* TookALevelInJerkass

!!Tim [=McManus=]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tim_McManus_2372.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I may be blind but I'm not dumb."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Terry Kinney

The idealistic creator and manager of Em City, who strives for a perfect rehabilitation system without conflict or violence, despite the concerns of others who feel that that may be an impossible dream.

* {{Bald of Awesome}}
* ButtMonkey: Things just seem to conspire against him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Its usually the only way he can keep his sanity.
* FreudianExcuse: McManus grew up near Attica, in a town where everyone either worked as a prison guard at the prison or (like his dad) worked at a business where a good chunk of the customers were prison guards. For his tenth birthday, rather than a party, McManus was forced to attend the funeral of one of his friend's dad, who died at the infamous 1971 riot at the prison. He discusses this with Said, who lampshades it by saying, 'Emerald City is your birthday party.'
* GoodIsNotNice: He's a very good guy with great intentions but he can be really petty at times.
* HonorBeforeReason
* HotBlooded: He can be an angry, angry man.
* KavorkaMan or HandsomeLech
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Wittlesey moving to England drove [=McManus=] to drinking, [[spoiler: singing Camptown Races at a wake for a slain black CO]], and [[spoiler: Glynn finally firing him.]]
* TheMcCoy
* NotSoAboveItAll
* ReallyGetsAround
* WhatTheHellHero
* WideEyedIdealist

!!Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Don't think of me as a psychologist. Don't think of me as a nun. Think of me as your mother."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Rita Moreno

The prison psychologist and nun who runs the prison's drug rehabilitation program. Though a truly good person, she suffers from various crises of faith over the course of the show, over issues such as the death penalty and her personal life (mainly the unresolved mystery of the murder of her husband and, after several tense sessions with Chris Keller, her vows as a nun after Keller tries to seduce her).

* CoolOldLady
* DeadpanSnarker
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The reaction of many inmates towards her. A small group actually voted her the hottest woman in the prison.
* HollywoodNuns
* TheMcCoy
* {{Never Mess with Granny}}
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not ranked all that high in the prison hierarchy, but probably the most reasonable authority figure in Oz.
* TeamMom

!!Father Ray Mukada
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ray_Mukada_5875.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' BD Wong

A Catholic priest who was assigned to Oz as punishment for pissing off a high ranking Cardinal over church corruption. Along with Sister Peter Marie, Mukada provides spiritual guidance to the inmates, often serving as good cop to Sister Peter Marie's bad cop.

* ButtMonkey
* ChristianityIsCatholic
* MeaningfulName: Ray sounds like the Japanese words for both spirit and zero.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* MyHeroZero
* NiceGuy
* Main/ReassignedToAntarctica: The whole reason he works at Oz.
* TookALevelInJerkass
* WideEyedIdealist

!!Dr Gloria Nathan
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gloria_Nathan_3101.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Lauren Velez

An accomplished Latina doctor who is the main provider of medical care for the inmates. Throughout the series, she develops a love-hate relationship with Ryan O'Reily, most notably when [[spoiler: Ryan becomes obsessed with Gloria and has her husband murdered so that they can be lovers.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Has this on Ryan, unfortunately for her.
* TheHeart
* HospitalHottie
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On a touchy inmate who causes flashbacks to her rape.
* Main/PrecisionFStrike: Unleashed one on Dr. Frederick Garvey.
* RapeAsDrama
* TookALevelInBadass
* TraumaCongaLine

!!Governor James Devlin
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/James_Devlin_5597.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[BlatantLies Justice has been served!]]"'']]
->'''Played By:''' ZeljkoIvanek

The amoral and deeply corrupt governor who wants to crack down on inmates, who he views as less than human.

* AGodAmI
-->'''Devlin''': ''You've heard of Olympus, right? Mount Olympus, Ancient Greece, where the Gods lived?''
-->'''[=McManus=]''': ''Yeah.''
-->'''Devlin''': ''There was a hierarchy even among the Gods. Mercury was lesser than Apollo, Apollo lesser than Zeus. Now you run your cell block and you think you're a God. Glynn runs a whole prison, he thinks he's a greater God. Well, guys...[[AGodAmI I am Zeus.]] I am omnipotent. I must be obeyed...or my thunderbolts will strike.''
* BaldOfEvil: Not bald but definitely has a receeding hairline.
* BigBad: Could be considered the true villain of the show.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Hypocrite}}
* ItsAllAboutMe: He will do anything to further his own ambitions. Everyone else is expendable, even allies.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before his real personality was revealed, he's still a very unpleasant man.
* KarmaHoudini: For most of the series though the finale implies Karma is chasing him down fast.
* NeverMyFault
* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* SmallNameBigEgo
* SmugSnake
* StrawmanPolitical: He's identified as Conservative and has some of the more unpleasant Right-wing tendencies. To be fair, its clear that he doesn't really care about it and its just a facade.
* TheNapoleon: Called as such by McManus.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. Its made abundantly clear that Devlin doesn't give a shit about anything but himself.

!!Martin Querns
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Martin_Querns_5186.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Don't fuck with Querns."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Reg E Cathey

A prison unit manager who's not above cutting deals with inmates to maintain order.

* BadBoss: He doesn't show much concern for the opinion of Officer Murphy, the chief CO of Em city at the time. [[spoiler: Subverted in the series finale when he becomes the new warden of Oz. He gives McManus 30 days notice under orders from Devlin, but tells him he will still have a place at Oz if Devlin is impeached, rather than just fire him immediately out of spite.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Anything goes in Em city but he makes it abundantly clear that violence won't be tolerated.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not evil but definitely jerkishness.
* {{Jerkass}}: Initially.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As of the finale.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Correctional Officers]]

!!Diane Wittlesey
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Diane_Wittlesy_7013.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's something in the air. And it ain't love."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Edie Falco

The token good-guy prison guard who ends up involved in a relationship with Tim [=McManus=]. Was played by Edie Falco, who left the show to go onto "Series/TheSopranos", resulting in her character being PutOnABus at the start of season four, via an impulse marriage with a guard at Buckingham Palace. Her role as the good-guy prison guard was later filled by Sean Murphy.

* {{Badass}}
* {{Blackmail}}: Is on the receiving end.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FairCop
* PutOnABus
* NotSoAboveItAll
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Claire Howell
->'''Played By:''' Kristin Rhode

A sexually aggressive and sadistic prison guard, who soon begins dominating and even raping the inmates.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Subverted. No one finds her attractive but she uses her position to get who she wants to have sex with her.
* {{Dominatrix}}
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Exploited. She knows that no one would believe a woman could possibly rape a man. She uses this to her advantage.
* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}
* {{Jerkass}}
* ManipulativeBitch
* TheVamp: A variant. Unlike most vamps, she doesn't lure men with promises of sex, she outright molests them.

!!Sean Murphy
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sean_Murphy_5743.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Robert Clohessey

A fair-mannered and good-natured guard who replaces Wittlesey.

* {{Badass}}
* DeadpanSnarker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tim MacManus.
* NiceGuy
* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler: Cutting Morales' Achilles tendons]]. Resulting in a;
** MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* OnlySaneMan
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight

!!Clayton Hughes
->'''Played By:''' Seth Gilliam

A highly impressionable and troubled young African-American guard.

* AngryBlackMan: Becomes this after his sanity is broken.
* BreakTheCutie
* MalcolmXerox
* SanitySlippage

!!Karl Metzger
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Karl_Metzger_2757.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' BillFagerbakke

A guard with previous Aryan affiliations that only come to light after he's hired.

* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlondeGuysAreEvil
* FauxAffablyEvil
* MeaningfulName
* TheMole: for the Aryans.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* [[spoiler: SlashedThroat]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Others]]

!!Tobias Beecher
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tobias_Beecher_6668.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I shat all over a man. That's not normal."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Lee Tergesen

->''Prisoner 97B412. Convicted July 5, 1997 – Driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in four. [[spoiler: Parole denied in 2001. Granted parole in 2003. Returned to OZ later that year due to a parole violation.]]''

->'''Reporter''': ''So, how would you describe your time in prison?''
->'''Tobias Beecher''': ''You ever read the story of Job?''

A Harvard-educated lawyer who fell to alcoholism, killing a young girl while driving drunk. Spends the first season of the show being repeatedly raped by his cellmate, which he suffers without complaint due to his belief that he deserves to be tortured this way as punishment for his crimes. However, he ultimately stands up for himself and ends up spending the rest of the series fighting to survive.

* TheAlcoholic: The whole reason he is in OZ.
* TheAtoner
* {{Badass}}
** BadassPacifist: Later on.
** TookALevelInBadass: Quite a few over the years, especially [[spoiler: slashing CO Metzger to death WITH HIS OWN FINGERNAILS.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hoo boy.
* BiTheWay
* ButtMonkey
* BreakTheCutie
* DeadpanSnarker: Part of his numerous levels in badass.
* DrunkDriver: How he got in OZ.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* FanNickname: Crazy Beecher after his [[TookALevelInBadass new levels in badass]].
* FishOutOfWater
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Imprisoned for vehicular homicide, [[spoiler:he is a murderer several times over by the end of the series]].
* HumiliationConga
* NaiveNewcomer
* NiceGuy
* MadnessMantra: His [[IronicNurseryRhyme nursery rhymes]], when he's ''really'' crazy.
* SanitySlippage
* WhatTheHellHero: Augustus is the only one who will call him out as he's losing his mind.

!!Augustus Hill
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Augustus_Hill_1411.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"At the end of the day, each of us has to answer one question. One, not so simple question. Who am I?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Harold Perrineau

->''Prisoner #95H522. Convicted November 6, 1995 - Possession of illegal substances, murder in the second degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, up for parole in 20 years.''

A prisoner who uses a wheelchair who also serves as the show's surrealistic narrator, breaking the fourth wall by talking to the audience about the themes of each episode (often serving as a vehicle for beliefs of the show's creator). He also introduces every prisoner, and informs us of their crime and sentence. Note that Hill the narrator is a separate entity from Hill the in-show character, as they apparently aren't the "same" person; as the last season implies that narrator-Hill is * [[spoiler:Hill's ghost, narrating the show from the afterlife after dying. In the final season, other deceased characters, including Dino Ortolani, Antonio Nappa and Jefferson Keane take turns narrating episodes as well.]]

* TheAtoner
* ButtMonkey
* DisabledSnarker
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* GreekChorus
* LargeHam: During his narrations.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall
* [[spoiler: PosthumousCharacter]]
* OnlySaneMan
* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The infamous "paper route" speech to Burr Redding.

!!Chris Keller
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chris_Keller_6287.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"At first I wanted unconditional surrender, then I wanted unconditional love."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Christopher Meloni

->''Prisoner ID 98K514. Convicted June 16, 1998 - felony murder, two counts of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, driving under the influence and reckless driving. Sentence, 88 years, with the possibility of parole in 50. [[spoiler: Convicted in 2002 of Murder in the first degree and was sentenced to death, Overturned in 2003.'']]

A bisexual sociopath who is obsessed with controlling and manipulating others. Recruited by Vern, who he once had a sexual relationship with, to seduce Beecher for the express purpose of breaking his heart (and arms and legs). However, Keller ends up falling for Beecher and the two spend most of the series either together or apart due to Keller's possessiveness.

* AffablyEvil
* AxCrazy
* Main/BecomingTheMask: He just wanted to toy with Beecher but ended up falling for him.
* Main/BeingEvilSucks
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* Main/TheDanza
* Main/DeadpanSnarker
* Main/DepravedBisexual: The bisexual sociopath to Adebisi's bisexual psychopath.
* Main/EstrogenBrigadeBait
* HatesBeingTouched
* Main/HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* Main/HeelRealization: Spends most of season three and four realizing just what a reprehensible person he is and absolutely loathing himself for it.
* Main/IfICantHaveYou: He doesn't love, he ''possesses''.
* Main/ItsAllAboutMe: He really can never see past his own needs.
* Main/IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Averted; Keller wants his beloved ''with him'' so ''he'' can be happy. When Beecher finally gets paroled and is getting his life back together on the outside, Keller misses him a lot. So he tells Beecher a sob story of his sick ex-wife who supposedly needs a non-FDA-approved drug in order to ease her suffering, and begs Beecher to pick it up for her even though it would be a violation of his parole. And then he tips the cops off about the deal, resulting in Beecher's arrest and return to Oz. Beecher, understandably, was unable to forgive this and Keller didn't get the reunion he was hoping for.
* Main/ManipulativeBastard
* Main/ReallyGetsAround
* Main/SerialKiller: Eventually revealed to be one.
* [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit]]
* Main/TheSociopath
* Main/TattooedCrook: His trademark Crucifix Tattoo which was real and not make-up.

!!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. 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.

!!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

!!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).

!!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.

!!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.
* BadassLonghair
* 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

!!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

!!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.

!!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

!!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.

!!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.
* KilledOffForReal
* KosherNostra
* TheMafiya

!!Jahfree Neema

* MalcolmXerox
* ScaryBlackMan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Kareem Said.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Muslims]]

* ChurchMilitant
* MartialPacifist
* ArchEnemy: The Aryans
* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted. They have the look, but are actually quite peaceful. However, this rep earns them a lot of enemies
* MalcolmXerox: Kareem Said has elements of this in Season 1, but ultimately this trope is not in effect for the gang as a whole
* TokenGoodTeammate: For the gangs as a whole, as they are the least violent and have the most normal and level-headed members.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Huseni Mershah

!!Kareem Saïd
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kareem_Said_7484.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You wanna save this place, right? And I want to destroy it. Brick by hypocritical brick."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Eamonn Walker

->''Prisoner #97S444. Convicted June 6, 1997 – Arson in the second degree. Sentence: 18 years, eligible for parole in five. [[spoiler: Later, found not guilty of one count of murder in the first degree, and pled guilty to two counts of attempted murder and sentenced to an unknown period of time.]]''

The leader of the Black Muslims. Said starts out as a rabble-rouser, whose disdain for the poor treatment of blacks within society puts him at odds with the staff of the prison, but after triggering a riot that leads to many deaths within the prison, Said finds himself having to reconcile his beliefs with his faith and consequences of his shit-stirring.

* AchillesInHisTent: At one point, he actively mopes after turning to the dark side ("Adebisi Lives!"), and it takes a great deal of effort to get him back in the game.
* AffablyEvil: Prior to his HeelFaceTurn.
* AngryBlackMan: Starts becoming this after he shanks Adebisi.
* TheAtoner: Becomes this.
* Badass
** BadassNormal
** BadassPreacher
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* KnightTemplar
* ManipulativeBastard
* MalcolmXerox
* RousingSpeech: A specialty of his.
* SanitySlippage: He gets better.
* SinisterMinister
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets this a lot in his more dark moments.
* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt: A major issue with both his family and his fellow blacks is his romantic interest in exclusively white women.

!!Zahir Arif
->'''Played By:''' Granville Adams

* NumberTwo

!!Hamid Khan
->'''Played By:''' Ernie Hudson Jr.

* TheStarscream

!!Nacim Bismilla
->'''Played By:''' Ra Hanna

* TheQuietOne

!!Huseni Mershah AKA James Monroe Madison
->'''Played By:''' Roger Guenvuer Smith

* DrivenToSuicide
* TheStarscream
* TokenEvilTeammate

!!Leroy Tidd
->'''Played By:''' Jacques Smith

* HeelFaceTurn
* HeroicSacrifice
* KilledOffForReal
* RedemptionEqualsDeath

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Homeboys]]

* GangBangers: Most of them fit into this archetype, save for Adebisi and Paulie Markstrom
* ArchEnemy: The Italians, and to a lesser extent, the Latinos. In Seasons 3 and 4, it becomes anyone who isn't black as well as the Muslims.
* ScaryBlackMan: Again, Adebisi and Malcolm Coyle
* TokenGoodTeammate: Jefferson Keane, Poet, Augustus Hill in Season 1, before he became part of The Others

!!Simon Adebisi
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Simon_Adebisi_2245.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I have everything. Everything I need. Every love satisfied. But it's not enough."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

->''Prisoner #93A234. Convicted May 2, 1993 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.''

A low-level gangster who through his friendship with Ryan O'Reily (and several deaths) takes over the main black gang within Oz. Originally amoral, Adebisi slides into total villainy after his attempts to reform are squashed by his underlings and he is framed for the murder of an elderly inmate he befriended. Soon enough [[spoiler: he begins a massive {{plan}} to become the undisputed kingpin of the entire prison and pretty much succeeding until Said exposes his scheme and has to kill him]].

* [[spoiler:AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Completely averted. He was so Badass, that his death was met with gasps of disbelief]].
* AffablyEvil: Can be a pretty easy going guy if you don't get on his bad side.
* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
* TheBrute
* {{Card Carrying Villain}}
* DepravedBisexual: The bisexual psychopath to Chris Keller's bisexual sociopath.
* TheDragon: Briefly to Jefferson Keane before the latter's conversion to Islam after which he promotes himself to leader of the homeboys.
** DragonAscendant
* EvenEvilHasStandards: His response to [[spoiler: Kenny Wangler's plan to steal the $3,000 set aside to send Bob Rebadow's dying grandson to Disney World]]: "No. Because sometimes, it's good to be human."
* GeniusBruiser
* GoodFeelsGood: Too bad evil feels better.
* LaughablyEvil
* ManipulativeBastard
* NiceHat: Always wears a tilted wooly cap which never falls off. No one is sure how it stays on.
* NotGoodWithRejection: He and Shirley Bellinger trade love letters. O'Reily eventually arranges for them to meet (so they can have sex). Her response? "But you a nigger." Needless to say, he doesn't take that well.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Averted. Because his "quarry" are ''men'' and not women, he's regarded as particularly manly and {{Badass}} for being able to dominate other men on every single level, including the sexual one.
* SanitySlippage: Debateable as to whether he was remotely sane in the first place, but he definately gets crazier as the show progresses.
* ScaryBlackMan
* TheSociopath
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

!!Jefferson Keane
->'''Played By:''' Leon

->''Prisoner #97K186. Convicted May 14, 1997 - Two counts of murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. [[spoiler: Later convicted of another count of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.]]''

The original leader of the Homeboys. A deeply troubled man, he converts to Islam after meeting Kareem Said.

* TheAtoner
* {{Badass}}
* BeingGoodSucks: Though his conversion to Islam brought him inner peace, it lost control of his gang to the maniacal Adebisi.
* BeingEvilSucks: Keane cannot catch a break no matter his alignment.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His love for his family helps drive his desire to turn his life around.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He does achieve a kind of redemption, but just as things are going well, he's manipulated toward a death sentence.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* TheStoic: Especially when compared to Adebisi or Johnny Post.

!!Arnold "Poet" Jackson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Poet_5813.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's kinda fucked up, leaving. Everybody else is staying. It's like waking up from a dream."'']]
->'''Played By:''' muMs the Scehemer

->''Prisoner #96J352. Convicted February 15, 1996 - Armed robbery, attempted murder, possession of a deadly weapon. Sentence: 16 years, eligible for parole in nine. [[spoiler: Granted early release in 1998. Returned as inmate #98J448, convicted July 20, 1998, on one count of 2nd degree murder. Sentence: 26 years, eligible for parole in 19.]]''

A high-ranked Homeboy who writes and performs poetry.

* TheCastShowoff: muMs the Schemer wrote every one of the poems his character recited.
* ChronicVillainy
* DeadpanSnarker
* FauxAffablyEvil
* GreekChorus

!!Kenny Wangler
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kenny_Wangler_7727.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' JD Williams

->''Prisoner #97W566. Convicted July 6, 1997 - murder in the first degree (16 years old tried as an adult). Sentence: 20 years, eligible for parole in six.''

A 16-year-old inmate who quickly becomes a member of the Homeboys.

* BigBadWannabe: He tries to convince others to call him 'Bricks', acts like a big shot, and thinks he's a badass. In reality, he's a pathetic pawn of more powerful inmates.
* TheBully
* ButtMonkey: To Adebisi.
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]
* TagalongKid: Literally, as he is only sixteen when he first joins the Homeboys.
* TeensAreMonsters
* SmugSnake
* TheSociopath: Despite the best efforts of the prison staff, he ends up being a monstrous little creature.
* UnwittingPawn

!!Burr Redding
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Burr_Redding_2256.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I take a shit in this world, I see reality and I make the best of it."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Anthony Chisholm

->''Prisoner #01R289. Convicted January 11, 2001 - Murder in the first degree, seven counts of attempted murder. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.''

A half-crazed Vietnam vet who ran the streets where Augustus Hill grew up in, and acted as a foster father to the boy. He eventually controls the Homeboys post-Adebisi. A lot of what befalls Augustus is Burr's fault.

* TheAtoner: After [[spoiler:Augustus is killed.]]
* AxCrazy
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa: Even the younger Homeboys were terrified of him.
* BeardOfEvil
* {{Jerkass}}
* ParentalSubstitute: To Augustus
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His attempts to get the Homeboys to stop selling drugs are a bit... extreme, to say the least.

!!Omar White
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Omar_White_210.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I ain't no drug abuser. Truth is, I treat my drugs better than most."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Michael Wright

->''Prisoner 01W711. Convicted January 4, 2001 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 75 years, up for parole in 20.''

An unstable homeboy and drug addict.

* ButtMonkey
* {{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}}
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]
* HiddenDepths
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal:]] [[spoiler:via SlashedThroat]]
* TalkativeLoon
* UncleTomfoolery

!!Moses Deyell
->'''Played By:''' Erik King

->''Prisoner 00D718. Convicted February 3, 2000 - Two counts of murder in the first degree. Sentence: Death.''

An inmate on Death Row for killing his girlfriend and her husband after discovering she was married.

* {{Badass}}
* BaldOfAwesome
* [[spoiler: BetterToDieThanBeKilled]]
* {{Determinator}}

!!Malcolm "Snake" Coyle
->'''Played By:''' Treach

->''Prisoner #99C122. Convicted January 17, 1999 - Grand larceny, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a police officer. Sentence: 50 years, eligible for parole in 20.''

An intimidating and psychotic prisoner.

* AwesomeMcCoolname
* BaldOfEvil
* ForTheEvulz: Why he committed the murders.
* HiddenDepths: Originally sent to Oz on armed robbery charges, but Hill finds out about [[spoiler: Coyle murdering an entire family...for fun, including an EIGHTEEN MONTH OLD INFANT.]]
* TruthInTelevision: Child killers do NOT last very long in maximum security prisons. [[spoiler: He's no exception.]]

!!Johnny Post
->'''Played By:''' Tim [=McAdams=]

A loyal homeboy henchman of Jefferson Keane.

* {{Badass}}
* DefiantToTheEnd
* KillItWithFire
* KilledOffForReal
* MauveShirt
* UndyingLoyalty: to his fellow Homeboys.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Aryans]]

* ThoseWackyNazis
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* BadGuysPlayPool
* BigBad
* PrisonRape: Their main tactic of choice when dealing with enemies and newer, weaker inmates
* BaldOfEvil
* ArchEnemy: The Muslims
* DrugsAreBad: Firm believers in this, which is why they avoid conflict with the Homeboys for the most part. Ironically, the only other gang that holds this belief are their main rivals.

!!Vernon "Vern" Schillinger
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Vernon_Schillinger_5166.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"My turn now. Sieg Heil, baby! SIEG FUCKING HEIL!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' JKSimmons

->''Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 – Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five. [[spoiler: Convicted in 1998 of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to ten additional years without the possibility of parole.]]''

The sexually sadistic leader of the Aryans, whose incredibly heated vendetta against his former rape victim Tobias Beecher drives a lot of the conflict during the show's run.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: His death during the play is met with [[CrowningMomentOfFunny deafening applause]].
* {{Badass}}
** BadassInCharge
* BaldOfEvil
* BeingEvilSucks
* BerserkButton: Don't pronounce his name incorrectly.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the first episode only, when we're introduced to him in the same way as Beecher.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played straight at times, yet subverted at others. He does love his sons and [[spoiler: mourns their deaths,]] but he's responsible for [[spoiler: Andrew's death.]] Played a little straighter with his son Hank's girlfriend and her daughter/his granddaughter.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played straight with his disgust at a paedophile priest and [[spoiler: protecting Augustus from Malcolm Coyle]], and then averted horribly [[spoiler: when he has Beecher's son killed]].
** One could call that first example a subversion considering the priest in question is portrayed as a slave to his urges, with heavy regret [[spoiler:who ends up likely dead from crucifixion at the hands of Schillinger's gang for their disgust]].
* EvilIsPetty: Though he prefers to inflict rape, drug abuse, and physical abuse on his enemies, Vern occasionally settles for petty slights such as messing up someones lunch tray and only giving Beecher the envelope of the letter from his grandmother under the pretense that it had to be confiscated.
* FauxAffablyEvil: His polite moments are mostly this, but has the strange behavior of occasionally blurring this with AffablyEvil.
* ForTheEvulz: A lot of his more horrible actions really don't have any point to them besides the fact that he enjoys the suffering of others.
* FreudianExcuse: His father is just an older, more bitter version of himself.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Stabbed with the same knife he had planned to stab Beecher with.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* KnightTemplar
* MoralMyopia: If someone else does it, its horrible. If Vern does it, its excuseable.
* MoralityPet: His son, Andrew. Coming into Oz, Andrew was a drug addict (a big trait his father hated). With Beecher's guidance, he ended up getting himself clean, leading to a blistering ReasonYouSuckSpeech to his father about his upbringing. With Andrew [[spoiler: in the hole, Vern sends a bag of heroin, leading to a relapse and an overdose.]]
* NeverMyFault: He loves blaming Beecher and conveniently forgets that he started it all with his vile abuse.
* NobleBigot: What Vern thinks he is in spite of his rapist tendencies and murdering of innocent children.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Well, he is a Nazi.
* QuipToBlack: When something bad happens to an inmate at his hand, the very next scene will be him shooting pool in his cell, complete with snarky one-liner about the situation.
* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: His {{Jerkass}}ery is made even worse by the fact that there is absolutely no benefit from it.
* VillainousBreakdown: When he realizes Keller played him for a fool.

!!James Robson
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/James_Robson_7286.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's funny, here I am, 36 years old I got nowhere to run. You know, and I--I guess what...what I want to know is, is it okay to do whatever is necessary... to survive?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' RE Rodgers

->''Prisoner #97R492. Convicted November 7, 1997 - Murder in the first degree, assault. Sentence: Life imprisonment, eligible for parole in 25 years.''

One of the Aryan leaders and Schillinger's closest friend.

* AbusiveParents
* AscendedExtra
* AssholeVictim: Quite literally.
* AssShove
* BaldOfEvil
* BreakTheHaughty
* ButtMonkey: In his tenure in Oz, he gets the tip of his penis bitten off, he gets recessive gums, gets "spooned" by Cutler, and is sodomized by Cutler and Clarence Seroy. Granted he deserves almost all of it.
* TheDragon: to Schillinger.
* FreudianExcuse: His father was not only physically abusive, but sexually abused his son all the while tormenting him about never showing any sign of "weakness".
* FauxAffablyEvil
* HiddenDepths
* LargeHam: Does a lot of yelling, screaming, and sometimes even ''barking''. Robson acts out a lot.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Most if not all of Robson's butt-monkey moments are these
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RapeAsBackstory
* RapeAsRedemption
* VillainousFriendship: He's pals with Vern.

!!Mark Mack
->'''Played By:''' Leif Riddell

->''Prisoner #96M542. Convicted June 1, 1996 - Murder in the second degree, vandalism (as a hate crime). Sentence: 70 years, eligible for parole in 40.''

A hard-headed and bullish Aryan.

* TheBrute
* DumbMuscle
* HotBlooded
* {{Jerkass}}
* KarmicDeath
* KilledOffForReal
* MauveShirt
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* TooDumbToLive

!!Andrew Schillinger
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Andrew_Schillinger_3062.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I gotta tell you something Dad, my whole life you’ve crammed into my head how superior we white folks are. I don’t see the truth in that."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Fred Koehler

->''Prisoner 99S333. Convicted February 16, 1999 - Murder in the second degree, possession of narcotics. Sentence: 50 years, up for parole in 20.''

Schillinger's youngest son and drug addict.

* AbusiveParents
* ButtMonkey
* FreudianExcuse:
* HotBlooded
* KilledOffForReal
* MoralityPet: Almost for Schillinger, but averted at the last minute.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered a devastating one to his father after kicking his drug habit.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Averted.

!!Wolfgang Cutler
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Wolfgang_Cutler_3695.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"You and me? We're gonna spoon. Now bend the fuck over."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Brendan Kelly

->''Prisoner #02C773. Convicted February 20, 2003 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.''

An Aryan-Biker with a sadistic sexual appetite.

* AssholeVictim
* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* BiTheWay:
* BondageIsBad
* GoodVictimsBadVictims: Lampshaded; contracts AIDS from parties unknown but never finds out about it. Ironically, his infecting Robson ends up allowing him the courage to renounce his evil past.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KarmicDeath
* KilledOffForReal
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* TooDumbToLive
* {{Troll}}: After his death, he leaves everything to Alvarez just to make people crazy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When he first appeared in season five, Cutler attempts to join the Aryans but he is told he has to kill Karim Said, as murdering someone is the only way to become a member of the gang. After he fails to kill Said, he disappears until season six, where he is shown to be a member of the group. How he managed to get in or who he killed, is never stated.
* WastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Cutler having AIDS; it's not revealed until after he is killed off, eliminating a decent storyline for the character and the show.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Bikers]]

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels
* HellBentForLeather
* HufflepuffHouse: Classic example, with the exception of Jaz Hoyt and Scott Ross, all the Bikers are minor characters and pawns of the Aryans.

!!Jaz Hoyt
->'''Played By:''' Evan Seinfield

->''Prisoner #98H432. Convicted August 12, 1998 - aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in four. [[spoiler: Later, confessed to four counts of murder in the first degree and is sentenced to death. Sentence overturned after he was found insane.]]''

One of the more prominent biker characters, he is often allied with the Aryans.

* AxCrazy
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute
* DumbMuscle
* HiddenDepths: He dropped out of Harvard and comes from a very wealthy family.
* PetTheDog: He's the one who organized the donation for Rebadow's dying grandson.
* SanitySlippage

!!Scott Ross
->'''Played By:''' Stephen Gevedon

->''Prisoner #97R518. Convicted June 4, 1997 - Possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, 3rd conviction. Sentence: Life imprisonment without parole.''

->''"I'm gonna give you ten minutes to get your hands off my dick."''

A drug dealer, old friend of Schillinger and leader of the Bikers. He has a past connection to Wittlesy, and is disliked heavily by almost everyone.

* AnythingThatMoves
* {{Blackmail}}: Tries this on Diane. He, among other reasons, gets shot by her for it.
* DepravedBisexual
* JerkAss
* SmugSnake

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Italians]]

* AffablyEvil: Nino Schibetta, Antonio Nappa, and Frank Urbano.
* ArchEnemy: The Homeboys, and later on, the Aryans.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A favorite tactic of the gang as a whole.
* TheMafia
* TheOldCountry: Nino Schibetta and Antonio Nappa are implied to be from Italy, the rest of the gang are first and second-generation Italian-Americans
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Subverted. Chucky Pancamo starts out as a more brute and muscular replacement to Joey D'Angelo in Season 1, as both are the gang's main enforcers and start out as TheDragon to the leader of the Italians. However, Pancamo goes through major character development and becomes an AscendedExtra, to the point of becoming a core character in the later seasons. D'Angelo is simply an EliteMook who is injured and PutOnABus shortly after.

!!Chucky Pancamo
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Chucky_Pancamo_5380.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Chuck Zito

->''Prisoner #97P468. Convicted June 4, 1997 - Sentence: 35 years, eligible for parole in 15.''

The Italian muscle who slowly rises to become leader through circumstance.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. He rises to power through sheer luck as opposed to any ambition or power playing.
* AscendedExtra: Went from being a heavy that followed Peter Schibetta around without saying much to a very prominant character.
* {{Badass}}: He's played by ''Chuck Zito''. The man was a bodyguard for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone and Charles Bronson. That's a laundry list of badass people and Chuck was in charge of protecting them! He's also a former boxer and president of the Hell's Angels.
* TheBigGuy
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute
* BrooklynRage
* TheDitz: Noticeably less intelligent than O'Reilly or Adebisi.
* TheDragon: Starts out as this to Peter Schibetta and Antonio Nappa.
* DragonAscendant: Becomes the leader of the Italians partway through Season 3 and keeps it until the end of the series. Also, one of the few gang leaders to survive the end of the show.
* FauxAffablyEvil

!!Antonio Nappa
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Antonio_Nappa_3740.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Like God, man can finally create man in his own image and then sit back and watch all sorts of shit hit the fan."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Mark Margolis

->''Prisoner #98N744. Convicted June 4, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 80 years, eligible for parole in 50.''

Replaces the Schibetta leadership, and is far more old-school and thoughtful than Nino or Peter.

* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldOfEvil
* CoolOldGuy
* TheDon
* KilledOffForReal
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Like most on OZ, he harbors quite homophobic views. Still, he manages to get along with his eventual cellmate, transvestite Nat Ginzberg.
* TheOldCountry: Along with Nino, he is implied to be from Italy proper, rather than a first or second-generation Italian-American like Ortolani or Pancamo. His name and accent certainly indicate it.

!!Peter Schibetta
->'''Played By:''' Eddie Malavarca

->''Prisoner #98S112. Convicted May 19, 1998 - Five counts of extortion: money laundering. Sentence: 35 years, eligible for parole in 20.''

->''"You tell 'em I'm gonna handle Adebisi. I'm gonna get my honor back by the end of the day. Either that fucking moolie or me is gonna be in a bodybag."''

The son of Nino, Peter is handed the Italian leadership but is unable to keep it.

* BigBadWannabe: Tries to sound philosophical like his father but often his words make no sense. He's generally too smug and lacking in the planning department to make an effective don.
* {{Bishounen}}: Arguably, YMMV may vary on this, but this may be why he has any fans at all, most of whom are female. The feminine-looking eyelashes and doll-like face certainly doesn't help his case.
* BreakTheHaughty
* ButtMonkey: With emphasis on the butt part.
* WellDoneSonGuy

!!Nino Schibetta
->'''Played By:''' Tony Musante

->''Prisoner #95S604. Convicted December 12, 1995 - Two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Sentence: 120 years, eligible for parole in 70.''

->''"What the fuck's wrong with this country? In the old days, murder was murder. You killed someone, it was business."''

A mob boss and initial leader of the Italians.

* AffablyEvil: He's quite polite and cultured most of the time.
* BadassLongRobe: Specifically a bathrobe. He wears a bathrobe in most of his scenes, and is certainly a badass character, given he's arguably the most powerful gang leader in Season 1 and one of the most effective leaders in the series.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He inflicts these, and is also a victim of it.
* TheDon
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* TheOldCountry: Implied to be Italian-born, along with his close friend Antonio Nappa
* HonorBeforeReason: His refusal to give up information on his gang.
* MoralityPet: His recently deceased wife.
* WickedCultured

!!Dino Ortolani
->'''Played By:''' Jon Seda

->''Prisoner #96C382. Convicted December 12, 1996 - One count of murder in the first degree, assault with a deadly weapon. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.''

A hot-tempered and self-destructive Italian who becomes Beecher's sponsor.

* DeathSeeker
* DecoyProtagonist: Writer Tom Fontana had to argue for this, as it was unheard of to focus on one major character, only to kill him in the first episode.
* DespairEventHorizon.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HotBlooded
* KillItWithFire
* PapaWolf: Wouldn't allow his kids to see him in OZ.
* PosthumousCharacter
* TroubledSympatheticBigot

!!Don Zangi
->'''Played By:''' John Palumbo

One of the foot soldiers of the Italians, starts out as a silent Mook for Nino Schibetta, but becomes a prominent soldier and enforcer for the gang.

* AscendedExtra: Literally. Starts out as a background character hanging around with Nino Schibetta and doing nothing. Later becomes a mid-tier character and close friend of Chucky Pancamo.
* BurgerFool: He never has a crime flashback and is strongly implied to have been working at a pizza restaurant before ending up in Oz. If this is true, he may be the only member of the Italian gang who wasn't a member of the Mafia.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: His job on the outisde was a pizza delivery boy. It's mentioned several times, but never prominently brought up, only as a few quips in random conversation.
* EliteMook
* TheMafia: Subverted, he is part of a gang of Mafiosos in prison, and most likely has connections, but is very young and as stated before, implied to be a simple pizza boy. He may or may not be a member of the Family at all. Zhangi is certainly not a made man.
* MookLieutenant: Becomes this as the series progresses.
* NoodleIncident: It's never stated or shown why he's in Oz or the nature of his connections to the rest of the Italians.

!!Joey D'Angelo
->'''Played By:''' Goodfella Mike G

->''"I have a boss, he tells me what to do."''

Nino Schibetta's right-hand man and initial enforcer of the Italians.

* TheBrute: Though nowhere near as much of a brute as Chucky Pancamo or Jaz Hoyt
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Last seen recovering from his injuries in the hospital, and is never seen after that. No explanation is given to his disappearance, as he was a prominent member of the Italian gang, and Nino's other thugs, Zhangi and Mario Seggio DID return to Em City. Fanon assumes he's either transferred to another prison.
* TheDragon: Serves as this to Nino Schibetta in the first half of Season 1.
* EliteMook
* HotBlooded
* {{Joisey}}: Has a typical appearance of a young New Jersey guido gangster, right down to his North Jersey accent and manner of dress.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deals it out and is a victim of one as well
* NoodleIncident: How he got into Oz is never explained, all we know is he's one of Nino Schibetta's most trusted men, and is either a low-ranking thug or a mid-level made man. It's never really clear.
* PutOnABus

!!Gaetano Cincetta

An unseen hitman on the outside often in contact with the Italians

* TheMafia
* TheUnseen
* TheUnfought
* ChekovsGunman: Inadvertently starts a war between the Italians and the Aryans after [[spoiler: killing Hank Schillinger]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Latinos]]

* TheCartel: Mixes in with GangBangers, as figures such as El Cid Hernandez are hitmen and other figures for the cartels, while others such as Miguel Alvarez and Carlo Rodrigo are street-level cholos
* HufflepuffHouse: Borderline example, they are one of the biggest gangs in Em City, and one of the core players in the contraband trade along with the Italians and Homeboys, but other than Miguel Alvarez and Enrique Morales, don't really do much in the show overall
* RuthlessForeignGangsters

!!Miguel Alvarez
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Miguel_Alvarez_6235.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm so tired. I'm tired of trying. I'm tired of the walls. The lies. The fear. The death. I'm so tired."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Kirk Acevedo

->''Prisoner #97A413. Convicted February 3, 1997 - Assault with a deadly weapon, criminal mischief in the second degree. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in two.''

The main Latino prisoner of the show. A loser whose father and grandfather are both imprisoned in Oz, Alvarez spends most of the series being driven to madness by the prison staff via being put into solitary confinement (though he [[AssholeVictim pretty much deserves it]], seeing as he [[spoiler: gouged out the eyes of a prison guard in a desperate bid to avoid being expelled from the main Latino prison gang, due to his light skin and semi-Caucasian looks.]]

* TheAtoner
* {{Badass}}
* BeingEvilSucks
* BeingGoodSucks
* ButtMonkey
* BreakTheHaughty
* CosmicPlaything
* DeadpanSnarker
* DespairEventHorizon
* TheDeterminator
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* SanitySlippage
* TattooedCrook

!!Enrique Morales
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Enrique_Morales_6899.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' David Zayas

->''Prisoner #00M871. Convicted April 6, 2000 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 25 years, up for parole in 15.''

A highly intelligent and powerful inmate who quickly becomes the Latino leader.

* AffablyEvil
* BadassInCharge
* BeardOfEvil
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* EvilGenius: Probably the smartest gang leader in the series.
* GeniusBruiser
* ManipulativeBastard
* SharpDressedMan: Seen in his flashback.
* WifeBasherBasher

!!Carmen "Chico" Guerra
->'''Played By:''' Otto Sanchez

->''Prisoner #96G522. Convicted June 4, 1996 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 53 years, up for parole in 17.''

The unambitious and unimaginative henchman to several Latino leaders.

* AscendedExtra: The only other Latino character to survive all the way through the show, outliving several other extras with no lines.
* BodyHorror: What he does to himself.
* FlatCharacter: He pretty much exists to taunt Alvarez time and again, and cozy up to whomever is leading the Latinos at the moment.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tips off McManus about Omar White having drugs, triggering a shakedown... but forgets he has them on his person as well.
* {{Jerkass}}
* UnknownRival: to Alvarez, who's aware of his existence and hatred, but cares very little. They eventually bury the exhausting hatchet.

!!Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
->'''Played By:''' Luis Guzmán

->''Prisoner #98H498. Convicted July 10, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 36 years, up for parole in 20.''

A legendary Latino gangster, he takes over the gang from Alvarez and immediately ostracizes him for his Caucasian-like features. He controls his third of the drug trade with a respected iron fist, but eventually lack of success in offing Alvarez gets to him, and he goes nuts.

* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
* TheCartel: Implied to be a hitman for one of these organizations.
* PerpetualFrowner
* SatisfiedStreetRat
* SouthOfTheBorder: Stated to be a Mexican gangster, whereas the majority of the Latinos are Puerto Rican or Cuban.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Irish]]

* TheIrishDiaspora
* TheIrishMob
* MauveShirt: Every member of the Irish whose surname isn't O'Reilly. Timmy Kirk is a subversion. As a member of the Irish, he is definitely a minor character, but when he joins The Christians, he becomes a significant character.
* OireLand: Padraic Connolly, the rest of the Irish have more of a Southies style to them.
* TheTroubles: Again, Padraic Connolly.
* WhiteGangBangers

!!Ryan O'Reily
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Reily_9654.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm like the lord of the fucking dance. I got moves."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Dean Winters

->''Prisoner #97P904. Convicted July 12, 1997 - Two counts of vehicular manslaughter, five counts of reckless endangerment, possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon, parole violation. Sentence: Life imprisonment, up for parole in 12 years. [[spoiler: Convicted of murder in the first degree in 1998 and parole was extended to 40 years.]]''

An [[TheIrishMob Irish-American career criminal]] who serves as an Iago-figure, pitting the various gangs and cliques within Oz against each other for the purposes of surviving. The embodiment of the MagnificentBastard, ANYONE is expendable in the eyes of O'Reily; [[spoiler:even his brain damaged brother Cyril, who ends up in jail after [[MurderTheHypotenuse killing a man for Ryan]], and later sentenced to death for killing another.]]

* AbusiveParents: His childhood was pretty horrible.
* AffablyEvil
* AlliterativeName: Close enough, anyway.
* BigBrotherInstinct
* BerserkButton: Hurting or threatening Cyril. If Cyril doesn't kill You, Ryan will definitely finish the job.
* BookDumb: He's undoubtedly intelligent, brilliant even, despite being a high school dropout.
* TheChessmaster
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder
* DeadpanSnarker
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* EvenEvilHasStandards: O'Reily, sociopath and all round ManipulativeBastard, was disgusted that William Cudney could murder a child. He is also disgusted with Patrick Keenan, a rapist. Although this was only because O'Reily had a crush on the person Keenan raped.
** O'Reilly is also the only prisoner to try to help Beecher cope with being abused by Schillinger and cheers him on when he sees Beccher attack Vern.
** He's also sympathetic to Guilliame Tarrant when he enters Oz, advising him to stand up to Wangler and Pierce as soon as the opportunity arises.
* FightingIrish
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: "I'm no fag!" is almost a catchphrase for him.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A lot of the things that befall him (and ''especially'' his brother Cyril) are his own fault, and brought on by his own manipulations.
** On the other hand, he's very good at staying alive and gets out of most of the messes he creates without a scratch.
* ItsAllAboutMe
* ManipulativeBastard
* MoralityPet: Cyril.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: What happens when he falls in love with Dr. Nathan.
* NonActionGuy: In a show filled with violence, O'Reilly almost never fights. He prefers to let others do his dirty work.
** Notable exceptions include: attacking Schillinger in the cafeteria after he's raped Cyril, attacking an Aryan when he mocks him about having cancer, and of course, killing Patrick Keenan.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Not at ''all''.
* OddFriendship: With Beecher in season one.
* RealLifeRelative: Brother Cyril was played by Dean Winters' real-life brother Scott. Their brother was also a top-level producer on the series.
* StalkerWithACrush

!!Cyril O'Reily
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Reily_3946.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Scott William Winters

->''Prisoner #98P284. Convicted July 1, 1998 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment, up for parole in 60 years. [[spoiler: Convicted in 2002 of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death.]]''

Ryan O'Reily's mentally-retarded younger brother, who suffered a head injury protecting Ryan and now requires constant supervision. An honest and good-hearted person, he is prone to outbursts of complete rage and is easy to fool -- a bad combo in a place like Oz, which is full of ManipulativeBastard types.

* Main/BadassLonghair
* Main/BewareTheNiceOnes: He's indearingly innocent most of the time. But when he goes off, its best to be somewhere else.
* Main/ButtMonkey
* Main/CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's VERY good at boxing.
* DumbMuscle
* Main/HairTriggerTemper
* Main/MoralityPet
* Main/PsychopathicManchild
* SanitySlippage: The entire 'Jericho' arc.
* SiblingsInCrime: with Ryan, although he probably doesn't understand what's happening much of the time and is more of an UnwittingPawn.
* Main/YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: You really, REALLY wouldn't.

!!Timmy Kirk
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[CatchPhrase How'd you like a blowjob?]]"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Sean Dugan

->''Prisoner #96K423. Convicted April 16, 1996 - Manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in seven. [[spoiler: Convicted of Conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree in 2002 and sentenced to death.]]''

An Irish inmate who undergoes several religious conversions following a meeting with Jeremiah Cloutier.

* [[AGodAmI A Devil Am I]]
* AscendedExtra: Pretty much existed as an O'Reily subordinate who saw Shirley Bellinger's vagina before getting a major role in Seasons 4 through 6.
* ChurchMilitant
* EvilRedhead
* {{From Nobody to Nightmare}}
* [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Heel Faith Revolving Door]] First Catholic, then Protesant, then...Satanist. Then proclaiming to be Satan himself. He's nothing if not willing to change.
* KnightTemplar
* ManipulativeBastard
* SanitySlippage
* SmugSnake
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity
* WouldHurtAChild

!!Seamus O'Reily
->'''Played By:''' Kevin Conway

->''Prisoner #03P138. Convicted February 3, 2003 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 34 years, up for parole in 16.''

The abusive, aggressive father of Ryan and Cyril. He's sent to OZ after being convicted of murder.

* AbusiveParent
* TheAlcoholic
* ButtMonkey: His life has been one long bout of misery.
* HotBlooded
* {{Jerkass}}
* NeverMyFault
* YourCheatingHeart

!!Liam Meaney
->Played By: Seth William Meier

A soldier of the Irish and one of Ryan O'Reilly's henchmen. Replaced Timmy Kirk's position after Kirk joined The Christians.

* BitPartBadGuy
* EliteMook
* FlatCharacter: He doesn't really do much other than act as one of Ryan O'Reilly's mooks.
* MauveShirt
* NoodleIncident: It's never explained how he got into Oz.

!!Daniel Meehan
->Played By: Malachy McCourt

* CoolOldGuy
* GoodShepherd:
* IrishPriest
* NoDeadBodyPoops: Averted.
* Oire Land: Played by a native Irish actor, though never explicitly mentioned in the show.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Christians]]

* ButtMonkey: Every member except Timmy Kirk.
* CorruptChurch
* CovertPervert: Despite their saintly veneer, nearly all of the Christians are sex offenders and child murderes, save for Cloutier and Gougeon.
* DeathSeeker: Like ALL of them!
* EverybodysDeadDave: At the end of the series, only two Christians are confirmed to still be alive; Samuel Gougeon and Harden.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Even less violent than the Muslims and considered the weakest of all the gangs.
* HolierThanThou
* Hypocrite
* NonActionGuy: They never participate in the boxing tournament, the only gang not to do so.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Timmy Kirk upon joining the Christians. He's the only member to actually kill other inmates, and is the most violent of them all. William Cudney is a close second in this regard, as he is a psychopathic and fanatical child murderer, but never gets to kill anyone on the inside.
* LightIsNotGood: Despite their saintly appearance, they are one of the most psycho of all the gangs. Most of their members are guilty of the worst crimes, generally sex crimes and violent crimes against children, and the creepiest thing of them all is that most have no sense of self-preservation. At all.
* PedophilePriest: Robert Sippel, the gang as a whole could be considered the layman equivalent of this.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Jeremiah Cloutier and Samuel Gougeon are the only ones in the Christians who are not child murderers or rapists. Jonathan Coushaine has elements of this, seeing as he is a kindly and calm man with no violent tendencies whatsoever, but he is implied to be a rapist, althopugh it is never confirmed.
* WouldHurtAChild: All but two are either child murderers or sexual perverts of all kinds, including pedophiles.

!!Rev. Jeremiah Cloutier
->'''Played By:''' Luke Perry

->''Prisoner #00C966. Convicted December 27, 2000 - Embezzlement and petty larceny. Sentence: nine years, up for parole in five.''

A charismatic TV evangelist caught embezzling from the church.

* AndIMustScream
* AntiVillain
* TheAtoner: Trying to make up for embezzling money from his church.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBeard
* ButtMonkey
* DoingInTheWizard: His mystical, unexplained disappearance from the hospital in season 5 [[spoiler:was actually the bikers finishing the exact same job they started, sealing him back inside a wall to die]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Deconstructed. When Luke Perry first joined the show, everyone was assuming that Luke Perry would be subjected to a prison rape storyline for maximum shock value. What his character got was so gruesome and grotesque, that being rape would have been a kinder fate for the character.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* TheRival: to Mukada, but they eventually put their differences behind them and become friends.

!!William Cudney
->'''Played By:''' Will Cote

->''Prisoner #99C124. Convicted February 10, 1999 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: Life imprisonment without the possibly of parole.''

A psychotic and fanatical Christian inmate.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: O'Reily is sickened by him.
* HolierThanThou: Looks down on the inmates gambling or lusting after women despite being a child killer.
* {{Hypocrite}}
* KilledOffForReal
* KnightTemplar
* RevengeByProxy
* TooDumbToLive
* WouldHurtAChild

!!Samuel Gougeon
->'''Played By:''' Blayne Perry

->''Prisoner 97G141. Convicted August 5, 1997 for manslaughter in the first degree. Sentence: 19 years, up for parole in 10.''

A kind-hearted and benign Christian inmate imprisoned after a fatal hunting accident.

* {{Keet}}: A milder version of this trope, keeps a relatively optimistic demeanor despite his surroundings and is a very devout Christian.
* {{Megane}}: A kind, klutzy, and somewhat adorable version. Essentially he's a male equivalent of a {{Meganekko}}
* NiceGuy: Arguably one of the kindest inmates in Oz
* NerdGlasses
* TokenGoodTeammate: One of only two Christian inmates who is not a sex offender or child murderer, and the only one who is confirmed to have survived the series. In a show where AnyoneCanDie, doubly so for good-natured characters, that's pretty amazing for a minor to mid-tier character.

!!Robert Sippel
->'''Played By:''' David Lansbury

->''Prisoner 88S510. Convicted March 10, 1988, for sexual abuse in 2nd degree. Sentence: 15 years, up for parole in 10.''

A guilt-ridden ex-priest and child molestor.

* TheAtoner
* PedophilePriest
* TooDumbToLive: Why would a child molester willingly come back to HIS OLD CELL just for a place to sleep? Sure enough, [[spoiler: the Aryans crucify him on the gym floor just hours later.]]

!!Jonathan Coushaine
->Played By: Bryan Callen

An easy-going Christian inmate and initial leader of the Christians. Was once a high school teacher and as a result, teaches the GED classes in OZ.

* AffablyEvil
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Disappears without explanation in Season 3
* NiceGuy
* NoodleIncident: It's never revealed how he entered OZ, but it's implied he may be a sex offender.
* PutOnABus

!!Harden

One of the more mysterious Christian inmates, often seen in the flock of William Cudney and Jeremiah Cloutier. When Timmy Kirk becomes head of the Christians, Harden acts as one of Kirk's mooks. One of only two Christian inmates to survive the end of the series.

* BitPartBadGuy
* ChekovsGunMan: Helps Augustus Hill bring down Supreme Allah
* EliteMook: Acts as this to Timmy Kirk
* FlatCharacter: Harden is a Christian inmate who is quiet, obedient to whoever is in charge of the Christians, and often appears in the background. That's really it.
* NoodleIncident: It is never revealed how he got into Oz.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Gays]]

* CampGay: Tony Masters, Downing, Alonzo Torquemada, Billie Keane, and Fiona. The exceptions are Jason Cramer, Richie Hanlon, and Ronnie Balrog.
* TheGoomba: With the noted exception of Jason Cramer, most of the Gays are considered weak and not good at fighting
* ManlyGay: Again, Richie Hanlon and Jason Cramer. Richie Hanlon is TheEveryman and a ButtMonkey, while Jason Cramer is a violent sociopath and a KarmaHoudini
* TransEqualsGay: Nat Ginzburg is not gay, but transgender, however, because she is trans, the administration puts her in The Gays. Fiona on the other hand, is simply a drag queen.
* VillainousCrossdresser: Every single one except Richie Hanlon and Jason Cramer

!!Alonzo Torquemada
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Alonzo_Torquemada_1185.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I can control all of Em City!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Bobby Cannavale

A disgraced nightclub owner and the leader of the Gays in the final season of the show. He imports a lot of designer and synthetic drugs into the prison, and takes a liking to Miguel Alvarez, protecting him from the rest of the Latinos.

* AffablyEvil
* AgentPeacock
* CampGay
* CelibateHero: Despite the fact he owns nightclubs and is involved in the drug trade, he insists that he is a celibate virgin.
* CoolestClubEver: Once again, is implied to have run successful straight clubs as well.
* TheDandy
* LeftHanging: He has a grand plan to take over Em City's drug trade and make the Gays a powerful gang, even trying to make an alliance with Chucky Pancamo, leader of the powerful Italian gang. However, this all happens in the last three episodes of the series, so we never really know if his plan would have worked out.
* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: Ran one of these joints.

!!Nat Ginzberg

* AffablyEvil
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* CampGay
* ConvenientTerminalIllness
* DeadpanSnarker
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* KilledOffForReal
* TransEqualsGay
* VillainousCrossdresser

!!Richie Hanlon
->'''Played By:''' Jordan Lage

->''Prisoner #98H462. Convicted June 3, 1998. Posession and distribution of a controlled substance. Sentence: 8 years, up for parole in 5.''

->''"I love to take it in the ass."''

A low-level drug dealer and openly gay inmate. He is the initial leader and spokesman of the Gays.

* AffablyEvil
* BlackComedyRape: He is raped and humiliated several times by the Aryans, but shrugs it off, or at least hides his emotional trauma very well.
* ButtMonkey
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's repulsed by rapists and tries to help catch the men who attacked Glynn's daughter.
* TheEveryman
* KilledOffForReal
* ShowerOfLove: Erm, well, he thought he'd get one when he was saved from Death Row. It ends horribly for him.
* StraightGay: He's not that masculine, but he's neither CampGay nor a VillainousCrossdresser, like most of his gang.

!!Jason Cramer
->'''Played By:''' Robert Bogue

->''"There's only two things I know how to do. Fight and suck."''

A witty inmate incarcerated for killing and chopping up his boyfriend. Partakes in the fighting tournament in Season 3 and is one of the few gay inmates taken seriously by the other prisoners.

* {{Badass}}
** BadassGay
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He becomes enraged when he thinks the Latinos are going to attack his lover. Of course O'Reily said it so it wasn't true.
* ManlyGay
* KarmaHoudini
* LeatherMan: Semi-example. He wears a black leather biker jacket several times, and is the most masculine and aggressive of the gay inmates, but doesn't show other biker and BDSM tendencies that most leathermen show.

!!Ronald Barlog

* KilledOffForReal
* NeckSnap
* TurnCoat

[[/folder]]