History Characters / OzPrisonAdmin

* ArchEnemy: While he is an AllLovingHero who believes that anyone can be saved, Timmy Kirk is the only one he truly despises and views as irredeemable. His encounters with Kirk are always and he's the only one who really makes Ray break his priestly visage by devolving into screaming and insults. It doesn't help that Kirk is responsible for most of his sufferings in Oz.

* AntagonisticGovernor: On a show wall-to-wall with scumbags (it's set in a prison, after all), one of the worst is the guy on the outside campaigning on a "law and order" platform.
* BaldOfEvil: Not bald but definitely has a receeding hairline.
* BigBad: Devlin could easily be considered the true villain of the show, as he's responsible for many of the horrible conditions in Oz.
* DeadpanSnarker: In a WorldOfHam, Devlin stands out as being relatively low-key.

--> '''Querns:''' Like most of you, I come from the streets. I'm not some candy-ass white liberal looking to turn you into better citizens. I intend to meet with each of you individually, but until then, keep this principle in mind: Don't ''fuck'' with Querns.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The above-mentioned BadassBoast is his very first line of dialogue. It is met with stunned silence by the inmates, driving the point home that this is ''not'' a man to be fucked with.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As of the finale.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Most of his initial "get to know you" meetings with the prisoners of Em City involve this.

-->''"Why do you think that I work here, huh, Tim? I went to the Pontifical Gregorian University in the Vatican. I was in the top of my class. I was the Cardinal's great yellow hope, until I started working in his office and I asked a few too many questions. I had a few too many opinions. I defied him, instead if deifying him. So his Excellency decided to punish me by sending me to Oz, to extinguish my career."''

The chaplain of Oswald State Penitentiary, also known as Oz. He is a Catholic priest who graduated at the top of his class at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He was initially serving under Cardinal Francis Abgott who called him his "Great Yellow Hope". Abgott's extremely conservative views clashed with Mukada's more idealistic ones. After disagreeing with the Cardinal a few times too often, he was transferred to Oz, which "extinguished" his career as a priest. He works alongside Sister Pete, trying to help the prisoners in Oz. Although Father Ray Mukada and the Christian group have some issues about religion, Father Ray still tries his hardest to make life in Oz a little easier for the inmates. He has been noted for several attempts to straighten up the inmates from drug addictions, murders, etc. He is still the main religious authority in Oz. Although it was forced upon him, he appears to grow into the role of a spiritual guide over time and firmly believes that his work is important.

* ArchEnemy: While he is an AllLovingHero who believes that anyone can be saved, Timmy Kirk is the only one he truly despises and views as irredeemable. It doesn't help that Kirk is responsible for most of his sufferings in Oz.

* BerserkButton: Anything involving Timmy Kirk.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Deconstructed}}. Part of the reason Reverend Cloutier is successful at converting inmates is because Father Mukada is the only chaplain, meaning that Protestant inmates have been getting the short-shrift. A rivalry of sorts emerges, until both realize that they can help more inmates by working together.

* NiceGuy: The times he so much as raises his voice are few and far between, and normally require substantial provocation.

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Mukada is one of the few people to get Schillinger to genuinely relent in his vengeance against Beecher, albeit briefly, by [[spoiler:talking Schillinger into releasing Beecher's kidnapped daughter]].

* SmallNameBigEgo: According to the Cardinal, this is the ''real'' reason Father Mukada was sent to Oz. He doesn't elaborate, leaving the accuracy of the statement somewhat ambiguous.

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Has this on Ryan, unfortunately for her.

* HospitalHottie

* WideEyedIdealist: Even more so than [=McManus=]. He's a strong believer in rehabilitation as opposed to punishment, but he's often road-blocked by the realities of the prison.
** He gradually becomes disillusioned with his job, but especially when it comes to Timmy Kirk, who [[spoiler:tries to murder Reverend Cloutier and Father Mukada, and in the process he gets two of Mukada's friends killed]]. Mukada deems Kirk to be pure evil and completely deserving of an eternity in Hell.

%%* ButtMonkey

%%* TheHeart

%%* TookALevelInBadass

* BadassPacifist: He survives a prison riot and attempted murder by arson and keeps coming back to do his job.

* SmallNameBigEgo: According to the Cardinal, this is the ''real'' reason Father Murkada was sent to Oz. He doesn't elaborate, leaving the accuracy of the statement somewhat ambiguous.

* KarmaHoudini: Devlin gets one.

%%* ButtMonkey

* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Deconstructed}}. Part of the reason Reverend Cloutier is successful at converting inmates is because Father Mukada is the only chaplain, meaning that Protestant inmates have been getting the short-shrift. Mukada and Cloutier actually get into a Cold War over their religions, before both acknowledging they were being petty about the whole thing and becoming friends.
* CommonalityConnection: He at one point seeks out fellow religious leader Kareem Said for advice.

%%* DeadpanSnarker

* SleazyPolitician: In addition to what we see on screen, he's being investigated for corruption all throughout his first term.
%%* SmallNameBigEgo
%%* SmugSnake
* StrawHypocrite: He personally doesn't give a damn about the crime rate, the economy, or any other plank he runs on. He just knows they make for a good election platform.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. It's made abundantly clear that Devlin doesn't give a shit about anything but himself.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Not evil but definitely jerkishness.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Played with; his method of running Emerald City is actually ''far'' more hands-off than [=McManus'=] (essentially, do whatever you want as long as there's no violence), but Glynn gives him far more latitude and he administrates Emerald City with an iron fist, replacing all of the CO's with ones of his choice and brooking no disagreement with his policies.

%%* MyHeroZero

** He gradually becomes disillusioned with his job, but especially when it comes to Timmy Kirk, who [[spoiler:tries to murder Reverend Cloutier and Father Mukada, and in the process he gets two of Mukada's friends killed]]. Mukada deems Kirk to be [[CompleteMonster pure evil]] and completely deserving of an eternity in Hell.

%%* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter

* NiceGuy: The times he so much as raises his voice are few and far between, and normally require substantial provokation.

%%* TookALevelInJerkass

* AmbiguouslyGay: ''Very'' ambiguously since, being a priest and all, his sexuality doesn't come up very often. Still subtly implied, particularly in his interactions with Chris Keller. Helped by the fact that his actor, BD Wong, is openly gay.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: {{Deconstructed}}. Part of the reason Reverend Cloutier is successful at converting inmates is because Father Mukada is the only chaplain, meaning that Protestant inmates have been getting the short-shrift.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: The whole reason he works at Oz.

* WideEyedIdealist: Even more so than [=McManus=].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite her bedside manner, he's no pushover. She will ''hurt'' you if given the impetus.

* AGodAmI:

->'''Played By:''' Reg E Cathey

->'''Played By:''' BD Wong

%%* ChristianityIsCatholic

%%* NiceGuy

%%* WideEyedIdealist

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes

%%* HospitalHottie

%%* RapeAsDrama

%%* TraumaCongaLine

%%* {{Hypocrite}}

%%* NeverMyFault
%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat
%%* SleazyPolitician

%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity

%%* BadassBoast
%%* DeadpanSnarker

%%* TyrantTakesTheHelm

* KarmaHoudini: Devlin gets a

* 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.

A Catholic priest who often provides spiritual counsel to many of the inmates, especially Miguel Alvarez. He assists Sister Pete in being the main force of good on the show.

* ButtMonkey
* ChristianityIsCatholic

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter
* MyHeroZero
* NiceGuy

* TookALevelInJerkass
* WideEyedIdealist

* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey

* TheHeart
* HospitalHottie

* RapeAsDrama
* TookALevelInBadass
* TraumaCongaLine

A right-wing politician, Governor Devlin represents all extreme mechanisms of law and order necessary to keep society crime free. He passes several acts to minimize prisoner rights and increase law enforcement spending. Disliked by several staff members and the vast majority of the inmates, Devlin eventually is in a sea of controversy once a city mayor whom he was politically involved with is sent to Oz for conspiring to commit a racially motivated bombing.

* AGodAmI

* BigBad: Could be considered the true villain of the show.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Hypocrite}}

* {{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

* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. Its made abundantly clear that Devlin doesn't give a shit about anything but himself.

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Takes over as warden of Oz in the finale after the murder of Glynn.]]
* 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.

* {{Jerkass}}: Initially.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As of the finale.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm

->'''Played By:''' ZeljkoIvanek

* TheNapoleon: Called as such by McManus.

* 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.]]

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Takes over as warden of Oz in the finale after the murder of Glynn.

A jaded and results-oriented black man, Querns is hired by Glynn after pressure by community leaders to hire an African American Unit Manager in Oz. Querns, as told through a conversation to Adebisi, is only different from the black inmates in that he has been smart enough to have never been arrested for dealing drugs. The complete opposite of McManus, he believes that drugs are good for the prisoners because they subdue them until they are incapable of any discipline problems.