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The Routine
"The Routine" is the pilot and first episode of the HBO prison drama television series '' Oz''. Written by Tom Fontana and directed by Darnell Martin, it aired originally on July 12, 1997. Starring * Ernie Hudson as Warden Leo Glynn * Terry Kinney as Tim McManus * Harold Perrineau, Jr. as Augustus Hill * Eamonn Walker as Kareem Said Also starring * Kirk Acevedo as Miguel Alvarez * Edie Falco as Correctional Officer Diane Whittlesey * Leon as Jefferson Keane * Rita Moreno as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo * Tony Musante as Nino Schibetta * J. K. Simmons as Vern Schillinger * Lee Tergesen as Tobias Beecher * Sean Whitesell as Donald Groves * Dean Winters as Ryan O'Reily Guest starring * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Simon Adebisi * George Morfogen as Bob Rebadow * muMs da Schemer as Arnold "Poet" Jackson * Jon Seda as Dino Ortolani * Jose Soto as Emilio Sánchez * Desiree Marie Velez as Jeanie Ortolani * Lauren Vélez as Dr. Gloria Nathan Co-starring * O. L. Duke as Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oz (TV Series)
''Oz'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television show, television series set at a fictional men's prison created and principally written by Tom Fontana. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by the premium television, premium cable television, cable network HBO. ''Oz'' premiered on July 12, 1997, and ran for six seasons. The series finale aired February 23, 2003. Overview "Oz" is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a fictional Incarceration in the United States#Security levels, level 4 prison#Security levels, maximum-security state prison in New York. The nickname "Oz" is also a reference to the classic film ''The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Wizard of Oz'' (1939), which popularized the phrase, "There's no place like home." In contrast, a poster for the series uses the tagline: "It's no place like home". Moreover, most of the series' story arcs are set in "Emerald City", a wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and theater projects throughout her extensive career spanning over seven decades. Her work includes supporting roles in the classic musical films '' Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), ''The King and I'' (1956), and the 1961 and 2021 film adaptations of ''West Side Story''. Her other notable films include ''Popi'' (1969), ''Carnal Knowledge'' (1971), '' The Four Seasons'' (1981), '' I Like It Like That'' (1994) and the cult film ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998). She is also known for her work on television including the children's television series ''The Electric Company'' (1971–1977), and as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series '' Oz'' (1997–2003). She voiced the titular role of in ''Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?'' from 1994 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Morfogen
George Morfogen (March 30, 1933 – March 8, 2019) was an American stage, film and TV actor. He is known for playing Bob Rebadow in the HBO show '' Oz'', and for his role as Stanley Bernstein in the original '' V'' miniseries. He was of Greek descent. Biography He appeared at the Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn and at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre in Heinrich von Kleist's play, '' The Prince of Homburg''. The play was videotaped for the PBS series, ''Great Performances'', and later released as a DVD. A chapter in Davi Napoleon's book, '' Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater'' describes the rehearsal process and the production. Morfogen was lifelong friends with director Peter Bogdanovich, and was best man for Bogdanovich at his 1962 wedding to Polly Platt. Morfogen acted in five films directed by Bogdanovich: '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), ''Daisy Miller'' (1974), ''They All Laughed'' (1981; also producer), ''Illegally Yours'' (1988; also co-produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Adebisi
Simon Adebisi is a fictional character played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the HBO dramatic series '' Oz''. Initially a side character, Adebisi later serves as one of the main characters in the first four seasons, beginning with the fourth episode of the first season where he is eventually promoted to leader of the Homeboys gang. After the first half of season four, his character was killed off the show so Akinnuoye-Agbaje could film the movie ''The Mummy Returns''. A ruthless Nigerian inmate with a penchant for rape, murder and physical intimidation, Adebisi controlled much of the drug trade at one point and is among the most feared and powerful inmates in the prison. Throughout his time in Oz, Adebisi is seen to have both sociopathic and maniacal tendencies, showing little to no remorse for the various atrocities he had committed both in and out of prison. He is also shown to have a severe addiction to heroin, suffering a nervous breakdown due to withdrawals in season 2, for w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (, ; born 22 August 1967) is an English actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Lock-Nah in ''The Mummy Returns'', Nykwana Wombosi in '' The Bourne Identity'', Heavy Duty in '' G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', Kurse in '' Thor: The Dark World'', Killer Croc in ''Suicide Squad'', Mr. Eko in ''Lost'', Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series '' Game of Thrones'', and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama '' Concussion''. Akinnuoye-Agbaje's feature directorial debut, ''Farming'', wrapped production in 2017 and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. Early life and education Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, to Nigerian parents of Yoruba origin, who were students in the UK. When he was six weeks old, his biological parents gave him up to a white working-class family in Tilbury, Essex. His foster parents had at least ten African children, including Akinnuoye-Agbaje's two sisters, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily is a main character in the television series '' Oz''. He was portrayed by Dean Winters from 1997 to 2003. Character overview O'Reily is an Irish-American sociopathic hoodlum originally sentenced to 12 years to life for killing two people while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, then 40 to life after confessing to a murder he had his brother, Cyril, commit. Before he was arrested for his original crime he was running a street gang of Irish-American hoodlums called the Bridge Street Gang, with Cyril as his lieutenant/bodyguard. When his brother is permanently brain-damaged in a fight with a rival at a funeral, Ryan, blaming himself, goes on a drug and alcohol-fueled rampage throughout the city. Highly intelligent and completely ruthless, O'Reily survives in Oz by manipulating everyone around him, and working with the most dangerous inmates using a variety of inmate gangs to get whatever he wants; series creator Tom Fontana has likened him to Iago, the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Winters
Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama ''Oz (TV series), Oz'' and had roles in TV series'' Rescue Me (U.S. TV series), Rescue Me'', ''30 Rock'', ''Sex and the City'' and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', as well as portraying "Allstate#Mayhem, Mayhem" in a series of Allstate Insurance commercials. He co-starred in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series ''Battle Creek (TV series), Battle Creek'' and had a recurring role as “The Vulture” on the comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. Early life Dean Gerard Winters was born in New York City on July 20, 1964. He was raised on Long Island. He is of Irish and Italian descent, and speaks fluent Italian. He has two brothers, actor Scott William Winters, Scott and writer Bradford, and a sister, Blair. Winters spent his teenage years in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Chaparral High School (Arizona), Chaparral High School and graduated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Groves
The characters of '' Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Main inmates Key Other inmates The Aryans The Aryans are a fierce gang. Led through the whole series by the charismatic Vernon Schillinger. They are racist, nationalist, tough and like to have what are known in the series as "Prags" (The show's term for a "Bitch"). They, and mostly Schillinger himself, take up most of the Oz rape statistic. Curiously they rarely have feuds with the Homeboys but rather with the Muslims. The Aryans were in a perpetual alliance with the Bikers, had a CO on their "payroll," and were a force to be reckoned with. * (Leif Riddell) – An inmate in Emerald City and Schillinger's lieutenant. He helps Schillinger murder Vogel and later rapes Hanlon. When he discovers Busmalis' tunnel, he forces them to switch cells and attempts to escape through the tunnel. He and a fellow e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Whitesell
Sean Whitesell (March 11, 1963 – December 28, 2015) was an American film and television actor, writer and producer. Early life and education Whitesell was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa,Variety Magazine: "Sean Whitesell, Producer for ‘Oz,’ ‘House,’ ‘The Killing,’ Dies at 52" by Carmel Dagan December 31, 2015Times of India: "'Oz' producer Sean Whitesell dead at 52" January 1, 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Beecher
Tobias Beecher is a main character on the television show '' Oz'',Sean O'Sullivan and David WilsonImages of Incarceration: Representations of Prison in Film and Television Drama(Waterside Press, 2004) played by Lee Tergesen. He is one of only eight regular characters (both prisoners and guards) to survive the entire run of the show. The others are Bob Rebadow, Ryan O'Reily, Miguel Alvarez, Arnold "Poet" Jackson, Sister Peter Marie Reimondo, Tim McManus and Dr. Gloria Nathan. Character overview Beecher, a successful attorney and family man, is an alcoholic who hits and kills a nine-year-old girl while driving drunk. He is offered a plea bargain that would have allowed him to serve his sentence in a minimum security prison, but Beecher, not wanting to do any time at all, instead goes to trial seeking an acquittal. The effort fails and the judge, a family friend of the Beechers, decides to make an example of him and sentences him to 15 years in the Oswald Maximum Security Peniten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Tergesen
Lee Allen Tergesen (; born July 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in '' Weird Science'', as Tobias Beecher in HBO's prison drama '' Oz'', and as Evan Wright in ''Generation Kill,'' as well as guest starring in many other series. In film, he is known for his portrayal of Terry in ''Wayne's World'' and ''Wayne's World 2'', as well as Vincent Corey in ''Monster''. Early life Tergesen was born in Ivoryton, Connecticut"Alumnus Lee Tergesen To Speak at AMDA NY SUMMER 2013 Graduation" amda.edu, October 5, 2013 and graduated from Valley Regional High School in nearby [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Schillinger
Vernon Schillinger is a fictional character played by American actor J. K. Simmons on the HBO series Oz as a major antagonist. TV Guide included him in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time and ''Rolling Stone'' has ranked him #22 of the "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time". Schillinger is one of the most powerful and feared inmates in Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz"). As leader of Oz's Aryan Brotherhood, Schillinger controls most white inmates and has a reputation for ruthless brutality and rape. He is shown to be a high-ranking member of the Brotherhood outside of prison, thus giving him power outside of Oz through a vast network of allies. Character overview Schillinger is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood inside the Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz"). An ardent racist, he is serving an eight-year sentence for aggravated assault for attacking an African American drug dealer with a crowbar for selling drugs to his sons. He indulges i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
