The fourth season of ''
Prison Break'', an American serial drama television series commenced airing in the United States on September 1, 2008, on
Fox
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. It consists of 24 episodes (22 television episodes and 2 straight to DVD episodes), 16 of which aired from September to December 2008. After a hiatus, it resumed on April 17, 2009 and concluded on May 15, 2009 with a two episode finale.
The fourth season was announced as the final season of ''Prison Break'', however the series returned in a limited series format as ''
Prison Break: Resurrection'', which premiered on April 4, 2017.
Cast
Main characters
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Dominic Purcell
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Lincoln Burrows
Lincoln Burrows, played by Dominic Purcell, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American television series '' Prison Break''. The plot of ''Prison Break'' revolves around Lincoln being framed for the murder of the ...
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Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is an American-British actor and screenwriter. He rose to prominence following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox series ''Prison Break'', for which he received a nomination for the ...
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Michael Scofield
Michael Scofield, portrayed by Wentworth Miller, is a fictional character and one of the two main protagonists of the American television series '' Prison Break''. The character first appeared in the series pilot, in which he deliberately goes ...
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Michael Rapaport
Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, he has made over 100 appearances in film and television. His film roles include ''True Romance'' (1993), '' Higher Learning ...
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DHS
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Special Agent
Don Self
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Amaury Nolasco
Amaury Nolasco Garrido (born December 24, 1970) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the Fox television series ''Prison Break'', and for his role in ''Transformers''.
Early life
Nolasco was born ...
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Fernando Sucre
Fernando Sucre, played by Amaury Nolasco, is a fictional character from the American television series, '' Prison Break''. He is introduced to the series in the pilot episode as the prison cellmate of the series protagonist, Michael Scofield (pla ...
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Wade Williams
Wade Andrew Williams (born December 24, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his various character roles, and for a major supporting role as correctional officer Brad Bellick on the Fox television series ''Prison Break'' and Father Cronin ...
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Brad Bellick
Bradley Bellick is a fictional character from the American television series, '' Prison Break''. He is portrayed by Wade Williams. As one of the principal characters of ''Prison Break'', he has been featured in the first four seasons of the serie ...
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Robert Knepper
Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox drama series '' Prison Break'' (2005–2009, 2017), Samuel Sullivan in the final season of the NBC series '' Heroes'' ...
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Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell is a fictional character from the American television series '' Prison Break''. Played by Robert Knepper, he is part of the main group of characters in the series and is part of the Fox River Eight. After guest-starring ...
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Chris Vance as
James Whistler
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Danay García
Danay Aguilar García (born July 5, 1984) is a Cuban-born actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Sofía Lugo on Fox's drama series ''Prison Break'' (2007–2009) and Luciana Galvez on AMC's horror drama series '' Fear the Walk ...
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Sofia Lugo
This is a list of characters in the United States, American television series ''Prison Break''. The characters are listed alphabetically by their last name or by the name which appears in the episode credits.
Overview
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series '' Nash Bridges'' (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on '' Prison Break'' (20 ...
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Gretchen Morgan
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Sarah Wayne Callies
Sarah Wayne Callies (born June 1, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's ''Prison Break'' and as Lori Grimes in AMC's '' The Walking Dead''. She has also starred as Katie Bowman in USA Network's ''Col ...
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Sara Tancredi
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William Fichtner
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Alexander Mahone
Alexander "Alex" Mahone is a fictional character portrayed by William Fichtner in the American television series '' Prison Break''. Mahone is introduced in the premiere of the second season as a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investi ...
Recurring characters
Episodes
Production
On January 13, 2009, Fox president Kevin Reilly confirmed the series would end at the conclusion of this season. He explained, "''
Prison Break'' got to a point where a lot of the stories had been told." At the time, he said there was a possibility of adding two extra episodes, he said "We want to finish strong."
These extra two episodes became ''
Prison Break: The Final Break'', although they never aired on Fox, and became available only on DVD.
Home media release
References
External links
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