Oz Premiered Date, Network, Genre, Cast

Premiered Date

July 12, 1997

Genre

Drama

Network

HBO

Cast

Rita Moreno

as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo

J.K. Simmons

as Vern Schillinger

Christopher Meloni

as Chris Keller

Ernie Hudson

as Warden Leo Glynn

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

as Simon Adebisi

Eamonn Walker

as Kareem Said

Dean Winters

as Ryan O'Reily

Harold Perrineau

as Augustus Hill

Kirk Acevedo

as Miguel Alvarez

Terry Kinney

as Tim McManus

Lee Tergesen

as Tobias Beecher

Tom Mardirosian

as Agamemnon Busmalis

About Oz

About

Oz, short for Oswald State Correctional Facility, captures life in a four-story, maximum security prison. Ernie Hudson played the Warden.

Creator Tom Fontana at least co-wrote all 56 episodes. This was HBO's first hour long drama.