Directed by Steve Buscemi   Written by Tom Fontana   Cast Kirk Acevedo ... Miguel Alvarez Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Simon Adebisi Ernie Hudson ... Warden Leo Glynn Terry Kinney ... Tim McManus Rita Moreno ... Sister Peter Marie Reimondo Harold Perrineau ... Augustus Hill J.K. Simmons ... Vern Schillinger Lee Tergesen ... Tobias Beecher Eamonn Walker ... Kareem Said Dean Winters ... Ryan O'Reily Edie Falco ... Officer Diane Whittlesey Luis Guzmán ... Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez Olek Krupa ... Yuri Kosygin Mark Margolis ... Antonio Nappa Christopher Meloni ... Chris Keller George Morfogen ... Bob Rebadow Luna Lauren Velez ... Dr. Gloria Nathan (as Lauren Vélez) BD Wong ... Father Ray Mukada Granville Adams ... Zahir Arif Arija Bareikis ... Tricia Ross Philip Casnoff ... Nikolai Stanislofsky Robert Clohessy ... Officer Sean Murphy Seth Gilliam ... Officer Clayton Hughes Enid Graham ... McManus's Attorney Frederick Koehler ... Andrew Schillinger (as Fred Koehler) Tom Mardirosian ... Agamemnon Busmalis Craig muMs Grant ... Poet (as muMs) J.D. Williams ... Kenny 'Bricks' Wangler Scott William Winters ... Cyril O'Reily Lexington Alexander ... Pierce (as Malé Baby Alexander) Timothy L. Brown ... Officer Jason Armstrong (as Tim Brown) William Cote ... Cudney (as Will Cote) Natascia Diaz ... Ricardo (as Natascia A. Diaz) Carl DiMaggio ... Lopresti Tim Hopper ... Donn Ernie Hudson Jr. ... Khan Otto Sanchez ... Chico Guerra Nelson Vasquez ... Rivera Chuck Zito ... Chucky Pancamo Todd Etelson ... Mario Seggio Robert Lin   Uncredited Cast Douglas Crosby ... Officer D'Agnasti Brett Gillen ... Philip Featherstone Juan Carlos Hernández ... Carlo Ricardo Produced by Tom Fontana   Barry Levinson

Additional Info Premiere: August 11, 1999 DVD Release: February 24, 2004 Country: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Production Companies Rysher Entertainment The Levinson / Fontana Company Viacom Productions (2000) Paramount Network Television (2001) Distributors Home Box Office (HBO)   (1997) (United States) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2002) (United States) (season 1) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2003) (United States) (season 2) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2004) (United States) (season 3) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2005) (United States) (seasons 4 and 5) (DVD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2006) (United States) (season 6) (DVD) Paramount Television   (2000) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating 7.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.5 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,634 / 21,267 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Site Ranking