Directed by Alan Taylor Written by Tom Fontana   Cast Kirk Acevedo ... Miguel Alvarez 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 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Simon Adebisi Edie Falco ... Officer Diane Whittlesey George Morfogen ... Bob Rebadow Luna Lauren Velez ... Dr. Gloria Nathan (as Lauren Velez) BD Wong ... Father Ray Mukada Austin Pendleton ... William Giles Zeljko Ivanek ... Governor James Devlin Kathryn Erbe ... Shirley Bellinger Christopher Meloni ... Chris Keller Eddie Malavarca ... Peter Schibetta Luis Guzmán ... Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez (as Luis Guzman) Skipp Sudduth ... Lenny Burrano Pat McNamara ... Dr. Prestopnick J.D. Williams ... Kenny Wangler Scott William Winters ... Cyril O'Reily Craig muMs Grant ... Poet (as muMs) Granville Adams ... Zahir Arif Tom Mardirosian ... Agamemnon Busmalis LL Cool J ... Jiggy Walker Bryan Callen ... Jonathan Coushaine Douglas Crosby ... Officer D'Agnasti Sean Dugan ... Timmy Kirk Annika Peterson ... Shannon O'Reily Leif Riddell ... Mark Mack Otto Sanchez ... Chico Guerra Danton Stone ... D.A. Pat Fortunato Chuck Zito ... Chucky Pancamo Todd Etelson ... Mario Seggio Ali Merhi ... Luis Batista Uncredited Cast Frank Bonsangue ... Sicilian Crew Brett Gillen ... Philip Featherstone Chuck Jeffreys ... Hustler Jack Serra ... Officer Ricotta Produced by Jim Finnerty   Tom Fontana   Barry Levinson   Bridget Potter   Original Music by David Darlington Steven Rosen

Additional Info Premiere: August 17, 1998 DVD Release: January 07, 2003 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 #1,604 / 20,906 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Site Ranking