Directed by Terry Kinney 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 Austin Pendleton ... William Giles 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 Charles Busch ... Nat Ginzburg Philip Casnoff ... Nikolai Stanislofsky Robert Clohessy ... Officer Sean Murphy William Cote ... William Cudney (as Will Cote) Seth Gilliam ... Officer Clayton Hughes Frederick Koehler ... Andrew Schillinger (archive footage) (as Fred Koehler) Tom Mardirosian ... Agamemnon Busmalis Craig muMs Grant ... Poet (as muMs) Kristin Rohde ... Officer Claire Howell J.D. Williams ... Kenny 'Bricks' Wangler Scott William Winters ... Cyril O'Reily Lexington Alexander ... Junior Pierce (as Malé Baby Alexander) Timothy L. Brown ... Officer Jason Armstrong (as Tim Brown) Natascia Diaz ... Margarita Ricardo (as Natascia A. Diaz) Carl DiMaggio ... Officer Len Lopresti Juan Carlos Hernández ... Carlo Ricardo Ernie Hudson Jr. ... Hamid Khan Judy Reyes ... Tina Rivera R.E. Rodgers ... James Robson Otto Sanchez ... Chico Guerra Philip Scozzarella ... Officer Joseph Mineo (as Philip V. Scozzarella) Sybyl Walker ... Rosetta Wangler (as Sybil Walker) Chuck Zito ... Chucky Pancamo Uncredited Cast Gina Allegro ... Nurse Whitney Allen ... Miss Sally Douglas Crosby ... Officer D'Agnasti Scott Denny ... Alicia Brett Gillen ... Philip Featherstone Mindy Luce ... Bonnie Keller Edgar Nicholson ... Muslim Inmate Rohan Quine ... Kiki Faye Downing Produced by Tom Fontana   Barry Levinson

Additional Info Premiere: August 18, 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 #1,606 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Site Ranking