Directed by Barbara Kopple 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 Kathryn Erbe ... Shirley Bellinger Edie Falco ... Officer Diane Whittlesey Luis Guzmán ... Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez Zeljko Ivanek ... Governor James Devlin 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 Philip Casnoff ... Nikolai Stanislofsky Robert Clohessy ... Officer Sean Murphy Kevin Conway ... Seamus O'Reilly Natascia Diaz ... Margarita Ricardo (as Natascia A. Diaz) Seth Gilliam ... Officer Clayton Hughes Juan Carlos Hernández ... Carlo Ricardo Ernie Hudson Jr. ... Hamid Khan 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) Carl DiMaggio ... Officer Len Lopresti Michael Hyatt ... Sadiya Khan Yura Lee ... Violinist Judy Reyes ... Tina Rivera R.E. Rodgers ... James Robson Otto Sanchez ... Chico Guerra Philip Scozzarella ... Officer Joseph Mineo (as Philip V. Scozzarella) Evan Seinfeld ... Jaz Hoyt Nelson Vasquez ... Officer Eugene Rivera Chuck Zito ... Chucky Pancamo Uncredited Cast Meredith Collins ... Woman in Waiting Room Douglas Crosby ... Officer D'Agnasti Brett Gillen ... Philip Featherstone Steven Wishnoff ... Tony Masters Produced by Tom Fontana Barry Levinson

Additional Info Premiere: September 01, 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 #1,604 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Site Ranking