Directed by Adam Bernstein   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 Luis Guzmán ... Raoul 'El Cid' Hernandez Christopher Meloni ... Chris Keller George Morfogen ... Bob Rebadow Austin Pendleton ... William Giles Luna Lauren Velez ... Dr. Gloria Nathan (as Lauren Vélez) BD Wong ... Father Ray Mukada Granville Adams ... Zahir Arif Lothaire Bluteau ... Guillaume Tarrant Charles Busch ... Nat Ginzburg Philip Casnoff ... Nikolai Stanislofsky Robert Clohessy ... Officer Sean Murphy Erik King ... Moses Deyell Domenick Lombardozzi ... Ralph Galino Pepa ... Officer Andrea Phelan Tom Mardirosian ... Agamemnon Busmalis Craig muMs Grant ... Poet (as muMs) Dana Reeve ... Wendy Schultz Kristin Rohde ... Officer Claire Howell J.D. Williams ... Kenny 'Bricks' Wangler Scott William Winters ... Cyril O'Reily Edward Herrmann ... Harrison Beecher G.A. Aguilar ... Louis Bevilaqua Lexington Alexander ... Junior Pierce (as Malé Baby Alexander) Peter Hans Benson ... Reporter (as Peter Benson) Timothy L. Brown ... Officer Jason Armstrong Carl DiMaggio ... Officer Len Lopresti Todd Etelson ... Mario Seggio Ra Hanna ... Nacim Bismilla Ernie Hudson Jr. ... Hamid Khan Jon M. McDonnell ... Prison Guard John Palumbo ... Don Zanghi Michael Quill ... Mark Miles Lance Reddick ... Desmond Mobay R.E. Rodgers ... James Robson Otto Sanchez ... Chico Guerra Philip Scozzarella ... Officer Joseph Mineo (as Philip V. Scozzarella) Evan Seinfeld ... Jaz Hoyt Tessell Williams ... Nurse Chuck Zito ... Chucky Pancamo Uncredited Cast Whitney Allen ... Miss Sally Frank Bonsangue ... Sicilian Crew Tom Farrell ... Suicide Inmate Zeljko Ivanek ... Governor James Devlin Edgar Nicholson ... Muslim Inmate Floyd Resnick ... Officer Steven Wishnoff ... Tony Masters Produced by Tom Fontana   Barry Levinson

Additional Info Premiere: July 12, 2000 DVD Release: February 01, 2005 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 7.5 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.2 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,637 / 21,707 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 5 total ratings Site Ranking