Jonathan Coushaine is a character in HBO's Oz

Oz (TV series)

Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...

, played by Bryan Callen

Bryan Callen

Bryan Christopher Callen is an American actor. Callen is notable for being one of the original cast of comedians on the sketch comedy series MADtv.-Early life:...

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Character overview

He evidently arrived in Em City after the 1997 riot. In season 2 of the series, he seems to be a leader of the Christian inmates and their representative on the Em City council. It is never stated why he is in Oz (there is no "crime scene flashback" for the character) but it is hinted that he is a child molester. He used to teach High School and so is appointed by Tim McManus

Tim McManus

Tim McManus is a fictional character on HBO's prison drama Oz, played by Terry Kinney.-Character overview:McManus, the idealistic manager of Emerald City, is unlike the rest of the staff members at Oz as he has never been a CO, has a college education, and generally believes in the inmates as...

 to teach the GED

GED

General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...

 course. After the end of the second season the character was dropped and nothing further was said of him, making him one of the few inmate characters to be written out of the series without having to suffer an on-screen death.

Season 2

As soon Emerald City is reopened, McManus asks Coushaine, the Christians leader, to teach the GED course, because he used to teach High School. Coushaine is attacked by Kenny Wangler

Kenny Wangler

Kenny "Bricks" Wangler is a fictional character in the HBO drama Oz, played by actor J.D. Williams.-Character overview:Prisoner #97W566. Convicted July 6, 1997 - murder in the first degree . Sentence: 20 years, eligible for parole in six.He was sent to prison for murdering a student he was...

  who is a disruptive presence in the class due to Wangler's inability to read. Coushaine and McManus chose Poet to be the first of the class. McManus makes Wangler forgo the graduation party with the rest of the class, as Timmy Kirk

Timmy Kirk

Timothy "Timmy" Kirk is a fictional character from the HBO prison drama Oz played by Sean Dugan.-Character history:Prisoner #96K423. Convicted April 16, 1996 - Manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child. Sentence: 12 years, up for parole in seven...

, Don Zanghi

Don Zanghi

Don Zanghi played by John Palumbo is an Italian inmate on the HBO drama Oz. Zanghi is one of the Italians who has been on the show since the first season. He is one of the inmates seen earning their GED while in Oz. For the rest of the series, he is seen as Chucky Pancamo's podmate acting as one of...

 and Sanjay Afsana

Sanjay Afsana

Sanjay Afsana is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Conrad Lindsey.He is primarily a background character throughout the series in Emerald City who appears with Nacim Bismilla acting as a bodyguard to Muslim leader Kareem Said....

. After that, Coushaine, with all the other gangs, gives Bob Rebadow

Bob Rebadow

Robert 'Bob' Rebadow is a fictional character from the television series Oz, a drama series on HBO that portrays a maximum security prison and follows the lives of the inmates in the prison. He is portrayed by George Morfogen.-Character overview:...

 money to send his grandson to Disneyland. After the second season, Coushaine is never seen again.