Junior Pierce
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Junior Pierce, played by Malé B. Alexander
(Sometimes credited as "Lexington Alexander") is a fictional character on the American HBO drama Oz
.
, Oz's main African-American prison gang. He is the right hand man of fellow Homeboy inmates Kenny Wangler
and Arnold "Poet" Jackson.
and Arnold "Poet" Jackson. He is mostly a background presence, hanging around Wangler and Adebisi in the kitchen and Em City. When Adebisi snorts too much heroin and begins lose his charisma as a leader, Pierce is concerned about Adebisi taking away their profits. When Italian inmate Antonio Nappa
comes to Oz and sets Adebisi back in the power struggle of the drug trade and control of the kitchen, Pierce, who hates Italians, encourages Wangler and Adebisi to go to war. The Homeboys are temporarily set back when they have a package stolen, and Adebisi, whose leadership and reputation is faltering under his heroin addiction and depression, is being guided and advised by a mysterious old African prisoner Kipekemie Jara
. They are later told by Nappa that they can be partners in the drug trade if they kill Jara, as Nappa sees Jara as a threat to his plans to completely dominate the mentally and emotionally vulnerable Adebisi. Wangler stabs Jara to death, and has Pierce dispose of the evidence by cleaning the knife used as the murder weapon. The shock of Jara's death causes Adebisi to lose his mind and he is sent to the psych ward. The Homeboys have their agreement honored and move on to run the drug trade alongside the Italians. Poet violates his parole around this time and is sent back to Oz; Pierce and Wangler are the only inmates who embrace his return and form a shared leadership of their iteration of the Homeboys.
, arrives and is tested out by Pierce and his peers on Nappa's orders. Nappa does not trust Coyle enough to keep him around in the drug trade, even though Pierce and the other Homeboys approve of him. When inmate Augustus Hill
testifies against Coyle, Pierce and Wangler are ready to get revenge, but Kareem Said
has the Muslim
s, Italians, Latinos, and even the Aryans ready to defend Hill from the Homeboys. In the meantime, Adebisi has been released from the psych ward and Pierce is wary of what will happen. He repeatedly states that the Homeboys need to eliminate him, but Nappa orders them to stand back for a time. Nappa ends up being sent to the AIDS
ward due to a sinister plan of Adebisi, and Chucky Pancamo
takes over the Italians.
When Wangler's wife is found cheating on him with a man whom he hates, Pierce loyally sets up the execution of the two of them. Wangler's wife and her lover are both killed and Wangler briefly leaves Oz to attend the funeral. With Pancamo in control, Adebisi offers to be his business partner and pledges that he will take down Wangler, Poet, and Pierce to take their spot in the drug trade. Adebisi then gets assistance from the Latinos led by Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez to take down Poet and Pierce while Wangler is gone. Adebisi then burns the two of them with boiling soup and they are sent to the hospital for the duration of the season. When they come back to Em City their skin pigmentation has lost its color making it appear whiter than it actually is. They are sent to Unit B out of Em City, where Wangler has also been transferred to. The Black inmates as a whole are also organizing to start a riot, and when Hill is sent to the hole, Poet, Pierce, and Wangler start yelling "Set Hill Free". The White inmates, led by Schillinger and James Robson, respond with "Shut The Fuck Up" as Oz is locked down approaching the millennium. As Oz is locked down, Clayton Hughes
, a sympathetic black guard, leaves a gun in Adebisi's pod.
. In Em City, they bully a White inmate named Guillaume Tarrant
. Adebisi sees this and puts the gun under Tarrant's pillow as Adebisi still wants Wangler eliminated. When the three of them bully Tarrant once again, he opens fire killing Wangler at point blank range, as well as a black guard and another inmate. Pierce attempts to flee, but he is shot in the back several times, and dies soon after.
Malé B. Alexander
Malé B. Alexander "Male B. Alexander" was born in Long Island New York. He is an actor, film/music producer, writer, and professional athlete in Lacrosse. He is the founder of Malé Baby Productions. He is also the founder of K.O.O.L Malé B. Alexander "Male B. Alexander" (June 22, 1974) was born in...
(Sometimes credited as "Lexington Alexander") is a fictional character on the American HBO drama 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...
.
Character overview
Pierce is an enforcer of the HomeboysHomeboys of Oz
The Homeboys are a gang of black prisoners in Oz involved in the prison drug trade. As 78% of Oz's prisoners are black , their membership is larger than any other prison gang in Oz.-Overview:...
, Oz's main African-American prison gang. He is the right hand man of fellow Homeboy inmates 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...
and Arnold "Poet" Jackson.
Season 2
Pierce is introduced as one of the four inmates allowed back into Emerald City under the Homeboys group, alongside Wangler, Simon AdebisiSimon Adebisi
Simon Adebisi is a fictional character played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the HBO dramatic series Oz, set in an experimental prison unit.-Character overview:Prisoner #93A234. Convicted May 2, 1993 - Murder in the first degree...
and Arnold "Poet" Jackson. He is mostly a background presence, hanging around Wangler and Adebisi in the kitchen and Em City. When Adebisi snorts too much heroin and begins lose his charisma as a leader, Pierce is concerned about Adebisi taking away their profits. When Italian inmate Antonio Nappa
Antonio Nappa
Antonio Nappa is a fictional character played by Mark Margolis on the HBO dramatic series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #98N744. Convicted June 4, 1998 - Murder in the second degree. Sentence: 80 years, eligible for parole in 50...
comes to Oz and sets Adebisi back in the power struggle of the drug trade and control of the kitchen, Pierce, who hates Italians, encourages Wangler and Adebisi to go to war. The Homeboys are temporarily set back when they have a package stolen, and Adebisi, whose leadership and reputation is faltering under his heroin addiction and depression, is being guided and advised by a mysterious old African prisoner Kipekemie Jara
Kipekemie Jara
Kipekemie Jara is a fictional prisoner on the television show Oz, played by Zakes Mokae.- Character Overview :Prisoner 98J604, Kipekemie Jara. Convicted August 1st 1998 - Criminally negligent homicide...
. They are later told by Nappa that they can be partners in the drug trade if they kill Jara, as Nappa sees Jara as a threat to his plans to completely dominate the mentally and emotionally vulnerable Adebisi. Wangler stabs Jara to death, and has Pierce dispose of the evidence by cleaning the knife used as the murder weapon. The shock of Jara's death causes Adebisi to lose his mind and he is sent to the psych ward. The Homeboys have their agreement honored and move on to run the drug trade alongside the Italians. Poet violates his parole around this time and is sent back to Oz; Pierce and Wangler are the only inmates who embrace his return and form a shared leadership of their iteration of the Homeboys.
Season 3
A new inmate, Malcolm CoyleMalcolm Coyle
Malcolm "Snake" Coyle is a prisoner on the television show Oz played by Treach of the rap group Naughty By Nature.-Character overview:Prisoner #99C122. Convicted January 17, 1999 - Grand larceny, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a police officer...
, arrives and is tested out by Pierce and his peers on Nappa's orders. Nappa does not trust Coyle enough to keep him around in the drug trade, even though Pierce and the other Homeboys approve of him. When inmate Augustus Hill
Augustus Hill
Augustus Hill is a fictional character, played by Harold Perrineau on the American television show Oz, serving as the show's narrator.-Character overview:...
testifies against Coyle, Pierce and Wangler are ready to get revenge, but Kareem Said
Kareem Said
Kareem Saïd is a character played by British actor Eamonn Walker on the American television show Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #97S444. Convicted June 6, 1997 - Arson in the second degree. Sentence: 18 years, eligible for parole in five...
has the Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s, Italians, Latinos, and even the Aryans ready to defend Hill from the Homeboys. In the meantime, Adebisi has been released from the psych ward and Pierce is wary of what will happen. He repeatedly states that the Homeboys need to eliminate him, but Nappa orders them to stand back for a time. Nappa ends up being sent to the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
ward due to a sinister plan of Adebisi, and Chucky Pancamo
Chucky Pancamo
Charles "Chucky The Enforcer" Pancamo is a fictional character, played by Chuck Zito, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #97P468. Convicted June 4, 1997 - Second degree murder. Sentence: 35 years, eligible for parole in 15....
takes over the Italians.
When Wangler's wife is found cheating on him with a man whom he hates, Pierce loyally sets up the execution of the two of them. Wangler's wife and her lover are both killed and Wangler briefly leaves Oz to attend the funeral. With Pancamo in control, Adebisi offers to be his business partner and pledges that he will take down Wangler, Poet, and Pierce to take their spot in the drug trade. Adebisi then gets assistance from the Latinos led by Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez to take down Poet and Pierce while Wangler is gone. Adebisi then burns the two of them with boiling soup and they are sent to the hospital for the duration of the season. When they come back to Em City their skin pigmentation has lost its color making it appear whiter than it actually is. They are sent to Unit B out of Em City, where Wangler has also been transferred to. The Black inmates as a whole are also organizing to start a riot, and when Hill is sent to the hole, Poet, Pierce, and Wangler start yelling "Set Hill Free". The White inmates, led by Schillinger and James Robson, respond with "Shut The Fuck Up" as Oz is locked down approaching the millennium. As Oz is locked down, Clayton Hughes
Clayton Hughes
Clayton Hughes is a character played by Seth Gilliam on the HBO dramatic series Oz, which takes place in an experimental prison unit.He started out as a corrections officer. Warden Glynn did not want Clayton to work in Oz. The main reason was that Clayton's father, Samuel Hughes, was murdered in Oz...
, a sympathetic black guard, leaves a gun in Adebisi's pod.
Season 4 Part I
The lockdown ends and Pierce, Wangler, and Poet for the time being are going with a plan set forth by Adebisi. Because Adebisi intends to have Em City run by a black man, they are agreeing with him temporarily as they want to live in an all-black cell block. Adebisi proves his sincerity getting the three of them transferred back into Emerald City against the wishes of Tim McManusTim 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...
. In Em City, they bully a White inmate named Guillaume Tarrant
Guillaume Tarrant
Guillaume Tarrant was a fictional character on the HBO prison series Oz played by Lothaire Bluteau.- Character Overview :Prisoner #00T416. Convicted January 2, 2000 - Destruction of private property, concealment of a deadly weapon. Sentence: 10 years, eligible for parole in 3.Guillaume Tarrant was...
. Adebisi sees this and puts the gun under Tarrant's pillow as Adebisi still wants Wangler eliminated. When the three of them bully Tarrant once again, he opens fire killing Wangler at point blank range, as well as a black guard and another inmate. Pierce attempts to flee, but he is shot in the back several times, and dies soon after.