Tony Masters is a fictional character in the HBO

Home Box Office

HBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. , HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium network in America . In addition to its U.S...

 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...

 played by Steven Wishnoff

Steven Wishnoff

Steven Wishnoff is an actor, casting professional and television producer who has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award.-Television:Wishnoff played Tony Masters, the leader of the gay gang on the HBO television series Oz, from season two until the show's sixth and final season...

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Character overview

Tony Masters (prisoner 98M922) was sent to Emerald City in 1998, when it reopened after 1997 riot. As the leader of the prison's gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 population, Masters is almost always seen with fellow gay inmates Fiona Zonioni (his cell mate), Pinkerton and Downing. Also, Masters was a friend of Jason Cramer

Jason Cramer

Jason Cramer is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Robert Bogue.-Character overview:Prisoner #98C931. Convicted September 6, 1998 - Murder in the first degree, Kidnapping, Assault with a dangerous instrument. Sentence: Life imprisonment without parole...

and was his corner man in the boxing episodes.

When Alonzo Torquemada came to Oz in Season 6, Masters became infatuated with him. When the series ended, Masters was handcuffed to Torquemada and they were evacuated from the prison together.

External links

• Official character biography at Oz website