“I was desperate to earn a role”: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje reflects on ‘Oz’ 

Adebisi was brilliant. There will never be another character like that on TV.

It's so weird seeing him as a polite, intelligent human being. What a phenomenal actor!

Man there will never be another scary, menacing, mean yet funny villain on TV like Adebisi.

Adebisi stands out from the other thugs and bullies in Oz. He’s like a hulking, angry ball of hate. A force of nature. He’s ethereal. Him and Schillinger are genuinely terrifying.

Adebisi made sure I never went to jail to meet another Adebisi lmao

Adebisi was my favorite character out of Oz and who could forget about his little hat

I just Finished the Whole OZ series. Adabesi was by far the Best Character. This man is an INCREDIBLE actor !!!

Dude’s a good actor. Adebisi was like the scariest character ever.

He plays such a good Nigerian guy, I had no idea he was “Bri-ish”.

It's a cliché, and I don't ordinarily say this, but Adewale was THE PERFECT actor for this role. Could not have been done better by anyone.

that's how you know you have talent. he was improvising and he created a character from within. a guy who had 2 lines to a main character. he stole the show and became one of the biggest threats and personalities on the show. adebisi lives.

its insane that he was putting on an accent in the show. its so lifelike i thought that was his actual voice in real life. truly talented

Adebisi was my dude on OZ! He was definitely an integral part on making that show a success!

Legendary in Oz.

I literally just watched all six seasons of Oz on a Binge watch. His character scared the crapp out of me lol.

Just finished Oz for the first time and he’s the best...the show fell apart when his character was murdered

Simon Adebisi is one of the best characters in TV history, thats a fact. Adewale was brilliant in there.

He was absolutely AMAZING in Oz! Everyone was, but he really stood out.

He Is s Brilliant actor with a briliant mind. He was so terrifying in Oz but in in reality he’s a gentleman with a very pleasant personality and a heart of gold.😊

One of the best actors ever! Anyone on here who hasn't seen oz! Go watch it see this guy in it and you'll know what I'm on about

Oz went downhill after Adebisi died. Adebisi and Jefferson Keane were my 2 favorites

"Appy Bir-day tew yew"(Blows out Kenny's candle 🕯)

His acting skills are amazing

he was amazing on LOST too

What a shock to hear him talk ! He was the best real prisoner and by the way that was my favorite show thanks to him.

This guy is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED 🔥🔥

Whaaaat?! After seeing LOST and Oz I thought he was legit Nigerian.

He’s ENGLISH actor WOW !!

"Welcome back, Kenny" lol

Best character on OZ

Most actors kind of play themselves, there isn't much diference between them and the characters they usually play. But man this guy is phenomenal, I didn't expect him to be like this :))

Dammit I miss Adebisi 😭😭 And Eko from Lost 😭😭. Adewale just has such memorable characters.

Honestly this guy killed it so much one of the best cast people

Happy birthday to Kenny happy birthday to you.

acting seems so easy but starting out and trying to make a name for yourself is truly something. you’re not always doing what you want to do

He made that show in my opinion. One of my favorite shows. But Adebisi is the best character ever in the history of stories

Its so strange, he's intimidating on Oz but seems like such a well put together man in this interview, the sign of a top tier actor.

A main character? He was the entire show

Brilliant Actor hard earned Worth the price of admission

This man is an amazing actor!!

He was the best character in the show

He was killed off in Oz so he could fulfill his Mummy Returns obligation.

No big roles left then he ended up taking over the show

Adebisi was menacing and totally unbalanced but what a character he was

Such a phenomenal under rated actor

Happy Birthday to Kenny....

Adebisi was magnificent character. I was 15 when i started watching the show and I already loved sopranos so the mob in oz was my favorite at first but very soon ryan o'reily and Adebisi became my favorite characters

Very underrated.

He is such an anazing actor. His work in Oz was outstanding, but his other works are stellar too.

Adebisi and Mr Eko..two of my fav characters

Simon Adebisi is my favorite character from Oz brutal yet intelligent funny yet horrifying.

F***ing LOVE this guy!!!!!

He is such a great actor. He is completely different from Adebisi.

You will always be our true "Black Panther"!!

Simon Adebisi & Chris Keller were both terrifying characters! Superb acting.

He's plays crazy insane in the movie but in his life he's such a sweetheart

Never could figure out how he kept that little hat on his head!

Everyone bangs on about the sopranos but OZ was ground breaking for HBO for one hour series and a plethora of talent cans through the show

This guy has got the acting range like 2pac. Adebesi was a BEAST! I WISH Adewal would do another show with adebesi before he gets too old! Good luck!

Hollywood is a weird place. Every time I hear an actor say “l went to the producers house to read lines” or “I went to the hotel to read lines” I instantly think they got put on the casting couch. He’s a great actor though. Adebisi was a legendary character.

Loved him in Oz, only seen him in Faster besides that. He did phenononal, all the actors on Oz gave believable performances that makes you forget you're watching a show that makes you wonder is this really happening and someone just happened to put a spy cam on these people to capture this footage we're watching, but his character and how he played it with charisma was truly something special. It's kind of sad how he died in the show, all his desires ran out, instead of fulfilling himself with God like you're supposed to he burnt himself out on everything he could get, then decided he didn't want to live anymore.

I luv OZ

so great seeing this guy remember where he comes from... emerald city lol

Jeezus, Larry seems he's a breath away from the grave.

Adebisi is the best character of Oz

KING ADEBISI 🙏🏾🔥💪🏾

I blown away he’s actually got a uk accent 😅

I just finished watching Oz and I was disappointed he didn't make it through to the end - Adebisi was such a good character

Such a awesome actor. A very charming hearing his English accent.

Adebisiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!

I will tell you right now I did 7 years and NJDC (a little bit less cuz I had good time and made parole). Before I was sentenced I went on a hunger strike in the county.Within 2 weeks I had lost 40 lb and I ended up in the hospital with a feeding tube up my nose chain to a bed sedated by benzodiazepine so I couldn't move. Hunger strike don't work.only thing that might gain you these days is if you're lucky the hospital and if you're not lucky you starve to death in jail

Adebisi was so scary, I bet actual prisoners have nightmares about him as the default image of cheeksmasher… him and Fleece Johnson

It always blows my mind when characters actors have English accents in real life when I only know them from shows. Like McNulty in The Wire. Blew my mind

Before idris elba, there was this guy, shame he was not given major movir roles after oz. Both hailed from the uk.

Wombossi!! Great actor in The Bourne Identity

Adebisi Lives! He was great!

He was my favorite character on oz😍

Adewale is the best

Adebisi was extremely Jokerish, Always thinking ahead, couldnt be bought or bullied, came off as walking Chaos.. What a Character, what an Actor.. 🔥

Adebisi was incredible, best OZ character, hands down!

Beautifull person, and a superb actor.

Wow too hear him talk like that it’s crazy we’re is his hat

Big, intelligent and ruthless psychopath. Great character

Simon Adebisi is a one of the greatest character

So well spoken. I didn't even know he was British

Adebisi! Him and schillinger made u wanna watch this show, you just had to c what they were gonna do in the next episode.

No way this is the same guy who played Adebesi. He looks like someone who'd wanna spend a day playing croquet smoking french cigars.

A very convincing actor. 😍

Adebisi was the man on Oz! 🔥💯

Brilliant character actor

He has a beautiful accent

I hate Adebisi so much which only means that Adewale did an AMAZING job!!! Brilliant!!!

I’m surprised Larry didn’t ask him about ace Ventura 2 or the mummy?😂

Larry King became his prag immediately after the filming of this interview.

Wow this is atabisi how cool

His African accent was perfect on the show, I was shocked hearing him sound bri-ish

Adebisi was frightening and funny at the same time

I don't know why everybody mentions Sopranos and forgets Oz, since Oz started before Sopranos.

'They are not my people. I am an African.' S3E4

Adebisi dancing in front of Schabetta will never get old