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Kenny Wangler
Wanglerset
First appearance "God's Chillin'"
(episode 1.03)
Last appearance "A Cock and Balls Story"
(episode 4.01)
Reason/Cause Murdered by Guillaume Tarrant
Details
Prisoner No. 97W566
Aliases Bricks
Gender Male
Age 19 (deceased)

May 10, 1981

Date of Conviction July 6, 1997
Date of Death July 12, 2000

Shot and killed by Tarrant during scuffle

Affiliations The Homeboys
Spouse Laura Wangler
Children 1
Relatives Rosetta Wangler (mother)
Jordan Wangler (son)
Kill Count 3
Episode Count 23 Episodes
Portrayed by J.D. Williams

Kenneth "Kenny" Wangler, later known by his moniker “Bricks”, was an African-American inmate and Underaged Criminal featured in Oz. Portrayed by J.D. Williams.

Plot Summary[]

"Prisoner #97W566, Kenny Wangler. (16 years old tried as an adult) Convicted July 6, '97 - Murder in the first degree. Sentence: 20 years, up for parole in 6."
The Narrator[src]

Season 1[]

Wangler is sent to Oz for murder and is immediately seen as a target due to his age. After he compliments Kareem Said, Said tries to convert him to Islam but his heroin addiction keeps him off the straight and narrow path. Adebisi suggests to current Homeboy leader, Jefferson Keane to let him join them because they will need every man they can get if they’re going to war with the Wiseguys. Later, Wangler and Adebisi ambush Sicilian mobster Joey D'Angelo, Nino Schibetta's Lieutenant, in the kitchen and proves that he has a place in the gang. He robs elderly inmate Bob Rebadow for no apparent reason other than it is easy to do so and is later choked by Unit Manager Tim McManus for his behavior and lack of respect towards the elderly. Throughout the season up to the riot, Wangler remains a key drug dealer and user who goes insane during the riot from withdrawal.

Season 2[]

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Kenny "Bricks" Wangler

In General Population, Wangler goes through severe heroin withdrawal and is assaulted by the prisoners and guards for his disruptive behavior. He is let back into Em City, and McManus convinces him to get his GED instead of mopping floors. In the classroom, Wangler is disrespectful and verbally berates several inmates, especially Poet, who has a talent for writing. He flips out when he is asked to read. Later on, it is discovered that Wangler is illiterate. McManus proposes that he learn how to read instead of going to the hole to Warden Glynn and his behavior improves as he becomes more literate. Adebisi, however, is not pleased by Wangler getting more book smart. After Wangler gets out of pocket with Adebisi he physically threatens him and tells him to never disrespect him again. Adebisi forces him to stop going to class and tears up a book that McManus gave him to hide his tits. Wangler's behavior worsens as a result, and he is not allowed to walk the stage at graduation when McManus decides he is too much of a discipline problem. Wangler then gets back into the routine, even making peace with Poet. Later, Wangler, along with Junior Pierce, heckle Sicilian inmate Chucky Pancamo after Adebisi takes out his leader, Peter Schibetta.

As Adebisi becomes increasingly unstable, it becomes clear that he cannot lead the Homeboys. The Sicilians make an offer to Wangler that he can’t refuse - a partnership in the drug trade if Wangler kills Jara, the man responsible for salvaging Adebisi. He kills Jara with the help of Pierce. Adebisi has a psychotic episode and gets blamed for Jara’s death and goes to the psych ward as a result. Also, Poet comes back to Oz after killing a man while on parole and Wangler and Pierce accept him upon his return.

Season 3[]

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Wangler's defeat against Hamid Khan in the boxing tournament.

Malcolm Coyle arrives and is immediately welcomed by Wangler. Coyle is beaten by the Homeboys in the gym as a loyalty test that is often performed in their housing project neighborhoods. Wangler proves that he is worthy of being in their gang to Antonio Nappa. Adebisi is released from the psych ward and the other Homeboys, especially Wangler and Pierce, plot to kill him. Nappa, however, tells them to stand back for the time being. Wangler is angry when Coyle is kicked out of the kitchen on Nappa's suspicions. Later Augustus Hill testifies against Coyle for murdering a Sicilian-American family, and Wangler seeks revenge. With the help of Kareem Said, Antonio Nappa, Carmen Guerra, and Vernon Schillinger, Hill is protected and Coyle is killed by the Sicilians so that the Homeboys learn a lesson about seeking revenge.

Taking the new moniker of "Bricks", Wangler represents the Homeboys in the boxing tournament and is knocked out instantly by Muslim inmate, Hamid Khan. Wangler and Poet, angered at the loss to the Muslims, expose Kareem Said for having sexual thoughts about a white woman. As a result Said is deemed unfit to run the Muslims. Later, Wangler's mother visits, telling him that his wife is cheating on him with a man he despises, who is also assaulting his infant son. He has Pierce make a phone call to their outside connections, who murder his wife and her boyfriend. Feigning remorse, he attends the funeral. While he is gone, Adebisi cuts a deal with Chucky Pancamo, who is now the head of the Sicilians, and with the help of the Latinos, burned Poet and Pierce severely. Adebisi is Wangler's cellmate now, and he is at his old enemy's mercy. Adebisi ties Wangler to the bed naked on a daily basis to prevent him from defending himself against rape. It is not clear as to whether or not Adebisi did indeed rape Wangler but it was very possible as Adebisi's sexual preference involved forcing sex upon young African-American men much like Wangler. He then forces Wangler to accuse Tim McManus of sexual harassment. McManus transfers Wangler to Unit B and Wangler accepts Adebisi's plan to get rid of McManus and have a black man run Em City. Poet and Pierce get out of the hospital wanting to kill Adebisi, but Wangler tells them to cool off for the time being. On New Year's Eve, amid the racial tension, Wangler, Poet, and Pierce lead the black inmates in a chant throughout Unit B to set Augustus Hill free from solitary.

Season 4[]

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Wangler with Poet and Pierce trying to take Tarrant's shoes again.

Adebisi gets the Warden to transfer Wangler, Poet and Pierce back into Em City against McManus' wishes. Glynn however hopes it will reduce tension if Adebisi gets his request approved. While inside, Adebisi is trying to find a white man to shoot off a gun in a specific manner so that McManus can be exposed as incompetent and unfit to run Em City. A new inmate, a meek white man from France named Guillaume Tarrant, arrives in Oz and is an immediate target for Wangler, Poet and Pierce; they force him to offer his shoes to Wangler, which Wangler accepts. They continue to bully him and Wangler assaults him in the gym. Seeing most of this, Adebisi places the gun in Tarrant’s cell, and the next day Tarrant uses the gun and kills Wangler and Pierce, in addition to another black inmate and Correctional Officer Joseph Howard before committing suicide. Wangler's death, however, falls perfectly into Adebisi's plans of revenge on them for killing Jara, and to get a black Unit Manager hired, as three black prisoners and a black officer died at the hands of a white man amidst a shootout.

Kill Count[]

Personal

  • Unnamed Kid: Shot to death after not giving up his jacket to Wangler. (1997)
  • Paul Markstrom: Helped Adebisi hang Markstrom to basketball rim after finding out he was an undercover cop. (1997)
  • Kipekemie Jara: Stabbed several times in the back. (1998)

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Trivia[]

  • When Tarrant shoots Wangler, it is the same spot where Wangler shot the kid who he attempted to steal the jacket from in his crime flashback. Ironically, Wangler was trying to steal Tarrant's new pair of shoes before Tarrant shot him.

Appearances[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4a
Season 4b
Season 5
Season 6
The Homeboys

Simon Adebisi - Burr Redding - Kenny Wangler - Jefferson Keane - Poet - Junior Pierce - Supreme Allah - Tug Daniels - Leroy Tidd - Mondo Browne - Reggie Rawls - Malcolm Coyle - Paul Markstrom - Desmond Mobay - Johnny Post - Curtis Bennett

Boxers

Chucky Pancamo - Kenny Wangler - Hamid Khan - Cyril O'Reily - James Robson - Jason Cramer - Miguel Alvarez - Steve Pasquin

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