Vernon Schillinger is a fictional character played by American actor J. K. Simmons on the HBO series Oz as a major antagonist.
Schillinger is one of the most powerful and feared inmates in Oswald Maximum Security Penitentiary ("Oz"). As a leader of Oz's Aryan Brotherhood, Schillinger controls most white inmates and has a reputation for ruthless brutality and rape.[2][3] He is shown to be a high-ranking member of the Brotherhood outside of prison, thus giving him power outside of Oz through a vast network of allies.
^Harmes, Marcus; Harmes, Meredith; Harmes, Barbara, eds. (2020). The Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 148. ISBN978-3030360597.