William "Willy" Brandt is a fictional character at HBO drama Oz. Willy Brandt is played by Matthew Cowles.
Character Overview
Prisoner 96B339, William "Willy" Brandt. Although staying at Oz since 1996, attention is just taken to Brandt when he is involved in a conspiracy regarding the death of Wilson Loewen.
Season 6
Willy Brandt was an inmate who was at the enfermary during mayor Wilson Loewen's time at Oz. At Unit J, Loewen gets food stuck on his throat and is sent to the hospital. There, Loewen blackmails Governor James Devlin. Affraid that Loewen starts talking about his crimes, Devlin orders his assistant, Perry Loftus to find someone to kill Loewen. Loftus finds his college friend, CO Adrian Johnson working in Oz and hires him to kill Loewen. Johnson pays to inmates Lionel Kelsch and Willy Brandt to kill Loewen. During the night, while Loewen is sleeping, Kelsch starts screaming, causing distraction. So, Brandt enters in Loewen's bedroom and slices his throat. Some time after, Brandt is interrogated by Leo Glynn and talks about Officer Johnson. Brandt is put at Unit J and Glynn talks to Perry Loftus. Affraid that Glynn discover the truth about Loewen's death, Loftus asks Johnson to kill Brandt and Glynn. In the next morning, Brandt is dead. Glynn asks Alvin Yood if he saw someone. Yood says he did, but is not going to tell who was, or he will be killed.
