matthew david mcgorry played piscatella in orange is the new black.
matthew david mcgorry played piscatella in orange is the new black.
who played piscatella in orange is the new black?
matthew david mcgorry
desi piscatella (played by brad william henke) – a guard that previously worked in max. he is a major antagonist in both the fourth and fifth seasons. piscatella was one of the guards from max that responded when many of minimum security's more experienced guards walked out after mcc took over, and his performance impressed caputo enough to get him appointed as the new captain of the guards. piscatella is shown to be very strict, brutal and overzealous with his methods, and becomes very unpopular with the inmates. he calls piper into his office, and after encouraging her to create a task force to counter suspected gang activity in the prison, he makes it a point to inform her that he is a homosexual in order to discourage her from trying to flirt with him to get her way with him. when aydin's remains are found, he promptly disobeys caputo's order not to interrogate any of the inmates until the fbi arrived after he left, and took a blind eye to the abuses the other guards performed. when caputo attempted to suspend humphrey for forcing suzanne and maureen to fight, piscatella threatened to pull all of the guards in retaliation. when the inmates protested his actions in the cafeteria by standing on the tables, he ordered the guards to pull them down, which eventually resulted in bayley accidentally killing poussey of asphyxiation after suzanne, unhinged due to humphrey's actions, attacked bayley. afterward, caputo angrily berates piscatella for allowing an inmate to die on his watch, and for his flagrant disrespect when he notices that he is chewing gum in the presence of the body. when piscatella gives his usual arrogant response, caputo tells him that he has done some digging and that he knows the real reason why he was removed from the men's prison he used to work at, before dismissing him for the weekend, threatening to expose him if he tries to pull the guards.
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miguel resado (played by marcos palma) – another inmate at piscatella's first prison. after finding piscatella's file in caputo's office, flores discovers a report detailing how an inmate named resado had been found unresponsive in the showers with 3rd-degree burns on 80% of his body, while on piscatella's watch. a shocked red realizes that piscatella almost certainly killed him. in flashbacks, it is revealed that resado was an inmate who while assigned to the kitchen accidentally walked in on piscatella kissing wes driscoll, his secret lover. subsequently, resado had led a gang of other inmates in a brutal attack and gang rape of driscoll. enraged and vengeful, piscatella had chained resado under a shower and turned the hot water on full. when another guard starts to express concern at the sound of resado's agonized screams, piscatella coldly denies being able to hear anything and proceeds to stand guard as the flailing and screaming resado is slowly boiled alive.
list of recurring orange is the new black characters