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Malcolm Coyle
MCoyle
First appearance "The Truth and Nothing But..." (episode 3.01)
Last appearance "Legs" (episode 3.03)
Reason/Cause Murdered by The Sicilians
Details
Prisoner No. 99C122
Aliases Snake
Gender Male
Age 29 (Deceased)
Date of Conviction January 17, 1999
Date of Death July 28, 1999
Affiliations The Homeboys
Spouse Unspecified
Relatives Unspecified
Kill Count 5
Episode Count 3 Episodes
Portrayed by Anthony "Treach" Criss

Malcolm Coyle, also known as Snake, was an African-American inmate and a mass murderer, family annihilator and rapist featured in Oz. Portrayed by Treach.

Plot Summary[]

"Prisoner number 99C122, Malcolm Coyle. Convicted January 17, 1999 - Grand larceny, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a police officer. Sentence: 50 years, up for parole in 20."
The Narrator[src]

Season 3[]

Coyle arrives immediately respected and sponsored by Kenny Wangler. Wangler introduces him to fellow Homeboys Junior Pierce and Arnold "Poet" Jackson. Jackson is now being referred to as his birth name “Arnold” so Coyle jokingly makes a reference to the 1970’s television show, “Diff'rent Strokes” asking if Pierce is named “Willis”. Wangler is told by Antonio Nappa that drugs are being brought into Oz and he does not need Coyle to hear anything until his loyalty has been tested. Wangler tests his loyalty as they do in the projects by having the entire gang beat him down to see if he can take it. Coyle takes the beating like a warrior and gets the confidence of Wangler, Poet and Pierce.

Nappa still does not trust Coyle and McManus transfers him out of the kitchen to the barbershop. In the barbershop, Coyle admits to inmate Augustus Hill that he murdered a Sicilian-American family for fun on the outside never getting caught. Because of the way in which he handles the shaving razors, Hill believes him and is absolutely disgusted by the way that Coyle would meaninglessly murder an innocent family. With the help of Kareem Said, Hill goes to Warden Glynn telling him about how there is a videotape proving Coyle's crime. As a result Coyle is now about to get moved to Death Row. Wangler vows to kill Hill, but Said enlists the help of the Sicilians, Latinos and even the Aryan Brotherhood to agree to protect Hill from the Homeboys, counting on the reverence that Nappa and Schillinger have for the idea of family. Nappa tells Said that not only will no one touch Hill, but that he'll "do ya one better" and has the Sicilians murder Coyle in his cell to guarantee that Hill won't be touched and to intimidate the Homeboys and also partly because Coyle's victims were acquaintances of Nappa. The Homeboys as a result get a loud and clear message to not touch Hill being that the Muslims, Aryans, Sicilians and Latinos will be ready to confront them if they think to make a move.

Appearances[]

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

Kill Count[]

Personal

  • The Ciancimino Family: Five family members, all murdered by Coyle and Franklin. (1998)

Gallery[]

The Homeboys

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

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