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Oswald Danes
Well-educated and a former school teacher, Oswald's a convicted child killer, both guilty and unrepentant.
But when Oswald survives his own execution, he's given a whole new life. The most infamous man in the world, he becomes the most provocative figure in modern media. He's a flare, reviled yet mesmerizing, whose very existence embodies how the world changed on Miracle Day.
Oswald is played by Bill Pullman.
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