Michael Ornstein
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-01-01 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Ornstein studied acting as a child at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and later studied under Stella Adler. After high school, he enrolled in the Mason Gross School of the Arts. He quit after his first year and moved to New York City to begin working professionally. Ornstein's first film credit was in Crossing Delancey, where he played the minor character "Mickey". Television credits include a recurring role as Detective Bonnaventura on Homicide: Life on the Street, and a two-episode arc on Third Watch, as well as parts in Seinfeld, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Ornstein's stage acting credits span twenty-five years worth of new plays in New York City, in addition to creating the role of Louis Ironson in the 1991 World Premiere of Angels in America at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco. Ornstein plays Chuck Marstein on Sons of Anarchy.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Charles Denis
Law & Order
as Sklar
Law & Order
as Eugene Miller
Seinfeld
as Waiter
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Frank Davis
Sons of Anarchy
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Howard
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Philip
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Florist
Third Watch
as Banks
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Detective Bonaventura
Mayans M.C.
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Mosquito
as Butcher
Blindsided
as Det. Sartucci
The Saint
as Kal Barko
Good Game
as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
Crossing Delancey
as Mickey
Kansas City
as Jackie Ciro
Let It Snow
as Lenny Ellis
The Book of Life
as Computer Wizard