Michael Ornstein
Born: 1963-01-01 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Mosquito as Butcher
2018
- Mayans M.C. as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2015
- Zelos as Mordecai
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Frank Davis
2008
- Sons of Anarchy as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Howard
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Charles Denis
- Third Watch as Banks
- Let It Snow as Lenny Ellis
1998
- The Book of Life as Computer Wizard
1996
- Kansas City as Jackie Ciro
1995
- Man of the Year as Mike Miller
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Bonaventura
- Blindsided as Det. Sartucci
1990
- Law & Order as Sklar
1989
- Seinfeld as Waiter
1988
- Crossing Delancey as Mickey