Michael Ornstein
ActingAlso Known As
Michael Marisi Ornstein
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.
Movies
(9 total)
The Saint
as Kal Barko
Kansas City
as Jackie Ciro
Crossing Delancey
as Mickey
The Book of Life
as Computer Wizard
Man of the Year
as Mike Miller
Let It Snow
as Lenny Ellis
Blindsided
as Det. Sartucci
Zelos
as Mordecai
Mosquito
as Butcher
TV Shows
(13 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Charles Denis
Sons of Anarchy
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Seinfeld
as Waiter
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Frank Davis
Mayans M.C.
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Law & Order
as Sklar
Law & Order
as Eugene Miller
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
Good Game
as Lorenzo Santella Jr.