Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1963
Place of Birth
Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Credits
19 titles
Michael 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.
Known For
Filmography
Mosquito
Butcher
Mayans M.C.
Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Good Game
Lorenzo Santella Jr.
The Saint
Kal Barko
Zelos
Mordecai
NCIS: Los Angeles
Frank Davis
Sons of Anarchy
Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Howard
Let It Snow
Lenny Ellis
Third Watch
Banks
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Charles Denis
The Book of Life
Computer Wizard
Kansas City
Jackie Ciro
Man of the Year
Mike Miller
Homicide: Life on the Street
Detective Bonaventura
Blindsided
Det. Sartucci
Law & Order
Sklar
Seinfeld
Waiter
Crossing Delancey
Mickey