Michael Ornstein
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
Credits
- 2022 · Mosquito as Butcher
- 2018 · Mayans M.C. as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
- 2017 · Good Game as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
- 2017 · The Saint as Kal Barko
- 2015 · Zelos as Mordecai
- 2009 · NCIS: Los Angeles as
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as 'Chucky' Marstein
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Howard
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Philip
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Florist
- 1999 · Let It Snow as Lenny Ellis
- 1999 · Third Watch as Banks
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Charles Denis
- 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
- 1993 · Blindsided as Det. Sartucci
- 1990 · Law & Order as Sklar
- 1990 · Law & Order as Eugene Miller
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Waiter
- 1988 · Crossing Delancey as Mickey