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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Seinfeld

NCIS: Los Angeles

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (9)

Mosquito2022 · as Butcher
The Saint2017 · as Kal Barko
Zelos2015 · as Mordecai
Let It Snow1999 · as Lenny Ellis
The Book of Life1998 · as Computer Wizard
Kansas City1996 · as Jackie Ciro
Man of the Year1995 · as Mike Miller
Blindsided1993 · as Det. Sartucci
Crossing Delancey1988 · as Mickey

All TV Shows (13)

Mayans M.C.2018 · as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Good Game2017 · as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
NCIS: Los Angeles2009 · as Frank Davis
Sons of Anarchy2008 · as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Howard
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Philip
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Florist
Third Watch1999 · as Banks
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Charles Denis
Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Detective Bonaventura
Law & Order1990 · as Sklar
Law & Order1990 · as Eugene Miller
Seinfeld1989 · as Waiter