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.
Acting
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Charles Denis
1999
TV
Sons of Anarchy
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2008
TV
Seinfeld
as Waiter
1989
TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Frank Davis
2009
TV
Mayans M.C.
as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
2018
TV
Law & Order
as Sklar
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Eugene Miller
1990
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Howard
2001
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Philip
2001
TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Florist
2001
Movie
The Saint
as Kal Barko
2017
TV
Third Watch
as Banks
1999
TV
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Detective Bonaventura
1993
Movie
Kansas City
as Jackie Ciro
1996
Movie
Crossing Delancey
as Mickey
1988
Movie
The Book of Life
as Computer Wizard
1998
Movie
Man of the Year
as Mike Miller
1995
Movie
Let It Snow
as Lenny Ellis
1999
Movie
Blindsided
as Det. Sartucci
1993
Movie
Zelos
as Mordecai
2015
TV
Good Game
as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
2017
Movie
Mosquito
as Butcher
2022