Michael Ornstein

Born: 1963-01-01

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.


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Crossing Delancey

as Mickey
Released: 1988-08-17

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to...

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Kansas City

as Jackie Ciro
Released: 1996-08-16

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable...

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The Saint

as Kal Barko
Released: 2017-07-11

International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich...

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The Book of Life

as Computer Wizard
Released: 1998-08-22

New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant...

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Let It Snow

as Lenny Ellis
Released: 1999-10-01

Two young lovers meet on a series of snowy days in high school.

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Man of the Year

as Mike Miller
Released: 1995-09-15

First-time director Dirk Shafer also penned this raucous "mockumentary," a blend of fact and...

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Mosquito

as Butcher
Released: 2022-05-07

A tale of sacrifice and showmanship told through rival doctors in the old west.

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Blindsided

as Det. Sartucci
Released: 1993-01-20

An ex-cop is temporarily blinded when he steals cash from a money laundering operations. While...

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Zelos

as Mordecai
Released: 2015-06-19

Maria, a competitive woman in her late 30's orders a clone from North Korea under the pretense...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Charles Denis
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Sklar
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Eugene Miller
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Seinfeld

as Waiter
First aired: 1989-07-05

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in...

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NCIS: Los Angeles

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-09-22

The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the...

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Sons of Anarchy

as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
First aired: 2008-09-03

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States...

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Sons of Anarchy

as 'Chucky' Marstein
First aired: 2008-09-03

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Howard
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Philip
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Florist
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Third Watch

as Banks
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Homicide: Life on the Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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Mayans M.C.

as Chuck 'Chucky' Marstein
First aired: 2018-09-04

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a...

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Good Game

as Lorenzo Santella Jr.
First aired: 2017-08-30

A new team of eSports players try to make it to the top in the cutthroat world of competitive...

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